New stingray
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Melting Slicks
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New stingray
Hot off the presses.. A new Stingray is born! Super high performance....but you can't drive it.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/...ne-orig-jm.cnn
Unkahal
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/...ne-orig-jm.cnn
Unkahal
Burning Brakes
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As a fan of drones and drone technology, I think that is a very cool bird! A flying drone tanker to refuel jets! Carrier based even!
I love this stuff! LOL!
Not sure the name "Stingray" belongs on a flying tanker though! LOL!
Scott
I love this stuff! LOL!
Not sure the name "Stingray" belongs on a flying tanker though! LOL!
Scott
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Melting Slicks
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Even I, the keeper of the Stingray name on ACTUAL Stingray cars...accede to the 2014 Stingray. If it came from the factory with a Stingray name or Emblem then indeed it IS a Stingray.
I think this drone LOOKS like a Stingray.... notice the stinger tail!
Unk
I think this drone LOOKS like a Stingray.... notice the stinger tail!
Unk
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As someone who was a pilot of a REAL tanker in the Air Force for 15 years, as currently configured that dog (the MQ-25) won't hunt. It's not even as large as an F/A-18, and is capable of offloading a minuscule 500 lbs of fuel. An F/A-18 burns that much fuel if it just strokes the burners for a few seconds, a very few seconds. It's not a "Stingray", it's a "****-ant". Supposedly, it's a "test bed" for proof of concept and wake turbulence evaluation. We'll see.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Washington State
As someone who was a pilot of a REAL tanker in the Air Force for 15 years, as currently configured that dog (the MQ-25) won't hunt. It's not even as large as an F/A-18, and is capable of offloading a minuscule 500 lbs of fuel. An F/A-18 burns that much fuel if it just strokes the burners for a few seconds, a very few seconds. It's not a "Stingray", it's a "****-ant". Supposedly, it's a "test bed" for proof of concept and wake turbulence evaluation. We'll see.
Thanks for sharing, it did seem like a small amount of fuel transferred per the article but having no experience there I did not comment!
Scott