Top Gun 2

[Brett327]

I would think the Chinese could probably shoot down Rhinos as easily as F-14s

That would be incorrect.

 

[Hopeful Hoya]

I’m sure dudes flying Rhinos would be extremely worried about their “lack of screen presence” should they ever go to merges with Chinese fighters…

 

[Random8145]

I’m sure dudes flying Rhinos would be extremely worried about their “lack of screen presence” should they ever go to merges with Chinese fighters…

I am just talking the movie there, I know how the plane "looks" means squat regarding real life.

That would be incorrect.

Smaller RCS?

 

[Brett327]

Smaller RCS?

RCS is certainly one important factor in BVR performance.

 

[Random8145]

Are the others radar, avionics, weapons payload, etc...?

 

[wink]

Noticeably unmentioned in the upgrade vs retire debate here is the A/S-3C Viking Warrior concept. Winning!!?

 

[Griz882]

Noticeably unmentioned in the upgrade vs retire debate here is the A/S-3C Viking Warrior concept. Winning!!?

 

[jmcquate]

While we're at long gone air frames from the late 70s, early 80s, why not the original Rhino. Make the Phantom Great Again..........
Top Gun the prequal. Smokey J-79s and all.

 

[Flash]

Finally saw it and appreciated several of the small things they did to make it more 'realistic' than the first one, and the story was a lot better too. They even used real bad guy missiles and planes this time, even if they didn't call them out by name. And it was nice to see the real hero of the story was an NFO. Go BOB!

 

[Random8145]

Maybe I am misremembering, but how was Bob the hero? Didn't his targeting system fail at the last second and so the pilot (I think Rooster?) had to fire on instinct?

 

[Flash]

Maybe I am misremembering, but how was Bob the hero? Didn't his targeting system fail at the last second and so the pilot (I think Rooster?) had to fire on instinct?

BOB (ALL CAPS) is an NFO, therefore by definition a hero. And BOB's targeting system did not fail, that was Fanboy's.

 

[Random8145]

BOB was the callsign for Bob, so either works

 

[Cashworth]

I will say was very sad seeing Val Kilmer having been reduced to such a shell of the man he was in the original film. The cancer has really done a number on him

I was sad also, but then I realized that he suffered throat cancer in around 2014 and talking was taxing on him, so the small amount of speaking that was done on screen was actually computer generated from some AI software, which makes me appreciate his smaller role so much more!

 

[ea6bflyr]

I was sad also, but then I realized that he suffered throat cancer in around 2014 and talking was taxing on him, so the small amount of speaking that was done on screen was actually computer generated from some AI software, which makes me appreciate his smaller role so much more!

Partly his own fault...he believed his non-medical faith could heal his throat cancer (2015).

 

[navyterp67]

Maybe I am misremembering, but how was Bob the hero? Didn't his targeting system fail at the last second and so the pilot (I think Rooster?) had to fire on instinct?

BOB (ALL CAPS) is an NFO, therefore by definition a hero. And BOB's targeting system did not fail, that was Fanboy's.

I’ll take a stand for the WSOs here… the ATFLIR is not the best piece of kit and the tumble was the most accurate part of the movie.