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The rear gear is just MASSIVE!

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This must be for Chaff or something.

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This is really cool stuff for a mechanical engineer. :rolleyes:

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More holes!

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Yep, they are holes alright.

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Did you know that the very front of an F-18 travelling at Mach 2 is a Philips head machine screw?

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This guy flew a few hours before and was using afterburners. These turkey feathers were still hot to the touch.

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With different light settings.

Carbon fiber turkey feathers with some sort of coating.

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Here's the tail hook.

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Nice cotter pin and castle nut.

Here's the outside of the turkey feathers. Neat how they can control these layers.

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Here you can see the other most visible modification for the F-18E. The stabilators are not rounded anymore.

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Hornet, Bearcat, Hellcat.

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From underneath