Chel Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 On 11/9/2018 at 3:13 AM, Geonovast said: Forsyth, Missouri. I also saw a better one pop on Facebook a couple weeks back. I don't care how much this costs. I need this as my school bus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 1 hour ago, XB-70A said: Then, it happened (drum rolls)... Good on you for having a dash cam! Or... buttcam... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0111narwhalz Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 28 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Or... buttcam... It's a dash away cam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nivee~ Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 I binge read 'Saturn Run'! My friend gifted the ebook and said he will be getting me a lot of space books, like Stephen Baxter's Manifold series and NASA trilogy .... I feel bad that he has to spend money though... but he doesn't mind, so I guess its OK... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qzgy Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 On 11/12/2018 at 10:43 PM, XB-70A said: doink. Put a nice little dent in itself I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 So today, we're starting rockets in physics. Easy. Freaking. Peasy. I go onto the design program we're using, make a basic PVC body, cardboard fins, and 3D printed nosecone with the provided engine, and go crazy. After tweaking, I managed to create a monster. 835m Apogee 177m/s max velocity But then, I ran into a problem. The motor we're using has a set charge time. We can't change parachute launch stats. *sigh* New stats: 644m Apogee 171m/s max velocity Errors: Chute is deploying at 47.8m/s. The apogee on the Raptor I is a stunning 2,112.9 feet. I think we might have to call the FAA. And get more durable chutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barzon Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I wish I could do that in physics lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, DarkOwl57 said: Snip OpenRocket, by any chance? And what class is your motor? Edited November 14, 2018 by cubinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 2 hours ago, cubinator said: OpenRocket, by any chance? And what class is your motor? Ding Ding Ding!!! The Estes D12 Rocket motor with a 5-second ejection charge (Estes D12-5) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, DarkOwl57 said: Ding Ding Ding!!! The Estes D12 Rocket motor with a 5-second ejection charge (Estes D12-5) Must be a pretty light rocket to get up so high. The rocket I flew had a J motor and had an apogee of 1029 m (OpenRocket predicted about 1200 m). It had a big avionics bay, though, and the body wasn't incredibly light. For our parachutes, we used an altimeter to set off our own charges at apogee and then at 500 ft. This is pretty common for high power rockets. Edited November 15, 2018 by cubinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Last night I finally ran my computer hard enough to make my UPS beep about overloading it. Nothing shut off, I think it was just the "If I lose power, I can't hold this load" beep. Still annoying, though. I managed to go a whole two and a half weeks without ordering anything from NewEgg, too. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkOwl57 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 The Raptor I (Also known as the loving name "The Silver Bullet" due to its metallic paint scheme) didn't work as well as it could. The rocket itself ended up launching perfectly.... followed by it spinning unconrollably. It impacted the ground before the parachute even deployed. The innards (Parachute, parachute chord, etc.) are mildly singed, but overall not a total loss. The engine itself is toast- black, sulfer-smelling toast. We lost Fin 1 due to carelessness (Some bystanding student decided to toss the rocket to one of my group members), while Fin 2 is hanging on by a thread from ground impact caused by a poor COM balance. Overall, our problem came from 2 things. 1) The rocket's engine is tilted a bit. 2) The rocket had a small COM issue where the launch lug was heavier than the fins, which dragged down the sides. However, I think that the experience of actually building the thing is more important than the results. Pictures (And video) to come later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Started watching the original Star Trek series these past few days, as I've only seen a few episodes here and there but enjoyed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 29 minutes ago, cubinator said: Started watching the original Star Trek series these past few days CGI has improved a lot since the 60s, hasn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razark Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 22 minutes ago, Delay said: CGI has improved a lot since the 60s, hasn't it? Chances are, @cubinator is watching the remastered episodes that updated a lot of the visual effects. It's just not quite the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delay Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Just now, razark said: Chances are, @cubinator is watching the remastered episodes that updated a lot of the visual effects Well, in that case you could still compare original original and remastered original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razark Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Delay said: Well, in that case you could still compare original original and remastered original. There's a series of videos on youtube that does exactly that for each episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerbinchaser Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 I wrote four thousand words of a novel in 6 hours. And pulled two all-nighters before that. Help. Me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 8 hours ago, razark said: Chances are, @cubinator is watching the remastered episodes that updated a lot of the visual effects. It's just not quite the same. Yeah probably. It's still pretty old school compared to what it would look like today, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p1t1o Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) @cubinator @razark @Delay HotTake: in one specific example, IMO the original effects are better than the modern ones. That specific example is the weapon effects in ship-to-ship combat. To elaborate: (I couldnt find any examples on google image but) in the early episodes of the original-old-original, the battle effects consisted of a series of very brief, circular, white flashes,and the torpedos/projectiles themselves would not be visible in transit. Consider the photon torpedo, a matter/antimatter warhead, essentially a very large (!!) nuke. In the modern series' the impact of a photon torpedo on a target is...underwhelming. More comparable to a WWII battleship shell. And they would travel at, apparently, a few hundred mph, max. Whereas in reality it would look more like...a very brief spherical flash appearing out of nowhere. Edited November 21, 2018 by p1t1o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias_the_Goat Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-46288054 ”Some things last forever, others not for an hour” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 3 hours ago, Ozymandias_the_Goat said: https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-46288054 ”Some things last forever, others not for an hour” Only two hundred euros for twice the posted limit?! Please tell me that’s like, all the dollars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 18 minutes ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Only two hundred euros for twice the posted limit?! Please tell me that’s like, all the dollars! $227.73 Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p1t1o Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 3 hours ago, CatastrophicFailure said: Only two hundred euros for twice the posted limit?! Please tell me that’s like, all the dollars! He will have to re-take his test though, and likely several extra lessons. That maybe doubles or triples the financial cost, and with the points and extended probation, he stands a very good chance of losing his license again on any other infraction for the next 2 years, and with this on his record would stand a very high risk of a much longer ban if that happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattthenub Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 (edited) i destroyed my KSP install by accident today Edited November 22, 2018 by mattthenub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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