StrandedonEarth Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 45 minutes ago, Kerb24 said: I built my first model rocket: Hide contents Got it, and another rocket, for free. Nice! Now the fun part: to launch it, and more importantly, to recover it intact so it can fly again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Fluffy Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Queen elizabeth has died. Didn't happen to me, but still interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntellectualTortoise Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 A few days ago, a club at my college had a giant paper airplane contest. We had about 20 minutes to build them and could use a 2' x 3' sheet of paper as well as tape, scissors and craft knives. Most people just built large versions of regular paper airplanes, but my friend (who I later found out to be @Sparrowhawk) and I went for a more ambitious design with a triangular-cross-section fuselage, a V-tail, and an actual airfoil! We were pretty rushed in building it and realized after a test flight that the center of mass was too far back, so we taped some crumpled-up paper to the nose to add weight. In the actual competition, the plane didn't perform well and scored third-from-last (the contest was for greatest distance from the start). We kind of got it to work on successive flights but it also depended a lot on how it was thrown. Here's a picture of my friend holding the plane: Ironically, the "plane" that actually won the contest was just a tape-wrapped brick made from folding the paper many times. The person who built it had a good throwing arm and didn't want to worry about pesky aerodynamics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 When you need to see the manager, but the coward is hiding out on land... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 1 hour ago, CatastrophicFailure said: When you need to see the manager, but the coward is hiding out on land... Typical Karin move… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 1 hour ago, CatastrophicFailure said: When you need to see the manager, but the coward is hiding out on land... "Not to worry, we're still driving half a boat!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Just for a minute you had left your submarine in the street, and look... Where are its wheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pthigrivi Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 Giants… won? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatastrophicFailure Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 I’m a little behind the times, but TIL you can buy a 13-lb utility bucket of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Like one of those big Home Depot 5-gallon buckets of like paint, or glue…. but filled with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. It even has a graphic warning on the side not to dive in head first. How truly absurd. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go give my diabeetus’ diabeetus diabeetus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted September 12, 2022 Share Posted September 12, 2022 (edited) Ok so it is no secret that I am an AV geek or that I am a licensed RC pilot (pretty sure ive mentioned it at some point lol) or that I am a flight sim pilot of a pair of study level 737’s (-700 & -800 variants by PMDG). Ive thousands of hours in various flight sims across the years. I have (what flight simmer hasnt ) flown in and out of my own city hundreds if not thousands of times and buzzed my own home too just for kicks. But today? Today was something beyond expectation. Where I live I can watch departures from the airport and arrivals too. Today as an experiment to check a theory on an issue ive been having I wanted a 4 or so hour flight. I chose to fly from JFK to my city. Nothing special normally. But tonight as I got within about 120-130 miles (30-40 miles into descent) from the airport I started looking around at the area. I saw coming into view the city lights of my states capitol, a pair of cities between the capitol and my city and my states capitol city. The view was beautiful. MSFS2020 really is beautiful. But what I didnt know was that I was minutes away from having my mind blown. Remember when I said I can easily see aircraft arriving and departing my city? If they depart from a certain runway 90-99% of the time they overfly (or close enough) my neighborhood. Approaches are fairly similar too. The thing is, a certain STAR (Standard Terminal Arrival Route) or two will take you to 2 runways. 1 is the one, well its far end from the one that departs over me and another flies you past my neighborhood a bit to the north but still visible from my home to an intersecting runway to the first. So, how did my mind get blown doing something Ive done many many times before? Well tonight I was watching my aircraft fly its flight plan (autopilot with VNAV ((vertical navigation)) controlling descent with the MCP alt set and LNAV ((lateral navigation)) controlling flight path to waypoints and the approach path where approach mode and vorloc can take over is fun) and that combined with just how well done terrain textures are in MSFS2020 let me spot something Ive never noticed in prior iterations. I noticed when I was maybe 20 miles out that my approach was going to take me over my own home. In disbelief I hit a button on my MCP (mode control panel) marked ARPT which displays near by airports. And one stood out. The USAF base near my home. I jumped to 3rd person camera and my jaw dropped. I saw the area around my home and knew I was seeing it as certain roads in the area are very recognizable if you know what to look for. I was in complete shock that by pure chance I was flying an approach (to be fair I dont recall ever flying it before, as I think Im more used ((espec as a passenger)) to flying in from the other side of the airport in sim and irl) that I can see real aircraft fly daily from all around the area near my home. It was and likely will be forever (because its so personal to me) be the most absolutely satisfying and interesting approach I will ever fly! 045409122022 045609122022 000709132022 Edited September 13, 2022 by AlamoVampire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blufor878 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 My folks and I are on a road trip. Was trying to find a place for lunch, accidentally found a Mexican place we really loved but haven’t been to for 5+ years and originally forgot the name. Their tortas were really good (Mexican sandwiches). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperspace Industries Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Spent 25 minutes in the hardware store, came out with a good few new plumbing parts (aka big boy lego blocks) but I forgot to get the ones I came for. Also, my vegetables are above ground! My mom noticed before I did, since she grew up on a farm, and could recognize them better than my city brain. Why am I growing food? Well, doesn’t matter where you are, Africa or Alpha Centauri, you’re gonna need to eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerodynamic Kerbal Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 I destroyed 8 tanks in WT in a single game, with just one tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 3 hours ago, Hyperspace Industries said: Also, my vegetables are above ground! My mom noticed before I did, since she grew up on a farm, and could recognize them better than my city brain. Why am I growing food? Well, doesn’t matter where you are, Africa or Alpha Centauri, you’re gonna need to eat. When we bought a house with my mom she liked the backyard, saying if times went tough we could grow food! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperspace Industries Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Finally watched top gun maverick! I don’t like cinema watching, so now that it got on box office over here, I watched it. good fun. Also, the power went out early in, we turned the generator on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Seeing Wilco tonight at the Santa Fe Opera venue with friends. We rented an earthship. Kinda awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutabaga22 Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 The chromebook I thought had completely broke works, apparently. -Sent from that chromebook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Not last night, but a fave song of mine, live, that they played last night. Nels shredded it last night as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CatastrophicFailure Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 2 hours ago, tater said: That has got to be the most New Mexican room I’ve ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 3 hours ago, tater said: Earthship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperspace Industries Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 3 hours ago, tater said: The floor reminds me of my grandparents’ house. Though they appear to have sanded down the spiky stick out bits, and it’s lighter. (Less dark) Also: wrote my maths exam, felt too easy, but that’s probably because it was completely totally algebra free! I love geometry, but since I am not an abstract thinker, hate algebra, and find it hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 1 hour ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: Earthship? Yeah. airbnb. Hot tub, pool, sauna and sweat lodge. Was really nice. My house is not an earthship, but shares a few elements of one—now I want a real one, lol. Amazing what you can do with some old tires, dirt, and rebar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeSchmuckatelli Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 (edited) (Not so) Fun Fact: my faulty memory conflated fond memories of Earth Ships (from my time living in the SW) with Acosanti. Wasn't quite what I wanted to showcase to my Architect-interested daughter when I took the fam on the Phx-Sedona-GC loop. Edited September 16, 2022 by JoeSchmuckatelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 39 minutes ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: (Not so) Fun Fact: my faulty memory conflated fond memories of Earth Ships (from my time living in the SW) with Acosanti. Wasn't quite what I wanted to showcase to my Architect-interested daughter when I took the fam on the Phx-Sedona-GC loop. Taliesin West is pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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