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16 hours ago, kerbiloid said:

Yes, but how did they know in 1950s that it should be a single part?!

They didn't had Ubiowelding at that time! :D

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The cancelled project of an artificial gravity test.

"Voskhod-7" was planned to be connected to the upper stage with a tether.
After separation they should get 50 m (in later study - up to 1 km) away from each other and rotate.

Original and final positions.

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(Gemini was doing something similar, but Gemini is equipped with a docking adaptor and full set of engines, so can dock.
Voskhod had neigther docking port, no main engine, just limited RCS.)

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58 minutes ago, kerbiloid said:

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The cancelled project of an artificial gravity test.

"Voskhod-7" was planned to be connected to the upper stage with a tether.
After separation they should get 50 m (in later study - up to 1 km) away from each other and rotate.

Original and final positions.

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(Gemini was doing something similar, but Gemini is equipped with a docking adaptor and full set of engines, so can dock.
Voskhod had neigther docking port, no main engine, just limited RCS.)

Time to do this in KSP!

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28 minutes ago, KeaKaka said:

Time to do this in KSP!

Just take into account that both ship and stage have two tether attach nodes, and the tether gets reattached after separation, and that the winch is that thing in the stage interstage.

Btw that cylindric thing on the nose is a solid fuel backup deorbiting retrorocket, just in case.

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Mig-17 undressed for maintenance. 

Essentially, a Jet Engine with a cockpit strapped ahead of it and some wings attached God knows how. :)

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Souce: https://www.reddit.com/r/DefensionemWB/comments/ezbj8x/naked_mig17/

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That nine thingies radially attached on the forehead are combustion chambers. At that time, they didn't managed to have only one big combustion chamber (what would be more efficient), so they attached 9 combustion chambers on the engine to do the job!

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Source : http://www.midlandairmuseum.co.uk/jet.php 

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And more information, specific to the Mig-17 engine, can be found here:

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https://cnnews.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/turbo-jet-engine-of-mig-15/

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The graphic shows an engine with a centrifugal compressor whereas virtually all modern gas turbines have axial flow compressors. As I understand it, in the early days it was much easier to build a successful centrifugal engine even though it was realised that an axial flow engine would be superior.

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22 hours ago, Dientus said:

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Its other half:

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On an unrelated note, staging accident? Workplace grudge?

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The metamorphoses of USS Shaw

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This is her:

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And this is also her:

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She was, however, judged to be walking wounded and sent off to San Fran while looking like this:

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So this is also her:

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Ah, war, the perfect opportunity to do some recycling

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Also, the back of your fridge may contain fascinating relics.

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The Belgians that found these 1944 Aussie dried potatoes described the resultant fries as extremely stale but edible 

 

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