DDE Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 The Soviet Union is holding America's beer. Poor quality image but it shows the scale of the two ideas floated back in the 50s and the 60s. Nuclear earthworks included, just how we like 'em. Given the magnitude of the undertaking, the concern of Canadian conspiracy theorists that the US would conquer them to facilitate this didn't sound too far-fetched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 San-Andreas and Yellow Stone are looking at this map in fear. On the other hand, as the Yellow Stone magma cave is at 8 km depth, the Americans could have their own Mariana Trench, full of warm water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 (edited) I hope this isn’t considered political… Edited September 3, 2023 by StrandedonEarth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 4 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: I hope this isn’t considered political… I thought exactly the same when I read about: on KSP, my Kerbals were saved more than once by putting parts between them and whatever is approaching fast (usually the ground), and so that parts get destructed absorbing part of the impact, saving the green critters from pooffing, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazalassa Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 5 hours ago, Lisias said: on KSP, my Kerbals were saved more than once by putting parts between them and whatever is approaching fast (usually the ground), and so that parts get destructed absorbing part of the impact, saving the green critters from pooffing These parts are most often called "engines" or "Lander Propulsion System". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Nazalassa said: These parts are most often called "engines" or "Lander Propulsion System". That's the interesting part: structural panels are excelent shock protections! When building things with command seats, I build a "tub" around the pilot using the structural panels - TwealScale helps a lot. My Kerbals survive rate on... "landings"... improved a lot. I still need to work on the vessel survivability, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 20 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: I hope this isn’t considered political… Before I clocked out of Telegram for my vacation, I caught the earlier reports based on lower-resolution photos, where this was thought to be more deception camo like the one recently introduced on warships. To me, it even looked like the digitized edges of this: Spoiler ROFL. Granted, one major threat category are attacks with quadcopters and small drones launched just outside the base in 'mainland' Russia. There was a ferocious flame war between the don't-rock-the-boat and the we're-beset-by-idiots camps of Z-Telegram whether covered and reinforced hangars or at least airplane-sized "cope cages" are a worthwhile idea. Because this seems to be the product of a scream of "DO SOMETHING!!1!" after two shredded Il-76s, two burnt-up Il-76s and a burnt-up Tu-22M within the space of a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 On 9/4/2023 at 12:14 AM, StrandedonEarth said: Skyfenders. They protect the sky dome from scratches. *** When your "S" key is stuck. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted September 5, 2023 Author Share Posted September 5, 2023 Gee!!! Now I need to build this on KSP!!! The craziest thing able to land on water that I had seen! http://www.luft46.com/bv/bvp111.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 32 minutes ago, Lisias said: Gee!!! Now I need to build this on KSP!!! The craziest thing able to land on water that I had seen! http://www.luft46.com/bv/bvp111.html When all you're good at is asymmetric airframes, everything starts to look like a nail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%26_Voss_P_213 Blohm & Voss P 213 A project of a plane powered with V-1 pulse engine. Spoiler *** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_328 Messerschmitt Me 328 Another one, but like A-10. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 (edited) On 9/5/2023 at 10:01 PM, Lisias said: Gee!!! Now I need to build this on KSP!!! The craziest thing able to land on water that I had seen! http://www.luft46.com/bv/bvp111.html This is just kerbal because an bug loading the model. Like I say the hinges tended to do this. Now this idea makes some sense on an warplane, first its so ugly its stealthy, and few want to look at it for an long time to line up a shot. Also simply spiral downward and the enemies will assume your plane is already destroyed and leave you alone. Edited September 8, 2023 by magnemoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 On 8/17/2023 at 6:16 PM, Lisias said: Convair Model 49. Really, these guys were the precursor of the Kerbal Space Program - they would love this game, no doubt!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_Lerche Spoiler Everythng new is a forgotten Deutsch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 (edited) Chatterer as we would like to see on KSP. Edited September 9, 2023 by Lisias Tyop! Surprised? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 Yesterday I was googling V-1 et.al. and realized that it's not just an cheap, expendable, vulnerable semi-plane semi-missile. Letting alone its foreign clones (US, SU, Japan), it's a whole Kerbal set of parts for crewed pulsed-jet planes. https://bunkermuseumantwerpen.be/en/re4/ https://www.silverhawkauthor.com/post/german-luftwaffe-warplanes-1939-1945-fieseler-fi-103-v-1-fzg-76-fi-103r-reichenberg-re-i-ii-iii-iv-v-survivors Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted September 9, 2023 Author Share Posted September 9, 2023 3 hours ago, kerbiloid said: Yesterday I was googling V-1 et.al. and realized that it's not just an cheap, expendable, vulnerable semi-plane semi-missile. Letting alone its foreign clones (US, SU, Japan), it's a whole Kerbal set of parts for crewed pulsed-jet planes. Do a google for Lippisch P.13a - a god damned COAL fuelled fighter. And the thing were intended to be unarmed, its goal (by using coal - yeah, bad joke) was to ram the poor bombers in their way. Can't be more steam punk than that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 24 minutes ago, Lisias said: COAL fuelled Now I see, it was a documentary... Spoiler https://www.amaanakram.com/mutant-chronicles/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 "Yours is made of plywood!" Spoiler From Sweden's 1990s future tank selection process. The one on the left was Sweden's own proposed super-duper tank with both 140 mm and 40 mm cannons. There was one problem, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 In our school garden we had a trench and a tank in front of it. The tank was 2d and made of bended water pipe. The 140 mm of the Swedish wooden tank would just fly through it without causing any damage. Clash of Titans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Origins. Spoiler Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 (edited) Fisher XP-75 Eagle . Sell a plane project, go to the warehouse for old sparing parts, slap them together and get a hell of a (weird) plane. To keep design and development of the new system short, the idea presented was to build an aircraft out of proven portions of existing airframes with the entire concoction fitted around the Allison V-3420. Outer wing surfaces were pulled from a P-51 Mustang while the wings themselves were originally slated to resemble the inverted "gull wing" implements as found on the Vought F4U Corsair fighter. The inverted gull wings were dropped from the design and, instead, the wings of a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was used in its place though the undercarriage of the F4U was still selected for use. The empennage was to be made up from the system of a Douglas Dauntless dive bomber. https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.php?aircraft_id=420 --- post edit --- Found this video explaining the development. Fast forward to the 50% approximately and enjoy the engineers getting screwed ont the SPH! Edited September 12, 2023 by Lisias Adding video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Lisias said: To keep design and development of the new system short, the idea presented was to build an aircraft out of proven portions of existing airframes with the entire concoction fitted around the Allison V-3420. Outer wing surfaces were pulled from a P-51 Mustang while the wings themselves were originally slated to resemble the inverted "gull wing" implements as found on the Vought F4U Corsair fighter. The inverted gull wings were dropped from the design and, instead, the wings of a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was used in its place though the undercarriage of the F4U was still selected for use. The empennage was to be made up from the system of a Douglas Dauntless dive bomber. The designer of Su-25, upon transferring to MiG, ran a project for post-apocalyptic variants of the aircraft (I'm being literal). It included uglies such as this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 During WWII, the Australians were among the nations that rushed to develop a tank industry ex nihilo, and unlike many, the Australian Cruiser series didn't turn out too bad, just a bit underarmed - and completely overshadowed by industrial powerhouses, relegating it to training use. However, the Aussies keep at it for most of the war, and that included cramming the 17-pounder gun into one of the later ACs. However, they did not immediately have the 17-pounder on hand, so for recoil testing they created a surrogate using 25-pounder gun-howitzers... plural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 Hungary, 1950s..1970s Mini-dumper Dutra DR-50. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted September 16, 2023 Share Posted September 16, 2023 "...but you have heard of me" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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