Lisias Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 Italians and Russians are a very Kerbal combination! From Space Age looking steam locomotives (yes, steam) for Siberia: Ekranoplans: These designs are really, really, really incredibly Kerbal. https://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/05/extravagant-designs-by-luigi-colani.html Of course, this crazily creative designer also made some industrial designs for Germany: And for Japan: And some "prosaic" automobiles: The Kerbal Way™ has no limits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 "We had 2 cabinets of film, 75 lenses of varying focal lengths, 5 different trigger systems, a box half-full of filters, a whole collection of flash diffusers, color correction lenses, and two dozen batteries. Not that we needed all that for the shoot, but once you get locked into filming a nuclear explosion, the tendency is to go all out." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 There's a theory that the Japanese abandoned shields because they had an archery-focused nobility with mega-pauldrons. However, the various Eastern Siberian tribes went further. A whole lot further. In Russian sources, it's known simply as a wing. Yes, this made curling up into a ball a legitimate battle tactic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Guess who! Frankly, this is the most controversial one yet. Too many of these Wunderwaffles are too dear to our hearts, I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 On 2/19/2024 at 10:04 PM, DDE said: However, the various Eastern Siberian tribes went further. The one with a spear/lance/whatever is probably a nobleman. He has a fancy iron tip on the stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 A conceptual design of the perspective tank, early 1990s. https://topwar-ru.translate.goog/236567-ta-samaja-belka-morozov-o-svoem-videnii-perspektivnogo-tanka.html?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=wapp (Correcting the google: not "The same Belka", but "That exact Squirrel"). Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 "Don't throw the rock away. Without it, the elevator doesn't work for children" Posted on VK with a subtitle: now this is what we in IT call a "crutch" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHACK4142 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 "SR-71, half off!" Also, this thing looks reasonably cool... ... It's called the NASA Mini-sniffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 Bisnovat SK-1 . Man, it surely looks fast - but also looks… "weird". I found only two videos about it on Youtube, the more interesting one is below: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 The Chinese Air Firce museum has... well... a MiG-15 Alley. That's over two dozen J-2s and JJ-2s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 18 hours ago, DDE said: The Chinese Air Firce museum has... well... a MiG-15 Alley. That's over two dozen J-2s and JJ-2s. They might be different variants though. The lineup of J-6s (MiG-19 license built) is long too, but it is actually mostly different variants, because they made a lot of prototypes with minor improvements and then never mass produced them (it was the 70s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Hey, did we have this one yet? An-71 Madcap Probably the nicest integration of an AWACS antenna ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 That's where they stole the Enterprise design from. Just overturned it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 (edited) 9 hours ago, DDE said: Hey, did we have this one yet? An-71 Madcap Probably the nicest integration of an AWACS antenna ever. You know, I really like Russian designs. I concede that not all of them are practical, but I enjoy the attempt nevertheless. You guys need to see what these guys did with computers in the 80s and 90s. Disclaimer: Spoiler This statement should be seen in the technical context. Under no circumstances it should be considered as an endorsement for absolutely anything else. Edited March 1 by Lisias Disclaimer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 11 hours ago, DDE said: Hey, did we have this one yet? An-71 Madcap Probably the nicest integration of an AWACS antenna ever. Agree now the engine placement is weird but I assume this is designed to work from dirt runways. Now as engine sized increases they probably have to stop putting them below the wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 1 hour ago, magnemoe said: Agree now the engine placement is weird but I assume this is designed to work from dirt runways. It helps on it, but the real reason is a thingy called Powered Lift. See the NASA QSRA for reference. The gains are good enough to some military jets used (some still do) it, as the F-104 on landings (acting like flaps). But not that good to be used by most commercial and/or civilian jets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 14 hours ago, magnemoe said: Agree now the engine placement is weird but I assume this is designed to work from dirt runways. Powered lift + dirt runways. Boeing had a very similar-looking wannabe C-130 replacement. The regular An-72 gets a lot of mileage, even at the top of the world (An-74 has a navigator and beefed up batteries and APU, you know, the cold weather start-up shebang). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 1 hour ago, DDE said: Powered lift + dirt runways. Boeing had a very similar-looking wannabe C-130 replacement. The regular An-72 gets a lot of mileage, even at the top of the world (An-74 has a navigator and beefed up batteries and APU, you know, the cold weather start-up shebang). The Reversor is algo pretty interesting: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeMACH Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 cool，Looks like there's a lot of noise in the cab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 It just allows to scratch the armpits. The planie likes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 Sometimes I think that some people just have too much free time in their hands... source: https://9gag.com/gag/aVxXYDP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Il-20 is no pretty thing but its name hides an ancient secret that is far more visually offensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 It was continued by Il-40 and Il-102 Spoiler https://topwar-ru.translate.goog/87583-tyazhelyy-shturmovik-il-102.html?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=wapp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 The interesting thing on this video is that while designing my own crafts, I got exactly the same problems and ended up exactly with the same results. For example, when using flaps, I usually trim the elevators slightly down to compensate the tendency to have the nose up. Watching these videos can help you to make better planes on KSP! (and vice versa!) Besides that, this is an incredibly detailed tutorial on how to turn up these old beats of the past!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 Someone needs to make an addon using this as theme! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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