Lisias Posted June 30 Author Share Posted June 30 Rockwell C-1057, brought to life by the great Hazegrayart. Don't have the slightest idea if Rockwell did it seriously, or if they were trying to troll NASA... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 It's normal. For 30s. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted June 30 Author Share Posted June 30 Check yo staging!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Somebody had put the tea cup onto the spacebar. Or a kitten was walking on the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 Blohm & Voss P 192 This is another one of that crafts that someone needs to build on KSP! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%26_Voss_P_192 (http://www.luft46.com/bv/bvp192.html) I want to know how in hell the pilot would bail out of this death trap... (or in how many pieces...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargamel Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 Watched a group of folks try to build a computer program to simulate rocket launches. It turned out pretty wobbly and needing moar boosters. Then it exploded in a RUD. So Kerbal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 8 hours ago, Lisias said: I want to know how in hell the pilot would bail out of this death trap He would just detach the plane from the back. Spoiler It is not the plane's propeller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA-Forums Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 On 6/30/2024 at 2:54 PM, Lisias said: Check yo staging!!!!! Average day in the Chinese space program: But seriously: kerbal ahh space program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 On 7/3/2024 at 12:49 AM, Lisias said: Blohm & Voss P 192 This is another one of that crafts that someone needs to build on KSP! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blohm_%26_Voss_P_192 (http://www.luft46.com/bv/bvp192.html) I want to know how in hell the pilot would bail out of this death trap... (or in how many pieces...) And here's the 40k Vulture pretending it doesn't have that problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Somebody should leave it here again. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Triebflügel https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-story-of-the-focke-wulf-triebflugeljager-vertical-take-off-and-landing-tail-sitter-interceptor-with-three-rotating-wings-that-never-was/ Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 18 hours ago, DDE said: And here's the 40k Vulture pretending it doesn't have that problem... I would move the turbine back probably at the tail boom and let it rotate. then add some turbines for liftoff to the wings, probably add wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted July 5 Author Share Posted July 5 On 7/4/2024 at 2:39 PM, magnemoe said: I would move the turbine back probably at the tail boom and let it rotate. then add some turbines for liftoff to the wings, probably add wheels. This thing made me remind of this french craziness: Leduc 022. And... Yeah, the cockpit is essentially almost inside the intake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 (edited) During the Battle of Vyborg in July 1790 Swedish capital ships preparing to break through a Russian blockade were towing three fireships. Now, accounts vary: some blame the captain of the fireship Postiljon for getting drunk, igniting the ship too early and then committing a series of navigational mistakes; others claim that the ship of the line Enigheten that was towing him had chosen a risky method of commencing movement, first setting sail, then cutting anchors, all while failing to check staging release the tow on the fireship. Either way, Postiljon rear-ended the 74-gunner and became entangled; Enigheten in turn lost control and collided into the 40-gun frigate Zemire. The resulting mess, on fire, drifted towards the Russian ships Vseslav and Pathelemon, while the cooking-off guns of the deserted ships were recorded as scoring hits on the Russian flagship St Peter, before the inevitable violent detonation that further contributed the the pandemonium, the incident alone causing nearly as much damage as the Russians ever managed in that battle. Edited July 7 by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 Look at the S-V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 On 4/24/2024 at 1:32 PM, Lisias said: Crazy, almost desperate idea from WW2 era: doing MEDEVAC on pods mounted on the bomb mounts of a P-38. What could possibly go wrong? ("Bombs awa..." uh... Whoops.. ) (but it would be a hell of view!) https://aviationhumor.net/experimental-air-ambulance-version-of-the-p-38/ Found its Soviet cousin, the "Bakshaev casette". https://t.me/tarkhils_channel/3163 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 Gloster Meteor F8 Fighter "Prone Figher" variant. When they literally shoved a freaking cockpit in the place of the nose cone! Emphasis for: "cut hood for emergency rescue" - boy, ejecting from this death trap would be interesting... Source: https://planehistoria.com/gloster-meteor-f8/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Tests of captured A-4s by the Soviets. Note item 2 Flight distance, km: 231 Trajectory altitude, km: 46 Lateral deviation, km: left 181 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 As the altitude is abnormally low (46 km), so the attitude control is off. I just wonder, how could the V-2 aim even at London, rather than "somewhere behind the channel". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 6 hours ago, kerbiloid said: I just wonder, how could the V-2 aim even at London, rather than "somewhere behind the channel". They didn't They aimed somewhere behind the channel, hoping that some of the V2s would hit London! They managed to be right about 50% of the time! Quote "Tests of prototype V-2's in 1943 indicated a 4.5 km CEP (circular error probable - the radius within which 50% of the shots impact). 100% of the shots fell within 18 km of the target. A radio beam guidance update system was introduced in December 1944, which in tests produced a 2 km CEP. In reality, in the campaign against Britain, 518 rockets were recorded as falling in the Greater London Air Defence Zone of 1225 fired, implying an average CEP of 12 km." source: http://www.astronautix.com/v/v-2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroWolfie Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 I’ll just leave this here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_War Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 On 7/12/2024 at 6:20 AM, AstroWolfie said: I’ll just leave this here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_War Swedes, Norwegians and Russians be like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 Post-Medieval Russian bronze SRB on a test carriage (added later). Notice the spherical tanks. They are probably for attitude control. Also those handles. You can add moar struts. (Two similar pipes are in Istanbul museum.) Caliber 890 mm, so basically can shoot with Kerbals if use as a cannon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroWolfie Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 bro lookin straight out of a Ruffles Kerman video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 FAB-3000 bomb with UPMK glide kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 A must-have for BDArmory, but who cares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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