Lisias Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 McDonnell's V-1 Flying "Jeep". Apparently it's a kind of helicopter - but I'm not sure... \ Source: https://www.mrjakeparker.com/blog/2023/5/8/the-flying-jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong - there will be never another airport like this in Human History. Perhaps in Kerbal so? https://www.gettyimages.com.br/fotos/aeroporto-de-kai-tak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 On 1/13/2025 at 2:21 AM, Lisias said: McDonnell's V-1 Flying "Jeep". Apparently it's a kind of helicopter - but I'm not sure... \ Source: https://www.mrjakeparker.com/blog/2023/5/8/the-flying-jeep Think the idea was that you could put lots of stuff in the center like an caro or passenger pod, perhaps an turret. The recolless rifle show is stupid as the backblast would easy hit the pilot. Putting an flamethrower on it is as shown also stupid as its an short range weapon, the downdraft don't help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted January 20 Author Share Posted January 20 Genesis Sample Return. Or how NASA planned and executed an impressive 27 months mission collecting ions from space, just to lithobreak the thing because they inverted a sensor and the chutes didn't opened. Just like when we save a doomed mission just to reach Kerbin's atmosphere ans realize we got out of electricity to kick the chutes! https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn9331-crashed-spacecraft-was-faster-cheaper-but-not-better/ And since we are here... https://ksp.lisias.net/screenshots//2019//07//25_Apollo-Falcon-Style//26#main-img Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Early 20's Helicopters (yeah, they are that old). Someone need to do them on KSP!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 The Hammerhead Space Shuttle. Something to be tried on KSP for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 And... Yeah... The Iranians plugged a RF5 fighter cockpit into an TU-154M tail. https://elpoderdelasgalaxias.wordpress.com/2021/04/23/tupolev-tu-154m-rf-5a-mutant-ii/ https://www.aereo.jor.br/2018/11/18/tu-154m-iraniano-com-f-5-espetado-na-cauda/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 8 hours ago, Lisias said: And... Yeah... The Iranians plugged a RF5 fighter cockpit into an TU-154M tail. https://elpoderdelasgalaxias.wordpress.com/2021/04/23/tupolev-tu-154m-rf-5a-mutant-ii/ https://www.aereo.jor.br/2018/11/18/tu-154m-iraniano-com-f-5-espetado-na-cauda/ Business class Economy class Steerage > Doghouse class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 4 hours ago, DDE said: Business class Economy class Steerage > Doghouse class Secondary control compartment. Ships can be steered from the machine room or an place near it, they control the speed anyway and the machines to move the rudder is nearby, you can obviously not see anything but this is an emergency is bridge is destroyed, say an fire or with collision with an bridge. I read the article, its for testing ejections seats, who is pretty smart, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKspEngineer Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 (edited) Am I the only one who thinks wet workshops are weird? Like we're going to launch a rocket stage with a docking port on it and once the fuel is depleted we're going to put experiments and live inside the fuel tank. And we're also going to just pile up the trash in the smaller tank. But this allows for a giant living space ( imagine shuttle ET stations) Edited February 4 by TheKspEngineer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 20 hours ago, TheKspEngineer said: Am I the only one who thinks wet workshops are weird? Like we're going to launch a rocket stage with a docking port on it and once the fuel is depleted we're going to put experiments and live inside the fuel tank. And we're also going to just pile up the trash in the smaller tank. But this allows for a giant living space ( imagine shuttle ET stations) I say it makes sense in some places. One idea is to use an Starship designed for this as an moon base. You need modifications like insulation on the outside and probably strengthening of the hull. it would be smart to lower this down in an ditch and cover with regolit to protect from radiation and micro meteors. Front part is designed as living space but for it laid down flat. Here I see it as an good idea to have an access hatch to the methane tank. and in the common bulkhead. This ares would be bare steel but they could be used for all sort of purposes like storage. or an gym. Thought of making one an hangar but removing the rear bulkhead and trust structure would be an pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 22 hours ago, TheKspEngineer said: Am I the only one who thinks wet workshops are weird? Like we're going to launch a rocket stage with a docking port on it and once the fuel is depleted we're going to put experiments and live inside the fuel tank. And we're also going to just pile up the trash in the smaller tank. I think this would be slightly problematic for hypergolics or hydrazine!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 On 2/5/2025 at 8:42 PM, Lisias said: I think this would be slightly problematic for hypergolics or hydrazine!! Unless you're a Krieger or Helghan anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 Absolutely GORGEOUS. I want one of these for me! 1938 REO Tractor and 1937 Curtiss Aerocar Trailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vexillar Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 It seems that the Brits are going for a Kerbal-like design technique with interchangeable modules (from https://aeralis.com) : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 Lippisch's Dornier Aerodyne No wings, and as the P13a, the cockpit (if this thing would develop into) would be on the Vertical Stabilizer... I didn't found any video in EN-US better than this one em PT-BR, but there are translated captions to EN-US available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 (edited) The Russian Imperial Navy had strange ideas about its Nagant revolvers Edited Wednesday at 04:32 AM by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted Tuesday at 11:08 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 11:08 PM You need to have a lot of courage to fly one of these things! Rowe's Flying UFO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted Wednesday at 04:57 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:57 PM The Zundapp Janus, designed by Dornier A contemporary of BMW Isetta Definitely looks safe.... but at least, unlike a Janus, it could have a trunk. Look! It's got a trunk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted Thursday at 03:37 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 03:37 PM Since we are talking about cars... Edmond Rumpler's LKW (i think it's the name) Source: https://imgur.com/a/3C9Li Do you want to know more? https://roarington.com/media-house/stories/rumpler-lkw-typ-ruv29-delivering-news-hot-off-the-press Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted Thursday at 10:21 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 10:21 PM On 2/26/2025 at 1:57 PM, DDE said: Look! It's got a trunk! I just remembered that a friend of mine's fater, when I was a teenager, had one of these Honda N600 (we called it "hondinha"): Obviously, with the driver on the left side. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_N360 The idea was to teach me how to drive. I'm 1:80, had about 90Kg at that time - I barely manage to enter the car, but got stuck and didn't found my way out! I had to be extracted from the car, almost destroyed the seat... I also remember a history about a dude living on a condo I used to pass when going to see my girlfriend, I remember seeing one of these minicars parked there now and then, and obviously remembered that tragic incident of my youth. I remember passing there once and seeing that hondinha firmly put on a kinda of concrete table that condo used to keep the trash out of the reach of stray dogs, that thing had exactly the size of the minicar and was about 1 meter high. "Somebody got really liquided about his car", I though to myself. I commented that with my girlfriend, that happened to have a friend living on that condo and called him. Well... The car's owner picked a fight with a neighbor that so called some friends in the late night and carried the car into the trash table... The dry weight of that thing was less than 500 KGs, 3 dudes like me could easily get the thing off the ground, 4 surely could rise it above 1 meter without hassle. I wish I had a camera with me at that time (hey, it was middle 90s, digital cameras were cumbersome and extremely expensive - and used 3.5" floppy disks as media!), that picture would be epic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted Friday at 06:29 PM Share Posted Friday at 06:29 PM 20 hours ago, Lisias said: I just remembered that a friend of mine's fater, when I was a teenager, had one of these Honda N600 (we called it "hondinha"): Obviously, with the driver on the left side. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_N360 The idea was to teach me how to drive. I'm 1:80, had about 90Kg at that time - I barely manage to enter the car, but got stuck and didn't found my way out! I had to be extracted from the car, almost destroyed the seat... I also remember a history about a dude living on a condo I used to pass when going to see my girlfriend, I remember seeing one of these minicars parked there now and then, and obviously remembered that tragic incident of my youth. I remember passing there once and seeing that hondinha firmly put on a kinda of concrete table that condo used to keep the trash out of the reach of stray dogs, that thing had exactly the size of the minicar and was about 1 meter high. "Somebody got really liquided about his car", I though to myself. I commented that with my girlfriend, that happened to have a friend living on that condo and called him. Well... The car's owner picked a fight with a neighbor that so called some friends in the late night and carried the car into the trash table... The dry weight of that thing was less than 500 KGs, 3 dudes like me could easily get the thing off the ground, 4 surely could rise it above 1 meter without hassle. I wish I had a camera with me at that time (hey, it was middle 90s, digital cameras were cumbersome and extremely expensive - and used 3.5" floppy disks as media!), that picture would be epic... It has been an common high school and student prank to lift up and carry small cars many teachers used but it was mostly putting it between two trees, pilars or dumpsters then perhasp rotate the car so the bumpers touched them. I was at an class party at an cabin during the winter, no place to park so we just drove the cars off the road and into the snow, as we was 30 it was just to bump them up on the road again. A bit harder with an electric SUV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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