StrandedonEarth Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, magnemoe said: Now this was weird. I assume an electrical motor can work on the entire speed range of the car without any gearing. Manual transmissions has always been popular in Europe but is going away. That killed them was that automatic is more efficient less pollution also an hybrid want automatic as it want to control then to use the electric engine, mostly then going slowly or then its fully charged. Manuals are a pain in stop'n'go driving, and the strata where I live now has a driveway on a major artery, making for challenging left turns. A clutch would increase the risk, especially with the potential for stalling. No thanks, I made sure any vehicle we bought was an automatic. That said, manuals can be more fun. The gimmick in that article brought that fun back by mimicking a manual without any transmission at all beyond the usual electric direct drive at whatever gear ratio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 The cars are managed by arrow keys (or WASD), and the space button. What are the manuals, they are talking about??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 11 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: Manuals are a pain in stop'n'go driving, and the strata where I live now has a driveway on a major artery, making for challenging left turns. A clutch would increase the risk, especially with the potential for stalling. No thanks, I made sure any vehicle we bought was an automatic. That said, manuals can be more fun. The gimmick in that article brought that fun back by mimicking a manual without any transmission at all beyond the usual electric direct drive at whatever gear ratio. Yes that is another problem with them, not much of an problem but automatic are much better at this. Wore out the clutch on an old car because of lots of queues. Granted it was an very old car and I guess automatic would also getting into issue at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted November 8, 2023 Author Share Posted November 8, 2023 Man, oh man… Flying under bridges is, as it appears, an arcane instinct for Humans and Kerbals!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnemoe Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 20 hours ago, Lisias said: Man, oh man… Flying under bridges is, as it appears, an arcane instinct for Humans and Kerbals!! I say that was an very small bridge to fly under, something like golden gate would be easier. Extending the landing wheels would give an margin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 How a jamming package (SEWIP Block III) looked in PowerPoint: How it looks in practice. Cheeky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 The Vickers-Carden-Loyd M1931 Amphibious Tank is one of those things that get called "mostly safe". It's one of the two original exhibits of the Kubinka museum in 1938, alongside the Mark V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted November 15, 2023 Author Share Posted November 15, 2023 This is what I call a shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 (Copypasted from the Russian Launches thread) The Lunokhod chief constructor and his previous projects: https://ru-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Кемурджиан,_Александр_Леонович?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=wapp Quote In 1959, he was appointed head of the department of new principles of movement and was involved in the creation of hovercraft, called “crawlers” . https://ru-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Объект_760?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=wapp Spoiler https://ru-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/БРДМ-ВПК?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://ru-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/БРДМ-ВПС?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www-drive2-ru.translate.goog/c/513127509227734606/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=wapp Spoiler UC? Even in early 1960s the Soviet constructors were going to cross the lunar seas, martian channels, and venusian swamps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royalswissarmyknife Posted November 17, 2023 Share Posted November 17, 2023 3 hours ago, kerbiloid said: (Copypasted from the Russian Launches thread) The Lunokhod chief constructor and his previous projects: https://ru-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Кемурджиан,_Александр_Леонович?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://ru-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Объект_760?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=wapp Hide contents https://ru-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/БРДМ-ВПК?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://ru-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/БРДМ-ВПС?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www-drive2-ru.translate.goog/c/513127509227734606/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=ru&_x_tr_pto=wapp Hide contents UC? Even in early 1960s the Soviet constructors were going to cross the lunar seas, martian channels, and venusian swamps. Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 (edited) Someone tried building a ‘thopter? https://imgur.com/gallery/ntWuxA8 Quote The Riout 102T Alérion is an ornithopter built in 1937 designed by René Riout. The Alérion went through a series of ground tests including in the Chalais-Meudon wind tunnel 1938 when the wings suffered a structural failure. Further development was abandoned with the start of World War II. It never flew and was stored until it was found in 2005 and brought to the Musée Régional de l'Air at Angers, where it was partially restored. Edited November 23, 2023 by StrandedonEarth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 4 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: Someone tried building a ‘thopter? People keep trying. Albatross AS-5mx, showcased in MAKS-2017's Kerbal Home-Made Aircraft section. Powered solely by a compressed air flask. No radical wing flapping, just the flexing of the central section (struts?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 This is the Centurion tank s/n 169041. You might not want to hang out near it for too long. The tank was placed less than 500 yards away from the tower for Britain's second nuclear blast. It survived with loss of simulated crew and external damage, and was decontaminated and declared salvageable, and drove halfway home before the engine broke down from sand ingestion. Now, here's the one part that isn't supported by the original reporting, but the on-site measurements had understated the radiation by a factor of 80. The tank was scrubbed again, given some time to decay in storage, and then had its turret swapped out and spent some time as a turretless tractor before being re-equipped with a new turret... and sent to Vietnam, where it fought and suffered battle damage. One of the crews and techies that worked on it in the 1950s claimed in 1990 that out of sixteen on his team, twelve were already dead from cancer and the rest were sick. They were also responsible for heavily cannibalizing 169041 while it was in storage, thus spreading radioactive parts out across the Centurion fleet. The old turret was left in the yard and used as a sunbathing platform... that gave people beta burns. https://archive.is/4MbJG#selection-2459.0-2475.9 1950s, maaaan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 1 hour ago, DDE said: This is the Centurion tank s/n 169041. You might not want to hang out near it for too long. The tank was placed less than 500 yards away from the tower for Britain's second nuclear blast. It survived with loss of simulated crew and external damage, and was decontaminated and declared salvageable, and drove halfway home before the engine broke down from sand ingestion. Now, here's the one part that isn't supported by the original reporting, but the on-site measurements had understated the radiation by a factor of 80. The tank was scrubbed again, given some time to decay in storage, and then had its turret swapped out and spent some time as a turretless tractor before being re-equipped with a new turret... and sent to Vietnam, where it fought and suffered battle damage. One of the crews and techies that worked on it in the 1950s claimed in 1990 that out of sixteen on his team, twelve were already dead from cancer and the rest were sick. They were also responsible for heavily cannibalizing 169041 while it was in storage, thus spreading radioactive parts out across the Centurion fleet. The old turret was left in the yard and used as a sunbathing platform... that gave people beta burns. https://archive.is/4MbJG#selection-2459.0-2475.9 1950s, maaaan. Oh, so that’s why they had the tank in front of a nuclear blast in the artwork when they added the Centurian Mk. 5/1 to War Thunder… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted November 25, 2023 Share Posted November 25, 2023 It's Australia, things can't get worse. Also, I see where they hide something from wives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 "'Scramble', ye say?" Now you understand why trucks with jet engines are a proportionate response to snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Modeling St Petersburg's floods the hardcore way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) "So you're saying that an aircraft that is dilapidated because of your bureaucratic obstitance is going to be razed along with the hangar because it's dilapidated!?" "Ha-ha, bulldozer goes brrrr" https://vintageaviationnews.com/warbirds-news/the-city-of-irvine-neglects-and-destroys-pv-1-ventura.html Edited December 5, 2023 by DDE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 1 hour ago, DDE said: "So you're saying that an aircraft that is dilapidated because of your bureaucratic obstitance is going to be razed along with the hangar because it's dilapidated!?" "Ha-ha, bulldozer goes brrrr" https://vintageaviationnews.com/warbirds-news/the-city-of-irvine-neglects-and-destroys-pv-1-ventura.html Here's one better! Vega-C contractor accidentally throws out two fourth-stage tanks into the trash. https://europeanspaceflight.com/the-case-of-the-missing-vega-avum-propellant-tanks/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDE Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 "Do you want the longitudinal or the transverse mounting of your tank's engine?" Swedish Ikv 91: "No" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 I sincerely curious to meet the guys that made such "concept" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 21 minutes ago, Lisias said: I sincerely curious to meet the guys that made such "concept" Readers context got added. It’s from a video game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 (edited) 41 minutes ago, SunlitZelkova said: Readers context got added. It’s from a video game Seriously? Last year, when I first read about it, it was presented as a (allegedly) serious proposition - besides unfeasible. Quote One emerging (ha!) aircraft is getting a lot of air time these days. The Sky Cruise, a creation of brilliant CGI artist (and terrible aircraft conceptualizer) Hashem Al-Ghaili, is a concept for a nuclear-powered craft the size of a cruise ship that would fly around with thousands of guests aboard to see the world. And is it ever special. The craft would never land (how it takes off is not addressed), and jets both commercial and private would “dock” with it (again, the details of such a dramatic meet-up are omitted); and ferry passengers back to earth, errr, I mean land. […] In short, the Sky Cruise, while it’s presented as a product or a project, isn’t either. It’s a far-fetched notion that stands less than a zero percent chance of ever having part one produced. The video is fantastic, but presenting it as anything other than total fantasy is just plain silly and more than a little misleading. https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/news/the-latest/an-emerging-nuclear-powered-flying-hotel-your-questions-answered/ Anyway, Art imitates Life: The original idea (besides not being a Hotel) is a 1968 Study from NASA! https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19720063062/downloads/19720063062.pdf -- -- POST EDIT -- -- HA! I found the CNN article! Quote Nevertheless, Yemeni engineer Hashem Al-Ghaili, who created the Sky Cruise concept video based on a futuristic design by artist Alexander Tujicov, insists it’s only a “matter of time” before aviation engineering catches up to his vision. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/nuclear-sky-hotel/index.html Edited December 6, 2023 by Lisias POST EDIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunlitZelkova Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 6 hours ago, Lisias said: Seriously? Last year, when I first read about it, it was presented as a (allegedly) serious proposition - besides unfeasible. Anyway, Art imitates Life: The original idea (besides not being a Hotel) is a 1968 Study from NASA! https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19720063062/downloads/19720063062.pdf -- -- POST EDIT -- -- HA! I found the CNN article! Damn. I already thought I was living in a Phildickian hellscape where I can't tell if news is bogus or not, but now I can't trust the factcheckers? (Depressing) lesson learned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisias Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 7 hours ago, SunlitZelkova said: Damn. I already thought I was living in a Phildickian hellscape where I can't tell if news is bogus or not, but now I can't trust the factcheckers? (Depressing) lesson learned. Or perhaps that factchecker is right, and everybody and the kitchen's sink were trolled last year! (would not be the first time!) Spoiler Remembering Tony Signorini, a WW2 Hero and one of the most successful prankster of the History!! https://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/two-feet-from-clearwaters-past-fathers-funny-legacy-leaves-a-deep/2159682/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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