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Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys
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A new look at a less than famous bird...
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I'm sure some of y'all know this...
Early rotary engines didn't have a carburetor. There was a fuel valve, some plumbing and a (fixed) metering valve. In other words, left to it's own devices the engine would run wide ass open. that's it... off or full throttle, no other choices. The only way to control rev's was by a "blip button" on the control stick. Pushing... or "blipping" it would kill the ignition. Release it and you were back to wide ass open.
Not quiet the SR-71... but it was a stepping stone on that path.
Early rotary engines didn't have a carburetor. There was a fuel valve, some plumbing and a (fixed) metering valve. In other words, left to it's own devices the engine would run wide ass open. that's it... off or full throttle, no other choices. The only way to control rev's was by a "blip button" on the control stick. Pushing... or "blipping" it would kill the ignition. Release it and you were back to wide ass open.
Not quiet the SR-71... but it was a stepping stone on that path.
Used to visit the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden. Loads of interesting old aeroplanes. Oldest in flying condition was the 1909 Bleriot, officially the oldest in the World. But because it uses wing warping, I think the authorities restricted it's licence to straight ahead only, so it would take off at one end of the field and fly to far end to land. Shame, it would easily be capable of cross-country flights.
UPS Crash... I won't post a video, you can google it yourself. A lot if Federal investigators are there now They found turbine blade pieces on the runway. That sounds like it was doomed before it was even airborn. 
It ain't "Skynet".... yet.
I'm of two minds here.
On the one hand, I love the work that went into this... the genius of it all.
On the other hand, it get's us one step closer to Skynet.
I'm of two minds here.
On the one hand, I love the work that went into this... the genius of it all.
On the other hand, it get's us one step closer to Skynet.
I wonder if your AI wingman is an annoying as your search-engine's AI assistant?
For the “less young” among us, here’s a bit of history from the National Film Board of Canada. Their “Perspective” show was a weekly feature broadcast on TV and in theatres before the feature film of the day.
In this episode, entitled Fighter Wing, narrator Fred Davis visits No. 3 Wing RCAF base at Zweibrucken Germany in 1956 to learn about F86 Sabre operations.
It all seems a tad primitive now, with the older vehicles and ashtrays everywhere, but back then, this was leading edge stuff!
In this episode, entitled Fighter Wing, narrator Fred Davis visits No. 3 Wing RCAF base at Zweibrucken Germany in 1956 to learn about F86 Sabre operations.
It all seems a tad primitive now, with the older vehicles and ashtrays everywhere, but back then, this was leading edge stuff!
For some perspective, the F86 really came into its own in the Korean conflict, circa 1952 more or less, and served into the 70's. Super high tech for the time. On the domestic automotive front, I give you our 1954 Nash Statesman. Flathead ("L" head) inline 6 engine design, effectively unchanged since the 1930's, making about 100hp. Un-boosted hydraulic expanding shoe drum brakes, no redundancy. No power assist steering. Typical automotive level of tech at the time. And the styling- the jet fighter inspired designs of the mid-late 50's/early 60's hadn't hit yet. Quite the difference.
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Oh yeah. One of my buddies has a 1968 Camaro 350SS that has been restored to museum condition and while it is very pretty and sounds fabulous, it isn’t actually all that quick and it handles like a dump truck with a couple of flats compared to most modern cars.
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I had a shop install a 2 reservoir M/C in my wife's 66 Mustang. The car is otherwise stock but I really wanted that added safety factor.
It does not matter. It’s cool. Modern cars are not.
When I was growing up in the rust belt one could buy an eight year old R code Mach I for a few hundred bucks, then take it to the street and accumulate some traffic violations! Modern cars…. who cares?
Wife's mustang is a 6 cylinder manual. I had ALL of the bushings in the front suspension replaced last year. The lighter motor and fresh suspension give it decent handling at reasonable speeds.
