[video=vimeo;86926110]http://vimeo.com/86926110[/video]
Someone made a nice little video about my hometown.
[QUOTE=426_Hemi;43950308]-snipnotlmaopics-
emergency content: would you take a fly in the cricri, the smallest plane in the world powered by chainsaw-sized engines ?
[IMG]http://f.pmay.free.fr/photo/cricri_TdB_2.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://frederic.secchi.free.fr/images/F-PHEM%20Royan%202003.jpg[/IMG]
Also, jet versions exists. Saw one of them flying once, it's a bit creepy, especially on landing. This is REALLY fast.
[IMG]http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=65405&d=1188619024[/IMG][/QUOTE]
i want to fly this where can i fly this
[URL="http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/062/B-36J%20Engineer.html"]Inside the cockpit of a B-36[/URL]
[QUOTE=426_Hemi;43950308][IMG]http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=65405&d=1188619024[/IMG][/QUOTE]
How much
[QUOTE=Griffster26;43933253][IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/05/08/article-1384740-0BF424C400000578-18_636x774.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Imagine risking your life at the helm of a screaming machine, next to another, only to dive at it while flying 500+ mph to save several thousand people.
I'm trying to and it's giving me a massive hard on.
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[QUOTE=kaskade700;43952989]How much[/QUOTE]
I can tell you those engines are probably $5k a piece.
R/C sized jet engines aren't cheap.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;43952832][URL="http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/062/B-36J%20Engineer.html"]Inside the cockpit of a B-36[/URL][/QUOTE]
There's nowhere near enough gauges, I can still see plenty of metal along the ceiling.
[QUOTE=Alice3173;43955354]There's nowhere near enough gauges, I can still see plenty of metal along the ceiling.[/QUOTE]
And every one of those gauges and switches has an important purpose. Those were back in the days when things ran off high octane aviation gas and sheer willpower. No computers or any automation, built by hand and flown by hand. 6 turnin' and 4 burnin' engines of pure American ingenuity made to make the Soviets shiver in their breeches.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/gcA6wAz.jpg[/img]
Which if you guys have never been to the National USAF museum in Ohio, I highly recommend you take a visit there because it's awesome. They have tons of warbirds there, everything from before WWI to modern F-22's and F-35's. They even have skunk works stuff, like the YF-12A, which was more or less a SR-71 blackbird that actually had an armament meant to intercept nuclear bombers and missiles.
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[URL="http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/tour-std.html"]Full Virtual Tour here[/URL]
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;43955111]
I can tell you those engines are probably $5k a piece.
R/C sized jet engines aren't cheap.[/QUOTE]
probably why most R/C toys are biplanes, cheap and you can make them out of plastic.
Can anyone dump a bunch of infographics? New or old (prefarably new of course), just something interesting to read.
[QUOTE=Bordellimies;43956816]Can anyone dump a bunch of infographics? New or old (prefarably new of course), just something interesting to read.[/QUOTE]
You'll love this book then.
[IMG]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ASGS4B6kL._SY300_.jpg[/IMG]
Few infographics from the book. Link [URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/9688246/Infographica-by-Martin-and-Simon-Toseland.html?frame=2403084[/URL]
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;43952832][URL="http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/062/B-36J%20Engineer.html"]Inside the cockpit of a B-36[/URL][/QUOTE]
At first i was like, "What the fuck, they fly it like THIS?!"
Then i turned around, "Ooooh yeeeah..."
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;43952832][URL="http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/062/B-36J%20Engineer.html"]Inside the cockpit of a B-36[/URL][/QUOTE]
and this boys and girls is why they needed flight engineers. i can't even imagine trying to fly an airplane while simultaneously dealing with all the systems. it's all done by computers now. for comparisons sake, here's some photos i took while in a CRJ-200 simulator cockpit yesterday
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/tv7C6s2l.jpg[/IMG]
this is the overhead panel
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/DHieCXgl.jpg[/IMG]
[URL=http://imgur.com/7id0Nlj][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7id0Nljl.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
granted the b36 also had SIX ENGINES as opposed to the crj's 2. but computers took all that information on the back wall and put it right in front of the pilot. so now instead of having to go through a long exhaustive process to start the engines, all i have to do is press like 2 switches. and these are all old computers on this thing as well. the 787's computers and such make this look like a cave painting
B-36 had 10 engines, actually. 6 props and 4 jet engines. None of which were computer monitored.
[img]https://24.media.tumblr.com/0ae4384d84911fedebc8069b8c64df10/tumblr_n16uimKuAs1qhhvubo2_400.gif[/img]
I'm pretty sure this is all most of us would do if in a cockpit like that
Also have the original video since I have a feeling a lot of people don't know where the gif is from
[media]http://vimeo.com/11414910[/media]
I think someone once had that as an avatar.
that video is so dumb, but soooo cute and it makes me cry every time. i fucking love it.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;43959331]B-36 had 10 engines, actually. 6 props and 4 jet engines. None of which were computer monitored.[/QUOTE]
oh holy shit
[QUOTE=God of Ashes;43960779]oh holy shit[/QUOTE]
People always fail to fathom just how large and amazing the B-36 is.
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/11th_Bombardment_Wing_Convair_B-36J-5-CF_Peacemaker_52-2225.jpg[/t]
The aircraft is probably one of the US' greatest creations. It's so stupidly large but so well made and designed. It could carry almost 90,000 pounds of ordnance, more than a B-52 can, could reach 42,000 feet and fly for over 3,000 miles without needing to refuel, could also carry the largest camera ever made for spy missions, which could see the dimples on a golfball from 40,000 feet in the air.
When they moved a B-36 into the USAF museum, they literally had to build the hangar around it because it was so massive. The only reason the thing never saw service was because of the B-52, which could fly higher, faster, and for longer than the B-36 could.
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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Convair_B-36J,_USAF_Museum,_Ohio.jpg[/img]
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And between all it's engines, it has a combined horsepower of around 22,800HP for the props and then another 20800 lbf for the jet engines
[IMG]https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2uu8aPUVf1qir6ydo1_500.png[/IMG]
Kurt Cobain’s guitar, used throughout 1991 including the Paramount Theatre gig.
[QUOTE=Griffster26;43961642][video=youtube;u163wC6mP2A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u163wC6mP2A[/video][/QUOTE]
Binaural videos like this are really cool.
[video=youtube;IUDTlvagjJA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUDTlvagjJA[/video]
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;43960875]People always fail to fathom just how large and amazing the B-36 is.
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/11th_Bombardment_Wing_Convair_B-36J-5-CF_Peacemaker_52-2225.jpg[/t]
The aircraft is probably one of the US' greatest creations. It's so stupidly large but so well made and designed. It could carry almost 90,000 pounds of ordnance, more than a B-52 can, could reach 42,000 feet and fly for over 3,000 miles without needing to refuel, could also carry the largest camera ever made for spy missions, which could see the dimples on a golfball from 40,000 feet in the air.
When they moved a B-36 into the USAF museum, they literally had to build the hangar around it because it was so massive. The only reason the thing never saw service was because of the B-52, which could fly higher, faster, and for longer than the B-36 could.
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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Convair_B-36J,_USAF_Museum,_Ohio.jpg[/img]
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And between all it's engines, it has a combined horsepower of around 22,800HP for the props and then another 20800 lbf for the jet engines[/QUOTE]
THAN they decided "Hey, this bomber is huge, but lets make it much bigger for cargo", and the XC99 was born.
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Convair_XC-99_and_B-36B_in_flight_c1949.jpg[/t]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/1700_ATG_Convair_XC-99_1954.jpg[/img]
Largest piston driven cargo aircraft ever, with a cargo capacity of 100,000 pounds or 400 troopers. They only ever built one, but it saw almost a decade of use. They were trying to put it up in the Air Force Museum as well, but it was too badly corroded and the museum had neither the time nor the money for it. It's apparently sitting at Davis Monthan until they get put the work in to get her in shape.
Also, I feel like I might be making too many reply posts like this, but I fucking love aviation and this stuff gets me excited every time. Lemme know if i'm overdoing it.
[QUOTE=EnlightenDead;43961650][IMG]https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2uu8aPUVf1qir6ydo1_500.png[/IMG]
Kurt Cobain’s guitar, used throughout 1991 including the Paramount Theatre gig.[/QUOTE]what, i never knew Cobain was left-handed. how come so many world-changing legends (Hendrix, Iommi, Cobain for example) were left-handed
[QUOTE=Joazzz;43964734]what, i never knew Cobain was left-handed. how come so many world-changing legends (Hendrix, Iommi, Cobain for example) were left-handed[/QUOTE]
because it's a coincidence
Left-handed master race.
I'm left handed but I play guitar right handed :v:
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