It's what all the USAF guys thought until they got to fly this. Pure sex compared to an underpowered Cessna;


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...964bf307eb.jpg

Oh yeah?

http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviatio.../9/0730939.jpg

My lord, that is one ugly machine. The paint just makes it worse.

I've always been partial to the ME-262:

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...df24f78a21.jpg

Meanwhile, on your kid's favorite Net Flix show . . .

https://i1.wp.com/www.bizpacreview.c...size=400%2C450

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...6e1b4c1aa2.jpg
Some people like big slow ugly wo​​​​​​​ err.. planes... it's all in the eye of the beholder

Dude, seriously...

https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net...02&oe=5A1C0F68

Years ago, we saw Jimmy Buffet in concert, and he flew his Albatross, the 'Hemisphere Dancer' around the venue a couple of hours before the show.

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...9ef4675852.jpg

Of course, the correct answer to the 'most' beautiful airplane may have been the first one. It's hard to beat a Staggerwing...
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...ba955cbc62.jpg

if that was my house, I'd never get anything done

WTF: If you combine the different spellings "Muhammad", "Mohammed" and "Mohammad" in that spreadsheet, it's clearly the most popular boys name in England and Wales!
- one of the reasons the Brexit vote won?

Lots of Wolverine fans over there, "Logan" was #26.

Oh, certainly. The T37 is simple, tiny and underpowered.

Reminds me of a certain car...




https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...da21e92731.png

JoeP, you done lost yo damned mind with that one.


And since we're showing a little love to my (Ch)Air Force brethren... allow me to introduce the greatest fighter jet that never was... name it!

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...43f2e16fb4.jpg

Avro Arrow?

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...fba3436dba.jpg

Looked like an F-5 to me - Googling the number on the tail indicates it's an evolution of the F-5 however:

"Only three F-5G/F-20As were built. N4416T (82-0062) crashed during a demonstration flight at Suwon Air Base, Republic of South Korea, 10 October 1984. The aircraft was destroyed and Northrop pilot Darrell E. Cornell was killed. The second F-20, N3986B, crashed at Goose Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, 14 May 1985, under similar circumstances, killing David Barnes. Investigations found that both pilots had lost consciousness due to high-G maneuvers. The third Northrop F-20A, N44671 (82-0064), is on display at the California Science Center, Exposition Park, at Los Angeles, California."

As for the Avro Arrow, it was never really a fighter jet, more a pure interceptor, great in a straight line and fast (ie. more of a muscle-car).

yes, it was a HUGE factor in the Brexit vote.

I think you spelled XB-70 wrong. :)

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/f...N-792_full.jpg

--Ian

FWIW, I'm partial to the P-38
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...aa962ba6f1.jpg

yeah I'm a p-38 fan:

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5453/...6152891a_b.jpg
Lockheed P-38J Lightning "Ruff Stuff" by The Braineack, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8826/...fac09b31_b.jpg
Curtiss P-40 Warhawks by The Braineack, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7739/...ac9ae215_b.jpg
Boeing B-29 Superfortress "FiFi" by The Braineack, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8712/...44e6e045_b.jpg
Boeing B-29 Superfortress "FiFi" by The Braineack, on Flickr

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8769/...c4f78a27_b.jpg

Missing Man Formation by The Braineack, on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7483/...43eddaf5_b.jpg
T-6 Texan "94" by The Braineack, on Flickr


and for Sam:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7711/...c474a2b3_b.jpg
V-22 Osprey Prop by The Braineack, on Flickr

I don't have a plane photo to post, but here you go....

Tigershark. Nice.

I saw the promotional video of that aircraft years ago.

Here's a summary retrospective:

Quite alot of big airplanes in this thread. Big's ok, I guess...


Saw this rather amusing rust repair yesterday:

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...9a8041bd60.png

I'm pretty sure that's ordinary galvanized sheet metal from the hardware store. Fortunately, nothing bad happens when you use a stick welder on galvanized steel.

Nice bead, too.

Just don't inhale, Joe.


https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...4456ef7f13.jpg

Working it hot... natural gas line repair:

click to play

^ Badass. I had no idea they did that shit.


And now, here is a clown singing very well:




This one did it for me. I've ordered better speakers for the office. These shitty little 2.1 logitechs ain't cutting it. I hate them, I regret buying them, and I don't know how I've tolerated them for nearly a whole month.

Coming soon: Alesis Elevate 5.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...046ef07954.png

Also, this is an actual truck, which I actually saw, which is actually this color:


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...1f6c4f58c5.png

Former US Forest Service vehicle. There's a bunch around my area.

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...3d0dcc2cf4.jpg

Yup, monkey shit green... the old USFS color. Years ago I had an ex-USFS Ramcharger that color... manual trans, as basic as it got. It would go anywhere, just very slowly!

I drove it to CA once, and had reason to be in Santa Ana. The local illegals thought it was a Border Patrol truck, and would literally run when I turned onto a street...

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4412/...c9c057ce_c.jpg
Ramcharger 1 by Rodan AZ, on Flickr

Back to pretty aeroplanes.

https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...1&d=1506347349

http://www.warbirdsnews.com/wp-conte...in_Mustang.jpg

You guys are all wrong. There is only one plane that is the GOAT.



https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...3ce3eb9818.jpg

I've always had a soft spot for the Schneider Cup racers...

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...ad90a77517.jpg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...4e3e6a7f5c.jpg

I also had no idea you could do that on a live gas line as well, mindblown.gif


I'll be curious to see how you like them. I was getting ready to buy the Klipsch 2.1 setup for my "office" at the house.

mmmm oblique.


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...4862f78658.png

mmmm dugong.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...125d5120fe.png

wtf is that last plane doing?

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...729c6392af.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/Airplanes...MG_9957-X2.jpg

--Ian

With the gear down and flaps-full, and no visible exhaust smoke, it's probably landing

EC-18 ARIA Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft
https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ec-18.htm

Missions supported include worldwide telemetry gathering, international treaty verification, spacecraft launches, ballistic missile defense, electronic combat and vulnerability analysis, aircraft icing tests, and aerial refueling certification. The ARIA deploy throughout the world to obtain telemetry data from orbital and reentry vehicles as well as air-to-air and cruise missile tests. This includes support of tests conducted at Cape Canaveral AFS, Vandenberg AFB, Hill AFB, Eglin AFB, and from ships and submarines. Normally, the telemetry data is obtained in locations such as broad ocean areas and remote land areas which are outside the coverage of ground stations. Externally the most obvious difference in appearance from a standard C-135 or C-18 aircraft is the large, bulbous, "droop snoot" nose, a ten-foot radome which houses a seven-foot steerable dish antenna.

^^ Pfff, that's no goat. :p

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/c...1262357260.jpg


This is a goat:

https://markosun.files.wordpress.com...opy.png?w=1000

Judging by the position of the flaps and gear, I would say that it is landing.


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...b9aa683df0.png

.

Actually, considering the P-51 was regarded as the best bomber escort in the later part of WWII, The F-82 was a natural progression. It still holds records.

North American F-82 Twin Mustang

The F-82 was a rush design when the AF needed a heavy escort. Faster & easier to just bolt two P-51s together than to come up with a totally new airframe.


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...1158f25043.png

Ken Block - Pikes Peak

Don't even care about drift content, 4:50 is magical.

https://9gag.com/gag/aAD4K72

This 6yo describing emergency landing procedures with no engine power made my day. Sound on.

We are 11 episodes into the second season already.
I'll make sure to post all the pics when we are done...

BUT

I am proud of this one.
You can say this one is my baby.

We were given 36 hours to build a Formula type race car.
They provided us with an 689 cc, two cylinder, 74 Hp Yamaha bike engine complete with chain and rear sprocket, front control arms (Renault), new tires and rims, and some odds and ends, like hub adapters for a solid axle.
We would have to scavenge the junkyard for the rest.

I spent the first of those 36 hours, consuming several cups of tea and as many filter camels, to come up with this...

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...531e14d3c2.jpg


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...da4da1479e.jpg


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...0b7470a78d.jpg


I really wanted to build something different, and make a statement.

I took off some coilovers from a couple of 150 cc four wheelers at the junkyard and went to work to build an inboard shock suspension for the rear...

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...26921dec2b.jpg


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...505c433f3c.jpg


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...8b5331163a.jpg

I was able to control suspension travel AND stifness with this setup.
Minimizing unsprung weight in a sub 350 Kg vehicle is important.
Damn thing worked like a charm.

And I wanted to do even better for the front suspension...

Here is your monoshock, dual duty (shock absorption + swaybar), height and stiffness adjustable pull bar front suspension setup...

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...e36b9e02e8.jpg


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...09a48d9fcc.jpg


https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...24339a9961.jpg

Camber is right around -4 degrees, Caster guesstimated at around 4-5 degrees, least amount of toe-in (couldn't go zero, ran out of steering rack) and pretty promising.

Ride height is 100mm (4"), and suspension travel is maybe between 1.5 and 2"..

I am willing to bet this will be a scary ride.


Yes, 36 hours.

My first boss out of college told me - some people are good because they've got it in the brain, some are good because they've got it in the hands, but once in a great while there's somebody who's special because they've got both. He was talking about Chemists(I worked in a lab), but it applies even more here.
Congratulations, Hakan. Impressive stuff.

He never mentioned knees.

Seni seviyorum.

I must admit that I'm having a hard time visualizing the geometry of this one, and how it moves:


https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...92fa8c45cf.png

Edit: nevermind. The lower tube pivots on the lower bolt, the bracket pivots on the upper bolt, and you pray (or, knowing you, don't pray) that the little tab at the bottom of the damper is really strong and that there's enough flex in the welds at the back.

Clever.

Edit ii: I guess there'd need be no flex if you really nailed the dimensions dead-on, while measuring with a scrap of chalk and a camel's femur, or whatever paltry measuring tools the producers gave you. :giggle:

Edit iii: I used a fucking apostrophe in "producers" in edit ii. I have corrected this offense, but I am ashamed.

Edit iv: Not strictly relevant, but you haven't really discussed the quality of the tea recently, nor the quality of the stagehand who fetches said tea.

Pretty slick Commie.

https://assets.horseheadhuffer.com/h...ica-a3058c.jpg

I'll try to live my life in a way that is worthy of such unadultered love...

On a completely relevant note, I drove the "car" on a track today.
It cornered just as I expected in terms of attitude, but I was unable to find its limit.
Meaning, I got scared before the car had a chance to lose traction.

It did, however, have exit oversteer, again, just as expected.

Holy crap, man, that is a pretty deep compliment. Thank you.

oldie but goodie.