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- Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:44 pm
- Forum: Implications
- Topic: Costa Concordia disaster - what if it had been a polywell?
- Replies: 14
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Actually,after hitting the rocks, the Concordia made a dash for shore in an effort to beach the ship. How successful they were is uncertain. Uncertain? http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2012/01/15/1226244/539508-italy-shipping-tourism-disaster.jpg Successful? Looks like the 955 ft ship might hav...
- Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:18 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: TSA Detains Rand Paul
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2989
- Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:14 am
- Forum: Implications
- Topic: Costa Concordia disaster - what if it had been a polywell?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22770
- Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:26 am
- Forum: Implications
- Topic: Costa Concordia disaster - what if it had been a polywell?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 22770
- Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:21 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Elon Musk says he will put millions of people on Mars.
- Replies: 228
- Views: 66504
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:16 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Excitement In The Straits Of Hormuz
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12710
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:07 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Excitement In The Straits Of Hormuz
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12710
SO do you fly 2 or 4 stroke, or radial engines? Insane 6.9 hp 9 cyl: http://www.chiefaircraft.com/evo-e999.html Lets try that gain. GI, you said you fly RC planes, I linked to a 9 cyl radial engine that puts out 6.9 horsepower. This is specifically for RC planes of historic models. Something like a...
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:45 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Excitement In The Straits Of Hormuz
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12710
Lets try that gain.Roger wrote: SO do you fly 2 or 4 stroke, or radial engines?
Insane 6.9 hp 9 cyl:
http://www.chiefaircraft.com/evo-e999.html
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:26 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Excitement In The Straits Of Hormuz
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12710
In the pics of the captured craft, the bottom of the wing is behind a banner. We can't tell how much damage it has, nor even if the landing gear was deployed, so there's little intel to analyze. . Yeah the shroud, my first reaction was, "the landing gear is broken". Though there is a crush mark on ...
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:14 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Excitement In The Straits Of Hormuz
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12710
RC Horton with no apparent vertical surfaces http://youtu.be/4meQYdaeT58 Home built B-2 no vertical surfaces http://youtu.be/rygu6qpNSTo This model was first available circa 1999 Propeller Megatach ready to fly B-2 with no apparent vertical surfaces. http://www.rcplanetalk.com/megastealth.html Ducte...
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:42 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Horten IX - is anyone on dialup nowadays?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3254
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:30 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Excitement In The Straits Of Hormuz
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12710
GI Model RC planes have the same thickness boundry layer of air around the model as a real planes does. This is very apparent in the smaller scales and manifests itself in control issues. The common way to make up for that is to make control surfaces proportionally larger. Which as you know is one o...
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:27 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Excitement In The Straits Of Hormuz
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12710
It is also known the the Germans did have their own air defense radar, as well as knew the brits did. Right, so what are the odds that a Horton flew thru air defense radar areas, demonstrating reduced cross section? Some googling reveals: Northrop's 1/3 scale versions flew all over California for a...
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:08 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Excitement In The Straits Of Hormuz
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12710
Iran has been adding refinery capacity and is expected to have enough refinery capacity for domestic fuel use by 2012 or 2013. Export by 2015. RC Flying wings have been sold for at least 10-12 years, and video in an RC aircraft is at least 15 years old. If teenaged boys can fly these RC models, I ju...
- Mon Dec 05, 2011 5:55 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?
- Replies: 134
- Views: 72442