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by elaw
Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:09 am
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
Replies: 191
Views: 44386

Re: New video.

The displaced cowling seems to “relax” but then the other side lets loose, and both tear off as the plane slows. ...but the pilots were momentarily relieved when the "detached engine cowling asymmetry" lamp went out. :mrgreen: Alternate explanation: CFM (do they still make the engines for...
by elaw
Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:07 am
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: The Eidelwiess affair…
Replies: 12
Views: 58

Re: The Eidelwiess affair…

Poor pilot was probably coming from another type that had the ability to climb, and forgot that A340s don't do that. :roll:
by elaw
Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:18 am
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
Replies: 191
Views: 44386

Re: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...

"May your skies always be blue, and your green paint always on the inside."
by elaw
Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:39 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: "Negative, Southwest, the pattern is full"
Replies: 6
Views: 54

Re: "Negative, Southwest, the pattern is full"

Tower really feared for their own lives, the plane was headed straight to the tower at about tower altitude. Yes, but who had the right of way? :lol: It reminds me of an old saying in boating, regarding right-of-way: "He was right, dead right, as he sped along, but he's just as dead as if he'd...
by elaw
Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: F.A.O.: 3WE
Replies: 1042
Views: 237639

Re: Brill-yunt.

As I'm still Not_completely sure if bridges or ships are the ones at fault, I was thinking of equipping them both with nukes to destroy each other. But airbags could also work, yes. https://www.csun.edu/~hfmgt001/lighthouse.htm ...seems to be generally acknowledged as not_true, but funny nonetheless.
by elaw
Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:06 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Railroad Thread
Replies: 529
Views: 200393

Re: Railroad Thread

And continuing the theme, our local transit authority has this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL6jKOCeVec

I've actually seen it (sitting, not in operation) a few times, though not recently.
by elaw
Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:02 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Railroad Thread
Replies: 529
Views: 200393

Re: Railroad Thread

Or how about... real afterburners? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-497_Black_Beetle
by elaw
Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:02 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Railroad Thread
Replies: 529
Views: 200393

Re: Railroad Thread

I guess my point is that if it’s soooooooo important to electrify transportation, why is there sooooo little talk and effort on US freight rail? Here are my guesses, in no particular order: 1) No money. 2) Long distances to be covered, which often are distantly distant from sources of electric_powe...
by elaw
Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:19 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: More Braking-Related Crashes
Replies: 6
Views: 43

Re: More Braking-Related Crashes

What was the pilot thinking?
Words to the effect of "Hold my beer"?
by elaw
Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:16 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Railroad Thread
Replies: 529
Views: 200393

Re: Railroad Thread

Couple of things to mention. - To start to move form zero you have a quite a bit of static friction to overcome. It takes much more power / force to just barely start moving than it takes to keep moving and even accelerating at slow speed (as can be seen in these videos). - For traction you only ha...
by elaw
Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:14 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Railroad Thread
Replies: 529
Views: 200393

Re: Railroad Thread

The clincher for me is that I see almost no effort going into electric trains, which IMHAHOO is the PERFECT place. Half the wiring is in place, electric-motor locomotives are also SORT OF in place… AND WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR BRAKING, the dynamic brakes dump the electricity BACK INTO THE SUPPLY GRID...
by elaw
Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:59 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: More Braking-Related Crashes
Replies: 6
Views: 43

Re: More Braking-Related Crashes

I saw that one... talk about a need for a TOPMS... :roll:

Kidding aside, I remember in flight training more than once my instructor basically saying not to freak out if a door pops open... "An open door is not an emergency". Well, if you open it and tie it to the strut maybe...
by elaw
Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:09 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Railroad Thread
Replies: 529
Views: 200393

Re: Railroad Thread

That stuff always amazes me as my household power tools do not like being stationary with lots of electricity running through them…the magic smoke starts to leak out fairly quickly. Keep that in mind next time you hear an EV fanboi going on about how "DC motors have infinite torque at 0 RPM&qu...
by elaw
Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:05 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Railroad Thread
Replies: 529
Views: 200393

Re: Railroad Thread

Flange greasers??? https://media.tenor.com/nYk9NUeTXtUAAAAM/oh-my-george-takei.gif \ Okay yes I can understand the need for same, especially as a resident of an area with a subway system that has a lot of sharp curves. But if the grease migrates from the flange to the horizontal wheel surface... bad...
by elaw
Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:16 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: F.A.O.: 3WE
Replies: 1042
Views: 237639

Re: Brill-yunt.

I wonder if this guy also has a solution for the shippie vs. bridgie issue.
Airbags for bridges? :lol:
by elaw
Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:39 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: Cool propwash video
Replies: 2
Views: 43

Cool propwash video

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comme ... _warbirds/

I'd seen photos of that phenomenon before, but never a video.
by elaw
Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:54 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Railroad Thread
Replies: 529
Views: 200393

Re: Railroad Thread

I think a big part of the issue is economic, and that's a tough problem to solve. It doesn't appear that railroads (in general, in the USA) are exactly making money hand over fist, and requiring equipment and maintenance and procedures at the same level as airlines would make those profit numbers ne...
by elaw
Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:06 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: THERE HAS BEEN A NEAR TOTAL SHIP-BRIDGE DISASTER!!!!!!
Replies: 26
Views: 171

Re: THERE HAS BEEN A NEAR TOTAL SHIP-BRIDGE DISASTER!!!!!!

Seems like we need to apply more pier pressure on our elected officials.
by elaw
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:06 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: (More) IA image creation shenanigans
Replies: 68
Views: 1061

Re: (More) IA image creation shenanigans

Fotografia numero quatro: Indeed!. I see flyboy, Dummy and Bobbie.
My biggest takeaway from that one is they need to train some air traffic controllers, and fast!
by elaw
Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:37 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: JetPhoto Pre-Screening Thread...
Replies: 183
Views: 49660

Re: JetPhoto Pre-Screening Thread...

Wow, talk about a not_stabilized approach!
by elaw
Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:36 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: THERE HAS BEEN A NEAR TOTAL SHIP-BRIDGE DISASTER!!!!!!
Replies: 26
Views: 171

Re: THERE HAS BEEN A NEAR TOTAL SHIP-BRIDGE DISASTER!!!!!!

Quote=Gabriel Train brakes suck. I blame: 1. Engineers 2. Economics 3. Greedy, profit-driven, Boeing executives 4. The squid 5. Donkeys (the original railroad locomotives) And horses! https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/118472415_10158962975278243_1328085136840817502_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_...

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