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by elaw
Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:06 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: (More) IA image creation shenanigans
Replies: 59
Views: 979

Re: "A Boeing 747 with windmills instead of engines"

Not _what I expected as it still has two engines, but this was the best result of the four (the other three showed a Boeing 747 and windmills Not_connected to it ). https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG3.UW7xXTu4zX8CgADplMh0?w=1024&h=1024&pid=ImgDetMain Gotta disagree with you on that one... with a...
by elaw
Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:46 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: What is it with Alaska Airlines?
Replies: 6
Views: 60

Re: What is it with Alaska Airlines?

Yeah, imagine a student pilot having reading material on how to fly an airplane. How crazy is that? :roll:
by elaw
Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:12 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: What is it with Alaska Airlines?
Replies: 6
Views: 60

Re: What is it with Alaska Airlines?

The thing that disappointed me the most about that article was it completely left out how many hours the guy had on MSFS.

Talk about leaving out important facts! :mrgreen:
by elaw
Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:06 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: What is it with Alaska Airlines?
Replies: 6
Views: 60

What is it with Alaska Airlines?

They seem to get one weird problem after another: https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/nathan ... kpit-door/
by elaw
Thu Mar 14, 2024 1:23 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: JetPhoto Pre-Screening Thread...
Replies: 181
Views: 49266

Re: JetPhoto Pre-Screening Thread...

And now for your viewing pleasure, a whole half-hour of 3-holer porn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7GUf9wDs9U

Plus some interesting technical tidbits!
by elaw
Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: (More) IA image creation shenanigans
Replies: 59
Views: 979

Re: (More) IA image creation shenanigans

by elaw
Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:07 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: A *great* video. *The best* video.
Replies: 0
Views: 41

A *great* video. *The best* video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0s_V5FF0uY

Subject of the video is interesting (and sad) but I nearly lost it around 7:00 when a book cover appeared showing a 3-holer landing at Meigs Field.
by elaw
Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:38 pm
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: The Chinese built my perfect airplane...
Replies: 9
Views: 108

Re: The Chinese built my perfect airplane...

True, but it has fewer middle seats than other "proper airliners", and the engines are in the back where God intended them to be!
by elaw
Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:23 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Railroad Thread
Replies: 493
Views: 199591

Re: Railroad Thread

Yeah I knew about the neutral thing, but in D I get engine braking down to a surprisingly low speed... I'd say 4 or 5 MPH. And you're certainly right about the friction thing... though a train has orders of magnitude more wheels than a car. I guess I was thinking more in terms of everyday things peo...
by elaw
Sat Mar 09, 2024 4:27 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Engineering Shortcomings Thread
Replies: 6
Views: 107

Re: Engineering Shortcomings Thread

...and only once was there a significant failure. And I blame Tom Hanks for that one. I can't remember where I heard this but a funny story about that movie... The people that made it were screening it to test audiences so they could make tweaks before it was widely released. The feedback they got ...
by elaw
Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:48 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Engineering Shortcomings Thread
Replies: 6
Views: 107

Re: Engineering Shortcomings Thread

On-topic sort of... I was talking to my wife the other day about the space program, specifically the 1950s-1960s part of it. I feel that one part of that program that doesn't get much credit is it proved that things can be made really farkin' reliable when we want to. Prior to that if your car didn'...
by elaw
Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:42 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Engineering Shortcomings Thread
Replies: 6
Views: 107

Re: Engineering Shortcomings Thread

(Runs around room, agitated and waving hands) WHAT? I CAN"T SELECT JUST ONE!!!
by elaw
Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Railroad Thread
Replies: 493
Views: 199591

Re: Railroad Thread

There also could be an "optics" issue with that. "The train operator saw the bus full of nuns over a mile away, but didn't hit the brakes until the last second." would cause quite the media frenzy. Unrelated but possibly interesting: I wonder if I went out on the highway, got my ...
by elaw
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:43 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Railroad Thread
Replies: 493
Views: 199591

Re: Math….

Ass-uming constant deceleration, what is the deceleration rate of a train that takes a mile to go 60 to zero. Don’t tell me, I’m going to get a pen and paper, and do some ciphering. I'll take a crack at doing this in my head... 0.5 MPH/second? I'm thinking if a train decelerates linearly (an ASSump...
by elaw
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:43 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Railroad Thread
Replies: 493
Views: 199591

Re: Railroad Thread

I... don't recall there ever being an inspection! Though I only worked there for about a year and a half. The unit wasn't in any packaging... but I think it was in the bottom of a file cabinet covered in dust. I will say I've owned cars in this state for over 40 years and never had that test perform...
by elaw
Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:04 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Railroad Thread
Replies: 493
Views: 199591

Re: Railroad Thread

While I go grab some popcorn, I'll leave this here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/232.103 For what it's worth (approximately zero), around 1,000 years ago when I worked as a mechanic I used to do the annual automotive inspections required by my state. The law required, and we possessed, wh...
by elaw
Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:40 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
Replies: 181
Views: 43854

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

Thankfully, I had the lasagna.
by elaw
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:27 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Railroad Thread
Replies: 493
Views: 199591

Re: Railroad Thread

Something I thought of re braking... take a look at this (what I think is typical for the USA) attachment of a railroad rail to a tie: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Dogspike-on-wooden.jpg The rail is restrained vertically by lying on the tie (downward) and the spike (upward, in...
by elaw
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:12 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
Replies: 181
Views: 43854

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

When you thought that the 737-MAX was the Frankenstein of the planes... Here you have the new NASA / Boeing MD-C-152-737. https://www.infobae.com/america/ciencia-america/2024/03/08/la-nasa-mostro-un-anticipo-del-avion-cero-emisiones-que-prepara-junto-a-boeing/ That's very cool... NASA has figured o...
by elaw
Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:52 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
Replies: 181
Views: 43854

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

And it seems Boeing has joined the very exclusive FUBAR-itude club that is organizations featured on John Oliver's show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oCilY4szc

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