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- Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:42 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Engineering Shortcomings Thread
- Replies: 6
- Views: 155
Re: Engineering Shortcomings Thread
(Runs around room, agitated and waving hands) WHAT? I CAN"T SELECT JUST ONE!!!
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:40 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Railroad Thread
- Replies: 543
- Views: 202560
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 ...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:43 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Railroad Thread
- Replies: 543
- Views: 202560
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...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:43 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Railroad Thread
- Replies: 543
- Views: 202560
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...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:04 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Railroad Thread
- Replies: 543
- Views: 202560
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...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:40 pm
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
- Replies: 192
- Views: 46232
Re: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
Thankfully, I had the lasagna.
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:24 pm
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
- Replies: 192
- Views: 46232
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:27 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Railroad Thread
- Replies: 543
- Views: 202560
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...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:12 pm
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
- Replies: 192
- Views: 46232
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...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:52 pm
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
- Replies: 192
- Views: 46232
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
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:44 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Railroad Thread
- Replies: 543
- Views: 202560
Re: Railroad Thread
To be fair, a lot of people have experimented with alternate means of stopping trains, like putting buses or tractor-trailers in front of them, and it never seems to work very well.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:37 pm
- Forum: Political Discussion Forum
- Topic: "This is your captain. Brace for impact"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 772
Re: "This is your captain. Brace for impact"
It's a bunch of people who have convinced themselves that all politicians are s**theads, and somehow think that electing the worst s**thead they can find to office will somehow improve things.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:20 pm
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
- Replies: 192
- Views: 46232
Re: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
They do have this cool arch that according to at least one person, could be used as a runway if laid on its side.In fairness, isn't that true of all of St Louis?
Hard to say who would want to buy it. It isn't really near anything, other than a muddy bend in the Missouri River.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:02 pm
- Forum: The Waldo Pepper Lounge
- Topic: The "Funny Reddit aviation post" thread
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3113
Re: The "Funny Reddit aviation post" thread
Not aviation-related but funny: https://www.reddit.com/r/tires/comments ... s_to_pass/
Lots more in the same vein in that subreddit.
Lots more in the same vein in that subreddit.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:55 pm
- Forum: The Waldo Pepper Lounge
- Topic: The "Funny Reddit aviation post" thread
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3113
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:54 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
- Replies: 192
- Views: 46232
Re: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
One excellent video here on the door plug accident. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROeGKs4xTfs Indeed! I know some are not fond of how drawn-out some of Mentour's videos are, but I have to say I'm impressed with the effort and research that go into them, and the production values have reached quit...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:00 am
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
- Replies: 192
- Views: 46232
Re: 737 Max troubles;:The latest news...
I wonder if anyone has checked to see whether the doors are properly attached.
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:18 pm
- Forum: The Waldo Pepper Lounge
- Topic: The "Funny Reddit aviation post" thread
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3113
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 7:18 pm
- Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
- Topic: An interesting story...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 98
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Railroad Thread
- Replies: 543
- Views: 202560
Re: Railroad Thread
Not a train expert, but I read that trains have brakes on all wheels which are spring loaded in the "max braking" position and the spring is resisted by air pressure. So for normal braking you release part of the pressure and then re-pressurize the lines to release the brakes (there are b...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:52 pm
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Bliss
- Replies: 1
- Views: 98
Bliss
I saw something last night that reminded me that, in spite of lousy customer service, relentless pushing, not_doors sometimes falling off aeroplanies, and squid-related conspiracies, flying can sometimes be enjoyable.
This is said thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSz0vhVOcGk
This is said thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSz0vhVOcGk
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:32 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Railroad Thread
- Replies: 543
- Views: 202560
Re: Railroad Thread
Good point! According to the intarwebz, COF is around 0.5 for a dry rail, 0.3 for wet, and a bit less if frost is present. I know leaves can also have an effect but couldn't find a number for that condition, probably because it's so variable. Dumb question but, do trains have brakes on all the wheel...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:09 pm
- Forum: The Waldo Pepper Lounge
- Topic: The "Funny Reddit aviation post" thread
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3113
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:08 pm
- Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
- Topic: Oh boy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 102
Oh boy
Please view the video then fill out the survey below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vro8zImhJ4g
The technology described is:
__ Scary
__ Very scary
__ Terrifying
__ Brought to us by the squids
The technology described is:
__ Scary
__ Very scary
__ Terrifying
__ Brought to us by the squids
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:51 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Railroad Thread
- Replies: 543
- Views: 202560
Innovation!
Railroad manages to do what airlines have never done (right?) and have a 3-way collision: https://6abc.com/train-derailment-norfo ... /14485779/