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  1. XolveJohn

    Phalanx shoots down rockets

    https://www.infowars.com/posts/watch-battle-droid-shoot-down-rockets-out-of-the-sky/ I think this violates the safety code. Not an approved recovery method. The R2D2 in the foreground does not open up until about 1/3 thru the video. There seems to be another one that fires a lot, but don't...
  2. XolveJohn

    Ride the Dragon.........capsule.

    Put in some earplugs. And wear your blast proof suit. The hydrazine Draco escape rockets detonated. https://sputniknews.com/science/201905101074888862-dragon-alcohol-questions-from-russia/ Astronauts will be nervous. Might remind Elon that Apollo had a solid fuel escape tower. Much less...
  3. XolveJohn

    Rare N1 launch footage.

    Have not seen much video of that craft at all. I think they are bummed about losing the race. I did read that there was a guy who could make the large booster engines needed, like our F1, but the program manager was not on good terms with him, so they wound up with that too large of cluster...
  4. XolveJohn

    This thing quacks louder than a duck.......quwave Harmonizers

    So what uses scalar waves, Zero Point Energy, and Orgone stuff to improve your life and protect from pesky EMF that is EVERYWHERE in the environment? https://quwave.com/Harmonizer.html?source=qb-gen1B This is interesting because it is doubtful it does anything at all, other than reduce your...
  5. XolveJohn

    Robots getting creepier

    A backflip???????????????????????? This is going too far. Next will be a T3 Terminator. :y: WHERE IS SARAH CONNER WHEN YOU NEED HER? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knoOXBLFQ-s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilelyaSALzU
  6. XolveJohn

    RIP Irv Wait

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  7. XolveJohn

    Peter's homemade foam plane seems to fly.

    Well, that certainly is not what I expected. Perhaps I misjudged him. :eyepop: But he still has not wrung it out fully. Like aerobatics. And a full power dive from 10,000 feet to 100' with a rapid pull up. :surprised: Carry on Peter, I vote to put your craft in the Wright Patterson museum...
  8. XolveJohn

    There should be airbags on motorcycles!

    It can be dangerous out there. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-40380154/california-road-rage-results-in-motorway-car-crash :eyepop:
  9. XolveJohn

    We need more Bee's in the air................RUMBLEBEES!

    :y: I got tired of pop pods on gliders, so instituted the VECTOR POD. Not my invention, but most people have never heard of this useful technique. Took a trip in the Way Back Machine, when model planes had only rudder control, a rubber band powered escapement, and single vacuum tube rcvr...
  10. XolveJohn

    Rumble-C kits available.

    It is a rudder only RC BG for B4-2 or C6-3 motors. There is an article on it in the May/June Sport Rocketry for 2017. I don't use the Spektrum "brick" radio, but the Turnigy 5X, with the rcvr board out of the case, and put on a plate with an indoor flier tiny servo. Radio system is $25, servo...
  11. XolveJohn

    Question for computer geeks. Quantum computers.

    I am puzzled. An old pal that works on crazy advanced stuff for Uncle Sam was doing programming for parallel processors hooked to some scope that watches all the junk in orbit. He said it was a QUANTUM COMPUTER. So I looked it up. Problem: they don't exist yet. Maybe finally this is the...
  12. XolveJohn

    Mach 4, 144,000' HPR flight.

    https://news.usc.edu/100968/usc-rocket-propulsion-lab-shoots-for-the-stars/ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/uscs-student-built-rocket-soars-to-record-altitude/ar-BByAuQn?li=BBnbcA1 I saw the onboard video, a round picture, vehicle was rolling badly, need to put the fins on straight...
  13. XolveJohn

    From ancient astronauts to...........ancient handbags???

    :eyepop: Some may remember about 40 years ago a guy wrote a book and had some TV specials on ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS, aliens that visited earth and reproduced with us, thus raising the level of intelligence. This helped us Homosapians beat the Neanderthals (maybe they gave us phasors). :lol...
  14. XolveJohn

    Project StarShot - 20% speed of light to Alpha Centuri

    This is a year old, but I just heard of it. A tiny circuit board probe with a solar sail, powered with a TeraWatt laser on earth! My physics and propulsion pals insist it will work. Would only need a few hours to get to 1/5 the speed of light, 20 years for the trip. Such a strong laser...
  15. XolveJohn

    Like McDonalds food? Watch THIS.

    :facepalm: https://investmentwatchblog.com/the-crazy-hidden-truth-about-mcdonalds/ I quit eating any chicken from them or BK years ago, because when dissected it looks like a composite matrix of fabric, chicken nerves, blood vessels, and unknown materials. Always tastes good though. I am...
  16. XolveJohn

    Giant Samsung drone can lift a human.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At3xcj-pTjg WOW, must cost a bundle. The militarys of the world will be calling them. Might be good for evacuating wounded soldiers, or fire support. Sky's the limit. :cool:
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