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1955 Mercedes 300 SLRs at Lemans. Check out the air brakes...
I love this guys Youtube channel. Look at his results using an airbrush.:
Interesting that I commented on another thread that they could try airbrakes to hit their target altitude. I wonder if the airbrake on the 300 SLR was manual or automatic. High tech for 55.
The first SR-71 I saw was an air refueling over Mountain Home Idaho. The next time I saw one, I was at the base gas station at RAF Lakenheath. I heard a plane ,looked up and there it was. They were at RAF Mildenhall just a few miles from Lakenheath. They were a common sight. I used to play golf with some of the Lockheed guys. Every year at the air show one would be flying. It's a shame they were retired from active service. I wonder what replaced it, besides satellites. Now their job might be done by the X-37. But what about the interim.
The first SR-71 I saw was an air refueling over Mountain Home Idaho. The next time I saw one, I was at the base gas station at RAF Lakenheath. I heard a plane ,looked up and there it was. They were at RAF Mildenhall just a few miles from Lakenheath. They were a common sight. I used to play golf with some of the Lockheed guys. Every year at the air show one would be flying. It's a shame they were retired from active service. I wonder what replaced it, besides satellites. Now their job might be done by the X-37. But what about the interim.
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Two versions - one was manually operated by the driver, in the other the airbrake actuator was controlled by switches in the gear lever gate.
Airbrakes are cool.
I'm impressed. This squirrel is such a nerd he's re-enacting the Gemini 8 docking with the Agena target.
Probably safer than a Tesla...
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I heard that!
Little known fact: There have been no EV crash tests performed in Australia.
"WHAT EV CRASH TESTING HAS BEEN DONE?
ANCAP has not tested a Tesla ever. They've copied the Euro results for the Model S, the Model 3 and the Model X. ANCAP has not published any Tesla results since 2019.All ratings they do have (Model S, X and 3), they're all five stars, but the model S is from 2015 and the other X and 3 are from 2019.
So you absolutely cannot and should not compare them. They're all five stars but they're all tested to different protocols. None of them were tested in Australia.
Even Nissan Leaf’s ANCAP score, it's also a cut and paste job from EuroNCAP for ANCAP.
No news on Leaf’s safety update since 2018 from ANCAP, and that information is nearly four years old. In 2018, a completely different testing protocol pertained. It’s not relevant today.
But it’s still on sale with five stars."
https://autoexpert.com.au/posts/how-safe-are-electric-cars-in-a-crash
I've voiced concerns about EV fires in the past. Firefighting in different countries is not the same due to factors such as geographic isolation and asset risk, including native vegetation and wildlife as assets.
I'm not anti EV. I just want people to have a realistic viewpoint rather than blindly accepting the incredible greenwashing that our governments and EV advocates make.
As ever, YMMV.
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Oh I didn’t go into it blindly and both EV and ICE fires are well documented. I for one have made my choice! (after years of scrutiny)
No opportunity yet to ride hands free but the warnings I get in my current car are a good sign.
No opportunity yet to ride hands free but the warnings I get in my current car are a good sign.
Oh I didn’t go into it blindly and both EV and ICE fires are well documented. I for one have made my choice! (after years of scrutiny)
No opportunity yet to ride hands free but the warnings I get in my current car are a good sign.
nice video, but they are expensive cars
Reading and northern railroad, Pennsylvania.
Sorry, if you don't like steam maybe we can't be friends...
Sorry, if you don't like steam maybe we can't be friends...
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I don't have one, and I'm not the kind to drool over cars either. I just think they're the best.
When a sounding rocket almost started a nuclear war...
what engine was in it?
'Already a legend in the landspeed racing world, the Speed Demon is driven by George Poteet, and powered by a Ken Duttweiler-built, 3,156-hp, 557-cid, twin-turbo big-block Chevy. While Poteet’s name may not be well known to drag racers, Duttweiler’s is famously connected to his turbocharged Super Stock Buick Grand National.'
https://www.speeddemon715.com/about-speed-demon
I had no idea you could get that much power out of a BB Chevy
Been following the Speed Demon team for a few years. Every year they up the engine output. Quite amazing, really.
I guess when Top Fuel dragsters have 500 cu. in. engines putting out 11,000 HP, it makes sense.
Firefighting robots.
Stopping big things.
Talk about instant death with several of those devices
The IBM Selectric Typewriter. A mechanical engineering marvel.
A little more detail on the mechanism in this one
A little more detail on the mechanism in this one
Very cool. Because they're so old, very expensive to maintain since they tend to explode so they have to rebuild the boiler to meet strict regulations. If the water level gets too low and the too hot, the steam explodes. Not something you want on a family excursion.
Most steam engines are paying for their own maintenance these days. Very popular with the elderly folk, like me. We pay good money for a ride <insert one liner here>.
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Seems like a very Rube Goldberg operation, but it's fascinating to watch. More manual steps than would have thought...
Turn up the volume. Lots.
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