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Sturgeon

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  1. For the record, Flyout was released for Early Access recently and I have gotten ahold of it and it looks like even in its current state it will support the kind of aircraft competition we've always wanted to run. The detail is there, and the judges are able to import files and fly them off against each other. There is a sharp learning curve, but that's never been a problem before!
  2. He did quite a bit, and it was deliberate. Making a handsome rifle was important to him. You can see this probably most clearly in the contouring of the bolt carrier and dust cover, which was unnecessary, but makes the AK look quite well sculpted. Obviously there's a lot of utilitarian decisions in that rifle as well but I don't think there's any denying the end result is iconic.
  3. I am saying that Mikhail Kalashnikov very deliberately designed aesthetics into his gun. If you believe that the Soviet communists didn't care about aesthetics, you've never seen a Russian Great War-era propaganda poster:
  4. depends on the specific gun, but typically you have a normal rifle fire control group in the rear which the trigger is connected to by a long (and frequently unfortunately flexible) rod. some bullpups are different, however, like the RDB, which has the fire control group close to the trigger, and actually telescopes the entire hammer around the bolt group.
  5. They're using one of the propulsion props to counteract the torque from the makn rotor, which means one side of the aircraft has to be producing much more thrust than the other. They also are adding these propulsion props to a helicopter whose rotor will still will experience retreating blade stall, and you can only offload that so much. My guess is top speed will still be well under 300mph. Very lame!
  6. Nice photos, Utah is beautiful. If you can, I'd get the most badass cameraphone (or, hell, DSLR camera) you can before Artemis II. I recently upgraded and the photos alone are well worth it.
  7. A bit after 8 AM on the 29th, different times for the 2nd and 5th.
  8. Nah, it's mea culpa, I was getting too into it. Not your fault. Having said that, presenting "a google search" as "16 years of research" is a good way to get dribbled and dunked like a Spalding in hood, around here.
  9. So you have no idea what you're looking at and rely on the authority of journal articles for your data. Niggabitch, you can see the black and silver tips you blind hag. because you have no idea what you're doing Yes it's confirmed, I have eyes. and therefore obviously irrelevant We must all bow in respect to the prowess of "compiling a list of some kind" I eagerly await your "expert" input
  10. And another (both M2 and M8 this time):
  11. You've only found 3? Here's one in the second row of the first page of GIS results:
  12. If I can get the stuff, I'm sure the cartels can too.
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