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  1. Meplat
    That's ignoring the (likely) billions spent on marketing, lobbying, etc.. This is not a new thing.
  2. Meplat
    Finally got around to looking at this. It's a blow forward. I forget what other GL design of that era was messing with that system of operation, but I know there was one.
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    Well, just dug out the old bitch, and I'd forgotten it's a SCSI interface. Other than being fuckhuge, (and good for the manuals I have) it's an antique (HP ScanJet 4P) with shitty resolution (300X300). I'll have to get something better. Sorry for the false flag.
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    Had to turn on subtitles (I can read French better than I can hear it) but that was some silly fun shit. It does give a good idea of how helos "fly". By furiously beating the air into submission.
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    How dry are youall willing to go? I've a bunch of stuff, but it's pretty obscure. Things like maintenance training manuals for the J-47, and "USCG aircrew ditching procedures". I have a very large scanner, but it's a cantankerous old bitch. So if nobody is interested in obscure shit I'll let it go.
  6. Meplat
    Why would Russia (or any other nation ) NOT try and influence US elections? (By hook or by crook?)
  7. Meplat
    Interesting use of an old paint-gun/air gun.
  8. Meplat
    "When one needs a machinegun, one needs it very badly.".
  9. Meplat
    Not that such was not already an issue. There was plenty of work for barrel straighteners in the past on plain barrels. Some fluting on an already heavy profile barrel should not affect it any more than turning it to a smaller diameter, or the work of putting helical/radial cooling fins in/on it.
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    "Tofu". I lived in Japan for ~two years. It's about as healthy as any other fried "stuff".. (which means I eat it). Also, Japanese bar food should be a thing here. Lots of fried bits of delicious stuff that you just gnaw on and do not question. It's slightly more healthy than gnawing on plutonium, but meh, life is 100% terminal.
  11. Meplat
    "Vegetarian Fried Chicken" -ERROR- FILE " LOGIC.EXE" NOT FOUND. PLEASE RESTART.
  12. Meplat
    You can also do longitudinal fluting with a horizontal mill and an indexing head. And you can just about automate the process with 40's technology.
  13. Meplat
    I'd consider it a good start, lacking only in ceremonial tarring-and-featherings .
  14. Meplat
    From the Design school of "More Dakka is Best Dakka" ..
  15. Meplat
    I'd figured "Old School" would involve a few thousand sandbags stacked about, some plank side skirts and every bit of kit short of a washing machine tied, wired or taped to it.
  16. Meplat
    One of my uncles mentioned doing the same with a UH-1. maintaining enough forward velocity for the vertical stab to maintain authority, and riding it down the strip, leaving a trail of sparks.
  17. Meplat
    Yes and no.. Engines of that time were (overall) pretty thirsty. Examples like the GAA were exceptions. it was not uncommon to have attachments to one's car that metered oil to lubricate the valves. So, for a radial aircraft engine forced into ground service, the 975 performed superbly. Oil consumption was not it's major issue. (I'd put hydrolock and plug fouling ahead).
  18. Meplat
    It looks like it belongs in a pool. With a hose coming out of it..
  19. Meplat
    "high " and "low" had to do with the vertical height of the bustle. A "low" had less space between the base of the bustle, and the engine deck when the gun was facing forward.
  20. Meplat
    It shouldnt be. I know (knew, many have passed on) enough Brit expats who remember when it wasn't that way.
  21. Meplat
    They don't make their own molds. I don't think Lindberg has made a mold since...Ever.. They buy old molds and reissue "vintage" kits.
  22. Meplat
    Oh, the "Feifel" air filters? Yeah those still turn up on Tiggers, in games, etc. They were meant for North Africa.
  23. Meplat
    I'll be blunt. If some of you cannot figure it out, I believe that all people have the right to posess whatever means they want to defend themselves. If that mean a fucking Davy Crockett, well, you best be treading lightly round that man. Personally I'd have a half dozen Nike /Sprint missiles as lawn ornaments...
  24. Meplat
    "Dinky" is the maker you are looking for. Matchbox also had some nominal 1/50 scale models . The other was Solido from France. Only Dinky and Matchbox offered firing models, to my memory.
  25. Meplat
    Really, If I were doing the same, my core offering would be a M4 line, the RAM I and II and a smattering of U.S lights, before anything else. And then I'd offer a Matilda II or BT-7 before any fucking German tank. Because fuck fascist box tanks. Just because. Oh I forget my first, but I remember the M48 because I bought it at a "Toms" in Traverse City, Michigan with money I earned mowing lawns. Then painted it with house paint. Yes, it probably looked like shit, but compared to the stuff the other kids had, it was badass.
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