Month: December 2022

Bell BAT LHX art

December 19, 2022

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scottlowther

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Aircraft, Art, history, projects

Artwork circa 1983 depicting the Bell BAT (“Bell Advanced Tiltrotor”… so… ummm… the “Bell Bell Advanced Tiltrotor”) single-seat small military tiltrotor designed to […]
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Twitter is finally reaching its potential

December 18, 2022

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scottlowther

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blather, Crazy, Dumbassery, Forward, Hmm…, News, Politics

UPDATE: twitter seems to ahve deleted the “offending” posts. here are screenshots: So today twitter posted a new rule: https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1604531261791522817 It’s a […]
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Cyanotype test 4

December 18, 2022

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scottlowther

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Art, Awesomeness, cyanotype blueprints, Drawings, Hmm…, spacecraft

Ran two prints today. The second one, the 4th test of the new setup, turned out to be pretty much there with just […]
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Putin’s War

December 18, 2022

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scottlowther

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blather, Crazy, Dumbassery, Gah, Hmm…, News, Politics, Russian Empire, Science Fiction, ಠ_ಠ

Yes, I’m shocked too… I’m linking to a New York times article that is both interesting and informative: Putin’s War A Times […]
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This will make someone an entertaining target

December 17, 2022

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scottlowther

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Hmm…, News, Politics, Russian Empire, Weapons, youtube

The more challenging you try to appear, the more people will challenge you. Armored trains these days seem like the sort of thing […]
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Vigilante Justice

December 16, 2022

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scottlowther

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Crazy, Dumbassery, Forward, Hmm…, News, Politics, youtube, ಠ_ಠ

There was a time when vigilantes were more legend than fact, because the police and justice system did the job that needed doing. […]
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When is a non-threat to democracy a threat to democracy?

December 16, 2022

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scottlowther

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Crazy, Forward, Hmm…, Meh, News, Politics

When Twitter banned the New York Post for accurately reporting on the Hunter Biden laptop story, the progressive media said nothing. When twitter […]
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A Major Announcement

December 15, 2022

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scottlowther

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AARRRGH, Crazy, Dumbassery, Gah, Meh, News, Politics, youtube, ಠ_ಠ

WTF. A guy who made his billions by selling stuff is… selling stuff. Just… ridiculous stuff. This doesn’t really seem to […]
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Cyanotype: Test 2

December 15, 2022

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scottlowther

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Art, Awesomeness, cyanotype blueprints, Drawings, history, News, rockets

Todays test involved mounting the UV light bar to a crude frame and just letting it run, not waving it over the print […]
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Starship test fire

December 15, 2022

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scottlowther

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Awesomeness, News, rockets, spacecraft

Some interesting shots of a brief static test firing. STATIC FIRE! Ship 24 fires up as testing resumes for the test flight. […]
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