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HSVTOL

March 6, 2023

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An interesting CGI video depicting three sizes of folding rotor tiltrotor High Speed VTOL from Bell. The concept is not new; actually building and flying one, though, would be. The designs shown are also not new; Bell has been floating them for a few years at least since late 2021. https://view.ceros.com/bell-helicopter/hsvtol/p/1 Bell's High-Speed Vertical Takeoff…

That there is a snazzy Bone

February 28, 2023

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Aircraft, Art, Awesomeness, Models, youtube

I’ve never gotten into RC aircraft. Partly because I know that I am fated to spend thousands of hours building something only to have it promptly flop over two seconds after I launch the thing. But static display models? All about that. So this electric RC B-1B bomber looks intriguing. At $800, it’s out of…

Books on ebay

February 17, 2023

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Aircraft, Art, Awesomeness, Books, eBay, history, News, projects, rockets, Sales & Specials, spacecraft, Weapons

I have a *pile* of books to sell; the first of them are now on ebay. More will be added as I get around to it… An Illustrated Guide to Space Warfare by David Hobbs, 1986 TC-188 Aviator’s Recognition Manual March 1977 FM-1-88 Aviator’s Recognition Manual July 1980 The Evolution of the Cruise Missile by…

Interesting, but not immediately practical

February 16, 2023

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scottlowther

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Aircraft, Hmm…, science, youtube

A university in Tokyo has made a four-legged spider robot. That’s nothing too special, except that it can fly. Unfortunately, in order to fly it has to be extremely light weight, which means its joints and servos are incredibly weak. In order to walk it needs its thrusters to fly its legs from position to…

Less than a day left: Selling cyanotype blueprints on ebay…

February 15, 2023

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Aircraft, Awesomeness, CAD Diagrams, cyanotype blueprints, Drawings, history, New Products, Nukes, projects, rockets, Ships, spacecraft

I’m selling the blueprints I’ve recently made. I can sign ’em if the buyer wants, front or back… Saturn Ib Inboard Profile Cyanotype Blueprint NERVA nuclear rocket engine Cyanotype Blueprint NERVA nuclear rocket engine artwork Cyanotype Blueprint Boeing 2707-200 SST Cyanotype Blueprint Trident II SLBM Cyanotype Blueprint Northrop B-2A stealth bomber Cyanotype Blueprint Saturn V…

I think I know what they shot down…

February 13, 2023

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AARRRGH, Aircraft, Crazy, Dumbassery, Gah, Hmm…, I’m from the government, Meh, News, Politics, Worldwreckers, youtube, ಠ_ಠ

You can listen to the audio of the Lake Huron shootdown in the video below, via The Drive: It’s small (the size of a “four wheeler,” probably meaning an ATV), it’s dark metallic and gives a good sun glint, has strings dangling from it, looks like a “container.” Hmmm. The…

An ebay question

February 13, 2023

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scottlowther

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Aircraft, Art, Awesomeness, cyanotype blueprints, eBay, Hmm…, Nukes, projects, rockets, spacecraft

It’s time to post my first batch of cyanotypes to ebay. But I ran into a conundrum… how should I categorize them? I started entering the first one, the Sat Ib, as “collectible-historical memorabilia-astronauts & space travel-etc” but then I realized that these were made by me over the last few weeks. The *sources* for…

And the balloonageddon continues

February 12, 2023

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Aircraft, blather, Crazy, Hmm…, News, Politics, rockets, Weapons, ಠ_ಠ

US Shuts Airspace Over Lake Michigan, Cites “National Defense” Seems the balloons are coming pretty fast. The NOTAM over Lake Huron appears to quite large and cover almost 1/4th of the Lake pic.twitter.com/FTfDy0elt0 — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 12, 2023 🚨#BREAKING: Canada has just Closed a section of Airspace over the Great Lakes and…

Seems like a great time to back everything up and put it all in a Faraday cage

February 11, 2023

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AARRRGH, Aircraft, Crazy, Hmm…, News, Nukes, Politics, ಠ_ಠ

NORAD is having themselves a time just now, F-15’s scrambling from Oregon and Montana. NORAD statement: "NORAD detected a radar anomaly (in Montana) and sent fighter aircraft to investigate. Those aircraft did not identify any object to correlate to the radar hits" pic.twitter.com/p4mwR3KDr7 — Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) February 12, 2023 🚨#BREAKING: F-15s out…

The Balloon Wars Have Begun

February 11, 2023

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scottlowther

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Aircraft, Hmm…, News, Politics

US jet shoots down ‘unidentified object’ over northern Canada, Trudeau says A “high altitude airborne object” shot down by an F-22. This seems like chump work for the F-22, when the F-15 seems perfectly capable of it. it also seems like a dandy way for China and/or Russia to soak up American air defense resources,…

HSVTOL

That there is a snazzy Bone

Books on ebay

Interesting, but not immediately practical

Less than a day left: Selling cyanotype blueprints on ebay…

I think I know what they shot down…

An ebay question

And the balloonageddon continues

Seems like a great time to back everything up and put it all in a Faraday cage

The Balloon Wars Have Begun

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