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supergenius elon "elon musk" musk invents the "subway" what new wonders will this innovative marvel come up with next?
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Mar 10, 2018 18:37
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FCKGW posted:I’ve never been in an airplane you ever been on a bus? it’s like that, only less poo poo outside to look at.
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Mar 10, 2018 18:39
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FCKGW posted:I’ve never been in an airplane its p much the same thing
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Mar 10, 2018 18:46
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i hate embraers
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Mar 10, 2018 19:43
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don't be anti-brazilian
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Mar 10, 2018 19:45
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Dixie Cretin Seaman posted:see shes pushin my dash button
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Mar 10, 2018 20:12
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President Beep posted:you ever been on a bus? it’s like that, only less poo poo outside to look at. but more poo poo on the inside
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Mar 10, 2018 20:13
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https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/fcc-accuses-stealthy-startup-of-launching-rogue-satellites The only problem is, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had dismissed Swarm’s application for its experimental satellites a month earlier, on safety grounds. The FCC is responsible for regulating commercial satellites, including minimizing the chance of accidents in space. It feared that the four SpaceBees now orbiting the Earth would pose an unacceptable collision risk for other spacecraft.
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Mar 10, 2018 20:59
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you do NOT gently caress with the FCC. that company is hosed ITAR style
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Mar 10, 2018 21:01
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holy poo poo talk about bad decisions also lol space based internet of things
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Mar 10, 2018 21:20
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launch fast break multi-hundred-million dollar things
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Mar 10, 2018 21:34
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Jimmy Carter posted:launch fast another paradigm pioneered by SpaceX
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Mar 10, 2018 21:35
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they still make new 747s I think. aren't there a bunch in the shipping industry?Optimus_Rhyme posted:https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/fcc-accuses-stealthy-startup-of-launching-rogue-satellites remember the other year when the FCC told some company they couldn't use the satalite they paid to build and put in orbit because it interfered with lovely GPS receivers? lmao this is somehow worse
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Mar 10, 2018 21:40
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lancemantis posted:someone still operates a 747? lufthansa, korean air and air china have 747-8s. you can probably fly on a 747 for a few more decades if you really want to uncurable mlady posted:i hate embraers come to brazil
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Mar 10, 2018 21:55
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i imagine that since airplanes are so much aluminum really as long as you keep up on the fatigue inspections and replace components as needed, they'll go forever so, not exactly cheap, but what in aviation is
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Mar 10, 2018 22:06
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im the still flying b-52 built 68 years ago
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Mar 10, 2018 22:12
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Jonny 290 posted:i imagine that since airplanes are so much aluminum really as long as you keep up on the fatigue inspections and replace components as needed, they'll go forever new airliners are being built with a lot of composite materials
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Mar 10, 2018 22:44
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there are still 737-200 in operation they stopped making them in 1988
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Mar 10, 2018 22:46
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i love the 737-200s (and -100s) because they're from before they invented high-bypass turbofans and started lengthening the fuselages to the moon so their engines are like little cigar tubes and the planes are all fat and sassy so cute
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Mar 10, 2018 22:56
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the 200 also came with an optional rough strip kit and there’s not a lot of airliners that can land on a dirt strip in the middle of nowhere
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Mar 10, 2018 22:59
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Jonny 290 posted:i imagine that since airplanes are so much aluminum really as long as you keep up on the fatigue inspections and replace components as needed, they'll go forever yeah, p much. as long as you keep maintaining the plane you can keep on flying them until the skin starts to pop from pressurization cycles. also aviation maintenance is Serious Business with mandatory schedules for various jobs (e.g. you must tear down and rebuild your engine at 2000 hours, don't care how well it's running) and it must only be done by FAA-certified mechanics (even on your own little plane) so that probably makes the planes last a lot longer too. the flight school down the road has planes going back to like 1956, still in regular use Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Mar 10, 2018 |
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Mar 10, 2018 23:01
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I’ve got it! uber, only for plane mechanics!
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Mar 10, 2018 23:02
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lancemantis posted:someone still operates a 747? gotta transport your mom's dildo somehow
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Mar 10, 2018 23:07
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Captain Foo posted:gotta transport your mom's dildo somehow but enough about the falcon heavy...
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Mar 10, 2018 23:17
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they can’t launch your mom’s dildo into space cause if it deorbited it’d kill all the dinosaurs
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Mar 10, 2018 23:31
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Sagebrush posted:i love the 737-200s (and -100s) because they're from before they invented high-bypass turbofans and started lengthening the fuselages to the moon so their engines are like little cigar tubes and the planes are all fat and sassy fat & sassy is good praxis
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Mar 10, 2018 23:39
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but tbh,Sagebrush posted:as long as you keep maintaining the ____ you can keep on ____ them thing of theseus
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Mar 10, 2018 23:40
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Munkeymon posted:they still make new 747s I think. aren't there a bunch in the shipping industry? Yeah, the 747-8 is almost exclusively made in cargo version now. They keep threatening to close the line and then UPS/FedEx will order like 10 of them and push EOL out by a year or two. 4-engine planes for passenger flight are pretty much dead, since 2-engines are significantly more efficient per-seat-mile. Pre-ETOPS, the 747 was purchased for the range and the high passenger count was a side benefit. Emirates is singlehandedly keeping the A380 line open because their model is ‘be the airline to fly between any city in the eastern hemisphere’ and their goal is to move as many bodies as possible in one flight, and as such they own over 50% of all the airframes in existence. Once they stop buying them, it’s done. Everyone else is buying twinjets since they’re cheaper to buy and fly, and unlike the A380 you can actually land them most places. Cargo’s priority is to move as much stuff in one flight. The A380 freighter never happened, and the 747 freighter has the bonus of a nose that flips up so you can shove really long cargo in. Since they put fewer hours/flight cycles on each airframe and fuel cost is less of an issue, you really only see them replaced when maintenance costs become an issue (see: FedEx still rocking 30-year old MD-11s). There’s a big market for taking old passenger 747’s, yanking the windows out and cutting a door in the side to turn them into cargo airplanes. Even if they stopped production today, you’ll be seeing them regularly for at least another 40 years.
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Mar 10, 2018 23:59
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Captain Foo posted:gotta transport your mom's dildo somehow Paul Allen is strapping 2 747s together to try to accomplish this 
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Mar 11, 2018 00:04
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Jimmy Carter posted:Paul Allen is strapping 2 747s together to try to accomplish this I’m amazed that thing doesn’t just snap in two. that wing spar must be one hell of an engineering feat in order to serve as the only connection point.
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Mar 11, 2018 00:15
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you can tell there's a thick layer of painter's tape
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Mar 11, 2018 00:18
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FrozenVent posted:the 200 also came with an optional rough strip kit and there’s not a lot of airliners that can land on a dirt strip in the middle of nowhere If you're just joining us in the thread, he's talking about this: http://www.b737.org.uk/unpavedstripkit.htm Are there any numbers on how many were sold?
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Mar 11, 2018 00:36
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i hate landings in airliners with a passion. I can’t imagine touching down on a gravel strip.  oddly enough, when my father-in-law took me up for a spin in a little piper cherokee, i didn’t mind the landing one bit. i think it’s because I could actually see where we were going. also, the simulated stall he did was hella fun.
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Mar 11, 2018 00:40
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I basically have to fly first class to be comfortable. After my next surgery I don't even know if my rear end will physically fit into a coach seat.
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Mar 11, 2018 00:43
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how is swarm any different than iridium or any other satellite communications
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Mar 11, 2018 00:45
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was in the process of fishmeching for an answer and welp this is loving stupid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_(atmospheric_phenomenon)
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Mar 11, 2018 00:49
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President Beep posted:I’m amazed that thing doesn’t just snap in two. that wing spar must be one hell of an engineering feat in order to serve as the only connection point. the center wing will provide lift of its own, counteracting the bending moment from the outer wings, so it probably doesn't have to be quite as strong as you'd think. but yeah i wouldn't want to be the guy trying to land that in a crosswind. roll rate measured in minutes
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Mar 11, 2018 00:50
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cis autodrag posted:I basically have to fly first class to be comfortable. After my next surgery I don't even know if my rear end will physically fit into a coach seat. is it worth it? i mean i know flying is the worst as a baseline, but is paying for first class worth it re leg space?
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Sagebrush posted:the center wing will provide lift of its own, counteracting the bending moment from the outer wings, so it probably doesn't have to be quite as strong as you'd think. yeah it’s not so much the weight bearing demands that amaze me but how it has to keep poo poo together when the two fuselages are experiencing differential forces.
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