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Jedit posted:So long as they paid $10 each, Lowtax won't mind this time. Perma banned for account sharing 
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everything about that plane was badass
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I went to the Air Force museum over the weekend, where one of these is on display. One of the engineers was there, too. He was fascinating to listen to.
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That thing was all around ridiculous. Until the materials expanded from supersonic speed, it would leak fuel constantly.
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Truly the Sonichu of the air force "Gotta go fast"
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Skippy McPants posted:Why is that not a gif? It really needs to be a gif. Gonna have to vote that a substantial adult device is attached to his seat. Otherwise not so much fun. Edited for desire to not url edit tonight. Backspace. Otteration has a new favorite as of 02:24 on Nov 13, 2018 |
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ElGroucho posted:That thing was all around ridiculous. Until the materials expanded from supersonic speed, it would leak fuel constantly. There’s one in a museum in Oregon, where the Spruce Goose is, that has most of it’s auxiliary carts, camera modules, radar units and such with it, including a little drone that looks like a miniature SR-71. It’s start-cart used a 401 Nailhead Buick engine. The museum guy said that all hydraulic systems on the SR-71 use its own fuel as a hydraulic fluid - it might leak like a sieve, but as long as the fuel gauge shows good, the hydraulics are fine. Everything about the SR-71 is completely badass.
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Fastest guys out there yeah it's that story again but it's such a good story
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Pro click, this dude is loving unbelievable
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The fact that this plane was designed on a literal drawing board and not computers still baffles me. And I think it went from concept to prototype in 18 months or something stupid like that. I'm not sure there will ever be a cooler airplane.
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chitoryu12 posted:Yeah, I know where to look. It's just so fast that unless I go frame-by-frame I can't see it even if I know exactly where to put my eyes. I was able to find a slow motion angle: Jesus, until I saw this I legit thought the guy who got knocked out gave himself an uppercut, it was so goddamn fast
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:The fact that this plane was designed on a literal drawing board and not computers still baffles me. And I think it went from concept to prototype in 18 months or something stupid like that. I'm not sure there will ever be a cooler airplane. Until this plane becomes a reality:  Then yes, it is the coolest plane.
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Nov 14, 2018 02:53
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 Picture is from an old trip to a zoo in Palm Springs. Guessing African Wild Dog?
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That's obviously some sort of dog/bat/zebra. Or Zogat.
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Nov 14, 2018 03:30
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HAmbONE posted:
It's my fursona
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Nov 14, 2018 03:31
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HAmbONE posted:
Some hyena sub-species. Forget which. Not dog. Would love a correction.
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Nov 14, 2018 03:46
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It's a striped hyena. Very adorable. I know a guy that used to raise those for zoos and rich dudes. They aren't very aggressive but man they'd sure keep people the gently caress out of your house. E: there's also a miniature bug-eating version called an aardwolf. Ultra harmless unless you're made of insects  Cute but still badass because it's still a hyena. Scathach has a new favorite as of 04:09 on Nov 14, 2018 |
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Solice Kirsk posted:Until this plane becomes a reality: The eh-X-twe-en-ty Niiiine!! 
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Not Very Metal posted:Fastest guys out there It really is 
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Somebody put that transformer's wings on backward.
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 Someone paint snake skin on this thing ASAP! edit: Well I'll be goddamned. I knew that plane was too cool to not have some basis in reality. GI Joe developers on their own would always come up with poo poo like this :  Granted, having half a Bell helicopter would be neat, it's still not cool.
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ElGroucho posted:That thing was all around ridiculous. Until the materials expanded from supersonic speed, it would leak fuel constantly. In the video I'm linking the pilot addresses that. It was true, but not nearly as severe as its made out to be. I've even read that they needed an immediate refuel after takeoff cause of the leakage. It did leak and it did seal once the skin heated up but the leaks were small enough that they just had little drip pans on under the plane to collect the fuel. The video is long but super fascinating. https://youtu.be/CeBu6mRDaro All of the blackbird pilots I've seen are great. They know how bad rear end they are but they never let it slip.
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sneakyfrog posted:everything about that plane was badass starts with CIA skunkworks and ends with no planes ever lost to enemy intercept Former DILF has a new favorite as of 07:43 on Nov 14, 2018 |
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Grumbletron 4000 posted:In the video I'm linking the pilot addresses that. It was true, but not nearly as severe as its made out to be. I've even read that they needed an immediate refuel after takeoff cause of the leakage. It did leak and it did seal once the skin heated up but the leaks were small enough that they just had little drip pans on under the plane to collect the fuel. The video is long but super fascinating. in sled driver it's discussed a bit, they would fuel up after takeoff because that way they knew the tanks were full and could calculate their range based on that, because they could never be exactly sure how much they might have used getting to altitude
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Scathach posted:
I need this mohawked punk hyena for my private zoo
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HAmbONE posted:
Definitely a striped Hyena. They're super nocturnal so unless you're out in the dark in the wild in Africa, you're not likely to see one. They're really shy though, not likely to come near a human. And don't live in clans the way their spotted brethern do. Spotted hyenas are the badasses. They're big, smart predators. Jaws strong enough to break a giraffe femur. Everybody always thinks lions are the top predators out there, but lion only kill about 30% of what they eat. They steal or scavenge the rest from other animals. Hyenas in the area where I used to live kill about 90% of what they eat. That being said, they're too smart to get close to a human. Unless you're asleep or deadass drunk, they're not coming near you. Here's a few spotted ones from a few weeks ago. (Thumbnails because phone posting)  That's Amazon. She was hanging out in the mud.  That's Tasty Twist and her cubs Scat and Guano  Tasty again, because mom's gonna mom. I went out to look at hyenas with some researchers from Michigan State University. There's more pictures on their blog. St_Ides has a new favorite as of 16:01 on Nov 14, 2018 |
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Solice Kirsk posted:
Are you on drugs? The Trouble Bubble™ is one of the coolest, most badd-rear end things ever.
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HAmbONE posted:
Well I'll be hosed. I was watching Nosferatu a couple weeks ago, and there's a short scene involving an animal I didn't recognize at all. Some weird looking European wolf I thought. I come to find out, thanks to this thread, it was a striped hyena. Cool.
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St_Ides posted:Everybody always thinks lions are the top predators out there, but lion only kill about 30% of what they eat. They steal or scavenge the rest from other animals. Hyenas in the area where I used to live kill about 90% of what they eat. Yep, but this was a trend a few years ago: https://i.imgur.com/XmFMHja.jpg https://i.imgur.com/NjCzt.jpg Being social, Hyenas are pretty drat smart. And social: https://i.imgur.com/t4xR8eR.jpg Same dude we've seen hanging with the pride: https://i.imgur.com/TbAEAe3.jpg
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Solice Kirsk posted:
Huh, I have the engine from that in a box somewhere. I've never owned a GI Joe toy though, I always wondered where it came from.
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Otteration posted:Yep, but this was a trend a few years ago: I'd be a bit more concerned about the guy with the baboon to be honest.
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Former DILF posted:starts with CIA skunkworks and ends with no planes ever lost to enemy intercept Nah, it ended with setting another record on its way to the museum.
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Solice Kirsk posted:
didnt GI Joes have a plane that was awfully similar to the SR71?
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Agents are GO! posted:didnt GI Joes have a plane that was awfully similar to the SR71? Yep, the Night Raven. I was given one of those by my dad for christmas when I was 10 and it was the coolest thing ever. Then my mother, who a) hated my father and b) was an enormous hippy, boxed it all up and gave it to Goodwill. edit: gently caress it I have money I just bought one NIB on ebay. gently caress you mum. Memento has a new favorite as of 03:20 on Nov 16, 2018 |
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I had the original Sky Striker, which was modeled after the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. That thing was awesome.
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Android Apocalypse posted:I had the original Sky Striker, which was modeled after the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. I was a little late to the Joe game but I did end up with the one modeled after the A-10. By that point they'd abandoned Uber patriotic colors for day-glo though so it looked like something Khadafi would fly.
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