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Platystemon posted:Put the mechanical equivalent of a fuse ahead of the bridge. Replace the approach with a hinged steel platform. If you are overweight the bridge side of the platform drops 2' and exposes a concrete wall. Use hydraulics to drop the wall so as to control the pace and allow it to automatically reset once the weight is clear.
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drat, that's a good idea. Doesn't even have to be hydraulic - a calibrated spring system should be enough. It'll move back into its horizontal position by spring power once the vehicle has reversed off of it.
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from a while back but last time i heard about ecuadorian tug operators they were ramming a historic brazilian navy sailboat into a bridge then flipping over their own tug https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRTSZaETFRA those boys ain't right is what i'm saying anyway, came to post this marvelous modern architecture https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7274403102143401221
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LimaBiker posted:drat, that's a good idea. Springs work too, With hydraulic I could tune it within a few pounds and keep it under control if someone hits it hard and breaks off part of their vehicle. A big gate valve that opens at a specified PSI and a trickle to refill once the gate has reclosed.
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looks a hell of a lot more fun than suburbs
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Jesus Christ. It's a gender reveal and it captures the entirety of the essence of the trend. There has to be a bottom somewhere, but the hole just keeps going deeper and deeper. Though it's not explicitly shown in the video, be aware that the pilot did die.  https://v.redd.it/h9fqyx2yt1mb1/DASH_480.mp4?source=fallback
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BrianRx posted:Jesus Christ. It's a gender reveal and it captures the entirety of the essence of the trend. There has to be a bottom somewhere, but the hole just keeps going deeper and deeper. Got a link to a news article or anything? I'm curious about an abrupt structural failure like that.
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I was trying to figure out if somehow the confetti cannon got them.
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“It’s not art unless someone dies”
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Captain Hygiene posted:Got a link to a news article or anything? I'm curious about an abrupt structural failure like that. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12475681/amp/gender-reveal-plane-crash-mexico.html
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Captain Hygiene posted:Got a link to a news article or anything? I'm curious about an abrupt structural failure like that. Probably overstressed due to a rapid pitch up - according to the link, that's a Piper PA-25 Pawnee, which isn't a plane designed for any kind of aerobatics. The real answers will come if/when it was determined how well it was maintained, and whether the pitch up was intentional or unintentional (meaning there was a failure of some flavor in the elevator).
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Antigravitas posted:I will defer to our resident expert on mercury ingestion, but afaik mercury bioavailability is actually not all that high. Hate to be an incredible downer but fizzymercury made an EN thread in late 2022 about being diagnosed with an aggressive cancer and hasn't posted since. I've still got it bookmarked because I was really hoping for the best. 
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12475681/amp/gender-reveal-plane-crash-mexico.html  Shooting Blanks posted:Probably overstressed due to a rapid pitch up - according to the link, that's a Piper PA-25 Pawnee, which isn't a plane designed for any kind of aerobatics. The real answers will come if/when it was determined how well it was maintained, and whether the pitch up was intentional or unintentional (meaning there was a failure of some flavor in the elevator). I couldn't tell how extreme the pitch back was before the failure, it goes so fast. But I'm curious about the plane now - it looked like a cropduster to me, and I see those do more extreme maneuvers all the time at the end of a pass. Google says PA-25s are commonly used for that though, maybe just not at the crazier end of the scale?
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Captain Hygiene posted:I couldn't tell how extreme the pitch back was before the failure, it goes so fast. But I'm curious about the plane now - it looked like a cropduster to me, and I see those do more extreme maneuvers all the time at the end of a pass. Google says PA-25s are commonly used for that though, maybe just not at the crazier end of the scale? It is a common cropduster, and I can't tell how extreme the pitch up was before the failure either - poor video quality and it was quick. The other potential issue (and this is just poor video quality again) is that most photos of those planes I'm finding show upper struts connecting the wings to the fuselage. I can't tell if those exist on this particular plane at the time of the crash, that could also have been an issue.
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The Piper PA-28 series has a wing spar corrosion/fatigue issue that has killed a number of people by the wings folding up just like that, and after a student pilot and instructor were killed a few years ago, there now an AD (airworthiness directive) that requires them to undergo a special inspection for early signs of failure on a regular basis. This was a PA-25, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if Piper used the same grade of metal, heat treatment, anti-corrosion primer, and so on in the construction of this aircraft. Combine that potential for failure with what I expect would be very heavy use as an agricultural aircraft, potentially poor maintenance, and the sharp high-G pullup at the end... Just theorizing, I am not an expert, etc.
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Needs a soundtrack imo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1_j9ihMOfo Sagebrush posted:The Piper PA-28 series has a wing spar corrosion/fatigue issue that has killed a number of people by the wings folding up just like that, and after a student pilot and instructor were killed a few years ago, there now an AD (airworthiness directive) that requires them to undergo a special inspection for early signs of failure on a regular basis. It was also last produced over 40 years ago so it's not very surprising that they would be showing fatigue by now.
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Nenonen posted:It was also last produced over 40 years ago so it's not very surprising that they would be showing fatigue by now. I have some news about general aviation
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This makes me think of the safety videos from the Found Footage Festival films. Those were all entertaining.
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Nenonen posted:It was also last produced over 40 years ago so it's not very surprising that they would be showing fatigue by now. I was gonna mention that too. I know there are lots of old aircraft in service, I've worked with one that old and seen the level of inspections required (especially for more rigorous uses than passenger flights). You always wonder if they're skimping on those or even just missed something that ultimately caused a failure.
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Sirotan posted:Hate to be an incredible downer but fizzymercury made an EN thread in late 2022 about being diagnosed with an aggressive cancer and hasn't posted since. I've still got it bookmarked because I was really hoping for the best. That fuckin sucks, I sincerely hope it's treatable. Life is loving bullshit.
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 Time stamped at the money shot for your convenience, but you should watch it all if you are interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVDwDIhgkQY&t=164s
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put goofy cartoon sound effects in this and set it to clown music* *specifically this https://www.apmmusic.com/albums/SON_SCD_0074/SON_SCD_0074_01601
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Nenonen posted:
I was actually hoping for something resplendent but that works.
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Captain Hygiene posted:I was gonna mention that too. I know there are lots of old aircraft in service, I've worked with one that old and seen the level of inspections required (especially for more rigorous uses than passenger flights). You always wonder if they're skimping on those or even just missed something that ultimately caused a failure. A problem on the Pipers is that the corrosion and fatigue occurs in an area that isn't easily accessible, so it never gets inspected. The AD requires inspection with a borescope or installing a new inspection hole. I wonder if the planes covered by the AD even got corrosion protection. I know most Cessnas got no corrosion protection unless it was special ordered that way (usually with a float kit).
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Flipperwaldt posted:Farm them for what? Eggs? Feathers? Meat? I couldn't find anything about what this dude specifically was doing but apparently cassowaries are how you one-up your neighbour's peacock in Florida.
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just imagining this encounter from the fish's perspective
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Just imagine this encounter from God's perspective.
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You gotta be a little different to be fishing like that in the first place, but my loving god there is something absolutely wild in the brain chemistry of a person will get into a knife fight with a pair of sharks over a goddamn tuna.
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Sharks may be smooth as hell, but they'll never be cool enough to hold their own in a knife fight
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Captain Hygiene posted:Sharks may be smooth as hell, but they'll never be cool enough to hold their own in a knife fight I thought they were rough on the outside actually.
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Captain Hygiene posted:Sharks may be smooth as hell, but they'll never be cool enough to hold their own in a knife fight But they basically have a mouth full of knives. That guy only had one.
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emSparkly posted:I thought they were rough on the outside actually. nah, common misconception. they're extremely smooth, like glass.
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bagual posted:anyway, came to post this marvelous modern architecture one of the surest signs of civilization is a pair of sneakers hanging from power lines
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