The Official Random Video Thread!
- Thread starter blue
- Start date
- Replies 15K
- Views 1M
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
Serious camo there
Maximalist
Treehouser
pigwot
M's, Juniper's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Grandpa
stikine
Treehouser
Whoops
Nutball
TreeHouser
All the automation in planes is scary. What if the automatic landing system committed them to stay on the runway? It has caused unwanted landings in the past. Of course they fixed that issue, but it's those rare circumstances that require the pilot to have full control.
those live nest cams are amazing, seeing the creature living in it's arguably harsh natural environment
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
This dude must be real popular with the neighbors 😂
Seriously cool though
Seriously cool though
Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
And I worry about what would say the neighbors if I begin to chainsaw milling !
Nice engine by the way.
Nice engine by the way.
Burnham
Woods walker
That propeller looks like instant death just waiting for a mistake to happen by.
Cobleskill
Treehouser
I was waiting to see the trailer jump over the chock. Not to safe looking. Cool though.
Cobleskill
Treehouser
I flew a plane with a radial engine like that. It wasn't two rows of cylinders though. Texan T6. WWII trainer. About 500 horsepower. The engine started off at 400 h.p. and ended up at 600 h.p.. Thing flew like a sports car. I have some pics. Need to brush up on my tech skills.
Last edited:
Kaveman
Treehouser
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 "Double Wasp". Powerplant of several WW2 bombers. Then someone at Vought decided to slap a 13 foot Hamilton standard propeller and odd gull wings on one and created the deadliest fighter of the war, the F4U Corsair. Incredible aircraft. The US navy hated them at first, the huge bulk of the engine out front made carrier landing difficult. The Royal Navy got some and figured out that if you approached the carrier in a continuous left hand turn, the gull wing allowed you to keep the carrier in sight until the last few seconds. Until the Brits taught us, it was only the Marines using them on actual air fields, where their heavy duty landing gear, intended for slamming onto a pitching, rolling carrier deck, served them well.
Thus concludes my naval history vomit for today. Obviously, I'd enjoy living next to dude.
Thus concludes my naval history vomit for today. Obviously, I'd enjoy living next to dude.
