Today I Was Thinking Of The F-104
I’ve often thought of a bucketlist project of making a slow indoor flyer out of the worlds most improbable subjet, the F-104 Starfighter. There is this problem of driving past one every day on the way into Radical RC. Capt. Joseph B. Jordan, flying a Lockheed...Is Infinity a Number?
This interests me as a concept. From the Numberphile series.Fluid Dymanics of Drag – Boundary Layers
Excellent video showing in real experiments you can understand and see. Shows what the boundary layer is, what a stall looks like (if you could see the air) and vorticity. EXCELLENT! Part 1: Part 2: Notice also as the airfoil is inclining to higher and higher angles...Amazing Inside Out Flipping Polyhedron Flying Machine
German automation company Festo has created an extraordinary helium-filled flying object that propels itself through the air by repeatedly turning itself inside-out. SmartInversion combines an extremely lightweight body….. Read all about it at...Ryno Motors
At first I thought this was a fake viral video, however, it’s all true. Imagine a device that can go anywhere you walk, on the sidewalk, on the street, in an elevator or to the mall. Yet on only one wheel. It’s the on set of accelerometers and similar...Funny, Those In Power Often Rewrite The History Books
I’ve watched and listened to the DNC (Democratic National Convention) over the last 3 days. Nearly every speaker talked about the million jobs saved when Obama and Biden bailed out the auto industry. The auto industry bailout was announced December 19, 2008 by...Smokey’s Lucky Witch & Other Fantastic Images
You’ve got to love nose art and warbird photos. Great photo thread on Mission4Today forum. Photo thread on Mission4today More on Smokey’s Lucky Witch: Information obtained from NavSource Online at: USS GAMBIER BAY (CVE-73) Ensign Darrell C. Bennett,...