IPMS 2018 Nats In Review

Real G

Seriously though, San Marcos will require a drive from the airport, so THAT’S where the road trip happens!

Good to know a shuttle service is planned.  We were looking for a direct flight from HNL so it limits our airport options.  But driving can be fun, as you are free to go where you will.  The last time I went to Portland, I drove to McMinnville to the Evergreen Museum, which was definitely worth the drive!

So let me recall my high school math; a car travelling at 80 MPH collides with a pig travelling at 2 MPH perpendicular to the path of the car, assuming the car is 3,500 LBS and the driver does not apply the brakes, and the pig weighs 20 LBS, what is the pig‘s new velocity?

But I brake for armadillos.

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So let me recall my high school math; a car travelling at 80 MPH collides with a pig travelling at 2 MPH perpendicular to the path of the car, assuming the car is 3,500 LBS and the driver does not apply the brakes, and the pig weighs 20 LBS, what is the pig‘s new velocity?

That depends upon his launch angle, any gradiant of the roadway, and a few other factors. 

I had the wonderful experience of the Advanced Traffic Collision Investigators course this past September. My brain still hurts from some of the math and problems presented...

They’re not pigs.  They’re PIIIIGGGS!

I remember a couple of zip line guides on the north shore of the Big Island talking about how the puaa love the koa nuts and grow very large.   These guys grow on acorns and whatever else they root up

You can fly direct HNL to DFW on American and connect to Austin/Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA)

Thanks for the flight info!

My cousins hunt wild boar in the mountains over here.  They use dogs and very large knives(!).  They then take the meat and put it in their smoker until it gets cancer.  Obviously they look nothing like me.  They are Klingon, I am the weenie Federation cadet with the big nose and large Adam’s apple.  We nerdy types are “townies”, because we don’t live country.

Hi G

if you plan on renting a car and driving the final leg to San Marcos be sure to add an extra day on either end of the trip.   

About an hour and a half west of San Marcos is Fredericksburg,TX.   It is the birthplace and childhood home of Admiral Chester Nimitz.  The museum of the Pacific War is located there.  There are a number of exhibits;  a Cactus Airforce Wildcat,  a B25, an Avenger, a PT boat,  one of the Pearl Harbor mini-subs.   Plus more.  The gallery which covers the prelude to the war with the historical conflicts between Japan and China is well done,  better than other WWII museums.  

I don’t know if the San Marcos organizing committee is planning a bus tour to Fredericksburg, but it is well worth it and will easily take a day to see it all.   

Oh, and the food, beer, and wine are good there too.  

Brilliant photo's thanks for sharing. You must have quite a few large model shows in the USA. We just have one major one here in the UK and it's some distance to travel.

I don't tend to go as about 80% of the show is military and I tend to build more competition and beach buggy cars than anything else.

EdGrune - If we drive, we will definitely make time to see other things!  Thanks for the heads up.

PatW - I was able to go to Scale Model World at Telford a few years ago and it was the most amazing model show I have ever seen!  It was far away, but worth it!