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Scorpiomikey That would have been an interesting beer.
That would have been an interesting beer.
I think it was in the "Fantasy Saloon",
just off "Halucination Highway",
The bartender's name was Roarke.....and
this little guy named Tattoo followed him everywhere....lol....
Mikey,
great link, and thanks!
Didn't know that the J-58 used center post bleed
and by pass bleed. i heard about the shock wave
adjustment, to keep it off the turbine blades and
slow down the airspeed at the blades to below supersonic.
The by pass may have been at supersonic, but
i'll need to study more.
All this stuff I never knew.
I heard once that the J-58 was a partial ram-jet,
given the by-pass bleed, I can see why someone
would think that.
Dom
"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how i soar"
Recite the litanies, fire up the Gellar field, a poo storm is coming
Check out my blog here.
I imagine there would be, really cold icy day i could imagine lightnings and Habus slamming that barrier just off the end of the runway.
Right Mikey,
I think I heard there is a sweet spot altitude to punch through going straight up,
don't know what it is or if for sure it exists, i probably heard about it
when I was drinking beer with Scott Crossfield......lol
You guys might also be interested in this.
www.u2sr71patches.co.uk/sr71performance.htm
Also note that the speed of sound slows down considerably as you get higher (due to temperature changes). So at 85,000 ft (its absolute altitude record) the speed of sound is around 660mph, but at sea level (assuming an average ambient air temperature of 59F) its 761mph. Theres also a bunch of maths involved with air pressure which i cant work out lol.
Bockscar Yeah Ken: I hope I'm still around too.... Dom
Yeah Ken:
I hope I'm still around too....
Those Russians;
What do they know......lol.....
So, Mig 29, about 65,000 feet per minute.
3,900,000 feet per hour
738 MPH, or mach 1.
Some day they may release the "real" numbers for the SR-71. I hope I am still alive when they do!
Ken
The official ROC for an SR-71 is 60m/s(11,810 ft/min). The record is held by a Mig-29 at 330m/s (65,000 ft/min)
The Avro Arrow was similar to the SR-71.
Yes Ken, thanks for the link.
By the way, when I opened my Revell 1/48 B-29, I figured it was a slightly retooled 1/72 B-36....lol....
Thanks for the link to Charlie's Horse....lol....that is very very cool!
Adding fuel to the fire, the CF-105 Avro Arrow supposedly almost broke mach 2 going straight up in 1957-58, so I'm doubling down on the SR-71 breaking at least mach 1 standing on its tail.
Gosh Russ, you buy a new 5,000 square foot home so you can put that diorama on display?....
Striker8241 Son Of Medicine Man Hello everyone, I found this site and thought I would share. It has some nice photos of KB-50Js among other KB-50s and KB-29s: http://www.tactankers.com/photo_library.htm Ken Nice, Ken! Thanks for sharing the link and other info about this tanker. Prior to your postings, I never realized there was such a plane as a KB-50, let alone that it was descended from the B-29. Russ
Son Of Medicine Man Hello everyone, I found this site and thought I would share. It has some nice photos of KB-50Js among other KB-50s and KB-29s: http://www.tactankers.com/photo_library.htm Ken
Hello everyone,
I found this site and thought I would share. It has some nice photos of KB-50Js among other KB-50s and KB-29s:
http://www.tactankers.com/photo_library.htm
Nice, Ken! Thanks for sharing the link and other info about this tanker. Prior to your postings, I never realized there was such a plane as a KB-50, let alone that it was descended from the B-29.
Russ
Thank you for saying so Russ! I didn't know about it either until I got involved in researching about the aircraft used by the USAF during the Vietnam War. Apparently there was a surplus of B-29s and B-50s so the rational was to save money and convert them. The USAF started off using the "probe and drogue" method, but found that the flying boom was a lot more effective. The USN still uses the "probe and drogue".
Cheers guys. I dunno why it hit me the way it did. Maybe lack of sleep, overworking myself.
Yeah Mikey, sorry to hear about that.
That is a long time between panic attacks,
must have been very 'unpleasant.'
All the best with it.
Scorpiomikey Yeah, went and had a chat with the cause of said panic attack. She explained things. Not very satisfactorily. but i know where shes coming from.
Yeah, went and had a chat with the cause of said panic attack. She explained things. Not very satisfactorily. but i know where shes coming from.
Sorry to hear that my friend. I hope things get better for you soon.
Don't mention it... :)
Scorpiomikey lol thanks rich.
lol thanks rich.
In the Hangar: 1/48 Hobby Boss F/A-18D RAAF Hornet,
On the Tarmac: F4U-1D RNZAF Corsair 1/48 Scale.
That's probably a good thing. If she had explained it satisfactorily, then you may have understood it. And I try to avoid understanding women. For therein lies the path to madness...
Rich
Scorpiomikey Looking good striker. Maybe some Matte on those wheels? No building over the weekend. Cleaned the house, bought my mum a birthday present, had a panic attack. yay. Havent had one of those since i was 15.
Looking good striker. Maybe some Matte on those wheels?
No building over the weekend. Cleaned the house, bought my mum a birthday present, had a panic attack. yay. Havent had one of those since i was 15.
Thanks, Mikey. I agree - however, I'm going to wait until I start assembling the diorama and then do all weathering at that time.
I assume that you are okay now?
Son Of Medicine Man Thank you Russ for showing that. That is very cool how you thought of using that truck to convert it to what you needed. It turned out really nice! Ken
Thank you Russ for showing that. That is very cool how you thought of using that truck to convert it to what you needed. It turned out really nice!
Thanks again, Ken. Unfortunately, there aren't too many 1/72 truck tractor or semitrailer kits available, and all the civilian ones I did find were long-haul versions with sleepers. This was the only version that was similiar to the military tractors used by the Air Force.
Son Of Medicine Man Nice work Russ! You are on a mission! Do you have any pictures showing how you converted the truck? What did you use? Ken
Nice work Russ! You are on a mission! Do you have any pictures showing how you converted the truck? What did you use?
Finally got my bomb truck tractor finished. I had to modify an Academy 2.5 ton cargo truck (see below). Had to shorten the chassis and make my own fifth wheel but it doesn't look too bad - if you don't look too close . If you're into scale model trucks, this kit is very nicely detailed for the price (around $15) but it's very delicate and difficult to build - at least for someone like me with 10 thumbs. I was glad to get it done.
Now if I can just force myself to finish painting and detailing 24 bombs...
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