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Posted by Foxfan on 06/08/2015 19:31:51: If I drove a Passat, Estate or otherwise, I'd be dead from boredom before I even got to the field! The company I contracted to in Germany used to have them as pool cars. I hated them so much I thrashed the nuts of them until my German passengers all started calling me "Hell Driver". Can vou briefly explain what is so exciting about vehicles that are not named Passat? Edit for spelling mistake. Edited By Tony K on 06/08/2015 20:14:21
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PS - I own a VW Passat estate, a car so bland and teutonically efficient I sometimes lose it in car parks or forget I even own it. You can get a lot of models in though! Edited By MattyB on 06/08/2015 16:44:56 Plus one for the Passat Estate. It''s not the volume that is important, it's the usable load area. A car is a tool not an ornament.
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The Ten best And Worst Aviation Movies
Tony K replied to Dai Fledermaus's topic in All Things Model Flying
May I recommend "First light". The TV film adaptation of Geoffrey "Boy" Wellums' memoirs. Excellent. (Available to view on Vimeo). -
I was going to put this in the "Wind always drops" thread but I thought it might get lost among the anniversary celebrations. Anyway, I found this on a sailing blog. Colourfull representation of wind, temperature, and cloud/rain. With the slider one can move forward a few hours or a few days, alternatively hit the play button and watch it all unfold worldwide or locally.
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Driver Didn't See It Comming And Collides With A Tank
Tony K replied to Dai Fledermaus's topic in Chit-chat
Posted by Dave Hopkin on 03/06/2015 15:49:16: The only Panzerringstrasse is Munster and the same photo in the Calgary Herald says its near Paderborn Quite a long way from Muenster, Dave. I think this Panzerringstrasse is about 10 km north of Bad Lippspringe. There used to be a Rhein Army Summer Show (RASS) which took place in Bad Lippspringe, it was a good day out. I did my first and LAST bungee jump there. Eighty metres high with a rubber band tied around my ankles. -
The 'share your photos' thread (not model flying)
Tony K replied to David Ashby - Moderator's topic in Photography
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Plight of the sandwich method
Tony K replied to A.A. Barry's topic in Building from Traditional Kits and Plans
I think I would tackle this as follows:- sandwich eleven blanks (W2 - W12) between the two templates and shape to this red line. Then use the W1 template to cut a separate W1. The separated sandwich ribs can now be squared up, as kc says. You should now have a set of ribs to the correct length ready for a final light sanding after assembly to achieve the correct angle for maximum glueing area. -
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Unfortunately, I did not get a picture of my first RC aircraft. It was a David Boddington "Apprentice". Built in 1968, it flew quite well until I tried to control it. It hit the ground rather heavily..
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Saw this at the "Intermodelbau" in Dortmund. Turbine powered, 2,1 metre span, 24,5 Kg (54 lbs).
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Posted by Erfolg on 17/02/2015 18:06:43: I wonder if there is any definite relationship between the number of modellers per population density and the distance to a model shop? Interesting question.
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Posted by The Wright Stuff on 17/02/2015 15:21:45: Posted by Tony K on 17/02/2015 15:06:44: It's the Joule which has the same units as torque. Like Erf, I have always wondered why we need the Pascal. Derived units like this I suspect are just for brevity: like using litres instead of cubic decimetres, watts instead of joules per second, etc etc... Incidentally (relevant to the thread), units like pascals and joules are not capitalised. If it's named after a person, then only the abbreviation is: (Pa, J, W, V, A), but units not named after people are always uncapitalised in their abbreviations: m, g, s. Edited By The Wright Stuff on 17/02/2015 15:28:30 Well, you learn something every day. I was not aware of that. What really upsets me is the reluctance of British people to try to learn a foreign language.
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Posted by Mr.B. on 17/02/2015 14:09:33: Erf. Pa I can live with. It's Bar that annoys me. I think Pa is used for pressure in place of N/m^2 to avoid confusion with torque in Nm. Also, there is a common misconception of mass, force and weight. It's the Joule which has the same units as torque. Like Erf, I have always wondered why we need the Pascal.
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Seen it before but well worth another look. The airfield where this happened, Mount Farm, is adjacent to the village of Berinsfield in Oxfordshire. It is now agricutural land but you can just make out the line of the runways on google maps.
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Posted by Prop Nut on 16/02/2015 08:36:25: Of course, the educational establishment will trot out the usual excuse for their failure to teach correctly by saying that English is a living language. PN, can you point to a particular moment in time when the English in use was correct and any deviation before or after that date was not? For example, until the eighteenth century it was correct to say "you was" as the singular verb and "you were" only as the plural (and the future subjunctive). Anyone using "you was" today would be considered uneducated. Who decided that the current illogical construction was correct and must be taught?
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Very early this morning on the BBC news site, the main headline was " Police shoot dead man in Copenhagen". Why would they shoot a dead man? Revisiting later, I noticed that the headline had been changed to "Police shoot man dead in Copenhagen". Does that mean that the Police shot a man who was dead in Copenhagen? Now the headline reads "Copenhagen gunman shot by police". Well done BBC, the third attempt makes sense.
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Perhaps some people think that this story is emphasising the cult of the celebrity, the one off. I have every sympathy with the person concerned but I wonder how many other victims of our apparent civilised society have received financial support to the extent that this individual has. There must be many in similar devastating situations who do not receive the same amount of financial support because they have not had the “oxygen” of publicity. Perhaps if the elected managers of our countries did more to help the less fortunate instead of penalising them at every opportunity, such requests for support would not be necessary.
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I used to have an A35, did thousands of miles in it. On mototorways I hoped that a "National Express" coach would overtake so that I could tuck in behind thus increasing my speed and reducing my fuel consumption considerably. I think it's called slipstreaming.
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Stick a "post it" on the dash and keep a pencil handy. Eventually the "post it" will dry up and fall off, then you can forget about it and carry on with life.
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Ah, I see the problem now.
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Posted by kc on 28/11/2014 12:54:42: I wonder what i am supposed to do as the model shop that sold it has been closed for well over a year. Cut the plug off and fit a new one.
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Posted by Tom Sharp 2 on 13/11/2014 00:11:50: At the time of his death, the Red Baron had three tri-planes at his disposal, all differently decorated. He had officially moved on to the D7 and only flew the tri-planes when off duty. Whether MvR officially moved on to the D7 or not, he never flew one in combat. The D7 was just entering service around April or May and MvR died on the 21st. April. I don't think he was off duty when he shot down two Camels on the 20th. April flying 425/17, the aircraft in which he died the following day.
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Posted by David Davis on 12/11/2014 18:18:06: ..and it's in the correct colour scheme too! Well, according to researchers of historical fact, 477/17 (the serial number which this replica carries) was not all red. Only the cowl, upper wing top surface, tail, and wheel covers were painted so. The rest of the aircraft was standard Fokker streaky (as was 127/17). The extent of red on the fuselage is still disputed. It is understood that only 152/17 and 425/17 were painted completely in red.
