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1 No. 1 ID: e63b69 Stickied hide watch quickreply [Reply] [First 100 posts] [Last 50 posts]
Post it if it's yours and gets you from point A to point B!

No post without picture.
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>> No. 17724 ID: 51be42
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Modded my KIA guiz, am I cool yet? Hurr durr
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different rim but same matte black wrap
>>not prode and joy
>>day to day beater


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17767 No. 17767 ID: 1bddb7 hide watch quickreply [Reply]
F-15 never defeated in honorable air combat, only ever defeated by cowardly Skyhawk ramming and incompetent JSDF pilot shooting down wingman.
>> No. 17768 ID: 52aa49
>F-15 never defeated in honorable air combat
Probably because it never ever entered honorable air combat, it was always backed up by as much unfair assets as possible going against the most obsolete "fighters" in history. A good example is Allied Force using AWAACS and AIM-120s to snipe barely flying on one engine Fulcrums from way beyond their ability to fight back.

If you're fighting a war "honorably", you're an idiot.


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17760 No. 17760 ID: 389f77 hide watch expand quickreply [Reply]
Does drifting make a car go through a corner any faster when racing? Or is it just something people do to look cool?
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>> No. 17762 ID: 06a0fb
  >>17760
>Or is it just something people do to look cool
This.

It's good for getting your car pointed in the right direction on corner exit in rally racing, because the drivers don't know the course except by typed course notes read by the co-driver and drivers need to be prepared for any tight cuts or long straights, etc, and the fucking crowds so close, and in the track in front of your car sometimes.

Vid related.

On a paved track with a known course layout... No benefit and slower through the corners. Especially when performed D1 style, drifting with the ass end near the wall through the corners.
>> No. 17763 ID: f8ece4
>>17762
Used to be, due to tire technology, that it WAS a faster way to corner. Back in the days of Shelby Cobra racing and the like, it was just how you cornered.

With modern tire technology, all you do is toss money out the window.
>> No. 17764 ID: f96cd8
Saw a quote somewhere that read: "I don't drift because it's the fastest way around the corner, I drift because it's the most exciting."
>> No. 17765 ID: 248112
Truth be told, there are a few circuits where the corners are layed out so that drifting is the fastest way around them, especially in karting. But on normal roads or big tracks? Nah.
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> Back in the days of Shelby Cobra racing and the like, it was just how you cornered.

Or, y'know, as part of normal driving.


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16967 No. 16967 ID: 2ae388 hide watch expand quickreply [Reply]
Tanks!
The Medium Tank M2 was a United States Army tank that was first produced in 1939 by the Rock Island Arsenal, just prior to the commencement of the war in Europe. Production was 18 M2 tanks, and 94 slightly improved M2A1 tanks, for a total figure of 112. Events in Western Europe and on the Eastern Front rapidly demonstrated that the M2 was obsolete, and it was never used overseas in combat; it was used for training purposes throughout the war.

The M2's unique features included an unusually large number of machine guns, bullet deflector plates, and sloped armor on the hull front (glacis plate). The main armament was a 37 mm (1.5 in) gun, with 32 mm (1.3 in) armor; the M2A1 had a 51 mm (2.0 in) gun mantlet. The features of the M2 series development, both good and bad, provided many lessons for U.S. tank designers that were later applied with great success in the M3 Lee, M4 Sherman and many other armored fighting vehicles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Medium_Tank

Armed with 1× 37 mm Gun M3 and 7× (maximum 9) .30-06 Browning M1919 machine guns.

Previous tank thread:
http://www.operatorchan.org/v/res/12065.html
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>> No. 17566 ID: 388296
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>>17088

ALL OF THE MA DEUCE, NONE OF THE TURRET
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Tank, Infantry, Black Prince (A43) was the name assigned to an experimental development of the Churchill tank with a larger, wider hull and a QF 17-pounder (76 mm) gun. It was named after Edward, the Black Prince, a famous 14th century military leader.

- The only surviving British Black Prince (A43) infantry tank, prototype number four, at Bovington Tank Museum (2008). The red-painted frame on the turret top is a sighting vane to allow rough but quick alignment of the gun in traverse when viewed through the commander's periscope.
>> No. 17727 ID: 81be18
  It's just a good solid tank.
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>> No. 17759 ID: 1e7cc7
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>>17758
Ukrainian T-84 'OplotM' tank.


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17661 No. 17661 ID: bc5ba6 hide watch expand quickreply [Reply]
My father-in-law to be and I were drinking and chatting one night. We somehow got on the topic of race, and in his altered state, he said "As far as I'm concerned, you're black." I asked him to elaborate. "Who the fuck just goes and buys an Eldorado!?"

After the 2000 Ford Windstar I'd been driving around shit its tranny, I went and bought a '97 Cadillac. It is such a nice car. It's the most comfortable ride packed with more features than I know what to do with, but it has turned into a fucking headache. The dreaded Northstar engine under the hood came with a bad head gasket. My car will commute, but push it any further, and that heat gauge creeps up a little bit. The way the mechanic described it to me, it basically has terminal cancer. Looking at my options, I can pump the shit full of blue devil and hope for the best, I can get this aftermarket kit to replace the head bolts and gaskets, or I can replace the whole damned motor with a refurbished one. My fiance is pushing me to chalk it up as a loss and trade it in for a new car. I really like the car though, and it would be perfect if not for that small chance of starting a fucking engine fire.

Advice?
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>> No. 17683 ID: f9a97c
Used to see so much bullshit related to dexcool. People would go to a quickie oil change place and they'd add Prestone to it (which makes a fantastic mess).

Saw loads of engines with leaks from where the dexcool and GM's shitty potmetal heater/coolant hose castings would react with cast iron components .

A garage I worked at even had a decent business offering to flush the "Tang" from a vehicle and replace it with Prestone.
>> No. 17701 ID: a0ea2e
I hate the fucking Northstar. Don't they have the starter in the lifter valley,under the intake?
>> No. 17726 ID: bc5ba6
My car learned a neat trick! It can activate the car horn all by itself! Usually in the middle of the night, and it's getting worse, so I suspect it has something to do with the cold. I worked a half day today, so I took it to a garage to see if I could get it fixed. That was at 1pm. 5pm found me at a Cadillac dealership's parts department. After my guy in the garage and the Cadillac parts guy talked over the phone, I'm no closer to figuring out how the fuck to fix the horn. I could simply pull out the fuse (or is it a relay?) corresponding to it, but I don't know what else that might fuck with, and I'd much rather have a working horn when I need it if possible. For now, I have to disconnect the battery before I go to sleep. I'll take it to Cadillac tomorrow and see if one of their professionally trained technicians can bang his head against the steering wheel and column hard enough to fix the problem.
>> No. 17733 ID: f9a97c
>>17726
Locate horn, remove leads.(or cut them).

What is likely happening is the pressure plate under the center trim is bent/deformed and the change in climate is causing it to ground.

You could "fix" it properly, but I've found that unless your horn system is connected to something that once resided on the top of a locomotive or in the nose of a P-39, it's going to be ignored.
>> No. 17757 ID: bc5ba6
>>17733
You called it. To properly fix the problem will apparently take over a fucking grand. Fuck. Fuck this fucking car. Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. Most expensive mistake I've made to date.


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15487 No. 15487 ID: 57a017 hide watch expand quickreply [Reply] [First 100 posts] [Last 50 posts]
http://www.businessinsider.com/tests-find-cracking-in-the-new-f-35-2014-1

>The U.S. Defense Department’s newest and most advanced fighter jet has cracked during testing and isn’t yet reliable for combat operations, the Pentagon’s top weapons tester said in new report.

>The entire F-35 fleet was grounded last February after a crack was discovered in a turbine blade of an F-35A. While the order was subsequently lifted, more cracks have been discovered in other areas and variants of the Lockheed Martin Corp.-made plane, according to the latest annual report by J. Michael Gilmore, director of Operational Test and Evaluation.

>Durability testing of the F-35A, the Air Force’s version of the plane designed to take off and land on conventional runways, and the F-35B, the Marine Corps’ model that can take off like a plane and land like a helicopter, revealed “significant findings” of cracking in engine mounts, fuselage stiffeners, and bulkhead and wing flanges, according to the document. A bulkhead actually severed at one point, it states.

>“All of these discoveries will require mitigation plans and may include redesigning parts and additional weight,” Gilmore wrote in the report.

>The F-35C, the Navy’s version of the plane designed to take off and land on aircraft carriers, has also had cracks in the floor of the avionics bay and power distribution center and, like the F-35B, in the so-called jack point stiffener, according to the document.

>The hardware problems, along with ongoing delays in software development, among other issues, led Gilmore to conclude that the fifth-generation fighter jet’s “overall suitability performance continues to be immature, and relies heavily on contractor support and workarounds unacceptable for combat operations.”

>He added, “Aircraft availability and measures of reliability and maintainability are all below program target values for the current stage of development.”
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>> No. 17752 ID: 1e7cc7
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>>17751
I give up.
Let's cut bait on this failure and spend the money on F-15 & F-16 upgrades.
Hell, just buy some Su-35S Super Flankers and turn them into drones. Not very stealthy, but these are touted as being extremely maneuverable multi-role fighters.

The Sukhoi Su-35 (Russian: Сухой Су-35; NATO reporting name: Flanker-E) Also known as Super Flanker, is a designation for two separate, heavily upgraded derivatives of the Su-27 'Flanker'. They are single-seat, twin-engine supermaneuverable multirole fighters, designed by Sukhoi and built by Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-35

- A modernized Su-35S of the Russian Air Force
>> No. 17753 ID: 1e7cc7
  Sukhoi Su-35 Paris Air Show 2013
http://youtu.be/r3h2PIo0tt0
Sukhoi's Su-35 putting on a stunning performance on day one of Paris Le Bourget Air Show 2013
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Sukhoi Su-35S (Su-35BM) multirole fighter.
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Sukhoi Su-35 at MAKS 2011
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Sukhoi Su-35S (Su-35BM) multirole fighter at MAKS-2011 airshow.


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17747 No. 17747 ID: aca452 hide watch quickreply [Reply]
i am really interested in getting a street legal dune buggy with the style of chasis shown. I have found one in arizona that suits my taste but i am stationed at fort polk LA so it would be a long drive. the buggy i have found has a 1600 cc VW engine with only 5000 miles on it. any operators out there have any experience in the subject? I myself have motorcycle experience so i know my small to midsize engines but i know little about offroad vehicles.
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Wouldn't be getting a baja bug be more practical if you need it to be street legal?

pic: unrelated.
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No. 17730 ID: 0a3929 hide watch quickreply [Reply]
  The Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 30 (VRC-30) “Providers” has prepared a cool video to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the C-2A Greyhound, the workhorse of the U.S. Navy fleet.

On Nov. 18, 1964, the Grumman C-2 Greyhound twin-engine, high-wing cargo aircraft, designed perform the COD (Carrier Onboard Delivery) to carry equipment, supplies and mail to and from U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, made its first flight.

Since then, the aircraft and its crews have performed a vital role supplying the carrier fleet with over a million pounds of high priority logistics.

The video, produced by VRC-30, United States Navy Fleet Logistics Support squadron based at Naval Air Station North Island with detachments all around the world, provides some amazing insight into the mission of the COD as well as the challenge/thrill of flying the COD: take a look at the skills (and amount of inputs on the control yoke) required to perform an arrested landing on the flight deck of a nuclear aircraft carrier at sea.


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17286 No. 17286 ID: 1e7cc7 hide watch expand quickreply [Reply] [Last 50 posts]
PL-01, the new concept of Infantry Support Vehicle
During the Cold War, Polish military industry was fully dependent on the USSR and there were but a few projects they undertook that deserved any attention from the military experts. Still, Poland is nowadays a member of NATO and that has brought some new partnerships and a real breakthrough in certain fields of weapons design.

Certainly, the project that caused the most hype is PL-01 infantry support vehicle. It is a step forward for the entire NATO as it introduces the new dimension in the armed forces and it shows the future path of the infantry support vehicle development.

On a first glance the PL-01 resembles on a classical main battle tank, with its 105/120mm gun and an unmanned turret, but it is built on a CV-90 chassis, thus it is much more similar to the infantry vehicles of modern NATO armies in that segment. It also introduces the concept of the tank that is capable of carrying infantry and it is the first stealth tank in the world. All of this makes it a very interesting concept and it should set new standards in future armored forces design. http://immortaltoday.com/pl-01-new-concept-infantry-support-vehicle/
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>> No. 17688 ID: 70d38f
>>17685
I have a better explanation - disguised Russian missiles are illegal because they are Russian, and therefore not in NATO. Disguised British planes are legal because they are British, and Britain is in NATO.

>disguising a launch platform as a civilian transport is not the same as using a civilian transport to transport that same ordinance in a clearly unlaunchable state, or alternatively within a military fleet itself
There's a simple fix for that problem - dismantle launcher and place the missle in the separate container. Clearly unlaucnchable state, transport position. Should the missiles be fired, the containers will be unloaded, and the platform will be mounted on the ground and ready to fire. If it is possible to mount the launch platform on the ship, it should be specifically stated that this is against regulations - because people usually believe in rules and do not believe their eyes.
>> No. 17689 ID: ef6d16
>>17688

>I have a better explanation - disguised British tank with adaptive IR camouflage is illegal because it British and Britain is in NATO. disguised Russian missiles are legal because they are Russian and Russia is superior engineering.

FIXD

>>17395

>So disguising SAM batteries as civilian targets is nothing like disguising tanks as civilian targets.

>Well that's cute.
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>>17689
see >>17386
>Merchant marine is a bit different from disguising tanks as civilians
Merchant marine is an actual accepted thing that happens in war and is absolutely legal, this is because even civilian transport ships at sea in a time of war are acceptable targets if they are cooperating with your enemy
That's what commerce raiding is

On the ground the laws of war are slightly modified by the simple reality of people living there, thus shooting someone who identifies as a civilian in that case is a war crime

Of course you can camouflage as civilians but you waive laws of war if you do, meaning if your IFV occupants are captured they can be summarily executed as unlawful combatants
That's why drone strikes are ostensibly legal, because they strike unlawful combatants posing as civilians
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>>17690
>because they strike unlawful combatants posing as civilians

Or... just civilians in general.
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>>17721
Oxcart travelling down the road.
Peasants with a heavy load.
They're all V!C! when the bombs explode.
Napalm sticks to children.


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17409 No. 17409 ID: 38bcee hide watch expand quickreply [Reply] [Last 50 posts]
First up is this prototype jet engine powered fire extinguisher
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>> No. 17716 ID: 1e7cc7
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Beetle pilot shielded by 12 inches of lead & 23 inch thick leaded windows.
Remote-control was not practical back in 1961, I guess.
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>> No. 17718 ID: 1e7cc7
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Grrrraaaagh!
>> No. 17720 ID: 1e7cc7
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US Beetle - 19 feet long, 12 feet wide, 11 feet high, 77 tons.

Can you imagine the maintenance costs of servicing a fleet of nuclear-powered aircraft?


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