Random Picture Thread

Correct, and the only way to get that plane to work was to have a young Burt Rutan work on it, who when finished asked that his name be taken off all documents and credits. He did his best and said something to the effect, keep this off the market. In the end Mr. Bede died in his own unforgiving plane design, and Burt went on to better things.

 

I wanna introduce a cute lady

Where is FIGGY? Can anybody get him to contact me... I have send email and message but he seem not to get it n reply.... I wonder....

 

http://www.stanshobbies.karoo.net/Submarines.htm


http://www.tvacres.com/aircraft_seaplanes_submersible_flyingsub.htm

 

Hi to all, I'm new to this forum; there are some terrific pictures and videos in this thread.

Here are 3 of my favorites:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPYodT4jl04&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgt-yqqz7oM&NR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2TXkmX--wc&mode=related&search=

Enjoy...

 

WOW. Did my eyes deceive me or did I see a guy up in the crow's nest on the first video.?

Mychael

 

Good eyes, Mychael! It does look like a man standing there, but I think it's a either a simplified control station, a binnacle, or a fire monitor. It never moves, so it's either a piece of equipment bolted down..... or a guy frozen by terror!

 

Hello Friends,

I need to Thanks people that had support me during my worst 2 month dealing with my dad cancer, u are my champ in my books. Too many to name but those member that really gave and show me what friendship mean, I dedicate this song to you

Your are all the best lump of ship lover I had ever met.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEndVmJmL2o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXAcvTIkLtw

 

Pretty silly video, I got half way though it, looks like you were having some fun.

Sorry to hear about your dad.

 

Iam drinking too much... must be tooooo relax. Just my way of thanks and sorry about the silly song. This is a random thread anyway.

The cancer have been successfully removed and my father is totally cured.

 

God's other son......funny video. However you may choose not to click it if you are highly religious or favor Jesus over Wesley.

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFwvs8eYt6E


Unrelated:


http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/axis/luft/fw/283.htm

 

https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ro/www/CetanHumanPoweredHydrofoilProject/hydrofoilpics.html

From 1896-1898
http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/r_n_gunboats.htm

 

You call that a gunboat?

In the immortal (OK, slightly altered) words of Crocodile Dundee, "you call that a gunboat, mate? That ain't a gunboat."

 

This here's a gunboat

"This here's a gunboat!"

 

The originals?


http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/monitor01/history/media/monitorbattle.html

 

Shades of the Cold War, within 10 years the Russians got into the act:
" Three years ago the first design for a circular iron-clad was submitted by Admiral Popoff to the Imperial Russian Admiralty... The extreme diameter of the hull of the Novgorod is 101 feet...The engines for propelling the ship, 6 in number, give motion to 6 independent screws, having parallel shafts placed in a longitudinal directions. There are two principal reasons for this arrangement: -- First, the draught of the ship is so small that with fewer screws the large engine power required could not be developed; and, secondly, ships which are made to depend solely on steam as the motive power should be provided with as many independent engines as possible in order to reduce to a minimum the chances of breaking down..."