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KMFJD

Lifer
Aug 11, 2005
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KMFJD

Lifer
Aug 11, 2005
33,858
54,535
136
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A candle powered super simple steam engine. The engine is just a coil of copper tubing filled with water. Steam builds up pushing water out with an explosive jet- which then results in a vacuum in the coil which pulls more water in to repeat the process. The water expulsion is in the form of jet directed out the end of the tube, like your mum, whereas the refill comes back in to the tube from a larger range of angles- so on balance the engine moves opposite to the direction of the jets. -PhysicsFun https://www.instagram.com/p/BPnbLbJFXK0/?taken-by=physicsfun&hl=en
 

destrekor

Lifer
Nov 18, 2005
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Weird. You can tell he was fighting loss of power/loss of lift, and was barely above the ground. Why wouldn't he try to land it right back on the strip? Instead it looks like he is pulling it to the left.

Unless it was total failure in another way and it was that that caused the vehicle to pull left? It appears it never got back level and maybe he was fighting to get it back level to land and finally realized it wasn't happening in time so said, fuck it, I'm out of here!
 

Thebobo

Lifer
Jun 19, 2006
18,574
7,672
136
Weird. You can tell he was fighting loss of power/loss of lift, and was barely above the ground. Why wouldn't he try to land it right back on the strip? Instead it looks like he is pulling it to the left.

Unless it was total failure in another way and it was that that caused the vehicle to pull left? It appears it never got back level and maybe he was fighting to get it back level to land and finally realized it wasn't happening in time so said, fuck it, I'm out of here!

From Wiki

The findings of the investigation stated that the B-2 crashed after "heavy, lashing rains" caused moisture to enter skin-flush air-data sensors. The data from the sensors are used to calculate numerous factors including airspeed and altitude. Because three pressure transducers had been improperly calibrated by the maintenance crew due to condensation inside devices, the flight-control computers calculated inaccurate aircraft angle of attack and airspeed. Incorrect airspeed data on cockpit displays led to the aircraft rotating 12 knots slower than indicated. After the wheels lifted from the runway, which caused the flight control system to switch to different control laws, the erroneously sensed negative angle of attack caused the computers to inject a sudden, 1.6‑g, uncommanded 30-degree pitch-up maneuver. The combination of slow lift-off speed and the extreme angle of attack (and attendant drag) resulted in an unrecoverable stall, yaw, and descent. Both crew members successfully ejected from the aircraft soon after the left wing tip started to gouge the ground alongside the runway. The aircraft impacted the ground, tumbled, and burned after its fuel ignited.
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
73,651
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It's had so many bombs dropped in it that now it's going to return the favour to someone else...


Call me Dr. Observant but I managed to study that picture to understand the joke and somehow missed it the first time. Of course, my wife says I do the same thing at home. ;)