Thrusters firing pulses of gas to keep it pointed the right way.
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Or to be more exact, the valves for the thrusters.
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Horrendous aircraft accident in Japan, looks to be a collision on the runway between two aircraft.
Live coverage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0FCKcT ... =ANNnewsCH
Live coverage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0FCKcT ... =ANNnewsCH
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Surprised that they are continuing that live feed - I assume they must know all passengers are safe.
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Apparently all passengers and crew safe from the airbus but five missing from the other aircraft which according to reports was operated by the coastguard and carrying six people.
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BBC feed with a bit of info. All off passenger plane accounted for. 1 out of 6 accounted for from coastguard plane, 5 missing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-asia-67862184
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Must have been a quick evacuation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-asia-67862184
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Must have been a quick evacuation
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Now saying the 5 unaccounted for coastguard workers have died and the single survivor is the captain and is ‘severely injured’
RIP
RIP
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I have filed this under both:
1. That's a rather impressive model plan
2. He certainly knows what the fook he's doing
1. That's a rather impressive model plan
![Cool 8-)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
2. He certainly knows what the fook he's doing
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
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![Cool 8-)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
![Surprised :o](./images/smilies/icon_e_surprised.gif)
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
The tents off in front of them; "permission to buzz the campsite?".
Seeing this reminds me, I had that Concorde pop up on fb t'other day. I'll see if I can find it...
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A different flavour of bonkers RC - unpowered glider pretending to be a bullet:
Slower so you can actually see something:
Slower so you can actually see something:
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I’m surprised no RC airplane has yet broken the sound barrier - there’s a few people out there trying although their designs resemble something closer to a tomahawk missile than an airplane.
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Interesting point. Need pretty special engine(s) to create adequate thrust, and lots of time in the wind tunnel - for lift and control surfaces and engine intake (have to throttle the supersonic airflow back to subsonic before it enters the engines (unless you use a ramjet, but that won’t work at low speeds) yada yada
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Mhmm, the fastest manned “aircraft” is the X15 which was also a hypersonic missile using a rocket engine which makes me think doing it with rockets as opposed to an actual jet engine is the far simpler method and would still be valid.mik wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:37 pmInteresting point. Need pretty special engine(s) to create adequate thrust, and lots of time in the wind tunnel - for lift and control surfaces and engine intake (have to throttle the supersonic airflow back to subsonic before it enters the engines (unless you use a ramjet, but that won’t work at low speeds) yada yada
![Image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/North_American_X-15_Cutdrawing.jpg)
Model rockets already go multiple times the speed of sound, someone just needs to stick some small wings on and do it horizontally. Simple
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