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October 21, 2002 at 7:21 pm in reply to: rapid fire artillery #1978211

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RE: rapid fire artillery

It was definately an artillery piece rather than a morter because of the simple fact that you see 3 shell casings ejected upwards torward the barrel. I appeared to be a standard caliber barrel for an arty, not wide and short like a morter. The barrel was pointed up in a high elevation. Unfortunately they didnt show much of the base of the weapon as the photog was pointing his camera high to get a view of the rounds being fired. You could also see the barrel recoil rapidly in what I would guess is a 3 round bursts shot in about a half a sec followed by about 3 or 4 secs for the next burst.

October 16, 2002 at 7:52 pm in reply to: General Discussion #406490

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RE: Brazilian industry launches an airplane move by alcohol

Formula 1 racecars are powered entirely by alcohol because it has the highest octane of any fuel available.

October 16, 2002 at 7:52 pm in reply to: Brazilian industry launches an airplane move by alcohol #1978790

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RE: Brazilian industry launches an airplane move by alcohol

Formula 1 racecars are powered entirely by alcohol because it has the highest octane of any fuel available.

October 16, 2002 at 7:49 pm in reply to: General Discussion #406492

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RE: Tokyo..

Has anyone seen the volkswagon w12 ? Its very nice except for the louvers in front of the front wheels. The lotus exige is in my opinion the nicest looking current sports car.

October 16, 2002 at 7:49 pm in reply to: Paris Motor Show. #1978795

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RE: Tokyo..

Has anyone seen the volkswagon w12 ? Its very nice except for the louvers in front of the front wheels. The lotus exige is in my opinion the nicest looking current sports car.

October 16, 2002 at 7:21 pm in reply to: General Discussion #406495

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RE: What’s your weather like right now?

Im in cuernavaca which is about 50 miles south of mexico city. Weather is cool enouth in the mornings that I have to wear shoes and socks, but never gets so cool that I have to change into anything other than my regular shorts and t-shirt. Afternoons get warm enough that Ill perspire if I dont take off my shoes and put on sandles.

October 16, 2002 at 7:21 pm in reply to: What's your weather like right now? #1978797

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RE: What’s your weather like right now?

Im in cuernavaca which is about 50 miles south of mexico city. Weather is cool enouth in the mornings that I have to wear shoes and socks, but never gets so cool that I have to change into anything other than my regular shorts and t-shirt. Afternoons get warm enough that Ill perspire if I dont take off my shoes and put on sandles.

October 15, 2002 at 8:26 pm in reply to: power out flight #722992

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RE: power out flight

EGNM- I dont own a computer and am constrained to very little time in internet cafes so unfortunately I am unable to research all the post in this forum for info on airliner glide ratios. If you could post the name of the thread you mentioned Id very much appreciate it.
Concerning jet airliner glide ratios, I am very, very surprised to hear that they can reach 15/1 much less 20/1 not only because of engine drag, but because airliners have high wing loadings to operate efficiently. Infact were it not for the flaps and leaning edge surfaces on airliners, they could hardly get off the ground. This flaps not only dramitaclly change wing camber but even increase wing area. Also Im familiar with motorgliders that use feathered props, I recall one where the glide ratio is only around 18/1 when set for powered flight, but jumps to its full potencial of 30/1 when feathered. So one can only imagine how much drag the many rows of large fans on an airliner would cause. I respect peoples professional opinion here, its just so surprising that airliners have glide ratios equal to purpose built gliders like the schwiezer 2-33. Would anyone off hand know the best glide ratio of the dash-8 series of turboprop commuter airliners are?

October 14, 2002 at 8:13 pm in reply to: power out flight #723690

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RE: power out flight

“A B757-200 would glide around 120nm if it was at 37’000 ft and lost both engines.”

SOFTLAND-By those figures,the B757 would have a glide ratio of around 1/15. I find it hard to believe that the enormous drag of the large turbofan engines would allow such a high glide ratio.

October 13, 2002 at 11:46 pm in reply to: General Discussion #407425

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RE: What did you get your computer for ?

I dont mind admiting Im a late bloomer to the PC/internet world. I didnt get on the internet till 1998. Im glad I didnt get on before that when it was still forming (95-97) as that probably would have been less of a mindblower as it was to me when I finally gave in, in 98. Does anyone remember how dorky PCs were in the 80s? I remember watching my freinds type all this gobldygook just to get these programs that look like gibberish running. Does anyone remember the game “Rogue”? What a mindnumb game that was. I sure as hell am glad I avoided computers then and got in to them now.

October 13, 2002 at 11:46 pm in reply to: What did you get your computer for ? #1979287

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RE: What did you get your computer for ?

I dont mind admiting Im a late bloomer to the PC/internet world. I didnt get on the internet till 1998. Im glad I didnt get on before that when it was still forming (95-97) as that probably would have been less of a mindblower as it was to me when I finally gave in, in 98. Does anyone remember how dorky PCs were in the 80s? I remember watching my freinds type all this gobldygook just to get these programs that look like gibberish running. Does anyone remember the game “Rogue”? What a mindnumb game that was. I sure as hell am glad I avoided computers then and got in to them now.

October 12, 2002 at 4:05 pm in reply to: General Discussion #407694

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RE: Brazilian industry launches an airplane move by alcohol

I personally think that its discusting to use a food crop (suger cane) to fuel vehicles (20% of brazils fuel consuption is from gasahol), especially in a poor country like brazil where millions are hungry. If you want to talk about using natural gas to fuel vehicles, thats something Id like to hear about.

October 12, 2002 at 4:05 pm in reply to: Brazilian industry launches an airplane move by alcohol #1979445

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RE: Brazilian industry launches an airplane move by alcohol

I personally think that its discusting to use a food crop (suger cane) to fuel vehicles (20% of brazils fuel consuption is from gasahol), especially in a poor country like brazil where millions are hungry. If you want to talk about using natural gas to fuel vehicles, thats something Id like to hear about.

September 28, 2002 at 6:31 pm in reply to: General Discussion #411728

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RE: do you get these emails?

Whats really funny is that people try to get the Nigerian government to prosecute this people. Can you amagine what a letter to like that would read like?

Dear Nigerian State Dept,
I was solicited by someone claiming to be an official of your govt who recieved money from me for the purpose of smuggling ilicite funds from your country, only to find that my money has been taken with no further corespondance. I expect legal action on your part to be taken expeditiously in order to apprehend and procecute the said person….blah blah blah

September 28, 2002 at 6:31 pm in reply to: do you get these emails? #1981672

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RE: do you get these emails?

Whats really funny is that people try to get the Nigerian government to prosecute this people. Can you amagine what a letter to like that would read like?

Dear Nigerian State Dept,
I was solicited by someone claiming to be an official of your govt who recieved money from me for the purpose of smuggling ilicite funds from your country, only to find that my money has been taken with no further corespondance. I expect legal action on your part to be taken expeditiously in order to apprehend and procecute the said person….blah blah blah
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