Wife got an unexpected promotion at work (didn't apply for it, didn't interview) from wage to salary with full benefits/401k. ~$250 a pay period raise but mando overtime during football season.

Since I didn't trust her 03' Beetle to not burst into flames on her we bought her a new 2018 Mirage SE. I was told that it would be shit in the mountains and on the highway due to the small engine but so far it is doing great. Hell I was passing people just fine on I81 this morning.

>>21739
Responding to a dead post kinda

There's another problem with gear driven systems, they have no slack in the system. Think about the torque being exerted on drivetrain components during a harsh downshift. In a a belt or chain system, there is some small amount of bounce that is taken up by the tensioning system. Performance suffers, but with a gear system, and especially on straight cut gears, all the load can shear a tooth. The best performance, and guaranteed to hold valve timing, but an extra failure point for race cars.

Brought it home after an eternity of working maybe a couple of hours a year on it.

>>21926
I got this thing running pretty quickly despite the wait on parts, but getting it to run as it should was a pain, it still had all of its original parts (yes, even points/condenser/tires/brake shoes/...) and was never maintained in all those decades.

  The FV433 Abbot SPG is powered by the Rolls-Royce K60 opposed-piston 2-stroke diesel engine and it sounds like this:

  The Chieftain tank has the bigger, but similarly-designed Leyland L60 multifuel 2-stroke opposed-piston compression-ignition engine. 750 hp (560 kW) 6 Cyl, 19 litres.

  sneaks up

  bump

  this thread is almost six years old

>>19603
>If you're just being sarcastic, totally, I'm throwing in a V8 and nitro booster.
I actually want to see this

Also put spikes on the tracks

Then it can probably climb trees and shit like a tank squirrel

bat guano stay away

>>19599

I have a feeling getting ahold of the actual blueprints may be problematic... just age and wars inbetween have a way of making those things disappear. Buuut it is likely someone tried to reverse-engineer those dimensions since then, so that might be a place to start. Modeler's forums might be a good place to check for accurate scale drawings; some of the higher-end model kit makers have full detailed/scaled interiors as well.

World of Tanks forums might be another place to check, funny enough. Especially for details of interior spaces, armor thickness, etc.

Good luck! My own loooooong-term dream project is to build a StuG III for shits and giggles and a place to hang my relatives' mementos of being a StuG gunner. Sure it'll probably never happen in my case but it never hurts to dream rite?

>>19599

"Hayes Otoupalik".
Get in touch with him, he owns one. Or rather the U.S. version, the 1917 Six ton .

Also, I saw this same thread in WoT, and I gave the same reply.

Perdón la ignorancia y no se si el hilo sigue activo.
Pero una buena oportunidad para poder conocer las dimensiones del tanque podría ser buscar modelos 3d ya realizados sobre el mismo.

En esta pagina esta a la venta un modelo del mismo donde encontrando algunas medidas se pueda llevar a escala y obtener en detalle los planos.

Es una sugerencia que tal vez funcione.

Link:https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/vehicle/military/renault-ft17-french-light-tank


Es un hermoso tanque y yo también me enamore de el, pero en mi país es casi utópico poder imaginar en construir uno de esos

Saludos!

>>21921

Forgive ignorance and I do not know if the thread is still active.
But a good opportunity to know the dimensions of the tank could be to look for 3d models already made on it.

On this page is for sale a model of the same where finding some measures can be scaled and get in detail the plans.

It's a suggestion that might work.

Link: https: //www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/vehicle/military/renault-ft17-french-light-tank


It is a beautiful tank and I also fall in love with it, but in my country it is almost utopian to be able to imagine building one of those

Regards!

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yep that's a Z

was that a late model 280 or an early 300? i forgot how to tell the difference.

was a 300ZX, first gen. was hosting images to sell it, and its sold.

They also fly F35 B-variants in and out, as seen in the first Avengers. It's capable of STOVL but that design allows for less fuel-draining traditional take-off and landing and also allows adaptability for other non-STOVL aircraft to take off and land as well.

Not to shit on your morning brownies but Marvel Films©®™ are (im-)purely U.S. propaganda mouthpieces, for all the money and manpower from the U.S. Dept of Defense that gets invested in them at this time.

https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/exclusive-documents-expose-direct-us-military-intelligence-influence-on-1-800-movies-and-tv-shows-36433107c307

http://archive.fo/xkVX8

>>21829
What is that bottom cockpit used for? I have always wondered.

Pretty sure this was a sawn-off demo cockpit, but don't have any exterior pictures to confirm the type. Seen at the Scottish airshow 2014.

Met office BAe146 (not a great shot, I'm afraid.)

pilot, copilot, aircraft captain, engineer, navigator & radio operator
all that work can be done by two pilots with a relatively low workload these days on even the largest aircraft.

  >>21894
Naturally, it is a navigator's cabin.
https://fotografersha.livejournal.com/667631.html

War Department-liveried Foden steam wagon.

Can't remember what make this truck was. Unfortunately you can't make out the badge in the photo.

And finally a Latil four wheel drive truck.

  Last post seems to be just a slideshow of stills. Here's some video: