Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Army flying platforms / ufo research projects. Ever wonder what they did with these toys? Did some retired 3 star General take them to the ranch, and have a hellava grand time?
Found on http://strangernn.livejournal.com/911590.html#cutid1
Unfortunately (or - fortunately, it flies which side look) quite successful flying platform from the company Piasecki, their VZ-8 Airgeep, who in civilian life was called Model 59K Skycar - appeared for 10 years before on similar apparatik became possible establish a more or less applicable LAW. They are Flying, though capable based on trucks, and capable of flying right between the houses and forest glades - could become a serious threat to the Soviet armor. Therefore, the only even slightly interesting option was the installation of the practical application of recoilless guns . But, of course, not easy to get rid bezotkatkoy here.
It is clear that such a large-sized, noisy (in addition, sometimes dusty in the whole district) and "soft" target like a flying platform - on the sighting range recoilless guns on tanks (about a kilometer) live very, very long. I mean, when manually operated well to a couple of shots to get done (with the ground, of course, it depends very unstable), then opanki. Scoot if have time ... It is this fact and try to solve the problem by setting bezotkatki with turret system recharge. Six shots at a very fast pace - something. 1-2 tank can manage to light - and in the bushes, before realizing tankers where flew . however, "did not grow together" - and not least because this platform was flying very conditional. On limiting modes 425-horsepower engine and a low flying platform nebystro ( version with two motors to 400hp famously flew, but very close ), so that even a quick-MULTICHARGED system proved a weak solution, taking the view of the tanks - no platforms, no save enough. And later appeared with long-range helicopters LAW altogether closed topic platforms. This embodiment warheads tested it, as I understand it, in the years 1959-60, because already in 1961 it was transferred to test sailors - already without recoilless guns.However, they swam this platform ...
interesting waste of money military research project.
I figure millions of dollars, a couple years to get it to work, a couple trials and then it got shelved. I could be wrong. That amount of funding could probably have built a couple hydo electric dams, bridges, paved a hell of a lot of roads, or put a bunch of high school kids through college which would have rewarded USA with productive professionals with great lives who could have put their kids through college and then many people would be paying more taxes and less people would be poor and living off govt subsidies to poverty. Instead, they wasted the money.
"did not indicate any appreciatble stability" he says... go figure.
Found on http://strangernn.livejournal.com/920106.html
another Army Navy ufo flying platform prototype surfaces from the forgotten history files
found on http://strangernn.livejournal.com/926203.html#cutid1
On payload allowance no longer had only useless , but turn into a kind of admiral aerodzhip taxi for flights between the ships of the squadron was considered too luxurious affair. Even for rescue operations to attach did not work, because with this task is incomparably better cope helicopters.In general, the idea of "flying platform" at that time was highly premature. What can be said now - with an increase in engine power and the advent of microprocessor control systems of interest in such platforms reappears.
I like that the translation supposes that some admiral would use this to go from ship to ship
how to stop drunk drivers from leaving your bar, restaurant, etc etc... brilliant
a gate at the parking lot, they have to blow a breathalyzer to get out
In an experiment in Belgium, an organization called Responsible Young Drivers aims to reduce drunk driving by installing parking barriers at popular party spots that will only open for departing cars after the driver has proven his or her sobriety with a breath test… http://www.ryd.be/en/
Found on http://twentytwowords.com/
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