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How did they improve so massively from the F-4 Phantom II to the F-15 Eagle to the F-22 Raptor?

Posted on Tue, 2022-09-27 by gravityloss

Histories and documentaries of aircraft tend to just plainly list aircraft performance. The next generation of aircraft is just better than the previous one, but it’s rarely explained how this is possible.This is especially curious regarding aircraft like the F-4 … Continue reading →

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Analysis of Tesla Berlin Factory Drone Flythrough

Posted on Tue, 2022-04-12 by gravityloss

Based on the fly through video published in spring 2022 Body Inner body panels arrive pre-cut to rough shape at 0:20 They are shown to be stamped to a 3d shape, and the extra is cut off at 0:23 The … Continue reading →

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Why is the F-35 slow?

Posted on Sun, 2021-03-28 by gravityloss

The VTOL variant, F-35B, has the lift fan behind the cockpit. This means weapons bays or the inlet ducts can not be on the centerline, behind the cockpit – instead they are on the sides. This applies to all the … Continue reading →

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Mitigating Coronavirus Economic Effects and Finding New Business Opportunities

Posted on Fri, 2020-03-27 by gravityloss

Currently, governments are taking drastic measures to prevent a large amount of people dying, which is a good thing. When the lockdown and isolation time extends, the economy will start doing increasingly worse. People are laid off, businesses go bankrupt. … Continue reading →

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Life Starts To Resemble A Computer Game

Posted on Wed, 2016-11-02 by gravityloss
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Building rockets like disposable gloves

Posted on Wed, 2014-07-09 by gravityloss

There’s two fundamental approaches to lower space launch cost: K-strategy: Building sophisticated reusable rockets that can fly quickly again after landing. r-strategy: Instead building simple expendable rockets by the mass as cheaply as possible. Firefly, looks to do just the … Continue reading →

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Trying tumblr again

Posted on Fri, 2013-07-12 by gravityloss

http://splitwire.tumblr.com

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Elon Musk’s Hyperloop

Posted on Wed, 2012-11-21 by gravityloss

What is it? A new mode of transportation that’s supposed to be very fast like Concorde, on ground level and requires no rails. What could it be? Dylan thinks it’s a tube mail system. Jacques thinks so as well, and says … Continue reading →

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Long time no post

Posted on Fri, 2012-10-19 by gravityloss

Haven’t really had the time and stuff feels so clunky. WordPress feels quite old-fashioned. With modern blogging platforms you ought to be able to drag photos to upload in the background and whatever. I have valtteri.openphoto.me for occasional photos but … Continue reading →

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Flynano prototype shown to public

Posted on Fri, 2012-10-19 by gravityloss

Flynano, the sub-70 kg carbon fiber seaplane designed to go around regulations by sheer lack of mass. Their first prototype that was retired and is now exhibited at verkkokauppa in Jätkäsaari, Helsinki, Finland. I took a few photos, more after … Continue reading →

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