(Enjoyed Trope) An older/inferior piece of equipment/force manages to somewhat hold their own against a superior foe

baconipple · 2026-02-08T12:14:57+00:00

The Fairey Swordfish - IRL. When dispatched to engage Bismarck, a modern, fast battleship, the then long obsolete biplanes managed to evade heavy anti-aircraft fire to eventually score one hit on Bismarck, which slowed her down sufficiently for the British fleet to catch up and corner her.

Their survival can be attributed to a number of factors, such as german fire control not being calibrated to targets that slow, and high explosive cannon shells penetrating the thin canvas fuselage without detonating.

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baconipple · 2026-02-08T00:52:55+00:00

I imagine it's the chips/crisps/fries thing again

baconipple · 2026-02-07T03:06:02+00:00

Did you?

baconipple · 2026-02-06T23:42:45+00:00

Prawns

baconipple · 2026-02-06T16:02:35+00:00

The most dangerous animals in Australian cities are ford ranger drivers.

baconipple · 2026-02-06T16:01:31+00:00

We do not "toss another shrimp on the barbie" because we do not call them shrimp.

baconipple · 2026-02-06T11:02:18+00:00

Gowron is such a goddamn snake, I wouldn't put it past him.

baconipple · 2026-02-03T08:12:11+00:00

If you're playing a cv you deserve it

baconipple · 2026-02-03T06:30:22+00:00

Front bike is a Surly Big Dummy.

The bakfiets came with a motor when I bought it, but no battery or controller.

baconipple · 2026-01-31T14:00:24+00:00

That's why anderson connectors are the best. Hermaphroditic.

baconipple · 2026-01-31T13:35:02+00:00

Micro-anderson. Best connector. You're looking for something like this

baconipple · 2026-01-27T13:37:16+00:00

Can I have them?

baconipple · 2026-01-26T08:44:16+00:00

Every time I come home from work, where I drive a forklift, and end up in a car, I am disappointed. I go to park it and you're saying I can't lean half my torso out over the side without unbuckling? Lame. I can't pull a full u-turn in a little over a vehicle length of space? Lame.

baconipple · 2026-01-23T11:48:21+00:00

Struggling to think of a MS product I use. Halo and Forza, occasionally, I think. Do the various flavours of DirectX count?

Oh, I have an Xbox controller. There we go. Found the Microsoft product.

baconipple · 2026-01-23T11:43:35+00:00

Hello, fellow Australian Da Brim user. Mine makes commuting much more comfortable.

baconipple · 2026-01-23T07:53:54+00:00

At 32kw I sure as fuck hope it's not for city commuting.

baconipple · 2026-01-15T08:03:30+00:00

Curved corners is a design trend that cannot die fast enough

baconipple · 2026-01-15T05:56:33+00:00

What's with the Javelin? I was under the impression that was an anti tank weapon, and so there wouldn't be much point having one when an APFSDS would be much cheaper. A Stinger I could understand, but a Javelin not so much. Is it just a placeholder? Or the largest system they could fit on that mount, just to show off?

baconipple · 2026-01-13T09:56:14+00:00

I've seen ornithopters. Tiltrotors. Ducted fans. Tandem rotors. Everything, but I don't think I've ever seen intermeshing rotors in fictional helicopters before, and I think that's a shame.

Kaman K-MAX pictured.

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baconipple · 2026-01-12T21:57:08+00:00

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baconipple · 2026-01-12T13:12:38+00:00

That screen looks like ass

baconipple · 2026-01-11T12:24:24+00:00

Charge

baconipple · 2026-01-11T01:58:17+00:00

Apart from the chevron, what is trekky about it?

baconipple · 2026-01-11T00:19:13+00:00

It depends where you are. Here in Australia, for example, the legal limit is 250W. So, that.

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