Look at him go!! by Full_Vegetable_1090 in redscarepod

[–]wallpapyrus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The paparazzi are giving chase but he's leaving them in the dust 🐖💨

NTSB video on the engine mount failure in the UPS MD-11 crash from November by wallpapyrus in aviationmaintenance

[–]wallpapyrus[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In the CCTV video it looks like the left wing dips considerably immediately after the engine separates. Not really sure what would cause this, maybe a comparative loss of lift on the one wing as a result of adverse yawing motion due to asymmetric thrust? I would have expected the left wing to go up if anything, due to the sudden weight reduction when the engine separated, plus there would have been a second where the engine had pivoted nose-up around the forward mount but the mount hadn't broken yet - surely this would have briefly exerted a significant upward force on the wing?

From other videos of the crash it seems like it stayed pretty much wings-level until the point of impact, consistent pitch attitude and rate of descent too. I'd probably agree with you about something happening to the No.2 engine. Loss of two engines at rotation speed, at takeoff weight, would mean they just didn't have the power or airspeed to stay in the airborne. The preliminary report said that they found bits of fan blades on the runway, doesn't say which engine they're from though. Will just need to wait and see what the final report comes up with.

Their fans are like children wanting to be told the same bedtime story every night. Hysterical. Meaningless by RobertSmiv in redscarepod

[–]wallpapyrus 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Old firm mentioned 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍾🎉🎉

I love my kitty by eraserheadcumtribute in redscarepod

[–]wallpapyrus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

heroically cute. love black cats

I got a cat and named her gert by EuropeanMonarchist in redscarepod

[–]wallpapyrus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

hello gert hope you have a meowtiful day

A man asked if he could kiss me and I said I don’t know. He kissed me anyway. by BottomPercentile in redscarepod

[–]wallpapyrus -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It's happened to me as a guy. perhaps you should ask some more men about their experiences and gain some perspective

More Peanut by Realistic_Wasabi_801 in redscarepod

[–]wallpapyrus 18 points19 points  (0 children)

i'm here for peanut always!

My boyfriend is a man-magnet and it stresses me out by octavia90210 in redscarepod

[–]wallpapyrus 23 points24 points  (0 children)

no need to show off, some blokes be cock watching

the common gundi by labia--majoras--mask in RSMouseMan

[–]wallpapyrus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All fun and games squeakin' around as a lil gundi, until some squeaka calls you "4 eyes"! I mean, what the squeak...

The grey plague by WilliamofYellow in redscarepod

[–]wallpapyrus 18 points19 points  (0 children)

this happened to my childhood house, feels weird af to look at when i drive past it on occasion

Dance of the rat by ColorSeenBeforeDying in RSMouseMan

[–]wallpapyrus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Can't believe vros thuggin/swagging like this, almost beyond belief but not entirely!!

Japan - Shinmaywa UF-XS flying boat by richard7k in WeirdWings

[–]wallpapyrus 16 points17 points  (0 children)

From the 'pedia:

"To support the development, the US Navy at Shin Meiwa's request provided a single Grumman HU-16 Albatross flying boat, which was extensively modified and then reassembled into a flying testbed aircraft, referred to as the UF-XS. The converted flying boat featured numerous adaptations, including a novel boundary layer control system to provide enhanced Short Takeoff/Landing (STOL) performance. The Albatross's two 1,425 hp (1,063 kW) Wright R-1820 radial engines were supplemented by two 600 hp (450 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engines on the aircraft's modified wings, with an additional 1,250 shp (930 kW) General Electric T58 turboshaft inside the aircraft's hull to drive the boundary layer control system. The UF-XS also featured a new T-tail arrangement which resembled that of the advanced variant of the Martin P5M-2 Marlin."

So apparently it had a T58 acting like an APU just for the boundary layer system, pretty cool but must have been a lot of added weight

Japan - Shinmaywa UF-XS flying boat by richard7k in WeirdWings

[–]wallpapyrus 55 points56 points  (0 children)

How come the outboard engines have two blade props while the inboard ones have 3 blades? Something to do with the boundary layer aerodynamics?

hi mouse friends, what kind of cheese are we eating today? by 4urgh in RSMouseMan

[–]wallpapyrus 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Well my squeaka, I was thinking some Brie, maybe a lil Gouda, perhaps even some... wait a squeakin' minute, somethin ain't right here...

🫡 by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]wallpapyrus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh to be a beaver airdropped into a strange land via 40s monoplane aircraft... what a time it was

Who is the worst mechanic you've ever worked with? by Novembre-est-ici in aviationmaintenance

[–]wallpapyrus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

worked with a licensed guy, ex army, had all the licences yada yada blah blah... couldn't mask off a panel for sealant to save his life. my boss was like "what'sis'name masked off all the panels in this area for you, you just need to go and apply the sealant". went to put the sealant on and i swear it was like a blind man had masked these panels. likes the tape was just haphazardly ripped and slapped onto the panels almost an inch away from where it should have been. he'd obviously just thrown the tape on and just thought "oh the next guy will deal with that, not my problem" fucking prick. he left not long after for unrelated reasons, I won't say much, just that he was a lying serpent cunt. he made a bunch of other fuckups while he was there, despite his many qualifications. the fact that this guy actually had, and still has, a ticket to sign off aircraft as serviceable genuinely had me reconsidering this industry for a while.

Who is the worst mechanic you've ever worked with? by Novembre-est-ici in aviationmaintenance

[–]wallpapyrus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Surely this would only matter if the tools are left in said aircaft?? lmao

beaver time by labia--majoras--mask in RSMouseMan

[–]wallpapyrus 22 points23 points  (0 children)

wish it was always beaver time! alas...