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  1. fastmongrel

    Air cooled vs Water cooled engine Oil coolers

    This isnt the very well beaten to death Air cooled Radial engine vs Water cooled V engine question. I was wondering about the differences between the 2 types of engines oil cooling systems. Did a radial engine have a larger oil radiator and therefore a larger oil capacity or was it the...
  2. syscom3

    What is this on the Eisenhower CVN-69?

    I saw a picture of the aft end of the USS Eisenhower. What is that structure extending down from the lower deck into the water to where the propellers are? Something to prevent damage to the rudders and props from damage from shallow water or fishing lines? Something to detonate torpedo's...
  3. J

    B-52 with black smoke in the takeoff

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq6Hpxyrhyo Hello, Watching this video, which I guess is from a movie, I was wondering why the B-52s left a trail of black smoke in the take off. Could this be a consequence of the water methanol mixture that was sprayed in turbojets in order to...
  4. michaelmaltby

    Lake Superior

    LAKE SUPERIOR FACTS Lake Superior contains ten percent of all the fresh water on the planet Earth. It covers 82,000 square kilometers or 31,700 square miles. The average depth is 147 meters or 483 feet. There have been about 350 shipwrecks recorded in Lake Superior...
  5. prem895

    Cigarette Ashes for Weathering

    ashes a little water. Well?
  6. Lucky13

    3 from 40,000, let's get the party started!

    Terry the Wildcat's post count is at 39,997! 0,005% of which made somewhat sense! Bring his vichy water out and let's get the party started! Here's to another 40,000 sober-ish posts, ye auld fart!
  7. dneid

    Salt technique and acrylics....

    Hey, Guys, Well, to make my life a little more complicated, I am investigating the salt method for chipping. However, given that I am also switching over to acrylics for the 1st time (Vallejo), I have a couple of questions about the salt technique and acrylics: 1) When removing the salt, will...
  8. gjs238

    Inline engines: Modern air cooled vs WWII water cooled

    Can modern air cooled inline engines compete with the water cooled engines of WWII? Perhaps there are no modern engines of those ratings being produced, if that is the case, then could modern air cooled technology produce engines competitive with water cooled engines of WWII?
  9. v2

    Halifax found in Norwegian fjord.

    University students have made a sensational discovery deep down at 180 meters in Trondheimfjorden in Norway. During an under water search course a British aircraft used in the fight against Tirpitz during WW2 appeared on the ocean floor. Rare British WW2-airplane found in Norwegian fjord -...
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