Internet Video Thread

[N_Molson]

"I give it a BS rating of 7"

 

[GLS]

36 years ago

 

[Urwumpe]

Not surprising that this event is celebrated louder today, than this other thing that happened in Germany on this day 87 years ago.

 

[N_Molson]

Meanwhile, in Daghestan :

Sadly, 5 of the 7 crew members persihed in the accident.

The landing in shallow waters was a masterpiece (and showed the advantage of a contra-propellers setup). If only they shut the engines off there...

 

[Urwumpe]

The landing in shallow waters was a masterpiece (and showed the advantage of a contra-propellers setup). If only they shut the engines off there...

Maybe the water was deeper than expected. But they should have ended the flight there. Later it looks like the hanging aft stabilizer destroyed a rotor blade, making the coax rotor helicopter uncontrollable.

 

[N_Molson]

Ate Chuet (former Rafale-M pilot that comments the crash) thinks that the pilot had no time to go watch the tail state and was probably in a 'oops nothing happened there' mindset that is sadly not uncommon in aviation (these machines are expensive).

 

[Urwumpe]

Ate Chuet (former Rafale-M pilot that comments the crash) thinks that the pilot had no time to go watch he tail state and was probably in a 'oops nothing happened there' mindset that is sadly not uncommon in aviation (these machines are expensive).

Highly possible. The view aft for the Ka-x26 family isn't the best.

 

[N_Molson]

 

[Thunder Chicken]

GWAR supporting public media:

 

[Urwumpe]

Everything you ever wanted to know about medieval armour and never asked:

Time passes very fast with that video, you notice quickly that somebody is talking here, who really knows his topic.

 

[N_Molson]

 

[N_Molson]

 

[jedidia]

Stumbled accidentally over this old OVA on youtube: Mighty Space Miners, originally planned as six episodes, unfortunately only two got made. So the story isn't concluded. But the two episodes that are there are really quite good!

 

[N_Molson]

Herman Melville, in Moby Dick, spoke for wanderers in all epochs and meridians. He said "I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas..."

 

[N_Molson]

Addon material :

 

[Thunder Chicken]

 

[N_Molson]

 

[steph]

 

[N_Molson]

 

[steph]