Comments by "" (@Allan_aka_RocKITEman) on "Real Engineering" channel.

  1. FWIW: "Space Station V" - the "V" is the roman numeral "5". So it's "Space Station 5".
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  2. For my fellow metric-challenged types: 500 KPH is about 310.6 MPH. {I varified that online.} 10 CENTIMETERS is about 4 INCHES. That one I already knew. I do a lot of hobby and craft work by metric, at least when millimeters and centimeters are involved. FRACTIONS HATE ME, so I HATE THEM BACK...😊 I find I can think in terms of decimals and percentages MUCH EASIER than imperial fractions.
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  3. "You're a WIZARD, Harry." 😉
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  4. ​ @RealEngineering >>> This reminds me of a quote from Danish physicist Niels Bohr: "Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real."
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  5.  @Proxlynmeow  >>> DEPENDS on whether it is Disney or Non-Disney STAR WARS...😊
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  6. "Aluminium"? Is that anything like "Aluminum"? 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
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  7.  @hotshotstevennonofyourbiz7200  >>> 😆😆😆
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  8.  @kaiusernameisbetter2522  >>> Not at the lunar poles.
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  9.  @KB4QAA  >>> Yeah, and F-4 Phantoms did NOT require guns...until #Vietnam.
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  10. David Strommer >>> To get away from the flood waters... 😊
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  11. AFAIK both the helicopter-planes and the flying wing from CAPT. AMERICA were inspired by German WWII proposed aircraft designs....
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  12. manictiger >>> Welcome to YouTube. 😊
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  13. It is officially called the "Thunderbolt II", but most folks call it the "Warthog".
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  14.  @KutWrite  >>> I did not notice when he said it. You are correct, that is NOT the nickname for the A-10.
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  15. "...the propeller governor would start surging..." THAT is definitely NOT a good thing, even on a REGULAR AIRPLANE.
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  16. FWIW: I have read that the contrarotating propellers on the Soviet/Russian TU-95 "Bear" 4-engine turboprop bomber are HORRENDOUSLY LOUD. They are designed to operate in the transonic realm, although the Bear is not intended to be fully supersonic. As to whether the Bear or the Thunderscreech would actually be LOUDER, I do not know. However, I am not aware of the Bear's prop noise ever causing seizures in ground personnel...🙄
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  17. I ❤️ BLEEDAIR BLIMPS!!!!
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  18.  @KB4QAA  >>> So, HOW do you JDAM enemy combatants less than 30 yards from friendly troops?
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  19.  @My-Opinion-Doesnt-Matter  >>> Hey, I am a BOOMER...😉🤭
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  20. IMO, I think much of the hierarchy of the USAF has a DISTASTE for aircraft that are (1) Subsonic fighters or ground attack; (2) Do NOT have swept wings; or (3) Are primarily CLOSE AIR SUPPORT for another military service....
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  21.  @dumdumbinks274  >>> Huh?
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  22.  @dumdumbinks274  >>> Huh?
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  23.  @dumdumbinks274  >>> Okay, WHAT do you base the F-16 being a better CAS aircraft than the A-10 upon?
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  24.  @dumdumbinks274  >>> What is the source you base this on?
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  25. Increase strength, or just lose much less strength at cryogenic temperatures compared to aluminum {aluminium}?
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  26.  @turk639  >>> Roger that - Thanks.
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  27.  @theophrastusbombastus8019  >>> Did you mean "helium" or "hydrogen" tanks? Hydrogen has to be cooled to roughly twice [?] as cold {near absolute zero} to liqufy, compared to methane.
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  28.  @theophrastusbombastus8019  >>> Okay - ignore my previous post....
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  29. I just get a kick out of the name THUNDERSCREECH. 😊😊😊
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  30. FWIW: One plus for HYDROGEN is that as you begin creating an infrastructure for producing and distributing it, there will NOT just be fuel cell powered vehicles that can use it. ALL types of internal combustion engines can be modified to run on hydrogen.
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  31. $$$$$$$$$$$$$
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  32. FWIW: Until not too many years ago, I actually did not know EXACTLY HOW the orbiter/external tank/solid rocket boosters were all secured to the launch pad. {I eventually learned it was those explosive bolts on the boosters.}
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  33. Great video...👍
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  34. At about 2:26 in the video -> "Wile E. Coyote" I envisaged a German technician installing an oversized spring - manufactured by "ACME" - into the ejection seat of the airplane... 😊
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  35. Great video...👍
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  36. Real Engineering >>> Regarding the drones: "R.T.F.M." 😉
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  37. 👍👍
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  38. You said it: "GENIUS"
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  39. Great video...👍
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  40. Riki Assies >>> FWIW: I was living in South Florida {USA} when Hurricane Andrew struck on August 24th, 1992. While NOT exactly the same type, or as large a disaster as what The Netherlands experienced... This kind of thing "is not an orgasmic experience", - an expression a U.S. Navy recruiter once described "boot camp" {recruit training} to me....
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  41. 👍👍
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  42. Starhopper it designed to operate with the airflow coming from directly ahead or directly behind, not from the side.
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  43. AFAIK, there was only ONE Thunderscreech ever built.
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  44.  @CaptOrbit  >>> Rodger that...👌
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  45. "Nah, it'll be fine." -- The Critical Drinker 😊😊😊
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  46. FWIW: At about 01:02 in the video --> I first saw that video clip of the Atlas Agena D collapsing only within the last few weeks. Prior to that I had never even heard of it. I knew the Atlas required propellant tank pressurization to remain intact, but I didn't know that one actually failed ON the launchpad.
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  47.  @kokofan50  >>> Roger that - Thank You!
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  48. FWIW: As I was watching this video - prior to the 5:19 mark - I was thinking to myself that LOUISIANA {USA} ought to be looking at these technologies as well....
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  49. @FoundAndExplained  >>> 👍👍
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  50. @RealEngineering >>> 👍👍
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