Comments by "Helium Road" (@RCAvhstape) on "Real Engineering" channel.

  1. There were a few Civil War vets at WWII victory parades. Those guys went from muzzle loaded muskets to jet fighter and nuclear weapons in their lifetimes.
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  2.  @TeKnOShEeP  And after the shuttle landed they were still radiating heat for a good while just sitting there on the runway.
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  3. That shot of the orbiter in space with the wing root sections popping out scared the crap out of me, I thought I was watching actual footage. If your wings ever did that in real life you are in big trouble.
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  4. Were you unable to tell your family about your work? Was it classified or proprietary?
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  5. Probably a round of drinks owed to the crew for every attempt, payable upon return to Houston.
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  6.  @257shooter9  Gotcha.
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  7. I caught some transistors hanging out near my garage, looking suspicious. I think they're planning to burglarize my home.
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  8. Going straight from plasma rings to electricity is also how fusion works in the BattleTech universe. So maybe I'll get to drive around in a Marauder Battle Mech someday after all.
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  9. I've heard of this airplane since seeing it on Discovery Channel's Wings back in the 90s, and while it's famous for being dangerously loud, I didn't realize it had all these other problems with vibration and controllability. The F-84 was a great platform for experimentation and there were several variants over the years. It's now an almost forgotten fighter but it's very important in the history of aviation.
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  10. The X-15 is one of the coolest airplanes ever built. Not only did it break all those speed and altitude records, it did it while looking good.
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  11. The X-20 Dyna Soar's heat shielding also would've used liquid coolant during peak heating.
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  12.  @Pravlord  Not.
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  13.  @ignatziusturret5641  How does that make you feel?
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  14. For spacecraft which are not one-time use devices, the dust is going to be a problem as they fly through it at high speeds on a regular basis.
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  15. When I was little I had a big die-cast metal toy P-47, probably about a 10 inch wingspan or so. I think it had retractable landing gear. That thing was awesome, and pretty heavy. Always liked this airplane.
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  16. "It took the damn spacecraft 4 days to change its velocity by 94 km/hr." I know, right? Damn slow thing! ...Oh, wait, "Dawn", he said Dawn spacecraft...nevermind.
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  17.  @Rathbone_fan_account  No but unfortunately, Professor Epstein did kill himself...with his new drive.
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