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æck @aeck.bsky.social · 28d

pondering my orb

LUN-1202 glowing after being exposed to UV light

æck @aeck.bsky.social · Aug 2

I don't disagree in principle, but MiG fighters already have a bug on the machometer to show the commanded mach from Lazur ground control.
A new wing sweep gauge was needed anyway, so putting the limits there instead of having to make a bespoke variant of the other instruments was more practical.

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Jul 25

always relevant

when you see a claim that a common drug or vitamin "kills cancer cells in a petri dish,"
keep in mind:
so does a handgun

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Jul 23

serious answer: a dremel or handsaw should work, then throw it in a vise and file the rough surface flat.
I think it'll hold way better now with the flange taking the force instead of the sealant.

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Jul 23

here's a better way:
(do not do this)

an endmill and ER collet arbor attached in unholy matrimony to an angle grinder. image source unknown

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Jul 19

i could see it being useful for photogrammetry if it can run continuously. regular old flash tubes are bright enough but are fragile and tend to overheat after like 100 shots.

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Ken Shirriff @righto.com · Jul 11

The Globus is a navigational instrument that uses a rotating globe to show the position of the Soyuz spacecraft above the Earth. Inside the Globus, a complicated system of gears and motors positions the globe. @jonbruner.bsky.social at Lumafield created a three-dimensional X-ray scan for us. 1/4

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Jun 30

the mandate of heaven has officially moved from russia to china

traces of a more advanced civilization continue to be found in Russia
[beached ekranoplan left to rot]

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Jun 16

anyone brave enough to do a supersonic dogfight at 12000m deserves every last deg/s they can get

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Jun 16

I've heard there were apparently multiple versions of the instrument. I think it's one of those things that was silently revised throughout the aircraft's service.

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Jun 14

(2/2)

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Jun 14

(MiG-23)
all ISK-1A mach/airspeed limits. changes with selected (not actual) wing sweep as denoted by the little triangle on the scale.

pretty convenient instrument as you'll know exactly when your wings will fall off at any sweep. also cool that they let you go mach 1.5 at 30° sweep.

(1/2)

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Jun 5

Tu-141: Died 1989
JSM: Born 2021
welcome back Tupolev Tu-141

æck @aeck.bsky.social · May 27

изд. 72 is R-73, pretty funny that it's just drawn on the end there.
I guess from the pilot's perspective the launch procedure is the same, so they appended the ML manual so they could reuse it.

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · May 14

TP-23M: "hey guys"
guys: "TP-26Sh!!!!"
TP-23M: "NOT WHAT I'M CALLED"

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · May 4

that's nuts, what does the color channel come from?

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · Mar 22

Stolen from the other site

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Rocky Flats Chimney Sweep 🇺🇸 @midlifesuezcrisis.bsky.social · Mar 17

We're gonna talk about something fun, cool, not political tonight. The stuff I wanted to use this account for and have degrees and papers and a career in.

We're gonna talk about why steel is a wonder material, probably the material of the future, not just the last century.

Yes, there's a graph.

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Feb 16

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_XL...

Су-30СМ

YouTube video by Водитель Истребителя

www.youtube.com

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Feb 9

If it has SPO-15 and N003E then it must be 23-19 - as 23-22B has N008E by definition.

As a side note it always hurts a little to see these pristine aircraft completely abandoned, hope at least some of them end up in museums instead of being vandalized.

The technical operation of the 23-22B aircraft should be carried
out in accordance with the instructions given in the "Technical Operation Manual No. GK-442B" and this "Supplement".
The armament system of the 23-22B aircraft differs from
the military armament system of the 23-2B aircraft as follows:
- - a jamming system is installed in the P-23;
- the B-8MI unit is installed;
- instead of the SUV-2ML-0ZE weapon control system, the SUV-2ML-
02E weapon control system has been installed;
- instead of the PVI-I-03E remote control, the PVI-I-02E remote control is installed
, which is used when using ed. 62, as well as when checking the start circuits
products 62 - the sign of ed. 62 is indicated by the URB index (instead
of the index 62);
- instead of the N003E station, the N008E station is installed.

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Feb 1

if I had been there the entire thing would have been yoinked out of the plane

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Feb 1

internals:
similar spinning drum mechanism to TP-23

MiG-31 IRST with the front window smashed open

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Jan 31

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Jan 6

like N008 had 120(!!!) doppler filter bins

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æck @aeck.bsky.social · Jan 6

Pretty modest from what I've heard. Better automation, ECCM and close combat modes. Also a mode for tracking helicopters and other slow targets against the ground. It has some digital components too but they were kinda brute forcing it compared to N019 which had a completely fresh new architecture.

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