Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

In reply to 914Driver:

Europe started making good steel, and surpassed the Japanese due to the availability of iron they had. I was led to believe by somebody who is a nutjob about this that the Japanese used to fold the steel to work out impurities.

There was a really good swordsmith not far from Albany: http://www.thearma.org/spotlight/PaulC_interview2006.htm

In reply to JohnInKansas:

The link doesn't work, either...

In reply to Javelin:

"Tune in next week for the exciting conclusion of Intro to Taildraggers!"

D'oh.

In reply to ransom:

It's a regular:

Nose gear collapse at landing.

E type at coker tire

It was plagued by a little British problem

Flight Service wrote:

A whole new level of dumb, there.

Yamaha OX99-11 Concept

The Yamaha OX99-11 was a sports car designed by Yamaha subsidiary Ypsilon Technology and IAD, an English engineering consultancy, which was supposed to enter production in 1994. Yamaha began competing in Formula One in 1989, and using the experience it had gained during that time it wanted to build a price-no-object car based on actual Formula One technology. Even though the Formula One team was doing poorly in competition, by 1991 the team had just produced a new engine, the OX99, and approached a German company to design an initial version of the car. Yamaha was not pleased with the result as it was too similar to sport cars of that time, so it contacted IAD to continue working on the project. By the beginning of 1992, just under 12 months after starting to work on the project, IAD came with an initial version of the car. The car's design was undertaken by Takuya Yura, and was originally conceived as a single seater. However Yamaha requested a two-seater vehicle, and a tandem seating arrangement was suggested, which was in keeping with Yamaha's motorcycle expertise. This resulted in a radical and somewhat outrageous design, like its cockpit-looking roof. Other notable specs were the same carbon fiber chassis and OX99 engine as the F1 car, essentially providing the closest experience of a pure racing car to the consumer market. However, disagreements between IAD and Yamaha over the budget made Yamaha take the project to its own Ypsilon Technology, which was given six months to finish the project, otherwise it would be terminated. To make matters worse, Japan was at that time in the midst of a financial crisis, which led Yamaha to believe it wouldn't be able to find any customers for the car, which was expected to have an $800,000 price tag (over $1 million in 2006 dollars). Eventually the project was delayed until 1994, before finally being cancelled. A total of three prototypes were built by IAD. (From Wikipedia)

YouTube Vid with engine noises

This is trying really hard to follow me home....

1943 International Harvester I-9 Industrial. Former Navy Aircraft tug. 6400 pounds of awsome

914Driver wrote: They bang a hard steel over a softer one, giving flexability. A thousand years before we were making horse shoes, the Japanese priests figures this one out.

Yeah, that's the Makuri-gitae style of construction. There are others. The Wabari-gitae is almost the opposite (ordinary steel blade with sliver of hard steel for the cutting edge.) Then you get into weird with things like the Shiho-Zume-gitae (five pieces, three types of steel) Personally, I'm not adverse to modern metalurgy. Given an unlimited budget and a stronger interest in pointy weapons, I'd want something in a modern tool steel. People say some really good stuff about L-6 tool steel (quenched to bainite.) It is supposed to be much more forgiving (i.e. durable enough to would survive abuse while learning) than a traditionally made blade.
http://www.mvforge.com/BE%27sA.html

This really doesn't need it's own thread so I'll put it here: http://www.jegs.com/i/Quick+Time+BellHousing/698/RM-4050/10002/-1

Quick Time BellHousing #698-RM-4050 Bellhousing Engine: Ford 2.1L Trans: Ford TKO 500-600/TR3550/T5 Mustang

What engine is this for?

RossD wrote: This really doesn't need it's own thread so I'll put it here: http://www.jegs.com/i/Quick+Time+BellHousing/698/RM-4050/10002/-1 Quick Time BellHousing #698-RM-4050 Bellhousing Engine: Ford 2.1L Trans: Ford TKO 500-600/TR3550/T5 Mustang What engine is this for?

A Jag 2.1 V6 from the X-type in the UK

Flight Service wrote: The Yamaha OX99-11 was a sports car designed by Yamaha subsidiary Ypsilon Technology and IAD, an English engineering consultancy, which was supposed to enter production in 1994. Yamaha began competing in Formula One in 1989, and using the experience it had gained during that time it wanted to build a price-no-object car based on actual Formula One technology. Even though the Formula One team was doing poorly in competition, by 1991 the team had just produced a new engine, the OX99, and approached a German company to design an initial version of the car. Yamaha was not pleased with the result as it was too similar to sport cars of that time, so it contacted IAD to continue working on the project. By the beginning of 1992, just under 12 months after starting to work on the project, IAD came with an initial version of the car. The car's design was undertaken by Takuya Yura, and was originally conceived as a single seater. However Yamaha requested a two-seater vehicle, and a tandem seating arrangement was suggested, which was in keeping with Yamaha's motorcycle expertise. This resulted in a radical and somewhat outrageous design, like its cockpit-looking roof. Other notable specs were the same carbon fiber chassis and OX99 engine as the F1 car, essentially providing the closest experience of a pure racing car to the consumer market. However, disagreements between IAD and Yamaha over the budget made Yamaha take the project to its own Ypsilon Technology, which was given six months to finish the project, otherwise it would be terminated. To make matters worse, Japan was at that time in the midst of a financial crisis, which led Yamaha to believe it wouldn't be able to find any customers for the car, which was expected to have an $800,000 price tag (over $1 million in 2006 dollars). Eventually the project was delayed until 1994, before finally being cancelled. A total of three prototypes were built by IAD. (From Wikipedia) YouTube Vid with engine noises

This was my first job out of college. From Uni I joined IAD and was soon thrown into working on 'Madonna' as it was known internally. I did some work on the cooling system, went to the wind tunnel for both scale and 1:1 testing, speced the wheel bearings, brakes etc. Sort of starting ones career at the top and working your way down to bean counter over the next 22 years!

Adrian_Thompson wrote: This was my first job out of college. From Uni I joined IAD and was soon thrown into working on 'Madonna' as it was known internally. I did some work on the cooling system, went to the wind tunnel for both scale and 1:1 testing, speced the wheel bearings, brakes etc. Sort of starting ones career at the top and working your way down to bean counter over the next 22 years!

Yeah, well, you started in a very, very cool place.

Flight Service wrote: Yamaha OX99-11 Concept

reminds me of a Picchio...