Random VIDEO thread

[kach22i]

P-38 A Personal Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBcvm9bmHDA


I watched a good Youtube video on the Spitfire in the same evening, but the personal accounts and stories in the P38 Lighting video were just so involving so I'm posting this one.

This video does not go into the canceled British order without the superchargers, and only touches on the cold weather issues experienced in Germany. Oddly enough the P-38 served in the Aleutian Islands under some terrible cold weather conditions. The pilot interviewed said 2/3rds of his class didn't make it to the end, almost all of the losses were due to the weather (cold/storms and fog).

I've heard of the Charles Lindbergh fuel saving techniques before but this video explains the upping of boost and lowering of RPM's aspect a little better, and the consequences of attempting to operate in that mode on a strafing run with fuel tanks attached.

[kach22i]

Above and Beyond
https://tubitv.com/movies/405406/above_and_beyond

Would you risk everything – your future, your citizen ship, even your life – to help a brother in need? In 1948, just three years after the liberation of Nazi death camps, a group of Jewish American pilots answered a call for help. In secret and at great personal risk, they smuggled planes out of the U.S., trained behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia and flew for Israel in its War of Independence...........

............ABOVE AND BEYOND reveals how under-equipped and isolated the Israelis were, how desperately they needed planes and pilots and how critical the actions of these young American men were for the country’s survival.

If you don't snot up on this one, you don't have a heart.

A real against all odds story.

Trailer and review if you are shy about the time investment.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2704752/

[sammyg2]

[daepp]

Thank God the Germans had insane leadership, cuz their engineering was something else. I can't believe this hand crank still works!

[kach22i]

Ford GT70 - 1970
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kihWRbtKXZ0

This film features the development of the Ford GT70 - the car that Ford saw as the logical next step in their competition programme. The design was by Len Bailey, who had been the chief designer of the GT40. Only five prototypes were ever completed of the planned six, and the planned limited production run of 500 never happened.

[kach22i]

Ford RS 200 Demonstration - 1985
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2wXQ5DtAHw

The Ford RS 200 was an all-wheel drive car built specifically for rallying in the Group B category, and with it, Ford aimed to beat Audi's Quattro and once more become the dominant force in rallying they had been with the Escort. The new car had a fibreglass body, built by Reliant, and it was powered by a turbocharged 1.8 litre engine built by Cosworth, that generated in excess of 400 bhp in race trim. It never had chance to gain the laurels it was aimed for, however, as in 1986, the FIA abolished Group B rally cars, owing the danger they posed both to spectators and competitors. This film shows an early example in the hands of Swedish rally ace Bjorn Waldegard, being put through its paces on a disused airfield for the benefit of the cameras.

[kach22i]

Turn up the sound!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

F1 sound! Honda HSV KEIHIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=DxKogppTYio

"Keihin HSV-010" testing Bridgestone tires two weeks before the final round of 2010 Super GT series. Eventually they ranked 3rd place.

[kach22i]

NSX GT3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuPNm40eN2w

[MBAtarga]

This 13YO contestant on AGT is quite a surprise!

[kach22i]

Birth'm sideways...............I was like a little boy watching this video.

ASD 2913 tug launch at Damen Shipyards Galati
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=74&v=NgzI9UWYNLA

On november 12 2015, a new ASD tug 2913 was launched at Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania. The vessel will be delivered to SAAM SMIT early 2016 and will sail in Panama.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

[kach22i]

So that's what an F40 sounds like when it's angry.

2016
Electroflight | Fully Charged
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1g1JrRRkY

This remarkable project is still in its early stages but is clearly something we'll be following on Fully Charged. A fully electric 300+mph racing plane.

[Baz]

[kach22i]

Top 10 Electric Cars Will Challenge Tesla in 2018/2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSZVbdnApLY

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by Baz

RetroFuture - Video

Loved the heavy on the Syd Mead content, could have used more flying cars and hovercraft but excellent overall.

Jul 29, 2018
Watch: People flee to sea to escape flames and choking smoke in Greece
https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/world-news/watch-people-flee-to-sea-to-escape-flames-and-choking-smoke-in-greece/video-DwABxx8W9RsXkTBelfShuM.html

Dramatic footage obtained by the Associated Press showed people seeking safety from the flames and choking smoke in the sea off the coastal community of Mati, following Greece’s lethal wildfire. (HT Correspondent)

[kach22i]

Working of Francis Turbine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BCiFeykRzo

Comments section........................
vancebarcelona
7 months ago

Francis turbines are the most preferred hydraulic turbines. It contributes about 60% of the global hydro power capacity mainly because it can work efficiently under wide range of operation conditions. The most important part of a Francis turbine is its runner. It is fitted with complex shade blades. In the runner, water enters radially and exits axially. During the course of flow, water goes through the runner blades. Francis turbine blades are specially shaped. We can note that blades are having thin airfoil cross section. So, when water flows over it, low pressure will be produced on one site and high pressure in the other site. This will result in a lift force. We can also note one more peculiar thing about the blade. It is having a bucket kind of shape towards the outlet. So, water will hit, and producing impulse force before leaving the runner. Both impulse force and lift force will make the runner rotate. So Francis turbine is not a pure reaction turbine. A portion of force come impulse action also. Thus, when water flows over runner blades, both its kinetic and pressure energy will come down. Since flow is entering radially and leaving axially, they are also called mixed flow turbine. Runner is connected to the generator via shaft for electricity production. This arrangement is fitted in a spiral casing. Flow enters via inlet nozzle. Flow rate of water will get reduced along length of casing, since water is drown into the runner. But decreasing area of spiral casing will make sure that water flow is entered to runner region almost at uniform velocity. Stay vanes and guide vanes are fitted at the entrance of runner. The basic purpose of them is to convert one part of pressure energy to kinetic energy. Flow which is coming from the casing meets stay vanes, they are fixed. Stay vanes steers the flow towards runner section. Thus, it reduces inlet flow. Demand for power changes over time. The guide vane mechanism is used to control flow rate and make sure that power production is synchronized with power demand. Apart from controlling flow rate, guide vanes also control flow angle to inlet portion of runner blade. Thus, guide vanes make sure inlet flow angle is the optimum angle of attack for maximum power extraction from fluid. Low pressure at the outlet of the turbine may cause serious problems of cavitation. So, a special draft tube is designed is fitted at exit site to discharge the fluid out. Draft tube will transform velocity head to static head due its increasing area that will reduce effect of cavitation.

[kach22i]

At about the 3:15 mark they let down the bed sides and tailgate.

Look at this 4x4 Mini Truck go!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=229&v=kE-YZU_Nhqg

[widebody911]

The starter on my M3 died

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by widebody911

The starter on my M3 died

3rd time is a charm?


19 ft. B-17 "Flying Fortress" (Aluminum Overcast)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9owlwlxJxPw

Maßstab - Scale: 1/5.6 Spw - Wingspan: 5,70m (19 feet) Länge - Lenght: 4.15m (14 feet) Höhe - Hight: 1,06m (41.7")

[sc_rufctr]