Watching a re-re-re-run on the History Channel; footage of the British Handley- Paige bomber with large four-bladed wooden propellers - knowing the critical
nature of balance/symmetry, I wonder... how did they make them? Most certainly could not have been from a single piece of wood. This bomber was being built
ca. 1916 - 18. Also noted an artillery officer using what appeared to be a very long and large slide-rule. The Air Force magazine issue for June '09 has
a nice article about and photos of the Tu-4; the reverse-built Soviet B-29.
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Posts: 23406 (06/28/09 11:04:57) Black Powder
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All I have seen were laminated, and had wood pins IIRC.
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Thanks Don. Laminated. Went looking on the web and learned how to build and balance a laminated wooden propeller and saw how two propellers can be mated to
form a four-bladed prop. Neat stuff I never knew. Will come in handy when I build my own copy of the Handley Page bomber. Watch for one in your neighborhood
sky raining cats on your roof. Lazy Sunday afternoon.
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Posts: 23408 (06/28/09 13:37:50) Black Powder
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Drop'em, shotguns are loaded!
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Posts: 8305 (06/29/09 05:30:18) Cold Country
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ooooohhhhh , cat skeet ................hhhhmmmmmmmmmmm
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Posts: 1008 (07/03/09 05:42:18) Man about Town
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Ed Novak wrote:  Your alright Ed.
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Posts: 23445 (07/03/09 05:47:11) Black Powder
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Stupid damn cats anyways!
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yockey5 wrote:Don: Its not that they are stupid; its that they are too darned smart, they know it and they could not care less what we think. Katzenbomber overhead in your neighborhood one of these far away days.
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Posts: 23449 (07/03/09 12:31:45) Black Powder
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Chili pot is ready!
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Posts: 921 (07/03/09 14:24:26) Medicine Man
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Don't know that I can drop one/more katzen directly into that pot for you, Don. Norden bombsight didn't work all that well for the "pickle
barrel" accuracy with aerodynamic bombs and I'll be aiming with a cat's arsehole in the viewer. Wind drift, aerodynamics of leg-splaying,
wind-drag of fur...
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Posts: 23454 (07/03/09 17:50:33) Black Powder
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ROFLMAO!!!!!!! I can see them falling now!
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Posts: 8348 (07/06/09 05:16:08) Cold Country
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gives new meaning to the term - carpet bombing - doesnt it ?
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Posts: 943 (07/09/09 19:48:22) Medicine Man
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Five litter boxes here; four cats. "Carpet bombing" is a major misdemeanor here.
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Posts: 8368 (07/10/09 04:53:01) Cold Country
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LOL - i can only imagine
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