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11/13/09
--Not really, but look at that leading edge. Amazing. #russia
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Another in a series of Stalin's delusions of grandeur. The K-7 wasn't the only big thingie planned by the Soviets in the 1930s. Stalin wanted a Palace of the Soviets to be built in Moscow. It would have been 1,360 feet tall with a huge statue of Lenin on top. Construction got as far as the foundation and the steel framework for the first couple of stories. A little unpleasant matter with Adolf Hitler ended the dream. #russia
11/13/09
@tonyola: Have you seen hitlers plans for a new berlin?
[en.wikipedia.org] #russia
11/13/09
The top nacelle engines are wearing props both fore and aft - that's an engine for each. There seems to be yet another just above the trailing edge of the wing, to bring us up to a nice prime number.
Anybody remember that pilot who brought his plane back using engine thrust alone for yaw control, after his rudder went out? Crazy stuff. What kind of vectoring could you get with high and low, fore and aft, side to side engine arrays? Careful, or you might wind up meeting yourself on the way back!
I like levers in the control area of my car: manual shifter, wipers, lights, turn signals etc. Big, tangible motion yields immediate results. Now consider a throttle lever for each engine - that's a fricking forest between the seats.
Probably not. Some of these early big ships were set up almost like, well, ships - you rang an engine room telegraph and somebody buried in the wing would actually turn the wick up right there at the source.
Damn, that thing is big. #russia
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@bmoreDLJ: Awesome reference. Porco Rosso had some of the best fictional aircraft, right up there with Tailspin and Crimson Skies. #russia
11/13/09
Da! #russia
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The point of the game is to go really fast (sometimes even top speed) through a red light, and if you don't kill yourself, hit a pedestrian, or any other car(or object) you get up to 10 grand.
Appearantly, the faster they go, the more money they get. I heard that one dude went 200km/h in an Escalade. #russia
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11/02/09
And Italian drivers are notorious for doing whatever the heck they want.
Say what you want about detroit, but at least people stay on the right side of the road 90% of the time. #russia
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10/30/09
Gentlemen, let the BIGGEST BALLS contest begin.
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"Yes, I am Bulgarian, that is how we drive!"
"Then why are you stopped at the green?"
"Might be Bulgarians coming through."
/oldie, goodie #russia
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