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I was for the most part doing other stuff in the shop but when I was over there it was pretty sweet. The coolest thing about this set up is that when they bar it over (turn the crank by hand) everything works. We had it cut so that you could see everything work.

As far as learning more I would just use wikipedia or how stuff works has a pretty good basic concept of two strokes. But if you have the money and wish to learn more there are a lot of books out there that are very helpful. I used a similar edition to this in school. You don't have to buy it you can thumb through it and get a pretty good understanding.

Hope that helps!

Anyone who thinks planes like the Blackbird are cool need to read Skunk Works by Ben Rich.

Ben Rich worked at the Skunk Works for decades (and was the president for 15 years) He worked on the U-2, SR-71, F-117A, and several other projects. He tells the stories of his entire career in his book and it's fantastic.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316743003/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It does, and its called More Than My Share Of It All. Its interesting, but i found Ben Rich to be a much better writer. Kellys book is not as interesting (at least to me) but nevertheless a good read.

I actually came in this thread to recommend that book. I shouldn't be too surprised that WSPer /u/irishjihad beat me to the punch.

Richard Preston is a fantastic nonfiction author. I've liked all his books, from the Hale telescope in First Light to enormous redwoods in The Wild Trees, and of course what's probably his biggest commercial success, The Hot Zone.

It's an OK placement. You really want the BOV as close to the throttle body as possible... this gives the fastest release of the pressure from the system.

For anyone interested... there's a great book called Maximum Boost on designing and building turbo systems... LOTS of good information in there.

Thanks for this! The turbo-compound Allison was a beastly machine. One of my favorite machineporn subjects. By that point jet technology was eclipsing the high performance piston engine in aviation, and it didn't make it out of the prototype stage as you said. Wright implemented a turbo-compound setup with some of their post war 3350 radials that served well, and continue to serve. An aerial firefighting outfit out of Greybull, Wyoming still flies turbo-compound 3350s in some of their firefighting planes.

Advanced high performance aviation piston engines and their systems are fascinating machines.

You probably already know this, but 2 great books any gear head should own are:

Vees for Victory: The Story of the Allison V-1710 Aircraft Engine 1929-1948

and

R-4360: Pratt & Whitney's Major Miracle

Both books are meticulously researched and will melt your brain if you read them for too long. (in a good way)

Thanks for sharing OP. I'm in middle of The Winter Fortress, a non-fiction book about exactly what you said. Very cool to see a picture of the real thing!

There's a great book I read years ago about the Mt Palomar scope - I think it's this one. They overcame a huge number of problems to build it - it's well worth a read. When you consider the size of the thing coupled with the tiny tolerances they had to build it within - it's a really incredible that they pulled it off so successfully.

Oh, yeah I can see how the image is confusing, but the tall grass is behind the charging station for the mower and doesn't get cut. Although it is the same type of grass as where the mower has cut.

The range is limited, although I imagine as battery technology improves so will the range. This one can do 0.8 acres, which is decent. I've seen larger models as well which might be able to do more acreage. This one claims to do 4.9 acres, although I found a price of $12800 which is pretty steep.

The false positives can be problem and the cartridges are somewhat expensive. I've seen a few guys trade them back for regular saws. When the patent expires maybe the prices will come down a bit, because it is a pretty nice tool.

In case anyone is wondering, it's a Rumpler Taube "Dove"

From "Flight- the complete history" page 71 (excellent book by the way, if you like aviation you should definitely buy this book)

> Instantly recognizable by its swept, bird-like wings, which warped for flight control, the Austrian Taube (dove) had its roots in the Etrich-Wels glider of 1907. Manufacture was initially licensed to Rumpler, and the design is generally associated with that company; although it's initial success as a reconnaissance platform in the early days of the war led it to be being built by Albatross, Gotha, and DFW.

> 100 HP Mercedes engine, 6-cylinder liquid-cooled
> 47ft wingspan, 32ft length
> Two seater with a top speed of 60mph

Sort of? I highly recommend this book, it was a great read!

Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet

its that good? I just dont have the time right now to sit down and read a book, classes are kicking my ass.

you should check out this book. i sense you would enjoy it allot. i have given this around to so many people because of how good it is.

I love this kind of thing. There's a book of similar pics that I got a long time ago :

https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Tech-Guide-Archaeology-Tomorrow/dp/094051222X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=dead+tech&qid=1557594982&s=gateway&sr=8-1

A serious hobby I'd say. I have done freelance defense analysis etc and a website at www.hisutton.com. And a book on naval special forces history at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1533114870/

found the Rohloff Speedhub on amazon. $1,216.80, you save $49.58

Ben Rich's book Skunk Works is also a good read.

I have the book this is from. Lot's of good cross sections.

https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Biestys-Absolutely-Section-cross-sections/dp/0751371033

Another good book on it. http://www.amazon.com/First-Light-Search-Edge-Universe/dp/0812991850/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377371174&sr=8-1&keywords=first+light+preston

And the Nav system is still a pretty cool piece of tech if you consider the technical limitations of the time and that it was made in a world before GPS: The bloody thing basically locked onto the stars and navigated using them as a reference and it was VERY precise (precise enough to keep this bird on it's target, considering small deviations in course result in a BIG distance traveled during sustained Mach 3+ flight).

If you haven't done so, you MUST read Skunkworks

The brake is $65 and most of the time you'll want to replace the blade as well which is going to be anywhere from 50 to 150.

Did a quick Google hunt, seems you can get a 10" SawStop cartridge as cheap as $70 on Amazon, but the specialty ones seem to be slightly more expensive.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1580071732?pc_redir=1408428500&robot_redir=1