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fordson replied to the thread The Army's New MV-75.Got it . Rather simple when you think about it. Wonder how close the actual design is to this explanation. Some of the on-line photos... -
I don't have a decent drawing package on this computer, Paint doesn't cut it, so I will try to explain again. The engine is behind the...
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"The thrust vector needs to rotate from horizontal to vertical - and back. ...- that connecting interface is what I’m trying to get my...
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fordson replied to the thread The Army's New MV-75.Yes, but that’s not the final answer. The thrust vector needs to rotate from horizontal to vertical - and back. The engine output/input...
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Nooooo!!!! Hydraulic drives at those power levels can lead to all manner of "fun". Just look at the history of diesel-hydraulic...
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fordson replied to the thread The Army's New MV-75.Fixed engines with a tilting rotor……..Flex drive shaft… or some really smart gearing……? There may be a simple answer that I hadn’t...
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fordson replied to the thread A visit to Bastogne....My wife and I did a pass-thru of Bastogne on our way to Ghent in October, 2016. It was chilly, overcast and rainy, very evocative ...
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About 2000' north of the Bois Jacque is the village of Foy, the attack on which was depicted in episode 7 of Band of Brothers. Having...
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Back in March, my girlfriend and I spent a couple of days in Bastogne, Belgium, visiting museums and sites related to the Battle of the...
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fordson replied to the thread Mexico sues U.S. gunmakers.Smuggling of any contraband (guns or drugs or people) should be dealt with at its source. Cross border smuggling in large quantities is...
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James I Carroll from Baltimore MD, of the 8th MD Inf Regt, was at Antietam Sep 1862; pursued Lee after Gettysburg Jul 1863; was at...
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fordson replied to the thread Family Gone For Their Cause.What a tribute. Thank you.
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Family gone for their cause: Pvt. Thomas P. Carroll, MD; DOD 7 Aug 1857, Carlisle Barracks, PA Pvt. Thomas Whittle, MD; KIA Apr 1862...
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fordson replied to the thread Has anyone here shot anyone as a civilian?.Well, since you asked….. our carrier was at a port call in Naples in ‘73 and I was in this bar not far from our pier when this guy comes...
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I learned this bit of wisdom many years ago and this seems like a good time to pass it along....... Never ask a man if he has shot or...
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