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 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: "Bamboo Naga" Laos's first SB vessel

 Post subject: Re: "Bamboo Naga" Laos's first SB vessel Posted: January 27th, 2012, 11:24 am 

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I'll take a wander through the old photo albums and see if there are any decent boat shots and send copies to you

 Forum: Real Designs  Topic: "Bamboo Naga" Laos's first SB vessel

 Post subject: Re: "Bamboo Naga" Laos's first SB vessel Posted: January 24th, 2012, 7:56 am 

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Hey Rodondo This little beauty brings back memories for me too. I took my two eldest down the Mekong in '98. My boy had just finished his uni and my daughter her HSC. My boy had spent year 11 on exchange in Thailand so we started out trekking around Thailand and working our way north to the golden t...

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: Hull Lubrication

 Post subject: Re: Hull Lubrication Posted: January 21st, 2012, 8:32 am 

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Thanks for that folks here's a quote from http://www.norseamerica.com/catalog/item/4989199/5016486.htm "Another Viking innovation was speed. They achieved speed by building extremely strong and lightweight ships. They maximized speed through tightly knit sails, oars and the shape of the hull. The hu...

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: Hull Lubrication

 Post subject: Hull Lubrication Posted: January 19th, 2012, 11:32 pm 

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Here is the link to Mitsubishi's new air curtain hull lubrication system
http://www.mhi.co.jp/technology/review/ ... 481053.pdf
Have any bucketeers seen the real thing yet?

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD scale vehicles 4

 Post subject: Re: FD scale vehicles 4 Posted: January 10th, 2012, 9:46 pm 

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Nighthunter
Your Irish Seafire has a taiji symbol (korean) and not the triskel - three part circle for its insignia.

 Forum: Beginners Only  Topic: My second design - Torrens Class FFG (RAN AU)

 Post subject: Re: My second design - Torrens Class FFG (RAN AU) Posted: January 1st, 2012, 12:16 pm 

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C'mon Ozzie c'mon c'mon Beautiful work If I may ask a couple of questions Up to what sea state would the aft sea doors be functional in and would over the side RHIB capability be an enhancement for sea states above that, given the treacherous seas our folks sometimes work in ie xmas island rescue wh...

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: Belt fed 20/40mm AA gun Feasibility

 Post subject: Re: Belt fed 20/40mm AA gun Feasibility Posted: December 31st, 2011, 9:11 pm 

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I dont think merely upsizing the roller block mechanism will work. There is an x/y axis graph of mechanism robustness versus lightness with the larger the calibre nad the higher the ROF requiring greater robustness. This is why the MG213 and all later revolver canon are used to achieve reliablly hig...

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: Big-ships-go-green-with-retro-technology

 Post subject: Re: Big-ships-go-green-with-retro-technology Posted: December 15th, 2011, 1:09 pm 

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yes sorry there
it is free if anyone is interested
I'll add an image short term only 300 odd KB

 Forum: Off Topic  Topic: Big-ships-go-green-with-retro-technology

 Post subject: Big-ships-go-green-with-retro-technology Posted: December 14th, 2011, 9:01 pm 

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This is an interesting discussion
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2 ... ology.html?
We've seen some of this before but it looks like this going to take off in a big way!

 Forum: Never-Built Designs  Topic: CVA-01

 Post subject: Re: CVA-01 Posted: December 14th, 2011, 10:40 am 

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If CVA is going ahead then an ideal WHIFF would be the sky populated with Hawker p.1121, TSR2 and Vickers 583s
Perhaps an airwing of 1121s and 583s would look good.
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