Back after 3 years; having ChainBear back is a pleasant surprise for sure.

>10 cutting discs on an angle grinder. So not really reasonably.

Though they do mention that usually bike racks are easier to cut through than that anyways.

The [Andrew] formerly known as Prince?

Would love to see some of the 3d models showing how this all fits together.

I do like how modular the shifting mechanism is in SRAM levers. I’ve seen aftermarket parts available for these sort of 10-11 or road11 > mountain12 swaps. Also easy to remove whole shift mechanism for 1x or singlespeed setups.

Tried to find some info on the Falcon Heavy grey paint. For those that don’t know, apparently it was an adjustment made to the falcon heavy upper stages, to increase the heating on the RP1 tank, to try to prevent freezing during long coast phases.

Ref: https://youtube.com/shorts/P6IMIxnAZB4

I have yet to try these new Shimano derailleurs, but reviews I have seen seem to indicate that that amount of chain slap is a definite step backwards.

I am inclined to think that the damping added to the suspension system by a derailleurs is fairly minimal compared to the actual forces involved, and worth the trade-off for systems with a reasonable amount of chain growth.

Quick summary seems to be that they’re using it to monitor the stars that Webb is seeing planets pass in front of. To better model that stars behaviour with prolonged observation. To better understand whether signals that look like water and methane are really from the passing planet, or just from changes in the star’s activity over time.

Finding one guy’s dick to suck hardly qualifies as starting a cult.

Had more difficulty with this one than I have previous Raddles.

PAGWGs? (Phat-Ass Great-White Girls)

I wonder how many re-makes of TR1 we’ll get in all. So far:

• TR1
• Tomb Raider Anniversary (same story, similar levels, new controls and engine)
• TR1 Remastered (original engine, new models and textures
• Legend of Atlantis (modified story? Otherwise all new)

Not tired of them yet, played them all so far and won’t stop now.

Hyped for this!

Wonder why they decided to announce both at the same time though. Seems like a bit of an odd choice.

While I agree with you on the difficulty of cryogenic fuel storage and re-fueling in orbit, the ISS does actually have some of it’s own rocket thrusters. They’re on the Zvezda module and are re-fuelled by Progress vehicles. Relevant section from the Wikipedia article on Zvezda:

The Service Module has 16 small thrusters as well as two large 3,070-newton (690 lbf) S5.79 thrusters that are 2-axis mounted and can be gimballed 5°. The thrusters are pressure-fed from four tanks with a total capacity of 860 kg. The oxidizer used for the propulsion system is dinitrogen tetroxide and the fuel is UDMH, the supply tanks being pressurised with nitrogen. The two main engines on Zvezda can be used to raise the station’s altitude. This was done on 25 April 2007. This was the first time the engines had been fired since Zvezda arrived in 2000.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zvezda_(ISS_module)

What I got was a bit bluer teal, I think. Didn’t feel like a colour that couldn’t be reproduced by adding a bit of blue to the mix, but definitely different than just the teal on the screen on its own.

Interesting video though.

Was trying to learn more about this trajectory when I heard about it the other day, and could only find that diagram without much useful explanation.

This article is nice, and explains a few more things about it. Thanks for posting.

I’m way late to this thread, but I just ended up going digital for tinywhoop flying. The 1-3s WalkSnail VTX without the heat sink works well for 75mm+ whoops.

I have the older goggles without the option for analog input with the adapter though.

How did your analog setup end up working?

Anyone know what the heck the Pozidriv/Round Hole combo is for?

Oh, I hadn’t thought of that. As a sort of smart cluster munition from space. Drop this anywhere, with a starlink receiver and control transmitter built in for the drones. Then dozens/hundreds of targeted strikes anywhere, without multiple missiles or deploying any troops.

It’s hard for me to see the value of a 500kg box of drones that can be delivered to anywhere the US military is, vs just many 500kg boxes of drones in vehicles wherever troops are deployed already.

If it doesn’t enable deploying troops, then whatever it is could likely just be sent the same way they are.

Nevertheless, an interesting technology, and will likely find a use, with a more specific use-case.

Judging by the average altitude above current sea level of the Netherlands, they may BE the climate refugees.