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It's easy to do in person - take a soda can with just a little water in the bottom. Put a torch to the bottom until the water is hot and boiling. Then overturn the can, putting the open top down into a bucket of water. The steam inside the can condenses creating a huge vacuum at the can collapses.
Apparently, the only thing keeping it stuck to the water are a pair of pedal-controlled canards on the nose. If you zoom in, you can juuuust see the top of them moving up and down.
Right after he hits a wave, the canards fly up. It’s presumed the bump knocked his feet off the pedals.
Edit: to clarify, since it’s poorly worded, the canards aren’t doing the sticking, they’re providing the downforce which does the sticking... also, since the camera is behind the canards, it looks like they’re popping down after the wave. That’s their ass-end. Their noses are popping up.
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Roundabouts are hugely effective at alleviating traffic congestion. They should be the default everywhere.
Hating them is a direct function of their relative rarity.
Generally, yes, but it really depends on how roundabouts are designed and implemented. In my area, the more well-to-do suburban towns have gone roundabout crazy, and they're seemingly slapping them onto almost every intersection. Mostly, they work fine.
There are a few, though, that don't seem to be very well thought-out. Some here are actually too tight a radius for large vehicles like school buses or fire trucks to navigate without driving up onto the center curbing. There's another one that is at the top of a thoroughfare exit ramp where it meets a very busy city street. Both avenues are huge commuting paths and, during commuting hours, traffic is backed-up far down the exit ramp as drivers wait for an opening to merge into the roundabout. The city's solution? A traffic light on the roundabout.
My initial thought was to go with: “And there’s hamburger all over the highway in Mystic, Connecticut.” But, then I figured I was probably the only one here old enough to get that one.
My initial thought was to go with: “And there’s hamburger all over the highway in Mystic, Connecticut.” But, then I figured I was probably the only one here old enough to get that one.
Look at the whippersnapper with his fancy pants “comedy albums”.
When I was a boy they gave us one Upton Sinclair reference, and we all had to share it.
That event was 50 years ago this past May, and occurred at Elington AFB near Houston. This was the Lunar Lander Research Vehicle #1, dubbed "the flying bedstead" due to its appearance. The LLRV was improved and replaced by the Lunar Lander Training Vehicle, which Neil flew many more times.
On the flip side of this, Neil stated later that the Lunar Module flew very much like the trainers, which gave him "a good deal of confidence - a comfortable familiarity" with flying the vehicle.
Generally, yes, but it really depends on how roundabouts are designed and implemented. In my area, the more well-to-do suburban towns have gone roundabout crazy, and they're seemingly slapping them onto almost every intersection. Mostly, they work fine.
There are a few, though, that don't seem to be very well thought-out. Some here are actually too tight a radius for large vehicles like school buses or fire trucks to navigate without driving up onto the center curbing. There's another one that is at the top of a thoroughfare exit ramp where it meets a very busy city street. Both avenues are huge commuting paths and, during commuting hours, traffic is backed-up far down the exit ramp as drivers wait for an opening to merge into the roundabout. The city's solution? A traffic light on the roundabout.
This roundabout is about (sorry) 50 yards from my house. It may look batshit crazy and no-one actually drives it in the way the signs say but it's SO confusing that the traffic speeds are so low its actually quite safe. Always entertaining to see new drivers panic when they come across it.
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