Random PICTURE of the day thread *KEEP IT WORK SAFE*

[ALLAN]

[CexMashean]

Nope just in England where the waiters are paid £7 an hour. So no real need to tip them.

Thank god they make so much and never have to worry about money.
I still would at least do a £3.06 tip.

[Strychnine]

"The XB-36 featured a single-wheel main landing gear whose tires were the largest ever manufactured up to that time, 9 feet 2 inches (2.79 m) tall, 3 feet (91 cm) wide, and weighing 1,320 pounds (600 kg), with enough rubber for 60 automobile tires. These tires placed so much weight per unit area on runways, the XB-36 was restricted to the Fort Worth airfield adjacent to the plant of manufacture, and to a mere two USAF bases beyond that. At the suggestion of General Henry H. Arnold, the single-wheel gear was soon replaced by a four-wheel bogie. At one point, a tank-like tracked landing gear was also tried on the XB-36, but proved heavy and noisy and was quickly abandoned.








for scale, here's a B36 next to a B29




and here's the tracked landing gear mentioned

[racrguy]

Yet another excellent post by Matt!

[ALLAN]

[CJ]

Damn, I bet that tracked gear was noisey as hell.

[Nash B.]

and here's the tracked landing gear mentioned

Treadmill vs tracks: would it take off?

[Z06killinsbf]

They tend to leave a mark, ouch!

[LaserSVT]

[71chevellejohn]

Go home water tower, you're drunk!

[barronj]

the one sticker on my wills



size perspective:

[CexMashean]

whip

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[barronj]

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

ftfy

[petyweestraw]

Installing or falling

[VaderTT]