Recently got into this whole train binge on YouTube and stumbled on this channel on HSR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDbNGMIosVU Not as cringy and foamy as other creators, but definitely edgy (posting pol and 4chan memes). But he does make sense on the fact that the United States spends a shit ton of money on failing roadways when it already had the best rail system in the world that lived along with the automobile and airplane before the government got involved.There are basically three projects now around the country that are pushing for high-speed rail:>California HSR - A huge public spending project in California for HSR and infrastructure as a whole>Texas Central - Basically Japan and private partners funding a line between Dallas and Houston.>Brightline - Supposed opening this year to start service between Miami and Palm Beach and then Orlando, also privately funded.Is HSR a meme, or is it actually coming to America?
>>1130312Because it doesn't require a dedicated Right-Of-Way and airplane or bus schedules can be adjusted with demand. This is important when one realizes most of Amtrak's ridership comes from rural towns and cities that can't fill more than one train a day. Anyway, to his point about getting long-distance rail right: people like Amtrak because they can bring a huge amount of luggage with them, and checking in/out firearms is much easier (and safer) than any airline or greyhound. That's a thing Amtrak can build on, aside from improving reliability and trip speed (at this point an 80 mph average speed would make it better than buses in most cases).
>>1130173>I don't get why berth trains have never been popular in the US.Because people would rather pay less for a seat if they aren't going to be given privacy. Consider that Amtrak's basic seating starts at 24 inches or 60 cm wide, with leg room larger than first class on most airlines. Also, there's usually enough seats where riders can pick what level they sit on, and the lower level of most cars are usually empty and fill last.
>>1130429The point of berths is that they're dirt cheap tho. Usually 2nd class will have 6 berths per compartment with 8 or 9 compartments per carriage.>>1130429 I'd take a berth over a reclining seat any day.
>>1130428>What is air route and ATCand it's not like railroad cannot adjust capacity
This seems like as good a place to ask as any.Will inductrak effect the economics of maglev trains?
what went wrong?
>>1131155It's also unsubstantiated bullshit. Their own math doesn't even work out.
>>1131071Mechanic here, I work with a Frenchman. He isn't bad, but he is the slowest tech I've ever seen. I've seen him spend 6 hours on a job that would take me no more than 3 minutes. If a whole team of Frenchman were maintaining a plane I would imagine either stuff is getting skipped or it would only launch maybe every 2 weeks between repairs and inspections.
>>1129975I do think superdensity seating jumbos like the A380 have a place, primarily in places like the middle east and india where you have a shitton of people flying seasonally, and also for routes to places like LHR and other airports that physically can't support more aircraft traffic, but you still need to increase the seatcount on flights to/from the airport.
>>1118464"In the event of excessive loads on the Boeing 747 engines or engine pylons, the fuse pins holding the engine nacelle to the wing are designed to fracture cleanly, allowing the engine to fall away from the aircraft without damaging the wing or wing fuel tank."From the El Al 1862 accident
>>1131155That's never going to happen.Unless it's a large company and there is some sort of big breakthrough in tech that makes it financially viable I don't think we'll ever have SSTV again.
Anyone think that bicycle frames are strange?Why do they make the bicycle frame and then the other stuff as well anyway, why not just make the whole bicycle?
>>1131129My bike's max load is 100kg. I'm 70kg, and that leaves 20kg leeway for shopping and such.
>>1131267doesnt the bike itself weight something too?
>>1131453Yes, 10kg
>>1131267>>1131453>>1131454I don't believe the bike's weight would be included in the max load as it is the weight of components that are supporting the load (wheels, frame, and fork mainly). Of course any accessories would count such as a rack and any load attached to that.
>>1131181>6'1">wants to be 195lbs>Thinks he looks skinny at 185The fuck are you going on about.I'm 5'11", 195lbs. I bike a ton so I've got swole thighs, and I lift so I've got a pretty big chest - but I *know* I'm carrying 20lbs of fat around my middle. Jiggles like santa's goddamn bowl full of jelly. I miss being 175lbs, I looked a TON better, and I'm trying to get back down there.If you feel like you look skinny, start lifting. A little bit of muscle in the right places will go a long way to making you look better.
Why does the space shuttle produce so little lift when it has more wing area than a 737?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_orbiter>Empty weight: 151,205 lb >MTOW:240,000 lb >Wing area: 2690 ft2 (249.9 m2[15])https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737>Empty weight: 80,200–98,495 lb >MTOW: 177,000–194,700 lb >Wing area: 1,341.2 sq ft (124.60 m2)Would it really have killed the shuttle designers to incorporate some kind of high lift system?Also here is a free online MIT class about the space shuttle's design which features lectures by one of the lead designers:Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>1129455If you look at how the ARFL wants to use SABRE, it'd be in a dual-stage-to-orbit configuration that would more or less make it work as it wouldn't have to concern itself with long-duration (3+ hour) spaceflights the way dedicated spaceflight vehicles could. The only problem is size.
>>1113635>What is the optimum size and weight for a space plane?HL-20 sized, like the Dream Chaser, imho. It should be a payload, not part of the launch system itself.
>>1114035Pretty sure it went bankrupt, no where near enough buyers, and equator launches didn't negate the cost of the ship use.
>>1130961Yeah, bankrupt for many reasons:1. could only launch Zenit, a Ukrainian launch system killed by the Russia/Ukraine conflict.2. too many launch failures3. high fixed-costs of the infrastructure4. GEO market is getting eaten up by upstart SpaceX5. had lingering lawsuits from Boeing, an initial founder.But it isn't dead yet! There is a Russian airline trying to buy the assets and rebase it out of Australia.
Kind of neat to see this thread after visiting the Houston Space Center yesterday. Apparently NASA's new thing is called Orion and will be taking humans to Mars in the 2030s.
what're your fav shoes for city cycling?my preference is vans slipons, they have good grip - but there is no cushioning or arch support at all so they're not great for walking or standing in
>>1131376maybe I should just get insoles
>>1131326If you don't need clipless basically anything short of leather-soled dress shoes will be just fine. Sperging about the stiffness of your soles strikes me as insane. Your attention would be much more productively focused on the pedals. Put a nice pair of Saints or 5050s on your bike and stop worrying about your shoes.
>>1131406leather soles on metal, are you mad?
>>1131410Reading comprehension is not your strong suit, is it
>>1131326all bullshit, they are terrible
recently moved into the city, looking for an alternate mode of commute. what's a good entry level folding bike? my price range is ≤500
>>1131393of course I could. but I can't fit a regular bike in my small ass sedan, and it does the exact same thing as a normal bike. what's the problem
>>1131396Well, when going for a folding bike instead of a regular one your options are severely reduced, both price and availability wise, so it can get a bit tricky.Plus there's no need to fit a bike on your car when you can just ride the bike instead
>>1131393That depends. In NYC, folding bikes are specifically exempted from any kinds of elevator bans. Building owners can be fined for fucking with people who want to bike to work and take their folders in the elevatorThe same is not true of a full size bike. Your company may allow it and provide storage but the building manager can use loopholes in the bikes in buildings law to make it impractical to use your bike as transportation. They can force you to take the freight elevator which is usually operated by an angry greaseball from Staten Island or Far Rockaway between 10:30 AM and 4:30 PM, or whatever. They can claim it's a "safety issue"Some buildings are more bike friendly to full size bikes than others, but a folding bike ensures that the only permission you need is from the employer/tenant/subtenant and nobody else can get in your way
>>1131396Get a real bike and a bike rack for your car.
>>1131396>bike choice based on whether or not said bike will fit in your carHow deliciously ironic.
Did Airbus cover it up?What is known:Blackbox and Flight recorder were 4 seconds out of sync showing that the Captain maybe applied full power 9 seconds from crashing, not 5 seconds as claimed.The planes engines were known to have bad airflow at low speeds, but this fact was buried.
where are your sources on that? show proof plz
>>1130547It wasnt the fault of engines, it was an immature computer system that fucked up. While flying the plane for an airshow flyby, the system switched to an auto-landing mode.So yeah, it was a coverup by putting the blame on the pilots and not on the immature system.
>>1130650>it was an immature computer system that fucked up.The retards at the controls were literally turning off safety protections so they could showboat more dramatically. Hardly the computer's fault.>While flying the plane for an airshow flyby, the system switched to an auto-landing mode.Not even remotely what happened. The crew wanted to make the pass AT the AOA limit, with the nose pulled up as high as it will go without stalling (the A320's fly-by-wire won't allow the pilot to exceed AOA limit and stall, but that's beside the point). In this corner of the flight envelope, there is only ONE way to increase lift if you need to climb - and that's to increase airspeed. The FBW system on the A320 normally has an "alpha floor" that will throttle up automatically when you run into the AOA limit, thereby giving you extra lift when there's no more to be had from elevator alone. But the pilot's game plan instead was to disable that function, hold the stick all the way back and have his copilot manage the throttles to maintain altitude. Which probably would have still worked out, had they not initially misjudged the height of the trees at the far end of the runway. By the time they realized they were below the treetops, there was already too little time for the engines to accelerate and climb the jet out of trouble. Had they NOT been playing stupid games in the first place, they would have been going slightly faster at slightly lower AOA and had some extra pitch control and lift available (much more readily than waiting for engines to spool up), they easily would have been able to clear the trees with aft stick alone.
If it ain't Boeing I ain't going
>>1131370Whore
Does anyone here like Baldwin/Lima-Hamilton diesels?
What did OP mean by this?
>>1124230Where is that one based at? Any hopes of a restoration?
Bumping this dinosaur
It's very difficult for me to get interested or excited about switch engines
Are there any known late 19th-early/mid 20th Century intact examples of tramp steamers left in existence (not counting shipwrecks/abandoned ones)? Any still in revenue service? I imagine some obscure freighter line in a Third World shithole might still have one or two up and running on duct tape.
>>1125378F. Yesterday was the anniversary of its sinking.
>>1125217Speaking of steamers, the Great Lakes still has a lot of them in service. Until about four years ago, the St. Marys Challenger (built in 1907) was still running under it own power and it's still in service as a barge.
Bump
this is from the 50s, runs in worse weather than any of the modern boats in the area
>>1113606It's not like Tanzania could build its own steamer.
These threads have had some success in the past, so I'm starting another. Post pics and information on electric freight trains ITT. Pic related, electric locomotives on the greatest electrified freight (and passenger) route ever built in North America, the Milwaukee Road's Pacific Extension. Over 50 years of continuous successful operation, only a massive corporate conspiracy could take it down.
>>1114103>>1119391>>1126644Why was the line between othello and avery non-electrified?It surely would've saved changing locomotives?
>>1121227>which is holding back a lot of high speed rail projects while planners wait for him to get it goingNo it isn't. Only idiots and losers are sitting around waiting for it to happen when there hasn't even been a full tech demo yet, let alone an actual commercial demonstrator.
>tfw my opa used to work for them He was an electrical engineer and helped maintain the system. Feel bad everything he and thousands and thousands of others worked for amounted to nothing. It was a great system. I still have some model trains from him in my room at my parents house.
>>1119389Eagle's Nest?
>>1120206A lot of the ROW is still in use in the midwest, m8.
This is a bit of an unusual request: does anyone here know when the first railroad connection between Paris and Hildburghausen was made?
>>1131184Or if anyone could point me in the right direction as to what to read, that would be appreciated as well.
Hildburghausen is on Eisenach–Lichtenfels railway. Regular services began on 2 November 1858. This is basically your answer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenach%E2%80%93Lichtenfels_railwayin Eisenach it was connected to Halle–Bebra railway. From there you already had several options to get to Paris which was already well connected at this time. It still would have taken days with trains of that time.
>riding home on subway from work like every day>cute as fuck girl gets on train, puts bike against rack, looks for seat, sits down next to me>could have asked her about her bike, where she's biking, ANYTHING ABOUT HER FUCKING BIKE (I commute bike but that's about it, 10 miles a day, but i could have at least talked about it)>instead, i sit there with my sunglasses on and pretend to fucking sleeppeople with autism levels like mine need to be sterilized then executed. have any of you picked uop a girl on the subway/bike?
>>1124374Just fucking do it. And do it a lot.That's how you cure social anxiety, it is the only way. I was a virgin until the age of 28, and trust me when I say that social anxiety only persists because you refuse to be embarrassed or rejected. Let it happen, it is a necessity to grow as a human.
I've slept with two women I've met on trains, one regional rail and the other on the subway.I married one of them and we have three children now. She likes bikes too
>>1129018And suddenly, this turns into a feels thread.
>>1130421t. that guy who thinks everyone on /n/ is his local bike shop
>>1124447>ulterior motiveYOU WOULDN'T BE FUCKING TALKING IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE AN ULTERIOR MOTIVEYOU ARE MOTHERFUCKING LYING IF YOU STILL CLAIM YOU DON'T HAVE A MOTIVE
And how do we fix the later?
I'd say money. Even if the management is bad (which it admittedly is a lot) with enough money for proper upkeep and expansion it doesn't really matter. On the flip side, good management can't do anything if they don't have money.
I want to build a bike like pick related. How feasible would it be to build. There are cx bikes that can take 29x1.75 tires which would work but Id like to have the front suspension as an option as well. If it helps, theres a 6 or 7 mile moderate single track I like to ride, but its a 12 mile ride there. So Id be putting in 30 miles for the trek 3 or 4 times a week.
>>1130878You might like this.Would it be within reason for me to add a dropper post, or at least the old fashioned spring/qr lever kind?
>>1130955Is this the tequesta that was in the /bbg/ not too long ago?
>>1131042Nope, this is a 94 bravado.
>>1130927
>>1130955i do like that, i like that very very very muchi have an old gt from around the same time period i want to do that with
I'd like to know what the Las Vegas and/or London bookmakers put the odds on this clod lawn-darting himself into the California scrub brush.Personally, I think that the rocket simply won't fly at all, but rather just spurt to the end of the launch rail, and fall off the end.
Does he have a blog or a feed with updates? I'm starting to get entertained, but last i heard was launch postponed to Tuesday without any followups.
>>1130410>hey guy has real balls, gotta give him thatthe pussy bitched out
>>1130978fucking subhuman coward
>>1128720The President of the United States
>>1131007Who knows there are 2 genders.
