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Shunting Puzzle, Part Three

2nd January 2018 Sweaty Dave 2289 Comments

Christmas Lull – Shunting on slowly Last time you saw a relatively quick transformation of my winter project – from bare shelf which was hollowed out, wired up, a baseboard added, ramp, rails and magnorail [more…]

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Shunting Puzzle, Part Two

14th December 2017 Sweaty Dave 1562 Comments

Shunting on A fortnight ago I outlined a plan for a winter project – both explaining and justifying it to myself and the esteemed audience of wankpuffins. Since then a lot of money has changed [more…]

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I Learned About Flying From That Part Two

30th November 2017 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 2482 Comments

It was another hot morning in Fremantle, Western Australia in early January. Forecast for 36 degrees Celsius, 97 in old money. “Gonna be a scorcher, Geek-o!”, said my benevolent host and long-time friend Mike, whom [more…]

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Shunting Puzzle

26th November 2017 Sweaty Dave 1264 Comments

As many people do, I spend all day using computers. My spare time, when not not reading comments on here is usually spent, again on a computer or phone or occasionally watching TV. With the [more…]

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I Learned About Flying From That

17th September 2017 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0 Comments

When I was a young boy, I hated flying. I mean, really hated it. I think it was due to a traumatic flying experience on a transatlantic flight to Florida in a 747, back in [more…]

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Development of the Merlin Engine

11th April 2017 rattuscatchus 0 Comments

The Rolls Royce Merlin was a V12, 27 litre engine and originally was a private venture so was financed entirely by Rolls Royce and its backers. Designated the PV12 it followed the Rolls Royce trend [more…]

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Concorde – End of an era

11th May 2016 Sweaty Dave 0 Comments

Initial thoughts of such transport were started in the 1950’s, focusing around the required wing shape necessary for both supersonic flight and low speed manoeuvrability, but it wasn’t until the Anglo-French accord of 1960 that [more…]

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