JACQUELINE DORMER / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Steve Yun, Hopatcong, New Jersey, prepares to assist in takeoff with pilot Kevin Teschner, Oak Ridge, New Jersey, left, with a FT Viggen plane made of foam at the Aerorama air show Saturday at the Tuscarora R/C Flying Club AMA Field No. 574, Barnesville.
Article source: http://www.republicanherald.com/news/up-in-the-air-with-style-and-flair-1.2367253
My recent article on the Ford Ranchero I christened as the first “car-pickup” generated numerous reader responses, including emails from Gabor Korthy, Augusta, Maine, and Guy S. (Sam) Colorossi, Orting, Washington, who both centered on the 1941, 1942 and 1946 Hudson pickups as the first “car like pickup,” well ahead of the 1957 Ranchero.
When I wrote about the 1957 Ranchero in a different column five years ago, some readers asked if the 1957 Dodge Sewptline was a car-truck model and should be recognized as such. I’ll deal with this situation, too.
Let’s start with what I define as a carlike pickup: Specifically, the pickup in question MUST be built on a car chassis and include car like amenities.
As for the 1941-1942 pre-war Hudson pickup, I’ll immediately give Hudson its just due. These pickups were available in 116- or 128- inch wheelbase lengths and, most importantly, were built on the Hudson Commodore automobile chassis.
Hudson’s total vehicle pre-war production was very good as 91,769 Hudsons were sold in 1941 followed by another 40,661 car and truck units in 1942. Production for 1942 was down due to the government mandate that stopped all commercial car/truck production from 1942 to 1945 to concentrate on the war effort.
To sway just a bit from the main question, Hudson was one of the top WWII military producers, noted for its aircraft parts, naval engines, and anti-aircraft guns. The Hudson “Invader” engine powered many of the landing water craft used on the D-Day
Article source: http://www.boonevilledemocrat.com/business/20180723/cars-we-remember-1941-hudson-and-1957-dodge-sweptline-were-they-carlike-pickup-trucks
A local model aviation club – the Cincinnati Aeromodelers – hosted the Ohio Dawn Patrol flying event last weekend celebrating the family-oriented and educational hobby of flying model aircraft. Unfortunately, some in Washington, D.C. want to gut the provision that allows aeromodelers like myself to fly and force new regulations on responsible hobbyists. Threats to the model aviation hobby should be a concern for everyone, not just those who love to fly model airplanes like myself.
I am a member of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), a nationwide organization that has represented those who fly model aircraft for fun and educational purposes for more than eight decades. AMA safely manages a niche group of responsible hobbyists through Section 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, more commonly known as the Special Rule for Model Aircraft.
AMA membership includes a $2.5 million-dollar insurance policy, numerous educational programs, a flying community and robust safety guidelines. AMA members follow this strict safety program, so my fellow members and I know how to fly
Article source: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/2018/07/27/opinion-new-regulations-threaten-model-aviation-hobby/832797002/
Nintendo has announced that the third Labo kit will allow you to construct a variety of vehicles.
Dubbed Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit, this new Labo set includes parts and instructions necessary for the construction of a car, an airplane, and a submarine. Based on the trailer above, it seems that the car model will be used as part of a Labo game that sees the player control an off-road vehicle of sorts. The airplane model, meanwhile, is actually a flight stick that can be used to guide a small plane. The submarine build may prove to be the most complicated of them all as you must construct two control wheels that are used to maneuver the vessel.
Interestingly, it seems that players will be able to utilize a key-like device to transform one vehicle into another on-the-fly. Each vehicle will also come equipped with a pedal that will be used to propel each of the vehicles being controlled. As for where you are taking these vehicles, there seems to be some kind of free-roam element at play that is complemented by various minigames that include golf, racing, and target shooting.
The best feature of this set may be what Nintendo is describing as a “co-pilot” option that lets a second player join in on the fun. The extent of this feature isn’t clear at this time, but the trailer for this set shows one player controlling the land-based vehicle while another uses the flight stick to shoot at targets from the passenger –
Article source: http://www.denofgeek.com/us/games/nintendo/275223/nintendo-labo-vehicle-kit-trailer-price-and-release-date
By Tom Randal, Josh Eidelson, Dana Hall and John Lippert
ON July 1, Elon Musk went home to sleep. The chief executive of the electric carmaker, Tesla, had been camping out at his electric car factory in Fremont, California, for much of the week.
He’d been sleeping on a couch, or under a desk, as part of a companywide push to get out of what he calls “production hell”, by manufacturing at least 5,000 of Tesla’s new Model 3 saloons in a week.
“I was wearing the same clothes for five days,” Musk said in an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek. “My credibility, the credibility of the whole team,” was at stake.
Musk initially promised 200,000 Model 3s by the end of 2017. He planned an unprecedented investment in factory robots, calling the production line “the machine that builds the machine.”
He’d said it would look like “alien dreadnought”, a manufacturing process so futuristic, unstoppable, and cost-effective that it would seem extraterrestrial.
It hasn’t worked out that way. Tesla ended 2017 having made 2,700 Model 3s. As of the end of June, it had made 41,000, and some analysts doubt it will ever be able to show a profit on the car, and Tesla hasn’t even started selling the $35,000 base model.
Tesla has $10bn in debt and suffered a credit downgrade in March. It’s spent a billion dollars more per quarter, on average, than it has taken in over the past year, and the cost of a recently announced factory in China is still
Article source: https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/views/analysis/will-teslas-model-3-help-save-or-sink-elon-musk-858325.html
Up, up, and away . . . NOT! Though summer may seem like an ideal time to travel, hot temperatures can make for some tricky calculations needed for operating an aircraft.
While heat rarely becomes an issue, on occasion, flights are delayed or even canceled when temperatures get too high. It happened Wednesday in Salt Lake City, when they soared into the mid-90s.
“First-leg flight ystrdy couldn’t take off at 3pm because *the air was too hot,*” tweeted author James Fallows. “Beyond airline’s operating specs. ‘Happening more often,’ pilot says.”
[Climate change could make flying even more hellish]
The Western United States is enduring a brutal heat wave, with excessive heat warnings affecting parts of six states. Death Valley, Calif., has set three consecutive daily record-high temperatures of 127 degrees.
Heat-related flight disruptions are more common for smaller aircraft, but even commercial airliners aren’t immune. The science behind it is simple: As air warms up, it expands, becoming less dense and less supportive of an airplane moving through it.
Though we can’t see it, the atmosphere is layered. Airplanes essentially glide on surfaces of constant density. The aircraft is designed to slice through the air and generate an area of lift around the wing. The more air that passes over the wing, the greater the upward force, and the easier it
Article source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/07/27/sometimes-its-too-hot-for-airplanes-to-fly-heres-why/
This is the 15th year of the camp run by Council Rock Physics teacher Joe Warwick.
Students ages 11 to 15 have been built and flew large remote controlled model airplanes and drones all last week at the 15th Annual Physics and Flight Summer Camp at Council Rock High School South in Northampton. The camp is run by Council Rock Physics teacher Joe Warwick, and also includes labs where students examine the inner workings of the drones and airplanes to get a better understanding of how they operate. “This technology is amazing and the industry is about to explode,” Warwick said. “I am always trying to share the new technology with my students to create innovative thinkers. It is a great opportunity for students to become entrepreneurs in this market.”
Article source: http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20180713/students-fly-model-airplanes-drones-at-council-rock-south-summer-camp
