Model Airplanes

In the early hours on Friday, SpaceX’s Block 4 Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, carrying 5,900 pounds of supplies, including a droid named CIMON and coffee from Death Wish Coffee Company, to the International Space Station.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket with its Dragon capsule (which will deliver the goods to the ISS) launched at 5:42 a.m. ET amid good weather conditions and with no technical difficulties.

In case you missed it, the launch can be watched on SpaceX’s website.

NASA astronauts Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel grab Dragon when it arrives using the space station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm, NASA said. Viewers can watch the arrival and installation live on NASA Television and NASA.com beginning at 5:30 a.m. Monday, July 2.

I’m glad I got the opportunity to see the Dragon’s Tail in person. pic.twitter.com/nliDgNAaTS

— Taylor Harris (@AntVenom) June 29, 2018

Wow. That was beautiful. Thanks @SpaceX @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/vnWlwNMbxr

— Bob Richards (@Bob_Richards) June 29, 2018

Dragon’s solar arrays have deployed. pic.twitter.com/r3ZVkfie4X

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) June 29, 2018

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If you see an Edwardian buggy or a vintage car in a store at the Orillia Square Mall in the next little while, they are not for sale – they are part of an impressive new display from the Orillia Heritage Centre (OHC).

OHC volunteers were busy this week setting up the exhibit of fascinating industrial items that were all made in Orillia during the city’s industrial heyday. They include a 1909 Tudhope-McIntyre car, a horse-drawn buggy from the early 1900s, a beautiful wooden Dean canoe (circa 1905) plus a highly unusual vehicle from the 1930s called an Autotrac that’s half Model A Ford and half tractor.

The display was organized by Shannon Jackman, co-chair of the OHC (a non-profit group that acquires and restores historic industrial products made in Orillia) with the help of the Orillia Square Mall. The mall is donating the storefront space so the OHC, which currently does not have a permanent home to display its items, can show some of its extensive collection to the general public.

Of particular interest to car and history buffs is the Autotrac. It was essentially a kit produced by the Otaco company that converted a car into a tractor by replacing the car’s back end with tractor wheels. It was a big success during the Depression when a new tractor could cost $600 while an Autotrac conversion kit was only $149.

Also on display is a collection of metal Minnitoys dating from the late 1940s to the early 1960s.

Article source: https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/orillias-history-brought-back-to-life-at-mall-exhibit-970383

If someone wishes to see architectural marvels, war gadgets, vintage cars, ships and airplanes from across the world, all under one roof, Ramaneeya Museum in Shivakote village, North Bengaluru is the right place to visit. Started in January 2016, the museum houses miniature models of iconic structures assembled by Dr Latha Srinivas Tantry.

She has handcrafted most of the miniature and 3D models displayed at the museum. The models are set up using imported model kits. The kit consists of several small parts that have to be assembled like a 3D jigsaw puzzle and then painted. The most precise replicas are made using expandable polystyrene (ESP) foam. Each section in the museum is dedicated to different models, ranging from cars to buildings.

Clones of our carriers

The vintage car section showcases several models of Mercedes Benz, Bugatti, Duesenberg, Phantom, Jaguar, Cadillac, Packard and Rolls Royce. What’s interesting to see here are signboards that show how the models have been assembled and the number of parts used. For instance, Pocher K90 1936 Mercedes Benz 540K ‘Rumble Seat’ model has 2,368 parts and through 43 diagrams, it shows the sequence of assembly. This is an instance of how intricate and laborious the task can be. “Building a model calls for great patience, keen eye for detail and also impeccable eyesight,” states Latha.

Among the mighty ships, RMS Titanic hogs the limelight. The Airfix 1:400 scale model commemorative kit took six months for completion. The model brings alive the imagery of the

Article source: https://www.deccanherald.com/spectrum/statescan/around-world-day-678092.html

[Peter] is at it again. Not content with being one of the best RC confabulators on YouTube, and certainly not content with the first airplane he built in his basement, [Peter Sripol] is building another airplane in his basement.

The first airplane he built was documented on YouTube over a month and a half. It was an all-electric biplane, built from insulation foam covered in fiberglass, and powered by a pair of ludicrously oversized motors usually meant for large-scale RC aircraft. This was built under Part 103 regulations — an ultralight — which means there were in effect no regulations. Anyone could climb inside one of these without a license and fly it. The plane flew, but there were a few problems. It was too fast, and the battery life wasn’t really what [Peter] wanted.

Now [Peter] is onto his next adventure. Compared to the previous plane, this has a more simplified, traditional construction. It’s a high wing monoplane with an aluminum frame. There are two motors again, although he’s still in the process of finding lower kV motors. This plane should also fly slower, longer, something you really want in an ultralight.

As far as tools required for this build, it’s surprising how few are needed to put the plane together. Of course, there are a few excessively large pop rivet guns and there will be some extra special aviation-grade bolts, but the majority of this plane will be made out of standard aluminum, insulation foam, a bit of wood, and

Article source: https://hackaday.com/2018/06/16/building-an-ultralight-in-a-basement/

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The bacterial communities accompanying airline passengers at 30,000 feet have a lot in common with the bacterial communities surrounding people in their homes and offices, according to a new study.

“Airline passengers should not be frightened by sensational stories about germs on a plane…”

Using advanced sequencing technology, researchers studied the bacteria found on three components of an airliner cabin that are commonly touched by passengers: tray tables, seat belt buckles, and the handles of lavatory doors. They swabbed those items before and after ten transcontinental flights and also sampled air in the rear of the cabin during flight.

What they found was surprisingly unexciting.

“Airline passengers should not be frightened by sensational stories about germs on a plane,” says Vicki Stover Hertzberg, a professor in Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and a coauthor of the study in Microbial Ecology. “They should recognize that microbes are everywhere and that an airplane is no better and no worse than an office building, a subway car, home, or a classroom. These environments all have microbiomes that look like places occupied by people.”

Given the unusual nature of an aircraft cabin, the researchers hadn’t known what to expect from their microbiome study. On transcontinental flights, passengers spend four or five hours in close proximity breathing a very dry mix of outdoor

Article source: https://www.futurity.org/airplane-cabins-microbiome-1778822/