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Odds & Sods (aka Non Modelling) => Got any good Links put them here => Topic started by: scooter on November 15, 2023, 09:09:15 AM

Title: Popping tires with a model tank
Post by: scooter on November 15, 2023, 09:09:15 AM
Saw this y'day:
https://www.thedrive.com/news/nasa-built-a-tire-assault-vehicle-from-an-rc-tank-to-explode-space-shuttle-tires
Title: Re: Popping tires with a model tank
Post by: PR19_Kit on November 15, 2023, 11:46:02 AM
That definitely counts as a Whiff.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Popping tires with a model tank
Post by: Rick Lowe on November 16, 2023, 08:42:46 PM
Now that's pretty darn cool, right there!
:thumbsup:

Do you think Sheldon or Leonard had a hand in it? Or is it more a 'Howard-type Thing'?  ;D
Title: Re: Popping tires with a model tank
Post by: kerick on November 16, 2023, 08:53:24 PM
Definitely Howard's work. He built the ISS super toilet after all.
Title: Re: Popping tires with a model tank
Post by: zenrat on November 17, 2023, 12:19:33 AM
Quote from: kerick on November 16, 2023, 08:53:24 PMDefinitely Howard's work. He built the ISS super toilet after all.

Second that.  Sheldon wouldn't soil his hands with mere "engineering" and Leonard would have used a laser rather than a drill.

Title: Re: Popping tires with a model tank
Post by: scooter on November 17, 2023, 07:40:50 AM
More on NASA's King Tiger by Dr Felton: https://youtu.be/04SmbKYhiks?si=_THOLNMh61q1_IN6
Title: Re: Popping tires with a model tank
Post by: Weaver on November 17, 2023, 08:48:03 AM
Quote from: scooter on November 17, 2023, 07:40:50 AMMore on NASA's King Tiger by Dr Felton: https://youtu.be/04SmbKYhiks?si=_THOLNMh61q1_IN6

Beat me to it! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Popping tires with a model tank
Post by: Gondor on November 18, 2023, 04:01:29 AM
Nice little video. The designers name, David Carrott is rather apt considering the test aircraft was a Convair 990.
The Wikipedia article is here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_Assault_Vehicle).

Gondor