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Hillman State Park provides a radio-controlled model airplane field. Users must preregister with the park office and maintain and display a current Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) membership in order to utilize the facility.
Detail photograph of the 1912-built Sydney Harbour ferry Lady Denman and her lower passenger deck. She is of all timber construction - hull and superstructure - and her traditional tar-caulked wooden decking can be clearly seen in this interior shot.
At centre of this image can be seen the engineer's control position. The wheels and guages are where the ferry's engineer - resplendent in white boiler suit - would stand to operate the diesel engine in response to the brass engine room telegraph mounted on the deck head in front of this spot. A sign nearby (not visible here) advised passengers not to talk to the engineer - although in practice the friendlier engineers would generally be happy to chat briefly and explain the operation of the 1940s-vintage 4-cylinder Crossley diesel engine (easily visible to passengers looking over the railing and down into the engine room) - and especially with interested children.
Grumpy engineers were not so chatty haha.
Additional benefit to this arrangement was that the engineer was usually in line of sight with the deckhand when the vessel was in process of mooring or unmooring at a wharf - enabling subtle engine movements to be made without further direction from the ferry's master up in the wheelhouse.
These days of course the engines of a modern vessel are directly controlled from the wheelhouse, and wide bridge wings provide excellent visibility to the master when berthing at wharves. Not so back in the day when Lady Denman was built however, but this arrangement was not an ineffective one.
Lady Denman was constructed before the First World War down on the NSW South Coast for the then Balmain New Ferry Company for passenger work around Sydney's Balmain Peninsula and Lane Cove River, and subsequently became part of the Sydney Ferries Ltd fleet when the smaller Balmain company was taken over by its larger corporate rival. She would go on to operate all across Sydney Harbour - and notably Mosman Bay and Cremorne Point, Neutral Bay, and west of the Harbour Bridge towards Greenwich Point and Hunters Hill.
She operated continuously for nearly seven decades until June 1979 - the second last of five near-identical sisters - and is shown here at Balmain Maintenance yard having been retired just a few days previously and replaced with the newly-built and all-steel-construction Lady Street.
Ironically, Lady Street is now long gone, having been retired in the early 2000s (many would say prematurely - as she was still in sound condition) and cut up for scrap in 2005.
Lady Denman on the other hand survives to this day - the last wooden-construction Sydney ferry of her kind still existing - and she can be seen today preserved and under cover as a static exhibit at the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum at Huskisson NSW. Her location there is just a few hundred metres from the site of the South Coast shipyard where she was constructed well over a century ago.
Stuart McPherson photo. June 1979.
And thus I bring you my favourite family car of all time, bar none, all things considered, king of the hill, lord of the manor, master of all it surveys, the Range Rover P38! :D
Why do I love this car so much when the original was a classic that changed the world of motoring? Because it combined an updated version of that original winning design with some of the perks and premiums of the 1990's. The Classic Range Rover is indeed a fantastic machine, and one of those rare instances where sense and logic perforated into the ranks of British Leyland. But by the time I was born in the early 90's the car was very much looking its age, a tired 60's design mixed with what was starting to become a comparatively under-equipped interior. The only way the Range Rover was going to survive the 90's was to shape up, and thus in 1990, Rover Group (the descendant of British Leyland) put together a plan to design a new car under the chassis codenumber P38A (or just P38 for short). Four years of development and £300 million later, the car was launched to a whirlwind of critical acclaim.
Launched in 1994, the Range Rover P38 was the last Land Rover machine to be designed by Rover, and included the very best in cutting-edge technology to mix the go-anywhere do-anything raunchiness of the Classic, with the luxury and majesty of an upmarket saloon car. The first major difference between the old and new was the option of engines. For those who didn't intend to take these cars to the mountains and go driving off cliffs, then there was the humble BMW 2.5L V8, but for those who wished to conquer Everest and still have enough time in the day to lacerate the rest of the Himalayas, there was the original 4.5 & 4.6L Rover V8 from the original. Another later addition to this fray of power units was what was later dubbed the 'Overfinch', which was powered by a 5.7L General Motors V8, for if you wanted that extra edge. Jeremy Clarkson once demonstrated the power of the Overfinch by having a drag race with a Ford Focus, whilst pulling a trailer upon which was another Ford Focus, to which the Range Rover won by an absolute mile!
However, what people were interested the most was on the inside. The interior of the Range Rover P38 was very much similar to that of the original, with 5 seats, good space in the boot, and various other trim options depending on your preference. However, the new Range Rover came with a more personal touch, this being dubbed the 'Autobiography' service. For a little extra, Land Rover would happily fill out your preference for any optional extras or personalising of your machine. Leather on the seats, wood veneer, paintwork, these were just some of the features that you could select, not to mention the number of gadgets you could insist on as well, including reclining seats, on-board engine management systems, SATNAV, remote control locking that also resets the seats to their original position, etc. The car is also incredibly safe too, a 6-foot, 3 ton block of steel hurtling through the countryside, and the high driving position meant that you could feel a sense of security and comfort as you looked down on lesser mortals in their normal cars.
So, to summarize, the Range Rover P38 is the best car in the world bar none because it is big, safe, comfortable, very well equipped, extremely reliable, powerful, beautifully designed and all around the best thing anyone could possibly drive...
...if they could afford it!
The problem with the P38 is that it is a very, very, very expensive car to both buy and run. At £40,000 it wasn't an easy car to get your hands on when new in 1994, especially after a massive recession, and if you went for the Long-Wheelbase 'Vogue' or SE (Special Equipment) versions, you'd be forking out more towards £50,000, and if you went for an 'Autobiography' job or an Overfinch if you were really edgy, you'd have to be an eccentric millionaire!
Next was actually running it. These days when you come across Range Rover P38's you'll find that most people have the 2.5L BMW engine because of the fact that it was less expensive in terms of fuel consumption. The Rover V8 and Overfinch versions on the other hand, you'd be very lucky to get yourself 9 Miles to the Gallon out of them! You'd be spending more time at Petrol Stations than anywhere else!
And then there's the image when owning a Range Rover. Today modern Range Rovers are very mundane cars in comparison to what they were back in 1994. If you owned a brand new P38 back in 1994, everyone would notice, and everyone would hate you! They'd hate you on a cellular level, on an atomic level even! If you were a person on the street, you'd think 'Egotist', if you were an environmentally minded person, you'd think 'Planet homicidal murderer', if you were any other motorist, you'd think 'Wideboy'. The fact that you had the audacity to go out and buy a gas guzzling luxury SUV which chewed up petrol at 9MPG, had an interior lined with 4 cows and half the New Forest, and was generally a bigger car than theirs in more ways than one, they would absolutely loathe you!
However, the seeds with the P38 were sown and the Range Rover found itself into the hands of a newer, wider ranging audience, this audience being the celebrities and superstars of the 1990's TV and Music scene. No person with a regular salary could possibly risk the Range Rover, but the new money lapped them up like warm milk. With this new demographic in mind, Land Rover very much changed their attitude on the Range Rover, moving it from being a practical ground-covering all terrain vehicle to an item of 'bling-bling'. In 2002 the P38 was replaced by the newer L322, and it was clear from the start that this new Range Rover was built not to climb mountains, but to climb over legions of fans as they huddled around the celebrities of Hollywood and Dubai. Chances are a modern L322 Range Rover and the later L405 have never seen a muddy puddle, and chances are they never will, but their comfortable lives in the spotlights of celebrities can all be owed to the endearing design of the original P38 that dominated the 1990's, and brought that original British Leyland dream of an international conquering car to reality...
...24 years late mind you but ho hum...
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Motion control head I designed around a pair of surplus precision worm gearboxes. The vacuum infused carbon fibre covers are largely superficial/protective, they were my first experiment in directly CNC machining a mould. I machined the aluminium parts on my CNC router and anodized them at home.
Because the head was constructed around existing gearboxes its a little larger and heavier than I would like, weighing around 5KG but supporting loads upwards of 10kg.
A real big boys toy - and I got a go.
Normally the crane is controlled by an operator in the cabin above - eventually this crane will be remotely controlled by an operator in a building about 1/2 kilometer away.
We are all controlled by the world in which we live, and part of that world has been and will be constructed by men.
The question is this: Are we to be controlled by accidents, by tyrants, or by ourselves in effective cultural design?
-B.F. Skinner
Here’s beverage control where you need it most. Now you can keep the coffee hot and the Kool-Aid cool and the cool Kool-Aid condensation off the top of your antique walnut coffee table.
First condensation management is a cool breeze on a hot summer day with the Tradewinds Home Collection four-piece solid glass Photo Frame Coasters. This decorative set includes four glass coasters on soft rubber feet to safely protect your furniture from damage and a stylish black wooded table-top coaster holder. And that’s not all—each coaster holds one 2” x 3” photo. Think of the possibilities for displaying your favorite photos
Next keep your china, glass or ceramic* coffee mug or tea cup hot on those chilly winter days with an electric Beverage Warmer with handy on and off switch. Preheating is not necessary!
And best of all, a Park Avenue Golf Bag Drink Caddy. No tipping is necessary with this insulated caddy that accommodates most can and bottle sizes. You can clip it to your real golf bag to keep drinks cool when you’re on the course.
And as a special bonus—at no extra cost—this magnificent collection comes with a small squirrel** sculpture of unknown composition and origin. What a conversation piece this will be when you’re sitting around with your friends enjoying a drink!
*Not intended for use with plastic or Styrofoam cups. Do not immerse in swimming pool.
** Caution: squirrel should not be mixed with any caffeinated or alcoholic beverage.
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An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is an armoured fighting vehicle designed to transport infantry to the battlefield.
APCs are usually armed with only a machine gun although variants carry recoilless rifles, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), or mortars. They are not usually designed to take part in a direct-fire battle, but to carry troops to the battlefield safe from shrapnel and ambush. They may have wheels or tracks.
Examples include the American M113 (tracked), the British FV 432 (tracked), the French VAB (wheeled), the Dutch/German GTK Boxer (wheeled) and the Soviet BTR (wheeled). Infantry fighting vehicles, by contrast, are more heavily armed and armoured and are designed for direct combat.
De YPR-765 KMar is een gemodificeerde YPR-765 PRCO C2/C4, speciaal aangepast voor politie- en Crowd and Riot Control (CRC) taken.SpecificatiesType YPR-765 KMar
Gewicht 12.000 kg
Snelheid: 70 km/u
Vermogen 265 PK
In gebruik bij Koninklijke MarechausseeHet voertuig kan aan de voorzijde worden voorzien van een dozerblad voor het ruimen van obstakels, of een ram voor het bestormen van gebouwen. Het dozerblad met ophanging weegt 1 ton, het gewicht van de ram bedraagt ongeveer 250 kg. Er zijn in totaal 5 dozerbladen aangeschaft.
Een andere modificatie is aangebracht bij de achterklep. Hier is een speciale ijzeren stang gemonteerd, die ervoor zorgt dat de achterklep in geopende toestand horizontaal blijft staan.
Ook kan de YPR-765 KMar worden voorzien van een 7,62mm mitrailleur. Dit gebeurt echter alleen in opdracht van de minister. De YPR is standaard amfibisch, echter met dozerblad of ram is de YPR niet meer amfibisch. Er bestaat ook een speciale versie voor het bestormen van gekaapte vliegtuigen: de YPR 765 AAV (Aircraft Assault Vehicle).
Here are some statistics resulted from looking into the matter after almost 50 years of birth control:
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