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Baluncore replied to the thread What's the most likely cause for this carbon seal crack?.Welcome to PF. Is the fracture always located at the (tensile stress concentration) corner of the retaining slot? Does the seal always... -
Baluncore replied to the thread I Free fall of person in a sled to direct horizontal motion by atmospheric resistance.Yes, but what is required to quickly convert vertical height into horizontal velocity, is the second half of an Immelmann turn...
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Baluncore replied to the thread B Question about pressure of a liquid.The red lines are the solid upper surface of the cylindrical cell, made from infinite strength unobtainium. The crack location is shown...
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Baluncore replied to the thread Working for defense company?.Why do you need to know? What could you do about it? So if they reply, they identify that they work for a defence contractor. They will...
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Baluncore replied to the thread Working for defense company?.If anyone here does work for a defence company, then they should not identify themselves. That would constitute a security breach and...
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Baluncore replied to the thread Gravity in science fiction movies.If you are standing on the inside of the outer wall of a centrifugal spacecraft, facing the direction of travel, head towards the...
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Baluncore replied to the thread Plumbing How to remove a seized toilet tank bolt?.The reasoning is: A flat blade screwdriver is not the best for applying torque. You need a temporary head on the threaded fastener, to...
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Screw two nuts lightly together near the top. Put a wrench on the top one when you try to turn the butterfly fastener and it should bite... -
Baluncore replied to the thread I Free fall of person in a sled to direct horizontal motion by atmospheric resistance.The best possible glide ratio of any device will be about 70:1 for a sailplane. The available depth of the atmosphere is less than...
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Baluncore replied to the thread I Free fall of person in a sled to direct horizontal motion by atmospheric resistance.A sailplane or glider. The height required for an intercity glide is higher than the atmosphere, so the initial free fall, without...
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Baluncore replied to the thread I Free fall of person in a sled to direct horizontal motion by atmospheric resistance.The sled will have an optimum glide ratio, and that will determine the range from the initial place of fall. What is the maximum height...
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Baluncore replied to the thread Documentation of (only) source code.A similar thing happens to me here at PF. After a couple of years, I get a reply notification to a watched thread, and so read back up...
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I have had occasions where I was looking at someone's old code, trying to figure it out so that I could modify it, drawing all sorts of...
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Baluncore replied to the thread Documentation of (only) source code.I only write very low-level and compact code, so I leave myself notes addressed like "We need to ...", because I will have forgotten...
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Baluncore replied to the thread Capacitor charge time, two conflicting answers.It depends on how you charge the capacitor. You need a circuit diagram for context. Given constant i and constant C. C = Q / V ...