What sort of things DO NOT inspire you

[Bill PudneyParticipant @billpudney37759]

Modern cars and motorcycles don't inspire me even a little bit. Sure they are amazingly reliable, go well enough, but I find them sooooo boring. Just transport!!

Hopper wrote…."…One famously sneaked through US naval lines undetected and got out again,then sent them a picture of their ship taken from alongside. " My late brother was in the RN, he served in conventional boats for 15 years, he told a couple of tales, this was one of them. It would have been in the late 60s or early 70s, Chris was on HMS Artemis, they had sailed across the Atlantic and the crew were vaguely surprised that she had made it across. They rendezvoused with a USN escort off the naval dockyard (Newport News???) being visited. The plan was to submerge and then sail into the middle of the dockyard whilst the USN tracked them, both from ashore, with their highly sophisticated submarine detection equipment and afloat. After a while the Artemis popped up in the middle of the dockyard. The USN didn't believe it, "…you cannot be here, we didn't see or hear you, you must have cheated…". So they had to exit the dockyard, and do it all over again, still not detected!!

Sorry for straying, it's what I do!!

cheers

Bill

[Ed DuffnerParticipant @edduffner79357]

Hit & Miss engines (when they're running).

When I see a video of a Hit and Miss running I just want to reach into the screen and give it a helping 'push' to make it fire evenly on every revolution. I suppose it's just a personal idea that engines should have a steady, repeating sound.

I don't think I would ever want to make a model of one. Sorry to the Hit and Miss enthusiasts.

Ed.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Ed, if you also made something for it to drive you would find that the load will have it firing on every beat, most videos tend to show them ticking over doing nothing, I'm sure you don't sit at the traffic lights with your right foot to the floor even if you do like the sound

Watch the end of this one where I put my hand into the video for you and it starts to fire on each power stroke.

Edited By JasonB on 27/02/2020 07:02:57

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[SteviegtrParticipant @steviegtr]

Posted by JasonB on 27/02/2020 06:56:56:

Ed, if you also made something for it to drive you would find that the load will have it firing on every beat, most videos tend to show them ticking over doing nothing, I'm sure you don't sit at the traffic lights with your right foot to the floor even if you do like the sound

Watch the end of this one where I put my hand into the video for you and it starts to fire on each power stroke.

Edited By JasonB on 27/02/2020 07:02:57

Sounds just like my Ducati .

Steve.

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