#payload capacity

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[akulride]

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[historyofguns]

The article "Convair B-58 Hustler — The Strategic Bomber Built to End the World" by Will Dabbs, MD, published in "The Armory Life," discusses the history and technical characteristics of the Convair B-58 Hustler, a Cold War-era strategic bomber designed for high-altitude, high-speed missions. Initially intended to perform a singular mission focused on nuclear delivery, the B-58 was engineered for speed and operated at Mach 2 and 70,000 feet. Despite its advanced design, including features like a delta wing and the use of four General Electric J79 engines, the aircraft faced limitations, such as vulnerability to surface-to-air missiles and challenging flight characteristics. The article details several engineering challenges, such as crew safety at high speeds, and mentions its operational history, highlighting it was never used in combat and was phased out due to the evolving nature of aerial threats. The piece emphasizes the B-58's role in America's nuclear triad and its iconic status as a technological marvel of its time.

[techdriveplay]

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[paper-mario-wiki]

i just invented 10,000 nuclear bombs that never stop exploding and when the explosion radius gets to its biggest point it stays that big and violent for the rest of time. the bombs are the size of a car.

i also just invented an airplane with completely normal control layouts, but every surface surrounding the control panel is covered in hundreds of hatch release levers for dropping payloads. they are all labeled as having different functions.

i also just started an international air mail delivery service with the aim to service the most land area from the sky, which is why prioritizing hatch release levers was so critical (to make sure we dont have to stop flying to drop the mail).

i also just employed 10,000 people from the dyslexic pilot convention to man our fleet of 10,000 hatch release lever planes and we plan to start making deliveries tonight. with an internal storage capacity of 1 large sedan, theres plenty of space for plenty of mail.

i do not remember where i put my 10,000 infinite atom bombs. i remember i had enough space in my hangar for 10,000 hatch release lever planes, or 10,000 infinite atom bombs, but not both side by side. i dont remember how i saved so much space.

[traegorn]

The thing about massive trucks...

While there are certainly folks who want the biggest trucks possible, there are a lot of people who end up with larger trucks because that's what they're forced to buy since automakers keep making them bigger and bigger.

Like a lot of folks WANT smaller trucks. The introduction of the Ford Maverick with the 2022 model year has proven the market is hungry for small trucks (the less popular Hyundai Santa Cruz shows this too -- but the Maverick is way more popular).

For the first couple of years to even get one often meant waiting months if not over a year to get it. Ford could literally not build them fast enough to meet demand.

Because folks wanted a small truck, and could finally buy one.

Yet only Ford and Hyundai are in this market right now. Which is nuts.

(Also I drive a Maverick and get like 42 mpg and has a payload capacity of over 1400 lbs -- if you're not towing, I have no idea why you're buying something larger)

[zvaigzdelasas]

There could be real IL discussions to be had about the realpolitik implications of a state gaining actionable potential for nuclear weapons capacity particularly when being a signatory to the NNPT.

Would be a shame if the belligerent was a non-signatory with undeclared and unmonitored nuclear payloads! Whoops!

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

ELM Evolv demonstrator, 2024. Prodrive Advanced Technology and Astheimer Design have revealed a ‘last mile’ L7e category electric quadricycle prototype with a cubic load capacity rivalling mid-size vans. At 3,240mm long, 1,450mm wide, 2,150mm high and weighing 850kg with batteries, the compact Evolv can accommodates a 1.6m tall Euro pallet with a 300kg payload in the main load area. The secondary load area, accessible through rear ‘barn doors’, provides additional space for a 1.2m tall Euro pallet and 200kg payload. Prodrive and Astheimer has established a new company, ELM Mobility, to take the project into the production readiness phase. The vehicle, which has a 20kWh battery, will offer a 100 mile range with sales starting in 2028 at a target price of around £25,000.

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[agbpaints]

Oh the Hellspawn. Another 'mech brought to us by FASA Interactive which was later ported back into the construction rules of Classic Battletech, basically all of the discussion I've found online about the HSN-xx is largely negative, and while I don't necessarily disagree with a lot of the criticism I do think it's a design worth taking a look at.

In the late 3050s the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns determined that their aging fleet of Dervish fast fire support mechs was due for a replacement, having served since the times of the Star League and grown quite obsolete in the intervening centuries. General Motors won the contract to produce the new 'mech in 3060 with their Hellspawn concept, a design that promised to excede the capabilities of the existing DV marks significantly as both a lightweight fire support unit and an interdictor to handle light mechs and C3 spotters used by the Combine. The first 'mechs walked off of the line on Talcott in 3062 into the looming clusterfuck of the FedCom Civil War.

The initial HSN-7D that GM produced on Talcott sets a strong design language regrettably followed by the majority of Hellspawn variants. Weighing 45 tons, the 7D is scaffolded with a GM M-type endosteel chassis and powered by an in-house produced 270 XL fusion engine with 6 jump jets mounted between the side torsos. Dalban provided the electronics system, including an Guardian ECM suite to allow the HSN to add e-war missions to its repertoire. The offensive payload is actually pretty impressive for its weight class- the HSN-7D is armed with a pair of LRM-10s split between the right arm and left torso and supplied by 2 tons of ammunition, supported by three medium pulse lasers mounted on the arms and torso.

Of course, this level of mobility and weaponry comes at a cost- the original production Hellspawn only mounts 6.5 tons of armor. This is less than 70% of the total possible belt and dangerously close to Hellbringer levels of protection. All three torsos can be breached by a gauss rifle slug immediately. GM also neglected th mount CASE on their design, making the already fragile mech highly susceptible to total loss from ammo explosions in the field.

Reactions in the field from AFFS units were... poor. It was immediately apparent that the brass had handed GM the deal without actually considering what was being proposed to them. The Hellspawn's added interdiction capabilities did not offset the 'mech's abysmal protection and the fiddly engine and electronics suites required constant maintenance and parts to keep operational. The 15 year old Dervish 7D was generally favored by pilots and quartermasters- the standard fusion engine meant replacement parts were less expensive and the thicker armor and CASE-protected ammunition bays meant that mechwarriors were less likely to come to understand the workings of their ride's ejector seats personally.

In the face of their product's poor reputation, GM did no soul searching in the following years and instead chose to double down. Introduced in 3068, the HSN-8E did nothing to alter the mech's survivability, instead opting to exchange the arm-mounted pulse lasers for ER models in order to add Artemis firce control systems to the missile launchers. This nominally improves the 'mech's long range damage but in the leadup to the e-war spaked battlefields of the Jihad spending two tons on a 'mech with questionable armor to improve its direct fire capabilities is questionable. The same year GM also released the 9F, a worse than useless refit that removes the ECM suite, a laser, both of the LRM racks, and a half ton of armor (bringing us to 63% belt capacity) in exchange for a pair of MRM-20s. Again, *these are factory refit options from GM*. Someone at the Talcott plant must've been a plant by LOKI because I have no explanation for the AFFS deciding to take delivery of this shit except for a Lyran spy ring.

Luckily worse fortunes for the Inner Sphere led to better mechs. The Talcott plant was bombed by the Blakists during the early stages of the Jihad and presumably one of the casualties in that tragedy was the original design team for the Hellspawn. Shame. When production resumed in 3076, GM introduced a new variant that finally addressed the concerns of the original HSN models, the 10G. One jump jet and the ECM suite have been removed, the LRM launchers have been replaced by a pair of MML-7 variable missile launch systems fed by 3 tons of ammunition and the torso laser has been replaced by a light PPC. While CASE is still absent, light ferro-fibrous armor has been mounted and total protection has been increased to 7.5 tons--this gauss-proofs the torsos and brings the total belt to 83% protection. This is the variant I'm personally most familiar with and I find it a pleasant design to use: the long range damage is similar to the original 7D model but the short range potential throw weight of the MMLs and pulse lasers is brutal and the 3rd ton of ammo allows the 10G to mount inferno munitions alongside standard SRMs and LRMs, making it a general menace to heat hogs and conventional forces.

The final production variant is the 10SR, which focuses on developing the Hellspawn's role as a fast scout. The missiles have been removed completely in favor of paired ER medium lasers and light PPCs in the arms, a light active probe and TAG artillery designator have been added to support the ECM suite, the standard jump jets have been replaced with 8 improved models, and the armor belt has been increased to 9 tons. The 10SR is an incredibly slippery forward scout, combining the durability of a medium mech with the air mobility of a Spider

Overall, discussion focuses on the pre-3070 designs of the Hellspawn, which is understandable given the aversion many Battletech players have to the Jihad and Dark Ages, but a shame because it overlooks a very nice little chassis. With the proliferation of mixed tech designs a "modern" 315x variant of the HSN could likely do some very interesting stuff with the Chassis, possibly flipping the script and mounting clan ER lasers as the long range weapons while turning the missiles into a close-up compliment. If nothing else I hope more people do decide to pick up the 10G- it's a legitimately fanrastic little bodyguard and bully and I've thoroughly enjoyed running it.

[yokowan]

hi! your writing on aerospace and venture capital was very interesting, thank you for putting it out there! i'm curious how spacex plays into the dichotomy of private firms rejecting integration testing and subsequently wasting more money than if one followed the proper procedures, since i've heard that the company has a substantial market share / is developing unique and relevant technology while leaning into the same "move fast and break things" approach. is it just... subsidized / popular enough to absorb the losses?

tldr: spacex has a combination of factors working for it, but the only reason they can tank the losses is because they're very good at operating a hype machine

they weren't always this insane. in 2009 spacex was moving at a pretty fast pace for aerospace relative to other companies, but it was quite measured compared to their current state. falcon 1 was an incredibly simple rocket, basically just a technology demonstrator. even then, they were 1 failure away from bankruptcy before they finally got a success. this is commonly told as an underdog success story but somehow it does not inspire as much confidence in me as you'd think :p

when they started making falcon 9 it was, once again, an extremely simple rocket. sure, they had big plans for it, but falcon 9 v1.0 was built on extremely dependable, well known technology. they hired good engineers, took their time with development, and used reliable, existing tech. from then on, they just built on it very slowly. they changed one thing at a time.

the real thing that lead to their success at the time is that none of the things they were developing interfered with the core capability of the rocket. like, none of their customers were relying on the fact that they wanted to land the rocket on a boat. it's going to crash in the ocean anyways. might as well do landing attempts. the cost for failure there was basically nothing. falcon 9 succeeded so incredibly because they built a decent regular rocket, added features onto it, and got their testing for free-ish from launches they were doing anyways.

the current era of spacex dawned when elon musk realized that he could run a business on hype alone. slowly but surely, he started promising more. way more than his company could deliver. they could sell absolutely insane amounts of total horseshit based on spacex's reputation alone. they built falcon 9, after all. that means they can build anything!

and sell it did! remember when starship was called the Big Fucking Rocket, and was supposed to be a 100m tall composite hulled structure capable of putting 300 tons into orbit? remember how it was supposed to be bringing people to mars in 2022? remember how none of that happened and everyone just forgot? that shit! that's how spacex has operated post 2017

that whole strategy is to drum up hype with obviously impossible promises and get all the redditor temporarily embarrassed billionaire types on board by being super memey about it. and it worked! by 2020 their valuation was exploding (much like starship teehee) and it has not slowed down since

^^^ this is what selling piles of hot bullshit did for spacex. and if anyone says starlink fuck you starlink just barely broke even last year and only thanks to the US military.

and when i say it's bullshit i mean it's bullshit. if you trust elon musk's twitter as a primary source (most spacex fans and investors do), starship's planned payload capacity fluctuates by like. 3x depending on how many times he's texted his ex wives that morning. they miss scheduled deadlines for test flights and static fires so often that people joke about them being scheduled on "elon time" and somehow don't realize that this is a bad thing. every time a starship explodes it's lauded as some great achievement because if they ever admit failure, the hype will die out.

they're not just doing agile to rockets! this isn't changing requirements as new information becomes available. this is changing requirements whenever the billionaire dipshit feels like it! the poor engineers working for spacex are working insane crunch schedules just to keep the hype train moving. they need to constantly crank out impressive looking results to keep investors excited, even if they're not actually moving towards a goal. i've heard so many stories from spacex employees that they find out about changes to starship design requirements or test times from elon's twitter. it's fucking insane.

and spacex never stopped improving falcon 9! it kept being a pretty good rocket. they made incremental improvements to payload capacity and reusability. dragon became the workhorse of the US's transportation to the international space station. but that's not what they make the news for. that's not what they got their TWO HUNDRED AND TEN BILLION DOLLAR VALUATION for. no. they got that for making promises they can't keep.

this rant doesn't even touch on COTS/commercial crew. if i did it would end up being about five times longer. god help us all.

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[planesawesome]

Japan's most advanced fighter jet is the F-2, which is a variant of the F-16 Fighting Falcon produced by Lockheed Martin. The F-2 is a multirole fighter jet designed for air-to-air combat, air-to-ground strikes, and reconnaissance missions. It is operated by the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and has been in service since 1995.

The F-2 is equipped with advanced avionics, including a radar system, a helmet-mounted display, and a digital cockpit display. It also has a range of sensors and sensors, including infrared and radar-guided missiles, as well as precision-guided munitions.

The F-2 has undergone several upgrades and modernizations over the years, including the installation of new engines, avionics, and electronic warfare systems. The latest upgrade, known as the "F-2A," was introduced in 2019 and includes advanced radar systems, improved sensors, and enhanced electronic warfare capabilities.

In addition to the F-2, Japan is also developing its own fifth-generation fighter jet, the F-X. The F-X is designed to replace the F-2 in the future and is expected to have advanced stealth capabilities, improved sensors, and enhanced electronic warfare capabilities. The F-X is expected to enter service in the mid-2020s.

Here are some key specifications of the F-2:

Length: 16.4 meters (53.8 feet)

Wingspan: 11.7 meters (38.4 feet)

Height: 4.7 meters (15.4 feet)

Maximum speed: Mach 2.0 (around 1,500 km/h or 932 mph)

Range: 1,800 kilometers (1,118 miles)

Payload capacity: 4 tons

Radar system: AN/APG-68(V)9

Engine: General Electric F110-GE-129

[multiheadcanons]

SELLING AN E-BIKE TO THE MERCS. CAN YOU GUESS WHAT I DID RECENTLY?

scout: scout is more likely to get a moped than he is to get an e-bike. he doesn’t want to do the work of pedaling, especially if he can get the exact same range without the work. the team will say he’s being lazy, scout retorts they are literally getting bicycles with motors because they don’t want to pedal. they end up at a stalemate, and scout gets his little black vespa gts 310 supersport, and everyone is happy.

soldier: soldier wouldn’t get an e-bike until the fifth time he realized he couldn’t keep up with the team on bikes. rocket jumping is his preferred method of transport, but it is very hard to have the finesse to keep up with the team. he is almost always too far ahead, but he can’t run fast enough to keep up on foot, either. i would give soldier the velotric fold 1; because it will allow him to keep up, and he can fold it and use it as a heavy duty weapon.

pyro: pyro is getting a mooncool electric tricycle, and they’re putting tassels on the handlebars. pyro would request that engineer not only assemble it, but recolor the frame of the bike to their favorite pink— soft baby blush. and when it’s all put together (and engineer soups it up a little; a bigger battery, a travel charger, a range extender, some rear mirrors, a better bell, a comfortable seat) pyro is going hog wild. you will never see them again unless you see a flash of red and pink and the frantic dingdingding of them trying to get you to move out of the way. you might get hit. at least once.

demo: tavish gets the xpeak high step 2.0 long range e-bike. he would get the high step because he prefers the style. with the extended range, demo has what can only be considered a slower method of getting places. usually he just gets on the teleporters. but he does suffer from fomo when everyone else gets their own little bike or scooter. so he’ll get one that gets him wherever he wants, and can maybe carry a few things. it would never be a main method of transport for him, though.

heavy: it is no coincidence that the brand of this bike is called Giant. these bikes are GARGANTUAN. the medium size’s handlebars came up to my shoulders. these are not for me, these are for men like shaquille o’neal and misha, who need little more than a couple pushes before he’s coasting at a comfortable 20 mph. and the colors are gorgeous. the only issue is that these bikes have what is one of the lesser payload limits of most of these bikes. but these bikes are made for men who are a minimum of 5’10. he’s still getting a tandem seat, and a flatbed trailer to hitch to the back. for sascha.

engineer: engineer is more likely to borrow the other’s e-bikes than he is to get his own. otherwise, he is incredibly happy with his truck. he’ll see the team wherever their destination is. engineer, along with scout, are generally the carriers of the team wide bike rides. scout will carry whatever fits on his vespa, engineer carries everything else. extra batteries, extra water, a temperature controlled environment for anyone who doesn’t have it in them to continue, though that rarely happens. sometimes pyro will jump in the truck, just to make sure he doesn’t feel left out.

medic: y’all know this is my man, so we do have to be brand twins. however, i would not give him the exact model i have. medic would get the velotric packer 1, which was the initial model i was looking at. this is a beautifully built cargo e-bike, with some of the best power and carrying capacity on the market. when used conservatively, the range is 55 miles. medic would have a minimum of three extra battery packs because he’s constantly pushing the bike to its absolute speed maximum. he would also get a tandem seat, so someone else can pedal and he can enjoy the wind in his hair.

sniper: sniper would refuse to get an e-bike, but if the team urged him, he might get a brown ten speed bike to tag along. snipes’ van takes him everywhere he needs to go, and he likes the safety that comes with a vehicle. not to mention, he doesn’t really need the electric pedal assist. he might be at the back of the pack, but he can keep up with their throttles just fine. biking tires him out more than other modes of transport and other modes of mobility. the fact that he can take breaks almost makes his legs ache worse. and the seats aren’t comfortable.

spy: spy would be so picky, that when he finally sees the momentum line, he is taken aback by how much he would appreciate them as a brand. they are not particularly powerful bikes, but they are comfortable and best suited for inner city travel. he would also be willing to shell out the extra money for the liv brand bikes. the colors they have are absolutely stunning, but it’s a women’s brand (what even is a women’s bicycle), so of course the colors blow the other brands out of the water. same way that, aside from probably heavy, spy would have the most expensive e-bike.