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  1. #361
    Quote Originally Posted by afwjam View Post
    where were you running the tow and salvage? I would like to hear more. I love the big ocean going tugs myself, racing to the salvage Job somewhere in the pacific...
    Atlantic, Northeast and Florida and Caribbean.

    SeaTow commercial operations...tugs, barges, riding crew changes, sinkings, groundings, fires, lifesaving you name it.

    The last towing vessel I ran was similar to this, but used only for drilling rig set up and towing...although it would make a damn good salvage tug.

    Last edited by Anti Federalist; 05-11-2017 at 12:37 AM.



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  3. #362
    Quote Originally Posted by afwjam View Post
    where were you running the tow and salvage? I would like to hear more. I love the big ocean going tugs myself, racing to the salvage Job somewhere in the pacific...
    If you have an interest in that, you really need to read these books:

    https://www.amazon.com/Grey-Seas-Und.../dp/1585742406

    https://www.amazon.com/Serpents-Coil.../dp/1585742872

  4. #363
    Quote Originally Posted by afwjam View Post
    where were you running the tow and salvage? I would like to hear more. I love the big ocean going tugs myself, racing to the salvage Job somewhere in the pacific...
    Pfizer Macht Frei!

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  5. #364
    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    My first bike, got it in third grade. My bothers and me used paper route money to get it.

    https://www.google.com/search?client...M57YTgqy18N2M:
    thats a great bike, awesome motor...

  6. #365
    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    Atlantic, Northeast and Florida and Caribbean.

    SeaTow commercial operations...tugs, barges, riding crew changes, sinkings, groundings, fires, lifesaving you name it.

    The last towing vessel I ran was similar to this, but used only for drilling rig set up and towing...although it would make a damn good salvage tug.

    You have the variable pitch props on that?

  7. #366
    Quote Originally Posted by afwjam View Post
    thats a great bike, awesome motor...
    Still running.
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  8. #367
    Quote Originally Posted by afwjam View Post
    You have the variable pitch props on that?
    On the one in that photo, yes, that's CPP with stern thrusters.

    The one I ran used Z drives.

    The ideal set up is Z drives on the stern with twin tunnel thrusters and a "drop down" azimuthing thrusting on the bow.

    Used to do it with "stick and rudder" seamanship...now it's all done with Dynamic Positioning systems.
    Last edited by Anti Federalist; 05-11-2017 at 12:51 AM.

  9. #368
    What happens when computer boats lose power.




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  11. #369
    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    I just want to add. I am probably one of the most conservative drivers out there. I use the right lane and usually drive slower than most, I don't need the aggravation to get somewhere 5 seconds before the next guy. I fly too, very cautiously.
    I'm sure you're the most considerate driver out there, never needlessly antagonizing people.
    "The Patriarch"

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  13. #371
    Came real close to picking one up just like this yesterday...couldn't agree on price.


  14. #372
    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    I just want to add. I am probably one of the most conservative drivers out there. I use the right lane and usually drive slower than most, I don't need the aggravation to get somewhere 5 seconds before the next guy. I fly too, very cautiously.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Paul View Post
    The intellectual battle for liberty can appear to be a lonely one at times. However, the numbers are not as important as the principles that we hold. Leonard Read always taught that "it's not a numbers game, but an ideological game." That's why it's important to continue to provide a principled philosophy as to what the role of government ought to be, despite the numbers that stare us in the face.
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    This intellectually stimulating conversation is the reason I keep coming here.

  15. #373
    Quote Originally Posted by Suzanimal View Post

    No passengers, that was a ferry flight.
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  16. #374
    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    No passengers, that was a ferry flight.
    Knowing how my luck runs, you would have crashed on my house.

  17. #375
    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    No passengers, that was a ferry flight.

    You spelled fairy wrong

  18. #376
    Quote Originally Posted by ghengis86 View Post
    You spelled fairy wrong



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  20. #377
    Quote Originally Posted by ghengis86 View Post
    You spelled fairy wrong


    No, HB is not allowed on my flights.
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  22. #379
    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    Awesome. I like the accessibility of the gas cap. I wonder how many cc's this is and how fast it is? Imagine the parking options for this.

  23. #380
    Quote Originally Posted by anaconda View Post
    Awesome. I like the accessibility of the gas cap. I wonder how many cc's this is and how fast it is? Imagine the parking options for this.
    http://www.motorizedbicyclehq.com/mo...ws-california/

  24. #381
    Quote Originally Posted by Origanalist View Post
    If that motor is 80cc I'll bet that bike can dO about 50 mph.

  25. #382
    Now this is $#@!in' cool!

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  27. #384
    Quote Originally Posted by tod evans View Post
    Now this is $#@!in' cool!
    Oh wow, that is hot $#@! right there.

    The Brits have become geniuses at recreating lost technology like that.




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  29. #385
    Quote Originally Posted by Anti Federalist View Post
    Oh wow, that is hot $#@! right there.

    The Brits have become geniuses at recreating lost technology like that.

    Yes. Lost. Discarded and then disregarded.

  30. #386
    Quote Originally Posted by phill4paul View Post
    Yes. Lost. Discarded and then disregarded.
    The Peppercorns were phenomenal pieces of engineering...and not a single one of them survived, scrapped, every single one.

    This is a similar locomotive from the USA...none survived.



    Working on building a new one from original plans, but we can't seem to get our $#@! together as well as the Brits on these projects.

    https://prrt1steamlocomotivetrust.org/

  31. #387
    That said, sometimes we can make things come together.

    This is ex C and O #1309.



    It's currently undergoing restoration at Western Maryland Scenic RR and is supposed to be completed and in steam this year.

    That will make it, IIRC, the largest and most powerful steam locomotive in operation, in the world.

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  33. #389
    Quote Originally Posted by tod evans View Post
    That kid was seriously thinking of taking off.

  34. #390
    Quote Originally Posted by specsaregood View Post
    That kid was seriously thinking of taking off.
    Dindonuffin.......

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