Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
Moderators: Bookworm, starkruzr, MrFireDragon, PrettyPrincess, Wapsi
Forum rules
When two threads are posted for a day's comic, the thread posted first becomes the starting post. Please delete the second thread and add your post to the first thread. When naming the thread: Comic Name YYYY-MM-DD
Thanks guys! This keeps the forum nice and neat.
When two threads are posted for a day's comic, the thread posted first becomes the starting post. Please delete the second thread and add your post to the first thread. When naming the thread: Comic Name YYYY-MM-DD
Thanks guys! This keeps the forum nice and neat.
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
What does Oscar think of Cutie Tail?
I mean, besides "Bloop!"
I mean, besides "Bloop!"
- AnotherFairportfan
- Posts: 6402
- Joined: Thu May 01, 2014 2:53 pm
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
Minor didacticism: No such thing as a ME-109.meisdadoo wrote: The ME-109
Yes, there was an aircraft called the Messerschmidt 109, designed by Willy Messerschmidt, but its designator was BF-109, derived from the name-which-i-cannot-recall of the company that he was working for at th time. (Likewise his BF-110).
At some point he took over the company (or started his own - can't recall which) and his later designs - like the ME-262 jet fighter - were designated ME-whatever.
Proof Positive the world is not flat: If it were, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now.
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
I always thought the P-51s were sexy as shit!
- Jabberwonky
- Posts: 2963
- Joined: Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:11 am
- Location: Houston, Texas
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
Hear! Hear! I second that!Wapsi wrote:I always thought the P-51s were sexy as shit!
"The price of perfection is prohibitive." - Anonymous
- Sgt. Howard
- Posts: 3332
- Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:54 pm
- Location: Malott, Washington
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
The lead craft, the P-47D Thunderbolt, was called by the Japanese, "The Pig that will not DIE!"Gyrrakavian wrote:That's the one in the back of the pack.Hansontoons wrote:Like this?DilyV wrote:In WWII the US had a plane called the P-38 Lightning... the Germans called it Der Gabelschwanz teufel (The Fork Tailed Devil). Atsali has a spade at the end of her tail... Der Spaten beschattete Teufel?
It made for a rather interesting transformer for one of the Bayformer movie toylines. I forget which one, though.
Rule 17 of the Bombay Golf Course- "You shall play the ball where the monkey drops it,"
I speak fluent Limrick-
the Old Sgt.
I speak fluent Limrick-
the Old Sgt.
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
And there is no such thing as a "Chevy" the correct name is Chevrolet . . .AnotherFairportfan wrote:Minor didacticism: No such thing as a ME-109.meisdadoo wrote: The ME-109
Yes, there was an aircraft called the Messerschmidt 109, designed by Willy Messerschmidt, but its designator was BF-109, derived from the name-which-i-cannot-recall of the company that he was working for at the time. (Likewise his BF-110).
At some point he took over the company (or started his own - can't recall which) and his later designs - like the ME-262 jet fighter - were designated ME-whatever.
forked tail devil, pig that wont die, Zeke, Me-109, : A rose is a rose. . . as long as the audience knows what you mean
The Allies won the war, if they want to call the BF109 (Bayerische Flugzeugwerke 109) a Me-109, they bloody well can.
Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?
- AnotherFairportfan
- Posts: 6402
- Joined: Thu May 01, 2014 2:53 pm
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
That sucker had a Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12.Jabberwonky wrote:Hear! Hear! I second that!Wapsi wrote:I always thought the P-51s were sexy as shit!
Twenty-seven litres. 1200 to 1600 HP.
(Probably one of the ones built in the US by Packard - which got the contract after it had been going to go to Ford ... before Henry had an attack of pacifism {or more likely anti-Semitic; he had, of course, paid for printing and distribution of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" - either to all Ford employees, or perhaps just to all Ford dealerships} and dropped it.)
The Lightning had TWO of the monsters - no wonder it was fast.
The engines had to turn in opposite directions due to torque effects. To simplify inventory requirements, the port and starboard engines were identical, except for valve sequencing ... and one could be turned into the other in the field by a simple modification, in case you had one good airframe with a shot-up port engine and a wrecked plane with a functional starboard engine.
(PT boats had THREE of the suckers.)
Proof Positive the world is not flat: If it were, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now.
- AnotherFairportfan
- Posts: 6402
- Joined: Thu May 01, 2014 2:53 pm
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
8 feet, 3 inches long
Proof Positive the world is not flat: If it were, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now.
- Jabberwonky
- Posts: 2963
- Joined: Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:11 am
- Location: Houston, Texas
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
AnotherFairportfan wrote:8 feet, 3 inches long
Makes the hairs stand up on the backs of my forearms...Wikipedia wrote:1,290 hp (962 kW) at 3,000 rpm
"The price of perfection is prohibitive." - Anonymous
- Hansontoons
- Posts: 998
- Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:22 pm
- Location: Houston, TX
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
Bidness end of the P-38.
And the gorgeous forked-tail!
And the gorgeous forked-tail!
- Attachments
-
- DSC_0593.jpg (119.59 KiB) Viewed 9695 times
- AnotherFairportfan
- Posts: 6402
- Joined: Thu May 01, 2014 2:53 pm
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
Something i made back in 2012:
I swear i'm gonna get around to colouring Phix some day - unless someone else who does more of that (and does it better) than i do wants to?
Maybe i'm just jabbering here; i've been feeling kind of wonky all day.
I swear i'm gonna get around to colouring Phix some day - unless someone else who does more of that (and does it better) than i do wants to?
Maybe i'm just jabbering here; i've been feeling kind of wonky all day.
Proof Positive the world is not flat: If it were, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now.
- Hansontoons
- Posts: 998
- Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:22 pm
- Location: Houston, TX
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
And Mustangs.
- Attachments
-
- DSC_0785.jpg (77.9 KiB) Viewed 9690 times
- AnotherFairportfan
- Posts: 6402
- Joined: Thu May 01, 2014 2:53 pm
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
My Dad had a picture (that, if i knew where it was, i would want) of Dick Bong in a P-38 when he did a War Bonds tour - while i'm fairly sure it wasn't one he flew in the Pacific, it was marked with his kills.
All forty.
All forty.
Proof Positive the world is not flat: If it were, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now.
- jwhouk
- Posts: 6053
- Joined: Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:58 am
- Location: The Valley of the Sun, Arizona
- Contact:
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
Ah yes, Richard I. "Dick" Bong. Northern Wisconsinite, the Ace of Aces, has an airport and a "recreational area" named for him (actually a former AFB that was decommissioned before it ever became operational).
He and Billy Mitchell were two of the best when it came to the tactical use of planes - and both were from Wisconsin.
He and Billy Mitchell were two of the best when it came to the tactical use of planes - and both were from Wisconsin.
"Character is what you are in the dark." - D.L. Moody
"You should never run from the voices in your head. That's how you give them power." - Jin
"You should never run from the voices in your head. That's how you give them power." - Jin
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
While I initially was all happy about the off-topicness due to the, er 'fork' in the thread, re: forked tail airplanes, then Mustangs and now here I come with one of my favorites-
The Tigercat
(methinks we should start a new thread in the Pub area.)
The Tigercat
(methinks we should start a new thread in the Pub area.)
- Sgt. Howard
- Posts: 3332
- Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:54 pm
- Location: Malott, Washington
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
Bloody Damn awesome!!! I want a print...AnotherFairportfan wrote:Something i made back in 2012:
I swear i'm gonna get around to colouring Phix some day - unless someone else who does more of that (and does it better) than i do wants to?
Maybe i'm just jabbering here; i've been feeling kind of wonky all day.
Rule 17 of the Bombay Golf Course- "You shall play the ball where the monkey drops it,"
I speak fluent Limrick-
the Old Sgt.
I speak fluent Limrick-
the Old Sgt.
- Jabberwonky
- Posts: 2963
- Joined: Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:11 am
- Location: Houston, Texas
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
Do I detect an unspoken 'Nudge, nudge, wink, wink'?AnotherFairportfan wrote:I swear i'm gonna get around to colouring Phix some day - unless someone else who does more of that (and does it better) than i do wants to?
Maybe i'm just jabbering here; i've been feeling kind of wonky all day.
"The price of perfection is prohibitive." - Anonymous
- Hansontoons
- Posts: 998
- Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:22 pm
- Location: Houston, TX
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
Well, we've talked about tails, wings are involved, and motors that purr and roar...TazManiac wrote:While I initially was all happy about the off-topicness due to the, er 'fork' in the thread, re: forked tail airplanes, then Mustangs and now here I come with one of my favorites-
The Tigercat
(methinks we should start a new thread in the Pub area.)
History micro-lessons cane be useful, and the Tigercat is sweet! Haven't seen a real one in the air though.
It'll be tomorrow soon for some, new thread will appear, and Wings Over Houston is October 17-18.
- AnotherFairportfan
- Posts: 6402
- Joined: Thu May 01, 2014 2:53 pm
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
More of a visible Phix scowl scowlJabberwonky wrote:Do I detect an unspoken 'Nudge, nudge, wink, wink'?AnotherFairportfan wrote:I swear i'm gonna get around to colouring Phix some day - unless someone else who does more of that (and does it better) than i do wants to?
Maybe i'm just jabbering here; i've been feeling kind of wonky all day.
Proof Positive the world is not flat: If it were, cats would have pushed everything off the edge by now.
- Sgt. Howard
- Posts: 3332
- Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:54 pm
- Location: Malott, Washington
Re: Hurt Its Feelings 2015-09-30
Like that? There's some scowling for your cowlingAnotherFairportfan wrote:More of a visible Phix scowl scowlJabberwonky wrote:Do I detect an unspoken 'Nudge, nudge, wink, wink'?AnotherFairportfan wrote:I swear i'm gonna get around to colouring Phix some day - unless someone else who does more of that (and does it better) than i do wants to?
Maybe i'm just jabbering here; i've been feeling kind of wonky all day.
Interesting to note- the P-38 was remarkably tail-heavy, making it a rather squirrelly bird to fly. Could turn on a dime, but straight lines were a trick and landings had to be 'hot'. Pulling out of a power dive often couldn't happen.
Oh yes... your feet would freeze in the cockpit at altitude.
- Attachments
-
- "Eat me Adolf!!!"
- nose.jpg (136.42 KiB) Viewed 9672 times
Rule 17 of the Bombay Golf Course- "You shall play the ball where the monkey drops it,"
I speak fluent Limrick-
the Old Sgt.
I speak fluent Limrick-
the Old Sgt.