Friday Distractions

Nice machine. I used to own an Aeronca Champ with a stall speed of 28 knots. I kept it at an airport with a dirt runway with a hill. I'd bring it to a stop flying up the hill with hardly any roll at all.

I'd seen this before, but I watched it again just for laughs.

It's a beaut isn't it.

Pinterest is great for spending time looking at stuff, and YouTube

is an unending source of information and is becoming one of the most valuable resources online....and googling random stuff can be surprising....

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/602567625119183385/

I had to stop staring after a minute or two.. thanks!

So far no one has given the easy answer: https://cr4.globalspec.com/.

http://falstad.com/mathphysics.html

This page has several physlettes/apps that I can easily forget time passing for extended periods. The analog circuit simulator as well as the 2d electromagnwtic simulator are great. These may look loke rather ho hum demos until you look closer. The analog circuit simulator for example allows you to change componenets and values for any parts in a circuit you build or modify, then see how it runs.

That is a very interesting site. Thank you.

Nice one...

.... great link - well that link has mucked up my schedule for today.....!

1. WWOT

2. Mr Carlson's lab

I prefer:https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalInstitution

Well, not nearly as exciting, but I like old fire engines & fire trucks (yes, engines & trucks are different.) Preferably before 1920, but others if they are "interesting." This is at SPAAMFAA's page on Facebook. Also on FB, "Canton was a great place to grow up." Lots of "do you remember" stuff, but once in a while a neat old photo.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/61776127093/

SE: Neat, you found SPAAMFAA's page with the (bottom one) 1928 (I think) Seagrave Metropolite from Monesson. PA, which has a 6-cylinder motor of "only" 1700-plus cubic inches. The top is an American-LaFrance of about 1928 . Thanks.

Several times a week I will fire up one of Walter Lewin's lectures and let it play in the background while I am getting ready. Somehow it is hard to believe that classes where so difficult back in the old days. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=walter+lewin+lectures+playlist.

The people at CDEEP India have a lot of good material available. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cdeep+iit+bombay+lectures. Most of it is "more classroom" and "less fun" compared to Walter Lewin but still it is a huge amount of good material.

Transmission lines would have been so much easier back then if I had access to the videos from Professor Shevgaonkar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OwmYAljz4A&list=PL0925FD10648D664E. I doubt that modern students are capable of appreciating how lucky they are to have YouTube and other internet resources available.

Don't get me started on Smith Charts and control systems.

I remember when we didn't even have CR4. How were we able to function in those days?

Don't forget The Knack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EbNrTf-cQE.

WORRIED MOTHER: Can he lead a normal life?

DOCTOR: No, he'll be an engineer.

Full episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JroSZolOCp8.

Goat - hold my beer

Now I know why I can't be a goat. Well, that and growing the funny beard. Both are deal breakers but I think doing a James Bond up a sheer rock wall has to be on the top of the deal breaker list.