QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon Say Tom...... For our departed friend from Idaho.....couldn't we make a new scout rank....the coveted SABeloh? Dan
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie Dan - since we are hijacking topics - is San Diego still a thrill to fly into? Over the parking garage? Moo Yeah baby! Nothing like peeping into the condo bedroom windows on final.......The big thing now is that the county wants the Marines to give up Miramar or allow it for joint civil / military use.....which doesn't work real well. What they proponents won't say is that ..yeah they want the airport, but they really want the upteen thousand acres of undeveloped government property surrounding it....which gives the locals an unrealistic sense of how quiet it is.....to exploit. It's the California way...I'm too stupid to do it right from the beginning..so I'm going to take what someone else has. I'm beginning to feel a little pressurization in my caboose from the Subway sandwich I just ate....I may need to step outside before Weeblow Dan
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie Dan - since we are hijacking topics - is San Diego still a thrill to fly into? Over the parking garage? Moo
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Limitedclear So, does this thread name change indicate that the Cub Scouts will now be serving the Subway sandwiches on Amtrak??? Perhaps we can pressurize a few planes with all this hot air?? How 'bout that Southwest crash at Midway? Ouch. Some bad driving there.... LC
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QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas Or will the cub scouts be subsidizing pressurized Subway sandwiches on Amtrak?[:D]
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QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl QUOTE: Originally posted by oltmannd QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl QUOTE: Originally posted by oltmannd OK, I'll admit a cheap shot with the Cub Scout stuff! I'm not the only one who told you that passenger airliners are completely pressurized. You don't believe them either? Maybe I'm the only one stupid enough to argue with a fence post! (another cheap shot, I suppose, but at whom?) And again you didn't read the question. I hope by the time you're old enough to take your SAT's you'll acquire that skill or the only career phrase you'll need is "Ya want fries with that?" I never said they weren't pressurized, I said it WASN'T NECESSARY to pressurize or heat them. The question was (now read this S-L-O-W-L-Y) "What is the significance of the 1.4 million pound figure that keep bringing up?" A pressure bulkhead, be it the floor or the fuselage walls, will have to hold back the pressure differential, no matter what the number is you wi***o assign to it. It's like me asking "What's two plus two?" and you keep answering "fish." The 1.4M# figure is the load you'd have to design the floor for if you want it to be a pressurized bulkhead. There are NO commercial passenger airliners that have their floor as a pressurized bulkhead. If there are no planes with floor that can act as a pressurized bulkhead, then it is ALWAYS necessary to pressurize the cargo area. You COULD build a car with 7 wheels, too, but why would you? So back to the original question, why is the 1.4 million pound figure appliede to the floor when it's a pressurized bulkhead, and not applied to the fuselage walls when they are the pressurized bulkhead. The "necessity" I'm refering to is based on the contents of the compartment. Cargo doesn't need heat or pressurization any more than most boxcars or enclosed trailers need it. When you're hauling passengers, the need changes.
QUOTE: Originally posted by oltmannd QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl QUOTE: Originally posted by oltmannd OK, I'll admit a cheap shot with the Cub Scout stuff! I'm not the only one who told you that passenger airliners are completely pressurized. You don't believe them either? Maybe I'm the only one stupid enough to argue with a fence post! (another cheap shot, I suppose, but at whom?) And again you didn't read the question. I hope by the time you're old enough to take your SAT's you'll acquire that skill or the only career phrase you'll need is "Ya want fries with that?" I never said they weren't pressurized, I said it WASN'T NECESSARY to pressurize or heat them. The question was (now read this S-L-O-W-L-Y) "What is the significance of the 1.4 million pound figure that keep bringing up?" A pressure bulkhead, be it the floor or the fuselage walls, will have to hold back the pressure differential, no matter what the number is you wi***o assign to it. It's like me asking "What's two plus two?" and you keep answering "fish." The 1.4M# figure is the load you'd have to design the floor for if you want it to be a pressurized bulkhead. There are NO commercial passenger airliners that have their floor as a pressurized bulkhead. If there are no planes with floor that can act as a pressurized bulkhead, then it is ALWAYS necessary to pressurize the cargo area. You COULD build a car with 7 wheels, too, but why would you?
QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl QUOTE: Originally posted by oltmannd OK, I'll admit a cheap shot with the Cub Scout stuff! I'm not the only one who told you that passenger airliners are completely pressurized. You don't believe them either? Maybe I'm the only one stupid enough to argue with a fence post! (another cheap shot, I suppose, but at whom?) And again you didn't read the question. I hope by the time you're old enough to take your SAT's you'll acquire that skill or the only career phrase you'll need is "Ya want fries with that?" I never said they weren't pressurized, I said it WASN'T NECESSARY to pressurize or heat them. The question was (now read this S-L-O-W-L-Y) "What is the significance of the 1.4 million pound figure that keep bringing up?" A pressure bulkhead, be it the floor or the fuselage walls, will have to hold back the pressure differential, no matter what the number is you wi***o assign to it. It's like me asking "What's two plus two?" and you keep answering "fish."
QUOTE: Originally posted by oltmannd OK, I'll admit a cheap shot with the Cub Scout stuff! I'm not the only one who told you that passenger airliners are completely pressurized. You don't believe them either? Maybe I'm the only one stupid enough to argue with a fence post! (another cheap shot, I suppose, but at whom?)
QUOTE: Originally posted by oltmannd QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl QUOTE: Originally posted by Limitedclear What I still don't understand is why anyone would ever name a level of Boy Scouting anything remotely sounding like "We Blow"??? Is there even a merit badge involving RRs anymore? LC Webelo (sp?) is a name for a sort of post-Cub Scout, pre-Boy Scout, a contraction of the words "We belong." Scouting does still have a Railroading merit badge. Steamtown runs a program to qualify Scouts for it. Check with a local RR club or museum to see if they offer a similar program. My Webelos book says "WE'll BE LOyal Scouts". It's the last 1-1/2 years of Cub Scouting. My 5th grader "graduates" this January - I can finally stop being a Den Mother!
QUOTE: Originally posted by TomDiehl QUOTE: Originally posted by Limitedclear What I still don't understand is why anyone would ever name a level of Boy Scouting anything remotely sounding like "We Blow"??? Is there even a merit badge involving RRs anymore? LC Webelo (sp?) is a name for a sort of post-Cub Scout, pre-Boy Scout, a contraction of the words "We belong." Scouting does still have a Railroading merit badge. Steamtown runs a program to qualify Scouts for it. Check with a local RR club or museum to see if they offer a similar program.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Limitedclear What I still don't understand is why anyone would ever name a level of Boy Scouting anything remotely sounding like "We Blow"??? Is there even a merit badge involving RRs anymore? LC
QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton Speaking of Badges-and Awards. I have decided to ask Bergie to establish a Trains.com "Forum Topic Hijacking Award". Two members immediately come to mind as the first recipients. Jay
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