* Posts by Dan delaMare-Lyon

19 publicly visible posts • joined 18 Dec 2008

Developer's default setting created turbulence in the flight simulator

Dan delaMare-Lyon

Re: sort of on topic...

Don't suppose you remember where/when? Probably an OCU somewhere, and I'm aware of a few of them. Many of them built by Rediffusion.

Last flying Avro Vulcan, XH558, prepares for her swan song

Dan delaMare-Lyon

Re: Vulcan has had his day

Both the two TSR2 that remain have had their maiden flights - or did I miss something....actually entering service, that's another issue...

Dan delaMare-Lyon

I believe one of the first ones used as the test-bed bought it when a turbine failure went through the wing and the fuel on the Vulcan creating a rather substantial and plane-ending fire too....

Manufacturers slam UK.gov: 'High speed broadband' rollout is too slow

Dan delaMare-Lyon

5 miles from the centre of Cambridge in a brand-new development (only just finished) and we are lucky to get 2Mbps - most people (myself excluded) get around 1....and in order to bring FTTC BT Allegedly have to close one of the busiest stretches of road in the country.......not going to happen any time soon.....urgh.

Want a more fuel efficient car? Then redesign it – here's how

Dan delaMare-Lyon

Re: Depends on assumptions

Owners forums are a wonderful source of all that is good in the world of motoring and have helped me greatly. There is no way, without the forums, I'd have ever done half of what I have on my car - and it being from the VAG stable, you have to faff about inside in "invisible" space with tools to take the headlights out to change the bulbs - usually losing part of said tool into the bottom of the car in the process. Same with the rear lights where the bolt holding them in place is placed such that the likelihood of you losing the bolt/tool tip/magnetic holder into the bodywork is at its maximum. So much so that it's a standing joke for the apprentices at the dealers to be given these jobs then made to find the missing part which involves taking the back of the car apart...

That said though, much of what the author quotes has happened with cars these days anyway. Electric power-steering - check. Revised starting systems - check. More advanced cooling systems - Check. Weight reduction - Check. Changed drive ratios - Check - the list goes on and on.

To go back and apply it to something designed 40 years ago - hats off!

Very few people actually check their cars between a light telling them to do so - and most only check tyre pressures when they look low - having driven hundreds of miles, maybe even thousands with them low chewing through extra fuel and causing safety problems....

Now if only there was a solution....oh wait, attended garages....that could catch on! Check oil, water, tyre pressures.....oh well!

World's only flyable WWII Lancaster bombers meet in Lincs

Dan delaMare-Lyon

Re: Grandad built Lancs, Dad did Vulcans

I'd start with these good folks:

http://www.avroheritage.com/Avro%20Heritage%20Goup%20News.html

D.

Students hack Tesla Model S, make all its doors pop open IN MOTION

Dan delaMare-Lyon

Re: article sucks.

re: CAN-BUS - totally agree, and which really isn't that difficult, and can probably be demonstrated on most models of car.....

A14 to become UK's first internet-connected ROAD

Dan delaMare-Lyon

Re: It will also be handy for

It'll be fine, as the local roads they will be building to help the locals avoid the tolls, will also be ANPR covered so nicely fining anyone trying to rat-run. You will not be able to avoid it :)

New I-hate-my-neighbour stickers to protect Brits' packages

Dan delaMare-Lyon
Joke

Re: What to do?

Post him the brick? Then if he's out, you can accept the delivery and throw it through his window instead?

Boffins cross atom-smasher streams, 'excited' beauty pops into being

Dan delaMare-Lyon
Trollface

Re: The street market of physics

Glad you didn't say hot - that would make them subject to VAT ;-)

'Green' trans-Atlantic cable set to launch in 2012

Dan delaMare-Lyon
Mushroom

Explosive Growth....

Putting data-centres near active Volcanoes? Really? "I need access to my racks as monitoring says they are inaccessible" - "certainly sir, there they are in liquid-form sliding down towards the sea along with a billion tonnes of lava".....?

NASA's nuclear Mars tank arrives at launch site

Dan delaMare-Lyon
Happy

Five times the weight....

Ooooh think of all the physics that will take place when all of that hits the surface of Mars going much faster than imagined......still - given the size, at least we'll be able to see to crater from orbit!

Vulcan seeks further £400k refuel

Dan delaMare-Lyon

Surely it's too big to fail?

So therefore is worth of a bail-out?

Nutter repairmen scale 1,768ft TV mast

Dan delaMare-Lyon

Wonder how often it rains 2000ft below

when you get to the top and realise you hear nature calling ;-)

RAC prof: Road charges can end the ripoff of motorists

Dan delaMare-Lyon

Solved!

The WID - works for the Channel Islands. Insurer checks MOT coverage before issuing the WID. WID shows you are insured...

Bridge made of recycled plastic supports 70-ton tank

Dan delaMare-Lyon
WTF?

Never mind that

It's hardly a huge demo is it given it's over a creek and you can't see the underlying support.....strangely most materials are able to hold a higher load over short spans than over long spans......lets see it over a real void - not jut a creek that you could have driven the tank over anyway ;-)

Vulcan appeal in emergency tin-rattling

Dan delaMare-Lyon
Flame

It's important to remember that...

"Vulcan XH558 is not privately owned, but operated as a National Heritage Asset. She belongs to every man, woman and child in Britain and is an iconic and emotive example of Britain's pivotal position in World technology and foreign affairs. "

So in that sense, it's every bit as worthy of a million quid in cash as our growing list of "Heritage Assets" (namely anything we produce, our financial services industry etc etc.)

Perhaps Sir Fred could cough up a few quid of the money he will be earning to keep her aloft?

Hydrogen motoring too heavy for pundit

Dan delaMare-Lyon
Coat

Hydrogen Infrastructure Costs

I seem to recall an article, may even have been on el-reg tbh that mentioned the costs of a "usable" hydrogen filling infrastructure in the core EU countries as costing less than the first round of bail-outs to the banks (<£25bn)......perhaps we should have just chosen one bank in each country and cut it loose and spent the money on that......

Tesla takes Top Gear test to task

Dan delaMare-Lyon
Happy

OUT comments?

Come on guys - put the beer down ;-)