Shuff's General Chat Thread ... #73 - Talk about anything and everything...  

I really

have problems getting my head

around

those

3D printers,but if that's what they can really do, yes,it is a worry,with the clusterfcuks we have around today.My short stint at the farm ended up being an all dayer,after I voted,we are trying to get the A's up before the processors shut down for Easter. Tomorrow I am coming up to Brissy

for the day,so please make sure the beds are made,and the dishes ar done

A 34 Speedstar Spyder built by Fat Jacks Garage...This is not your run of the mill Speedstar...Jack has made a lot of cool changes to this car...But the one that will have people talking is under the hood....It's Nissan Powered!!!...Very cool...Check it out!!

A great gun for the US military the GAU 8 Gatling gun installed on the A-10 ground attack aircraft is combat proven and has served the US Military well. The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-type cannon that is typically mounted to the United States Air Force's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II. Designed specifically for the anti-tank role, the Avenger delivers very powerful rounds at a high rate of fire. The GAU-8/A is also used in the Goalkeeper CIWS ship weapon system, which provides defense against short-range threats.

Type Gatling-type autocannon
Place of origin United States
Service history
In service 1977–present
Used by
United States Air Force (Avenger)
Various navies (Goalkeeper)
Production history
Manufacturer General Electric
Number built Approx. 715[1]
Variants GAU-12/U Equalizer
GAU-13/A
Specifications
Weight 619.5 lb (281 kg)
Length
19 ft 10.5 in (6.06 m) (total system)
112.28 in (2.85 m) (gun only)
Barrel length 90.5 in (2.30 m)
Width 17.2 in (0.437 m) (barrel only)
Cartridge 30 × 173 mm
Caliber 30 mm caliber
Barrels 7-barrel (progressive RH parabolic twist, 14 grooves)
Action Electrically controlled, Hydraulic-Driven
Rate of fire up to 4,200 rpm (rounds per minute)
Muzzle velocity 3,500 ft/s (1,070 m/s)
Effective firing range 4,000 feet (1,220 m)
Maximum firing range Over 12,000 feet (3,660 m)
Feed system Linkless feed system

Design[edit]
The GAU-8 itself weighs 620 pounds (280 kg), but the complete weapon, with feed system and drum, weighs 4,029 pounds (1,828 kg) with a maximum ammunition load. It measures 19 ft 5 1⁄2 in (5.931 m) from the muzzle to the rearmost point of the ammunition system, and the ammunition drum alone is 34.5 inches (88 cm) in diameter and 71.5 inches (1.82 m) long.[5] Power for operating the gun is provided by twin hydraulic motors pressurized from two independent hydraulic systems. The magazine can hold 1,174 rounds, although 1,150 is the typical load-out. Muzzle velocity when firing Armor-Piercing Incendiary rounds is 3,250 feet per second (990 m/s), almost the same as the substantially lighter M61 Vulcan's 20 mm round.

The standard ammunition mixture for anti-armor use is a five-to-one mix of PGU-14/B Armor Piercing Incendiary, with a projectile weight of about 14.0 oz (395 grams or 6,096 grains) and PGU-13/B High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) rounds, with a projectile weight of about 13.3 oz (378 grams or 5,833 grains).[6] The PGU-14/B's projectile incorporates a lightweight aluminum body, cast around a smaller caliber depleted uranium penetrating core.[7] The Avenger is lethal against tanks and all other armored vehicles.

A very important innovation in the design of the GAU-8/A ammunition is the use of aluminum alloy cases in place of the traditional steel or brass.[8] This alone adds 30% to ammunition capacity for a given weight. The projectiles incorporate a plastic driving band to improve barrel life. The shells are imposing to examine and handle, measuring 11.4 inches (290 mm) in length and weighing 1.53 pounds (0.69 kg) or more.[5][8]

The Avenger's rate of fire was originally selectable, 2,100 rounds per minute (rpm) in the low setting, or 4,200 rpm in the high setting.[9] Later this was changed to a fixed rate of 3,900 rpm.[10] In practice, the cannon is limited to one and two-second bursts to avoid overheating and conserve ammunition; barrel life is also a factor, since the USAF has specified a minimum life of at least 20,000 rounds for each set of barrels.[11] There is no technical limitation on the duration the gun may be continuously fired, and a pilot could potentially expend the entire ammunition load in a single burst with no damage or ill effects to the weapons system itself. However, this constant rate of fire would shorten the barrel life considerably and require added barrel inspections and result in shorter intervals between replacement.

Each barrel is a very simple non-automatic design having its own breech and bolt. Like the original Gatling gun, the entire firing cycle is actuated by cams and powered by the rotation of the barrels.[8] The barrels themselves are driven by the aircraft's dual hydraulic system.[11]

The GAU-8/A ammunition is linkless, reducing weight and avoiding a great deal of potential for jamming. The feed system is double-ended, allowing the spent casings to be recycled back into the ammunition drum,[12] instead of ejected from the aircraft, which would require considerable force to eliminate potential airframe damage. The feed system is based on that developed for later M61 installations, but uses more advanced design techniques and materials throughout, to save weight.[5]

Firing system[edit]
Accuracy[edit]
The GAU-8/A is extremely accurate and can fire 4,200 rounds per minute without complications. The 30-mm shell has twice the range, half the time to target,

lock up your daughters, Shuff's coming to town.

Too late for that I'm afraid,my youngest son is living up there,working in PA Hospital as a RN,and the dirty bugger has impregnated one of your maidens.I don't know that I'll like the title 'Grandpa Shuffs'
In other news,the carnage on the house block.The tenants had their caravan parked between that tree and the bush,very lucky.SES came out and cleared the road,(some very lucky rubbish bins),also the Tallowwood that took out the power lines,and pine next to it,is so huge,we are are going to have to get the professionals in,as there are also a few more big trees down at the bottom of the house boundry

As far as the orchard went,the three oldest blocks didn't fare too badly,no trees down,just a couple of limbs blown out,but the young block took a fair hammering,which we expected.Too much to mulch,so we have a string of new fire piles on the headlands.It's going to be fun burning them,because they are are full of nut,which have the tendency to explode when burned,so there will be a lot of ducking and weaving on the day

motogp's on at 4.30 am Doc, i shall expect a full report tomorrow.

i went to look at the program guide to see what time the Malaysian F1 Gp was being shown, then remembered when i couldn't find it that free2air are only showing 5 races this year. fail.

:angry:

I really

have problems getting my head

around

those

3D printers,but if that's what they can really do, yes,it is a worry,with the clusterfcuks we have around today.My short stint at the farm ended up being an all dayer,after I voted,we are trying to get the A's up before the processors shut down for Easter. Tomorrow I am coming up to Brissy

for the day,so please make sure the beds are made,and the dishes ar done

just couldn't help yourself could you vash.



looks nice

specs?

Jorge Lorenzo:
It was a difficult race. After the first lap, I found myself in second place and I followed Dovizioso. I was faster and I passed him where I could in the fast corners. On the speed and in braking the Ducati was much stronger than our bike, but we could recover on corner speed while the acceleration was similar. To be honest, I thought that I could win the race, though it surely wasnt going to be easy, because Valentino had a very strong pace at the end of the race. I was feeling better and better, but suddenly there was something wrong when in the top part of the helmet the foam came loose and came down so I lost half of my vision. I couldnt see the corners very well and couldnt concentrate or ride like before and I was losing half a second or more per lap. In a race where, at minimum I could fight for the win, I finished fourth.�

lol @ ACA on that high speed drifter on the roads .
http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/article/8972458/...g-lives-at-risk
yer he was a tossa for doing so, reporters just aggrivate me.. obvioulsy this guy has some skills
drifting an entire bridge almost.. but then the reporter goes to say he's totallly out of control of this
car LOL "its madness we've never seen anything like this on Aussie Roads".. is she forgetting about SKD55 lol
and also that these are japanese import cars.. both rear wheel drive and rarely seen in Aus" LOLOLOL


no rego plates either..
wouldnt be that hard to find both cars

then i see on ACAs FB some dude posts up.. "Thinking about selling my drift cars, both go well, inbox me".
with this photo attached LOL

"cars in vid"

excuses again?
Jlo was having a great ride.. lead for most of the race. swapping positions with Dovi many times for the lead..
Rossi is fighting his way up from 10th position and with about 6 laps to go Rossi passes JLo for 2nd spot.
Rossi and Dovi both pull away from him having an awesome battle. then Iannone takes 3rd position.. JLo finishes 4th..


helmet looks fine to me.. maybe he pushed the foam back up on the cool down lap.. who knows..


last time he was leading and Rossi overtook him and claimed he had a mosquito in his helmet..
maybe he needs a new helmet designer.. ?
either way if he had no problems i still think he wouldnt of been able to keep up with Rossi or Dovi.. he was running both soft option
tyres, i figured he was having problem with edge grip, where as Rossi was running hard option which would of been his
advantage towards the end..

anothe pic.. hard to tell but looks like something isnt right in the helmet..

Tiger Woods falls out of the top 100 in the world
For the first time since 1996, Tiger Woods is not among the top 100 golfers in the world ranking.

Woods, who hasn't played since he withdrew from the Farmers Insurance Open on Feb. 6, falls to No. 104 this week. The last time he was out of the top 100 was on Sept. 29, 1996, when he was at No. 225. The following week, Woods won the Las Vegas Invitational as a 20-year-old for the first of his 79 PGA Tour victories.

It is not clear when Woods will return. He said in February that his scores were not acceptable and he would not play until his game was in tournament shape.

Woods is not required to announce if he is playing the Masters until the tournament starts April 9.

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I can't believe people on facebook are condoning those drifters actions on ACA. It is clearly dangerous for them, and for other people on the road.

PS. got a car for free, can't complain with that

Nice ride vash.

Wheels really suit it.

Maybe it's the driver who's turning heads lol
That's the best shape the model. They just look bad ass and most of the time when you're next to one it's always in mind that shit this thing will have a lot of power and your tail goes between your legs lol

I know what you mean when you say you missed being in an import. I miss being in an old school wrx.

Which is why I'm looking. But this time I'm hunting for an 04 05 Sti in silver. found a few in mint condition. One has 118k which is abit high for my liking at $25k But then there is one with only 32.xxx ks but his asking price is absurd at $32k

Jonathan Ward stops by with his latest Derelict project. It may look old-timey, but with 700 hp, it drives like a Corvette ZR1!