Stump Shenk, win memory!

I think it was jiga-watts, which is a made up SI prefix right? gigawatts would be pronounced like a gig of ram or whatever.

Mehs wrote: Explain the workings of a boiler.

Trying to catch up on some of these here. Stealth's uber-specific question is definately out of range of my personal knowledge, but Im sure I can find out.

Anyway, a boiler. Theres been quite a few different variants, but at its core a boiler needs 2 chambers, one to burn some combustible stuff like coal, and one to hold water to heat to steam.

The most effecient, the type used in steam locomotives at their peak, used a series of pipes running horizontally along the length of the boiler. The hot air and gasses from the firebox would go through these tubes on the way to the smokestack, and the water chamber that the tubes passed through meant the water had tons of surface area contacting the "heat", making for very effecient boiling.

What is the Square Root of Awesome?

Enos Shenk wrote: WGP guy2 wrote: What is the primary way to affect the speed of an aircraft?  (as in what mainly controls the speed) Well, the only things that can affect speed are the propulsion force, the drag, and the force of gravity. The easiest to alter would be gravity. Drop the angle of attack, and gravity is on your side, increasing the speed. Put it in a dive and go REALLY fast!

Props to you, Mr. Shenk.  I half expected the typical MOAR POWA response.

What is it called when there is a bowling pin stuck on top of the rack, the rack is stuck halfway down, and it looks like there is a bowling pin stuck in the gutter?

(these are simple bowling mechanic terms)

travis75 wrote: Shenk: What is Net Positive Suction Head?

Its a ridiculously complicated measurement for pumping liquids. According to my bible, its basically how much stuff your pump can pump, factoring in damn near everything someone could think of. Atmospheric pressure, specific gravity of the fluid, specs of your pump, and how high you want to pump the stuff.

What exactly did the little hole under the trigger frame of my spyder do in terms of blowback gas management?

High Voltage wrote: What exactly did the little hole under the trigger frame of my spyder do in terms of blowback gas management?

The hole in the reciever? I asked the same question, mainly when I plugged the thing up and it didnt work.

It lets the air trapped between the hammer and the valve out, otherwise its like an air shock absorber, the hammer wont hit the valve correctly.

Master Shenk:

1:  Explain the difference between reaction and impulse turbines.

2:  Explain the theory-of-operation of a Stirling-cycle engine.

3:  Explain the ToO of a Tesla Coil (for funzies)

4:  What is a pulsejet and how does it work?

5:  What is a Rhombic drive used for?


Edited by travis75 - 14 July 2007 at 1:04pm

What does one need to do to make a lawnmower pop a wheelie?