| bbowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jul 02 01:32PM On Thu, 01 Jul 2021 23:47:56 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > 2-page handout: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo10/4/ins.pdf > 1. Sousaphone. C > 2. Balalaika. E > 3. Krummhorn, a medieval member of the oboe family. O > 4. Serpent. M > 5. Fife. G > 6. Clarinette d'amour. F > 7. Racket, an old, oddly shaped member of the oboe family. A > 8. Theorbo, a Renaissance-era member of the lute family. B > 9. Heckelphone, a member of the oboe family. K > 10. Hurdy-gurdy, a member of the violin family with a keyboard > and a crank. I > usual seating configuration, entered commercial service in 1936 and > was the most successful and durable of its era, commanding at one > point 80% of the US market. Name it. DC-3 > entered commercial service due to lack of airline interest and > diversion of manufacturing capacity to Korean War fighters. Name > *either* of these two planes. Comet > banked to the left or right), a control surface is raised on one wing > and lowered on the other. What are these paired control surfaces > called? Ailerons > (that is, the nose is to be raised), a control surface is raised on > the tail, or perhaps one on each half of the tail. What is this > control surface called? Elevator > controls; instead they have their own motors that are actuated > through a computer. What phrase of three short words is used > informally to describe this system? fly by wire > from time to time in exotic aircraft. The word "tail" would not be > sensible for a forward structure like this; what French word is > applied to it? Canard > became the first plane to fly faster than sound. Tell us *either* > the company or the American city that the X-1 came from. In later > years the company has been best known for their helicopters. Bell > same division of the same company. The division took its informal > name from a phrase in a comic strip. Either give this name, or name > the company. skunkworks |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 02 12:32PM -0700 On 7/1/21 9:47 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > the 2-page handout: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo10/4/ins.pdf > 1. Sousaphone. C > 2. Balalaika > 3. Krummhorn, a medieval member of the oboe family. L > 4. Serpent. M > 5. Fife. G > 6. Clarinette d'amour. N; O > 7. Racket, an old, oddly shaped member of the oboe family. P > 8. Theorbo, a Renaissance-era member of the lute family. E > 9. Heckelphone, a member of the oboe family. > 10. Hurdy-gurdy, a member of the violin family with a keyboard > and a crank. I > variation on this design, which makes them wider but improves > fuel economy. Tell briefly what is different about this design, > or say what these engines are called. turbofan > crankshaft which drove the propeller. A variant of this design > called the rotary engine enjoyed some success during World War I. > How did the rotary differ from the conventional radial? The combustion chambers were not cylinders, > usual seating configuration, entered commercial service in 1936 > and was the most successful and durable of its era, commanding > at one point 80% of the US market. Name it. DC-3 > test flights, but never entered commercial service due to lack > of airline interest and diversion of manufacturing capacity to > Korean War fighters. Name *either* of these two planes. Comet > banked to the left or right), a control surface is raised on one > wing and lowered on the other. What are these paired control > surfaces called? ailerons > (that is, the nose is to be raised), a control surface is > raised on the tail, or perhaps one on each half of the tail. > What is this control surface called? elevator > pilot's controls; instead they have their own motors that are > actuated through a computer. What phrase of three short words > is used informally to describe this system? fly-by-wire > be seen from time to time in exotic aircraft. The word "tail" > would not be sensible for a forward structure like this; what > French word is applied to it? canard > *either* the company or the American city that the X-1 came > from. In later years the company has been best known for > their helicopters. Sikorsky > the same division of the same company. The division took its > informal name from a phrase in a comic strip. Either give this > name, or name the company. Skunk Works -- Dan Tilque |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Jul 02 06:31PM -0700 On Friday, July 2, 2021 at 12:48:02 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > the 2-page handout: > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo10/4/ins.pdf > 1. Sousaphone. c > 2. Balalaika. e > 3. Krummhorn, a medieval member of the oboe family. r > 4. Serpent. q > 5. Fife. g > 6. Clarinette d'amour. n > 7. Racket, an old, oddly shaped member of the oboe family. m > 8. Theorbo, a Renaissance-era member of the lute family. b > 9. Heckelphone, a member of the oboe family. a > 10. Hurdy-gurdy, a member of the violin family with a keyboard > and a crank. j > So there were 6 decoys. Decode the rot13 if you would like to > see the other instruments and find them for fun, but for no points: > 11. Natural horn. k > 12. Ophicleide. l > 13. Keyed flageolet. f > 14. Lur, an old brass instrument. d > 15. Cittern or English guitar. h > 16. Pibgorn, an obsolete member of the clarinet family. p > variation on this design, which makes them wider but improves > fuel economy. Tell briefly what is different about this design, > or say what these engines are called. turbofan > crankshaft which drove the propeller. A variant of this design > called the rotary engine enjoyed some success during World War I. > How did the rotary differ from the conventional radial? the crankshaft is stationary and the cylinders rotate around it as a unit, directly attached to the propeller. > usual seating configuration, entered commercial service in 1936 > and was the most successful and durable of its era, commanding > at one point 80% of the US market. Name it. dc-3 > test flights, but never entered commercial service due to lack > of airline interest and diversion of manufacturing capacity to > Korean War fighters. Name *either* of these two planes. de havilland comet > banked to the left or right), a control surface is raised on one > wing and lowered on the other. What are these paired control > surfaces called? ailerons > (that is, the nose is to be raised), a control surface is > raised on the tail, or perhaps one on each half of the tail. > What is this control surface called? elevator > pilot's controls; instead they have their own motors that are > actuated through a computer. What phrase of three short words > is used informally to describe this system? fly by wire > be seen from time to time in exotic aircraft. The word "tail" > would not be sensible for a forward structure like this; what > French word is applied to it? canard > *either* the company or the American city that the X-1 came > from. In later years the company has been best known for > their helicopters. bell ; buffalo > the same division of the same company. The division took its > informal name from a phrase in a comic strip. Either give this > name, or name the company. lockheed ; skunk works > m...@vex.net | [others], only to be replaced by the next issue, which > | no-one has even dreamt of yet." -- Andrew Lawrence > My text in this article is in the public domain. swp |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 03 11:04AM +0200 > * Game 10, Round 4 - Entertainment (sort of) - Oddly Named Musical > Instruments > 1. Sousaphone. K > 2. Balalaika. H > 3. Krummhorn, a medieval member of the oboe family. P > 4. Serpent. M > 5. Fife. D > 6. Clarinette d'amour. N > 7. Racket, an old, oddly shaped member of the oboe family. Q > 8. Theorbo, a Renaissance-era member of the lute family. E > 9. Heckelphone, a member of the oboe family. A > 10. Hurdy-gurdy, a member of the violin family with a keyboard > and a crank. I > * Game 10, Round 6 - Science - Aeronautics > 9. Everyone knows that in 1947 the X-1, piloted by Chuck Yeager, No. |
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