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Backyard Ballistics is a how-to book by William Gurstelle that was published in 2001. [1] [2] [3] It is full of experiments that can be done relatively inexpensively and can be easily executed. It also includes the history and mechanical principles of some of the inventions and projects.
The Response boat - Small II, also known as RB-S II, is a small vessel in service in the US Coast Guard.The boats perform a variety of missions such has PWCS (Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security), law enforcement, counter narcotics operations, search and rescue, migrant interdiction, and environmental response operations.
Data from Challenger.ca General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger and 500 lb (227 kg) useful load Length: 20 ft (6.1 m) Wingspan: 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m) Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Wing area: 177 sq ft (16.4 m 2) Empty weight: 460 lb (209 kg) Max takeoff weight: 960 lb (435 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 503 twin cylinder, inline, two stroke, piston aircraft engine, 50 hp (37 kW ...
For the following fifteen years, Discovery II was the Riverboat Discovery's primary tour vessel; her passenger capacity was nearly 400, a more than twofold increase over Discovery I. In addition to increased capacity, Discovery II also proved mechanically reliable, embarking on over 5,000 trips without a single mechanical delay.
The engine will be available as a factory option and also as a retrofit under a supplemental type certificate and saves 150 lb (68 kg) in empty weight, due to the much lighter engine. [6] With the start of the 2008 global recession, sales of the XL2 slowed greatly. During 2011 the company shipped only two aircraft and none during the first two ...
A heavy-lift launch vehicle (HLV) is an orbital launch vehicle capable of lifting payloads between 20,000 to 50,000 kg (44,000 to 110,000 lb) (by NASA classification) or between 20,000 to 100,000 kilograms (44,000 to 220,000 lb) (by Russian classification) [1] into low Earth orbit (LEO). [2]
The series began in late 1997 when Humongous Entertainment, owned by GT Interactive, created the first game in the franchise: Backyard Baseball. [3] Later, GT Interactive was purchased by Infogrames and was renamed as Infogrames, Inc. [4] Infogrames allowed Humongous Entertainment to expand the series, and Humongous later developed more titles such as Backyard Soccer, Backyard Football ...
The third stage of the GSLV Mark II is propelled by the Indian CE-7.5 cryogenic rocket engine while the older defunct Mark I is propelled using a Russian made KVD-1. It uses liquid hydrogen (LH 2 ) and liquid oxygen (LOX) [ 20 ] The Indian cryogenic engine was built at the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre .