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  2. Air Tractor AT-802 - Wikipedia

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    The AT-802L Longsword at Paris Air Show 2017 A Fire Boss on floats dropping its load. AT-802 – two seat (tandem) cockpit; AT-802A – single-seat cockpit; AT-802U – two seat (tandem) armored military version, modified with sensors and reinforced for weapons carriage [20] AT-802U Sky Warden – An ISR Strike Aircraft based on AT-802U. [21]

  3. Ejection seat - Wikipedia

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    The seat cannon clears the seat from the aircraft, then the under-seat rocket pack fires to lift the seat to altitude. As the rockets fire for longer than the cannon, they do not require the same high forces. Zero-zero rocket seats also reduced forces on the pilot during any ejection, reducing injuries and spinal compression.

  4. Cheugugi - Wikipedia

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    Cheugugi (Hangul: 측우기, Hanja: 測雨器) is the first well-known rain gauge invented and used during the Joseon dynasty of Korea. It was invented and supplied to each provincial offices during the King Sejong the Great's reign. As of 2010, only one example of the Cheugugi remains, known as the Geumyeong Cheugugi (Hangul: 금영측우기 ...

  5. Rain gauge - Wikipedia

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    The exterior of a tipping bucket rain gauge The interior of a tipping bucket rain gauge. The tipping bucket rain gauge consists of a funnel that collects and channels the precipitation into a small seesaw-like container. After a pre-set amount of precipitation falls, the lever tips, dumping the collected water and sending an electrical signal.

  6. Osborne Fire Finder - Wikipedia

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    The fire lookout notes the degrees on the graduated ring beneath the sight. Early Fire Finders were capable of a crude estimate of elevation based upon the level and elevation of the table, calculating distance and rough position of the fire by reference to any distinctive terrain features and by use of the scale shown on the map.

  7. List of rail transport modelling scale standards - Wikipedia

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    In terms of model railway operation, gauge 3 is the largest (standard gauge) scenic railway modelling scale, using a scale of 13.5 mm to the foot. The Gauge '3' Society represents this aspect of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch gauge railway modelling with both electric and live steam operation. Gauge '3' corresponds to NEM II scale, also known as "Spur II" in ...

  8. Cadillac Gage Commando - Wikipedia

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    The variants for police work featured special elongated firing ports for better angles of fire for tear gas grenade launchers. [ 15 ] Relatively large-gunned variants of the V-100 began appearing in 1964, when Cadillac Gage marketed the Commando against the Alvis Saladin and Panhard AML-90 for a Royal Saudi Army requirement specifying a wheeled ...

  9. X-Squad - Wikipedia

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    X-Squad, known in Japan as X-Fire/Crossfire (XFIRE ~クロスファイア~, XFIRE ~Kurosufaia~), is a PlayStation 2 launch title developed and published by Electronic Arts Square under the EA Games label. [1] It was released on August 3, 2000 in Japan, October 26 in the U.S. and on December 8 in Europe.