Today I Learned...

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I've aways said (I stole this but don't know from whom, some TV comedian) that we know we have autonomous driving vehicles not when the take us from A to B without us touching them, but when we get in to go to work, the display says "Oh hell no, we're going driving in the mountains today!" and you have to explain to your boss over the handsfree phone dialed for you why your car and you won't be in today.

Now that's Alfa!

Fify

[86-75309]

Be careful what you wish for.

[JD001]

Today I learned some facts and figures about a Javelin FGM-148 anti-tank missile:

- Lenght: 1.76m
- Weight: 28kg
- Cost: $200,000
- Armour pentration:up to 800mm
- Range: 75-2000m
- Control: Fire and forget
- Motors: 2 rockets (one to launch, second ignites at a distance, avoiding launcher detection)

A thought, it could be a lot chepaer if they just made the tanks with thinner gauge steel or just hire a rental, switched on all nanny gadgets and let it do its thing...

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by JD001

Today I learned some facts and figures about a Javelin FGM-148 anti-tank missile:

- Lenght: 1.76m
- Weight: 28kg
- Cost: $200,000
- Armour pentration:up to 800mm
- Range: 75-2000m
- Control: Fire and forget
- Motors: 2 rockets (one to launch, second ignitesd at a distance, avoiding launcher detection)

A thought, it could be a lot chepaer if they just made the tanks with thinner gauge steel or just hire a rental, switched on all nanny gadgets and let it do its thing...

You missed the coolest thing. When you aim at a vehicle (usually a tank of course) the missile goes up above it and then comes pretty much straight down. That is of course where the armour is thinnest anyway.
If you aim at a building, bunker, barricade (anything starting with a B apparently) then the missile goes in a straight line like a gun.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

If you aim at a building, bunker, barricade (anything starting with a B apparently) then the missile goes in a straight line like a gun.

Yet another reason FRS>BRZ

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

You missed the coolest thing. When you aim at a vehicle (usually a tank of course) the missile goes up above it and then comes pretty much straight down. That is of course where the armour is thinnest anyway.
If you aim at a building, bunker, barricade (anything starting with a B apparently) then the missile goes in a straight line like a gun.

I can remember 7 things, any more and I'm fucked.. Miller's law.. That's another thing I learned but it wasn't today...

[JD001]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Yet another reason FRS>BRZ

I'm planning on staying in the UK with my BRZEEEEE.. don't wish to venture into main land Europe just incase a Javelin gets me.. and we all know that the thinnest parts of the BRZEEE is the hood and roof...

[ScoobsMcGee]

Originally Posted by spcmafia

Me driving on Mrs.Mafia 2019 Mazda 3:
*Sees as biker or random person on my side of the road. Okay I should probably veer over the left side so I don't hit them.*
Mazda: "OMG YOU DONKEY WHY ARE YOU GOING OVER THE LINE!! Im going to pull you back to your lane
*Im trying no to hit the person in front of me!"
Mazda: "If he dies, he dies"


Lots of rain or snow while driving
Mazda: "I literally can't even" "Please be aware that my sensors are obstructed"
Me: Okay, *Clears the Warning*
Mazda: Have I told you that my sensors are obstructed, here let me remind you again every 30 seconds blocking your speedometer, just in case you didn't see them the first time.


Driving at night with adaptable High Beams
Mazda " Is that a lamppost, reflection, flood lights, or a car? Anyways, I'll just turn the high-beams on and off constantly until I can figure it out."

Try renting an Alfa sometime. Similar experience with the auto-high beams, only you're never sure if the car will turn them off, set off the alarm, generate an active aero fault, or pop the trunk.

[ScoobsMcGee]

Originally Posted by weederr33

Your Mazda sounds alpha as fuck

Originally Posted by Spuds

Fify

I replied to SPC before reading either of these and regret nothing.

Although Spuds has too much faith in Alfas.

[JD001]

Originally Posted by ScoobsMcGee

I replied to SPC before reading either of these and regret nothing.

Although Spuds has too much faith in Alfas.

I had an Alfa once, boxer engine.. Momo steering wheel, and red! Sounded great but that's about it.. awful driving position, very interesting gas guage, it used move constantly depending on whether the car was speeding up or slowing down.. didn't keep it too long, it left keeping its dignity intact..

[ScoobsMcGee]

Originally Posted by JD001

I had an Alfa once, boxer engine.. Momo steering wheel, and red! Sounded great but that's about it.. awful driving position, very interesting gas guage, it used move constantly depending on whether the car was speeding up or slowing down.. didn't keep it too long, it left keeping its dignity intact..

I've only put about 11k on it, but some things haven't changed it seems. No boxer engine, but the fuel gauge is still suspect and the speedometer is... optimistic. Seating position is great, but the seat is low and behind the front door, so you fall into it and have to climb out of it even more than a lowered BRZ. Overall the car is reliable in the sense that there have been no limp modes or real faults, but the thing has a lot of quirks for being a newish car.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by JD001

I can remember 7 things, any more and I'm fucked.. Miller's law.. That's another thing I learned but it wasn't today...

I can remember untold thousands of useless bits of trivia. Important stuff not so much.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by JD001

Today I learned some facts and figures about a Javelin FGM-148 anti-tank missile:.

Originally Posted by Tcoat

You missed the coolest thing. When you aim at a vehicle (usually a tank of course) the missile goes up above it and then comes pretty much straight down. That is of course where the armour is thinnest anyway.
If you aim at a building, bunker, barricade (anything starting with a B apparently) then the missile goes in a straight line like a gun.

Very nice, but still don't think it tops the AIR-2A Genie we talked about a year ago after my visit to Robins Air Force Base Museum.

[Spuds]

TIL the sheets for my bed never got from the washer into the dryer. And it's only 00:45!