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Leftyflip · 21-02-2011 09:24PM

Tactical sandals anyone?

whydave · 21-02-2011 09:53PM

Leftyflip wrote: »

Tactical sandals anyone?

WANT !!!!!!

private.G · 21-02-2011 10:14PM

evilrobotshane · 22-02-2011 12:19AM

Leftyflip wrote: »

Tactical sandals anyone?

Tactical my ass. When I was a raft guide we called them river shoes; they're nothing new, but of course you can sell pretty much anything to airsofters by marketing it as if a soldier somewhere might use it.

T4RGET · 22-02-2011 03:52PM

or in this case by putting the word tactical in it..
seriously, unless these sandals make no noise and kill enemies there is nothing tactical about them...

thermo · 22-02-2011 03:54PM

evilrobotshane wrote: »

Tactical my ass. When I was a raft guide we called them river shoes; they're nothing new, but of course you can sell pretty much anything to airsofters by marketing it as if a soldier somewhere might use it.

but I MIGHT, if i was a raft guide aswell.....................

evilrobotshane · 22-02-2011 03:57PM

thermo wrote: »

but I MIGHT, if i was a raft guide aswell.....................

Do you seriously think that if there were a tactical military situation that required insertion by whitewater raft (and presumably extraction by BASE jump and mountain board) there wouldn't already be a movie about it?

thermo · 22-02-2011 04:00PM

evilrobotshane wrote: »

Do you seriously think that if there were a tactical military situation that required insertion by whitewater raft (and presumably extraction by BASE jump and mountain board) there wouldn't already be a movie about it?

did you ever hear of the secret white water raft attack?

bullets · 22-02-2011 04:27PM

moggser wrote: »

thats the norm bullets
seen as it arrived on saturday and there aint anyone really working on saturday the first thing this morning some one saw it and said ello we can make money off this guy lets send it to customs .

I can hopefully breath a sigh of relief, Released from Customs less than an hour ago so should hopefully be on its way! Other than a slide to try and make a pistol look like a race gun, the only thing
I've left Gun wise to by from a Non-Irish retailer is the Bren Gun and then it
will be Irish all the way from then on.

~B

T4RGET · 22-02-2011 05:35PM

bullets wrote: »

I can hopefully breath a sigh of relief, Released from Customs less than an hour ago so should hopefully be on its way! Other than a slide to try and make a pistol look like a race gun, the only thing
I've left Gun wise to by from a Non-Irish retailer is the Bren Gun and then it
will be Irish all the way from then on.

~B

untill something else pops up which we can't get in from some stupid reason..

Irishmaster · 23-02-2011 02:45AM

Just saw this, thought it was pretty cool! Isnt the bottom suppose to be a grenade launcher?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_dlAmBkr10

whydave · 23-02-2011 12:10PM

Dear GOD !!!!!

NakedDex · 23-02-2011 02:14PM

Irishmaster wrote: »

Just saw this, thought it was pretty cool! Isnt the bottom suppose to be a grenade launcher?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_dlAmBkr10

A 30mm grenade launcher, yes. Then again, the primary side is also supposed to fire 10mm caseless rounds from a 99 round (95 if you've got the downgrade version) magazine. However, it is also a movie...

The prop for the movie was built, as is well known, around a Thompson, but the "grenade launcher" was a Remington 870 shotgun with a SPAS grip, so that video is pretty close to spot on.

Edit:
Actually, hang on... I just noticed what's written on his t-shirt. Didn't Bapty actually make the original Pulse Rifles for Aliens? Lemming, help me out here.

TNTQ · 23-02-2011 03:51PM

Airsoft and Strippers :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFH2hG8i0YU

private.G · 24-02-2011 01:44AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYovDvyheZ4

drdoon · 24-02-2011 11:22AM

sweet

T4RGET · 24-02-2011 09:23PM

cool video, anyone care to explain :P

swiftblade · 24-02-2011 09:38PM

T4RGET wrote: »

cool video, anyone care to explain :P

Creating energy from nothing in short

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_motion

T4RGET · 25-02-2011 05:37PM

cool

thats pretty interesting. doesn't really explain how the water travels up the path though

swiftblade · 25-02-2011 06:12PM

T4RGET wrote: »

cool thats pretty interesting. doesn't really explain how the water travels up the path though

It dosen't actually. It's an optical illusion, the way the camera is positioned

T4RGET · 25-02-2011 06:50PM

but then how does the wheel move when the water hits it? must be some illusion cus it looks like the water is hitting the wheel from the top :P

swiftblade · 25-02-2011 07:13PM

T4RGET wrote: »

but then how does the wheel move when the water hits it? must be some illusion cus it looks like the water is hitting the wheel from the top :P

Perpetual motion is impossibe.

Where is NakedDex when you need him......

It is an illusion, a good one, but still an illusion

Shiva · 25-02-2011 07:36PM

swiftblade wrote: »

Perpetual motion is impossible.

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T4RGET · 25-02-2011 07:42PM

hmm still seems unlikeyl but it's the only explaination

Shiva · 26-02-2011 01:06AM

T4RGET wrote: »

hmm still seems unlikeyl but it's the only explaination

Meant to post this yesterday, but I completely forgot....

Its based on a drawing by a surrealist called MC Escher.

Do a Google image search on his name - some of his stuff will blow your mind.

Stercus Accidit · 26-02-2011 01:15AM

Shiva wrote: »

Meant to post this yesterday, but I completely forgot....

Its based on a drawing by a surrealist called MC Escher.

.

YO YO YO WHERE ALL MY SURREALISTS AT!

NakedDex · 26-02-2011 01:27AM

Shiva wrote: »

You will respect the laws of thermodynamics.

Also, as said, it's an optical illusion based on perspective. It's actually very hard to explain how it works without seeing it from another angle, but if you look at the inside pillar on each "tower" and look at their position in relation to the same pillar on the opposite side you'll notice what's called a perspective depth anamoly. Basically, you'll notice something is wrong but won't be sure what. It's built flat, or sometimes with one canted ramp added in depending on design. Seeing it from another angle would show that it's very long as opposed to very tall. The water is actually pumped up to the top inside a hollow pillar just as it meets the end of the run.

It's based on this particular Escher:

MerryDespot · 26-02-2011 12:25PM

NakedDex wrote: »

You will respect the laws of thermodynamics.

Also, as said, it's an optical illusion based on perspective. It's actually very hard to explain how it works without seeing it from another angle, but if you look at the inside pillar on each "tower" and look at their position in relation to the same pillar on the opposite side you'll notice what's called a perspective depth anamoly. Basically, you'll notice something is wrong but won't be sure what. It's built flat, or sometimes with one canted ramp added in depending on design. Seeing it from another angle would show that it's very long as opposed to very tall. The water is actually pumped up to the top inside a hollow pillar just as it meets the end of the run.

It's based on this particular Escher:

Or to give an easier, more visual description, if anyone has seem Inception where DiCaprio explained the idea of building a perpetual look (i.e. never ending stairs) - remember the bit where the perspective shifts and you can see that the stairs end in mid air?
Well - same same but different.

NakedDex · 26-02-2011 01:39PM

It's easier done with CG though. To physical build it is quite difficult. The "canal" - for want of a better description of the water channel - is actual flat on the ground and stretches back away from the camera but gets bigger the further away it is. This combination of size versus perspective forces you to think all components are on varying planes but within a certain area (or to quote Father Ted: "Small... far away.").
The rightmost tower is actually built out along the canal path in two sections that are actually completely unconnected, they just seem to be a single unit from this camera angle. The leftmost tower is one piece but not as deep as it looks.

It's not perpetual motion by any manner or means, but it is a very clever build.

evilrobotshane · 26-02-2011 01:52PM

On that note, there's a number of Eschers done using Lego toward the bottom of this page.

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