Whiffs found surfing

[scooter]

Years ago I read about variable compression engines (possibly soviet, possibly fitted to tracked tractors) which, provided you adjusted them correctly, would run on a wide range of fuels including creosote.
Not sure if they were spark or compression ignition.

I think that's the key and you can just see a fraught/hectic/chaotic situation and the squadie going "now where did I put that instruction manual ?"

Or the instructional diagrams (usually printed on a sheet of metal and riveted to said vehicle) is either missing, so faded you can't make it out, or otherwise illegible.  No need to ask me how I know this...

[kitnut617]

I've seen Shockwave a few times at the airshows --- sad to hear it's now gone --

[Scotaidh]

I've seen Shockwave a few times at the airshows --- sad to hear it's now gone --

It's been replaced with the Super Shockwave ... a twin-jet adaptation of a '57 Chevy pickup truck.  Not nearly as big, impressive, nor as fast as the Shockwave.

[Rheged]

There's been military engines that aren't too particular about what flammable liquid you feed them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multifuel#Military_multifuel_engines

"US M35 ​2 1⁄2-ton and M54 5-ton trucks built between 1963 and 1970 ... was able to use different fuels without preparation. Its primary fuel was Diesel #1, #2, or AP, but 70% to 90% of other fuels could be mixed with diesel
...
... a wide range of Russian military vehicles employ multifuel engines, such as the T-72 tank (multifuel diesel) and the T-80 (multifuel gas turbine).
"

IIRC, the Chieftain tank engine was supposed to be multi-fuel capable.

Rolls Royce K60 engines:- http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/31st-august-1962/41/rolls-royce-opposed-piston-engines    and Leyland L60  :- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyland_L60  were designed to be multi fuel

[jcf]

Using alcohol or bio-diesel fuel from plant sources is predicated on having the resources,
and ability, to grow said crops, and having a large enough surplus over food requirements
for people and livestock. All doubtful in the film scenarios.

[Weaver]

Years ago I read about variable compression engines (possibly soviet, possibly fitted to tracked tractors) which, provided you adjusted them correctly, would run on a wide range of fuels including creosote.
Not sure if they were spark or compression ignition.

I think that's the key and you can just see a fraught/hectic/chaotic situation and the squadie going "now where did I put that instruction manual ?"

Yet another of the many things in life that work well in theory and even in training but tend to fall at the first hurdle of real life.

Another key thing is knowing the characteristics of the fuel you're feeding the engine. If it's a nice clean drum with a nice, helpful data table on the side, then sweet. If it's whatever random concoction you're siphoning out of a cobbled-together vehicle you've stumbled across that crashed three years ago, then good luck...

[Weaver]

When I was living in the UK during the Eighties my plan for when the bombs dropped was to go to the top of the nearest hill, face the blast and hope it was quick.

Me and my school mate's plan was to go into the middle of Manchester, stand in Picadilly Gardens and try to plane-spot the warhead as it came in...

[Weaver]

OK.  Soap box going away now.

Is that your post apocalypse soap box ? Obviously made from a pre apocalypse box  If so don't do what my mate did once when we were 8 or 9 and forget to fit a brake 

I do know what you mean though 

It isn't a post-apocalyptic soapbox unless it's covered in studs and leather and has an immaculate pink mohican, because... reasons...

[zenrat]

OK.  Soap box going away now.

Is that your post apocalypse soap box ? Obviously made from a pre apocalypse box  If so don't do what my mate did once when we were 8 or 9 and forget to fit a brake 

I do know what you mean though 

It isn't a post-apocalyptic soapbox unless it's covered in studs and leather and has an immaculate pink mohican, because... reasons...

That's one thing you never see in any of these movies.  The REMFS - The leatherworkers hard at work sewing the harnesses and punches and attaching the studs.  The hairdressers struggling to keep those mohawks erect.  The structural engineers drawing up the terrordome specs...

[Old Wombat]

OK.  Soap box going away now.

Is that your post apocalypse soap box ? Obviously made from a pre apocalypse box  If so don't do what my mate did once when we were 8 or 9 and forget to fit a brake 

I do know what you mean though 

It isn't a post-apocalyptic soapbox unless it's covered in studs and leather and has an immaculate pink mohican, because... reasons...

That's one thing you never see in any of these movies.  The REMFS - The leatherworkers hard at work sewing the harnesses and punches and attaching the studs.  The hairdressers struggling to keep those mohawks erect.  The structural engineers drawing up the terrordome specs...

History is never about the logistics train; it's all about the generals & politicians - sometimes it includes the lads & lasses on the front line.

[zenrat]

Now there's an idea for a GB.  First one on my list to suggest next year.

[Weaver]

This is from a comic series I'd never heard of before called Scarlet Traces. It's in a similar vien to Ministry Of Space in that the British Empire survives through the use of advanced technology, but in this case, it's not Nazi scientists that provide the goods, but the failed Martian invasion of 1898. Originally written for online publication, it was serialised in 2000AD and has been put out in graphic novel format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_Traces

[PR19_Kit]

A bi-plane, tilt wing, double deck VTOL airliner with no fin at all? 

That's some 'advanced technology' alright. 

[Dizzyfugu]

Cool find! 

[jcf]

Looks like four fins to my eye.