Mildly interesting
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Euthanasia Roller coaster
Link to video"The concept design of the layout begins with a steep-angled lift to the 510-metre (1,670 ft) top, which would take two minutes for the train to reach. Any passengers that wished to get off could then do so.[3] From there, a 500-metre (1,600 ft) drop would take the train to 360 kilometres per hour (220 mph), close to its terminal velocity, before flattening out and speeding into the first of its seven slightly clothoid inversions.[3] Each inversion would have a smaller diameter than the one before in order to maintain the lethal 10 g to passengers while the train loses speed. After a sharp right-hand turn the train would enter a straight, where unloading of corpses and loading of new passengers could take place.[3]"
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Euthanasia Roller coaster
Link to video"The concept design of the layout begins with a steep-angled lift to the 510-metre (1,670 ft) top, which would take two minutes for the train to reach. Any passengers that wished to get off could then do so.[3] From there, a 500-metre (1,600 ft) drop would take the train to 360 kilometres per hour (220 mph), close to its terminal velocity, before flattening out and speeding into the first of its seven slightly clothoid inversions.[3] Each inversion would have a smaller diameter than the one before in order to maintain the lethal 10 g to passengers while the train loses speed. After a sharp right-hand turn the train would enter a straight, where unloading of corpses and loading of new passengers could take place.[3]"
@taiwan_girl I love this! Brilliant!
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@george-k Wow!! That is impressive!!
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That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.
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That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.
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It's not obvious in the picture, but I suspect the Blue and Red wires are joined.
Except where they are separated in order to tie the knot.
The 2 wires form a single strand that can be easily pulled apart. Outside of a fixture the covering between the 2 wires is joined.
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That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.
@klaus said in Mildly interesting:
That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.
Klaus, you wouldn't believe the wiring over here. It's unbelievable. I feel like I'm taking my life in my hands every time I wire a plug or install a fixture. The first time I opened up a plug in Canada I thought it was a practical joke.
I'm guessing it's a function of having half the voltage, but still.....
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@klaus said in Mildly interesting:
That looks wrong. The two cables are supposed to be part of a bigger cable, and that bigger cable is supposed to be fixed by the two screws.
Klaus, you wouldn't believe the wiring over here. It's unbelievable. I feel like I'm taking my life in my hands every time I wire a plug or install a fixture. The first time I opened up a plug in Canada I thought it was a practical joke.
I'm guessing it's a function of having half the voltage, but still.....
@doctor-phibes said in Mildly interesting:
I'm guessing it's a function of having half the voltage, but still.....
But half the voltage means twice the current, which makes proper cables and connectors even more important.
I’m always amazed when I visit the high tech country USA to then find all these utility roads with overland cables and wires that look like in a third world country.
