Well, wouldn't that then be 1920's technology considering the SRBs aren't much removed from the earliest rockets?
But you're gonna give all the 'cars' and 'video games' a pass?
80's technology picture thread!
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But you're gonna give all the 'cars' and 'video games' a pass?
And rebuilding everything on a car except the exterior is not an option since...?
Don't worry, first I need my new Camaro, a new daily vehicle to save some gas and then when I'm really getting spare money over there are a few others on the list first. Like a 68 Dodge Charger R/T, but that don't count in this thread.
I always did love the look of that. Wasn't it insanely complex to keep in the air though?My favorite 80's tech - The X-29:
Indeed. It might be pretty but it was unstable as hell as it kept wanting to roll.
From what I learned in my aerodynamics lectures, I think it would have problems offloading vorticity. Ideally it should stream tidily off the tips of the wings to minimise drag and instability. No chance of that here.
Well, as far as I know, it does make the plane more maneuverable. But without computers you won't stay in the air for even one millisecond.
^In the beginning they were very expensive and only to be found in locked display cases in electronics stores.
A year later there were big baskets of them by the cashiers in supermarkets... Yeah I remember
A year later there were big baskets of them by the cashiers in supermarkets... Yeah I remember
Some of the earliest electronic toys I had:
Speak & Spell!
Speak & Maths!
However, not everything from the 80s endured...
However, there are some uses of 80s technology, know-how and skillz that have endured. Namely...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfYZ-b3D43w
Speak & Spell!
Speak & Maths!
However, not everything from the 80s endured...
However, there are some uses of 80s technology, know-how and skillz that have endured. Namely...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfYZ-b3D43w
Rii
Rear Admiral
Sony D-5, the world's first portable CD player.
Folks see military technology from the 60s/70s/80s every day on CNN.
Well, wouldn't that then be 1920's technology considering the SRBs aren't much removed from the earliest rockets?
But you're gonna give all the 'cars' and 'video games' a pass?
Well, for cars we're looking more at their physical designs than their mechanical function. Video games their graphical apperance.
So if you want to argue that the SRBs on the shuttle are somehow inherently 80s based on simply their look and design then, sure, they're "80s technology."
Retro phones!!!!
^ ah, I thought you were going for 1880s.
His TARDIS must be acting up. 1880's 1980's no big difference.
Ofcourse getting Rick Rolled in the 1880's involves lots of rocks being pelted at you
What yuppie didn't have one of the these lol
Did someone say 1880s?^ ah, I thought you were going for 1880s.
His TARDIS must be acting up. 1880's 1980's no big difference.
The Sukhoi Su-47:
The F-22 can suck it!
Actually, the X-29A wasn't quite the rotten egg some have made it out to be. To be fair, it was the epitome of an experimental aircraft. It was basically used to test several new technologies. The computers that were used (I think there were four) were analog and not very sophisticated even by 1984's standards.
NASA has since gone back and done a mock-up of one with much more advanced avionics, different engines, larger canards, and a few different materials here and there. They never made a prototype, but ran many simulators and it seemed to work.
There was even a push in the late 90s to further configure it with weapons systems and use it solely as an anti-missile air-defense interceptor; in other words, to shoot down ICBMs and the like.
It's excellent rate of climb and stability at higher altitudes would have made it perfect for the job and would have been a lot cheaper and cost effective than that silly satellite defensive "shield" nonsense that was proposed a few years ago.
It's those same attributes for which the Su-47 was built. It can climb like crazy and has unbelievable stability at extreme high altitudes. I've heard stories of it flying at sub 150 Knots at altitudes exceeding 40,000 feet without stalling. It was basically built as a F-22 killer. Though, I guess the F-22 is doing a fine job of it itself.
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