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https://www.simpleplanes.com/Forums/View/2151701#:~:text=it%27ll%20give%20you%20a%20better%20idea%20of%20what%20kind%20of%20character%20this%20is.%20Or%2C%20rather%2C%20that%20they%27re%20not%20a%20single%20character.%20Ivana%20Ivanovna%20and%20Ivan%20Ivanovich%20both%20are%2C%20and%20are%20not%2C%20the%20same%20person.
@Boeing727200F Fell in through another universe? It happens sometimes.
If it's not a Tumour-native species, I imagine that could be... awkward.
I've heard anecdotes of the effect. One of the Ivanoviches looks like a humanoid canine species. I think he's the "Newbie", or whatever it was Ivanoviches call the most recently discovered instance of them. Anyways, finding out how his world's species would be viewed in other universes... he did not take it super well.
Call it inverse cultural baggage if you will.
@Boeing727200F so it has a cannon name, but what's its canon name?
So yeah its parents definitely hate it. Imagine being named "Kid" or "Human". Shit would suck.
That's it, henceforth they shall be named like so many things have been named before them:
I christen them John Fox.
Boeing, important question:
Is that fox thing in your PFP (you?) named Boeing727200F, or thebeastwithin4?
Additionally, why did their parents hate them so?
@TheLoadingGorilla Undoubtably they are here, they are just kept quiet.
Usually, when it comes to your posts, I do. I feel very strongly about this, however.
I quite dislike reading, in all honesty. It's rarely enjoyable for me.
There have been things I've enjoyed, I'm sure, but those are rare and I honestly can't remember much. There was once a web novel (if not a particularly good one) that I enjoyed. I even got the (rather crudely done) print of the first few dozen chapters (I don't think the rest ever got printed, though).
Yeah so long story short I came to loathe the community with such a burning passion that I will not even name the story out of spite.
The OG story was okay, if not great. The community was a giant pile of degenerates.
I know you're not fond of swearing and find it disgusting, but I'm not fond of those people and find them disgusting: Fuck. Them.
...
Annnyways yeah I needed to blow off a bit of steam just thinking about them.
...
TL;DR: I'm not a reader; I don't really enjoy it.
Remember: criticism is the key to improvement.
I'm not poking holes in this because I'm mean, I'm poking holes in this so you can make your future projects better.
@Boeing727200F I figured the "suppressive" part of a helicopter was generally the "giant flying death machine pointed at you". A modern helicopter has such excellent sensors that it only needs to fire when it spots a target, unlike a soldier which cannot be certain from a distance when the enemy is attempting to move (thus needs to fire more often). Even then, water-cooled machine guns are typically unneeded as the mere threat of a burst of bullets keeps heads down.
Prolonged fire is usually only needed when there are prolonged targets (such as wave attacks or aircraft needing to be shot down).
but I'm assuming its for like 1 small engine or something
What do you mean?
I'm not good at this research thing, but it seems like the outdated lease units were sold in Universe-1 exclusively. There's no evidence I can find that any have been sold off to an entity in the Tumour.
@Boeing727200F I do wonder what its mission profile is supposed to be, seeing as water-cooled weapons are only really effective when prolonged fire (as in minutes or more) is required. They're also heavy, and so is the ammunition to sustain such firing; for a helicopter (already an inefficient type of aircraft) this would be prohibitive.
Aircraft have the benefit of high speed airflow over their weapons, so that's generally what they go with. This could also be seen in WWI, if my memory serves, with MG 14 - an MG 08 redesigned for aerial use.
water-cooled MGs were nessasary as this aircraft is designed to operate in very high humidity locations
I'm sorry do your machine guns fucking SWEAT?
According to a bit of Googling, humid air takes away heat slightly better than dry air (though it seems circumstances are relevant). The only situation were humid air would be definitively worse for heat dissipation would be if evaporative cooling was used.
some anti furries stole it and did exactly what they would with a helicopter loaded full of fuel
That's not an anti-furry, that's a terrorist. One is an edgelord, the other is a domestic security threat.
shoot trespassers before questioning.
Believe me, that doesn't go over well with the po-po unless you have some very, very specific paperwork. Ask us why we know.
@Boeing727200F I mean, it's possible. Graingy was never one of the big locomotive manufacturers (if we were, I'd be able to tell you about the competition like I can other companies, such as the long-reviled Boeing). The units we sold to others were typically pretty middle-of-the-road, though, so it seems that it was relatively uncommon practice; why delay with a trial unit when the product is commonly established as so incredibly milquetoast? The exotic stuff we kept for ourselves (see: the spark-plug-equipped diesel).
The resemblance to actual standard-gauge Graingy locomotives isn't outstanding, though. At least, not compared to any other locomotive.
That still wouldn't explain the paint.
@Boeing727200F Most engines look next to identical unless you've stared at them for more time than sense, no less when they're at such a tiny resolution.
Graingy has produced standard gauge engines, of course, but those were mostly for sale to other entities; relatively few models were used by Graingy itself.
Well, sort of. A number of sizes were used, it was just the price range that was constrained; Graingy has virtually never used the budget offerings themselves outside of exceptional (read: emergency) circumstances.
Graingy has historically preferred to use its own rail lines whenever possible (principally between plants and Graingy-owned-and-operated mines), and those were almost overwhelmingly of the 2m gauge past the company's first two decades.
Many video games use simplified models at a distance to reduce graphical load.
For example: at the MiG-25's combat distances, this is what its model looks like.
Graingy’s 2m line was entirely independent of other lines, so whatever rolling stock may have existed elsewhere in the world of that gauge is irrelevant.
@Boeing727200F Well, whatever the case is your drawings look next to identical to actual Graingy-built engines.
I can find no source indicating that Graingy ever operated engines of those types. It’s possible they passed through our possession, but they’d have only been painted if they were operated which they weren’t.
That was SUPPOSED to be a link highlight, yet for some reason it doesn't work.
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@Boeing727200F Fell in through another universe? It happens sometimes.
+1If it's not a Tumour-native species, I imagine that could be... awkward.
I've heard anecdotes of the effect. One of the Ivanoviches looks like a humanoid canine species. I think he's the "Newbie", or whatever it was Ivanoviches call the most recently discovered instance of them. Anyways, finding out how his world's species would be viewed in other universes... he did not take it super well.
Call it inverse cultural baggage if you will.
@ComradeSandman oh hi me
Honestly that might be worse but hey it's funny
grats
+1@Boeing727200F so it has a cannon name, but what's its canon name?
+1So yeah its parents definitely hate it. Imagine being named "Kid" or "Human". Shit would suck.
That's it, henceforth they shall be named like so many things have been named before them:
I christen them John Fox.
@RB107 The real eggman
+1Boeing, important question:
+1Is that fox thing in your PFP (you?) named Boeing727200F, or thebeastwithin4?
Additionally, why did their parents hate them so?
That fuckass thing they added to WT
+1@LunarEclipseSP I remember that lol
+1pspspsppspspsps
@Kerbango badum tss
+2@TheLoadingGorilla Undoubtably they are here, they are just kept quiet.
Usually, when it comes to your posts, I do. I feel very strongly about this, however.
@Boeing727200F You're right.
+1@RANDOMPLAYER! Bring us the simple ship posthaste!
Use Gravatar.
+2I quite dislike reading, in all honesty. It's rarely enjoyable for me.
There have been things I've enjoyed, I'm sure, but those are rare and I honestly can't remember much. There was once a web novel (if not a particularly good one) that I enjoyed. I even got the (rather crudely done) print of the first few dozen chapters (I don't think the rest ever got printed, though).
Yeah so long story short I came to loathe the community with such a burning passion that I will not even name the story out of spite.
The OG story was okay, if not great. The community was a giant pile of degenerates.
I know you're not fond of swearing and find it disgusting, but I'm not fond of those people and find them disgusting:
Fuck. Them.
...
Annnyways yeah I needed to blow off a bit of steam just thinking about them.
...
TL;DR: I'm not a reader; I don't really enjoy it.
@livingston Hella uncanny
@TheLoadingGorilla That's a good one too.
@TheLoadingGorilla Me and typos, name a more iconic duo.
@TheLoadingGorilla Standard Graingy Trainer colours, though the paint job here was horrible executed.
20!
6/1/25
I can't tell if that image is a clever edit or AI.
@TheLoadingGorilla Yep.
ah wonderful the milk truck is here
+1I will explode if tagged.
+1Remember: criticism is the key to improvement.
+1I'm not poking holes in this because I'm mean, I'm poking holes in this so you can make your future projects better.
@Boeing727200F I figured the "suppressive" part of a helicopter was generally the "giant flying death machine pointed at you". A modern helicopter has such excellent sensors that it only needs to fire when it spots a target, unlike a soldier which cannot be certain from a distance when the enemy is attempting to move (thus needs to fire more often). Even then, water-cooled machine guns are typically unneeded as the mere threat of a burst of bullets keeps heads down.
+2Prolonged fire is usually only needed when there are prolonged targets (such as wave attacks or aircraft needing to be shot down).
oh i see
@Boeing727200F
What do you mean?
+1I'm not good at this research thing, but it seems like the outdated lease units were sold in Universe-1 exclusively. There's no evidence I can find that any have been sold off to an entity in the Tumour.
@Boeing727200F I do wonder what its mission profile is supposed to be, seeing as water-cooled weapons are only really effective when prolonged fire (as in minutes or more) is required. They're also heavy, and so is the ammunition to sustain such firing; for a helicopter (already an inefficient type of aircraft) this would be prohibitive.
+2Aircraft have the benefit of high speed airflow over their weapons, so that's generally what they go with. This could also be seen in WWI, if my memory serves, with MG 14 - an MG 08 redesigned for aerial use.
@Boeing727200F As far as I can tell Graingy never had any more than a tiny lease program for locomotives. There was something, but man was it small.
+1@Boeing727200F
I'm sorry do your machine guns fucking SWEAT?
According to a bit of Googling, humid air takes away heat slightly better than dry air (though it seems circumstances are relevant). The only situation were humid air would be definitively worse for heat dissipation would be if evaporative cooling was used.
That's not an anti-furry, that's a terrorist. One is an edgelord, the other is a domestic security threat.
Believe me, that doesn't go over well with the po-po unless you have some very, very specific paperwork. Ask us why we know.
+1@Boeing727200F I mean, it's possible. Graingy was never one of the big locomotive manufacturers (if we were, I'd be able to tell you about the competition like I can other companies, such as the long-reviled Boeing). The units we sold to others were typically pretty middle-of-the-road, though, so it seems that it was relatively uncommon practice; why delay with a trial unit when the product is commonly established as so incredibly milquetoast? The exotic stuff we kept for ourselves (see: the spark-plug-equipped diesel).
The resemblance to actual standard-gauge Graingy locomotives isn't outstanding, though. At least, not compared to any other locomotive.
That still wouldn't explain the paint.
What on Earth am I looking at?
What.
What.
+1@Boeing727200F A Boeing 727-200F, perchance?
@Boeing727200F Most engines look next to identical unless you've stared at them for more time than sense, no less when they're at such a tiny resolution.
Graingy has produced standard gauge engines, of course, but those were mostly for sale to other entities; relatively few models were used by Graingy itself.
Well, sort of. A number of sizes were used, it was just the price range that was constrained; Graingy has virtually never used the budget offerings themselves outside of exceptional (read: emergency) circumstances.
Graingy has historically preferred to use its own rail lines whenever possible (principally between plants and Graingy-owned-and-operated mines), and those were almost overwhelmingly of the 2m gauge past the company's first two decades.
@Chunkycheese Is that a no?
+1the wings aren't attached
@Chunkycheese Are you telling me you've never heard Eggman's Announcement before???
+1Many video games use simplified models at a distance to reduce graphical load.
+1For example: at the MiG-25's combat distances, this is what its model looks like.
@Chunkycheese ???
+1@1200pashacom I do not read Cyrillic.
@Monarchii the current Indonesian regime is as stupid as it is evil, so I doubt you could do worse.
@Boeing727200F Odd that it used Graingy paint…
+1@keiyronelleavgeek566 no
+1Graingy’s 2m line was entirely independent of other lines, so whatever rolling stock may have existed elsewhere in the world of that gauge is irrelevant.
@Boeing727200F Well, whatever the case is your drawings look next to identical to actual Graingy-built engines.
+1I can find no source indicating that Graingy ever operated engines of those types. It’s possible they passed through our possession, but they’d have only been painted if they were operated which they weren’t.
@Boeing727200F Trains in Japan
+1@keiyronelleavgeek566 no
+1This is several kinds of stupid.
-Shared age while underage
-Evaded ban
-Publicly announced the ban evasion.
Incredible…