Browse Sites By Day: 10.08.2020 RSS2020-08-10T21:26:44+0000From time to time it’s good to be reminded that mechanical engineering can also be art. [José Manuel Hermo Barreiro], also known as [Patelo], is a retired naval mechanic with a love for scale model engines. Using only basic tools and a lathe, he has built a non-flying hexacopter display model, each propeller turned by a tiny single cylinder motor that runs on compressed air. From the tiny components of the valve systems, the brass framed acrylic windows into the crankcases, and the persistence of vision disc on the exhaust, the attention to detail is breathtaking.

]]>2020-08-10T21:26:44+0000The new footage was taken by drone. And it's heartbreaking. The water and sand along once-pristine beaches is now an oily black slick.

]]>2020-08-10T16:22:10+0000CASA has put out a message looking to the community for help to find a drone that was spotted by pilots coming in to land at Sydney airport. The drone appeared to be blue in color and one meter by one meter in size. The drone appeared to be flying in the Granville/North Parramatta at around 4000 feet on Monday, July 20 between two and three o’clock in the afternoon. That suggested the drone was flying in a commercial operation of some sort.

]]>2020-08-10T13:27:16+0000How the drone is used. When hooking up the rig to the tugboat, there are two sets of lines connected, the main ones and backup if anything goes wrong.

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