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... until they see me coming. I'm charging the batteries and will go flying with the helicopters this afternoon.
After a longer break, I have begun working on my next helicopter again. It's a model of a Bell UH-1B, but I will try to pass it off as this 'Echo' model.[^]
The mechanical part is an older T-Rex 450 (still with paddles). It has already be modified and mounted inside the body. Now I'm adding all kinds of details, like panels, antennae. air intakes or door hinges. Some real model building for a change and even more fun is coming up: Adding hundreds of rivets.
Have a look here[^], here[^] and here.[^]
I still am looking for a way to make the weapons and their mounts. I want a gunship, not a 'Slick'. This will probably be a good excuse to play with a 3D printer.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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That's a load of work, just in the rivets! 
Hope the weather is good for flying 
I was going to say I was surprised that you hadn't 3d printed the whole body shell (complete with rivets), but then I realized just how much work digitising the shape would be in the first place.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: That's a load of work, just in the rivets!
It is, but it will make a great difference after painting. All those little details will become visible after 'weathering' the paint.
3D printing the whole thing would be quite expensive, even if you already have a complete 3D model. I have seen the weapons in scale 1:7 (too large for my purposes and also too modern for a gunship from 1967) for about 300€ per piece, plus the right and left mount for a similar price each.
A model this size always is terribly expensive and those parts were done really well with every detail, but printing the whole body would really cost you a little.
And why do I always have the urge to hum Wagner while I'm working on it?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Dan-ta-da-dah-DAN! Bang-bang-bang-ra-ta-tat-tah! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I need a scale 1:16 surfboard and tie it to the landing skids...
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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That should be pretty easy to 3D model and print!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Enter a fat lady with a tin bra.
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And it's only over when she sings.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Sounds like you will Revell in model helicopter parts MUWHAHAHA *evil laugh* 
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Wait until I have it Airfixed.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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That's his choice, unless he doesn't do his job properly.
People should stop worrying about what is appropriate for what ages.
If this guy did what "people" somehow want him to do he'd retired at 65, do nothing, and die of boredom old age somewhere in his 80's...
If you can and want, you should, no matter your age.
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If he is able to keep working and wants to, by all means let him! The fact that he is 102 means nothing (other than to the bureaucrats who seem to think that old age == inability to work).
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I think it is more that they think he might drop dead on campus and they would have the expense of dealing with it. Bean counters!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Mycroft Holmes wrote: I think it is more that they think he might drop dead on campus and they would have the expense of dealing with it. Bean counters!
Was he 3 or 4 years ahead of you in school?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I wish, I'll be pushing up daisies long before I make it to his age!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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He should take up Computer Science. Then he can be working happily till the end comes.
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Hi,
We know about the Lorry Loading Problem!
Lorry with Cubic Size L-W-H Dimensions, and Load Capacity, and various sizes of Boxes, of various weight, all going to the same Destination. It has been shown(by someone, so have I been told) that this has No Analytic Solution, but that approximation algorithms exist. (That is, algorithms that get it right Most, but not All of the time)
I have a Similar (much smaller) Problem. I want to Print a Number of Orders in fixed pitch font on A4 Pages. The orders have each Different Number of lines, and we want to organise the printing in such a way that the minimum amount of paper is used.
We Know how many lines will fit on a Page. (say 80)
Any ideas on how to approach this by form of algorithm?
No, this is not an exam question. I do no longer sit exams! When I went to University 45 years ago, Computer studies did not exist.
I am just a self taught programmer, who is getting stuck.
Any help or pointer to literature is appreciated.
Bram van Kampen
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Without using a neural network, which this problem is designed for, I would get the largest order for the available space, or put the largest orders on each page then fill the rest with smaller orders.
This does not take into account that 2 medium sized orders may be a better fit than a large + a small order. That is where the neural network would do a good job.
And I think this should probably be in a forum other than the Lounge
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Hi,
That is helpful, I had been thinking along the same lines myself. I do not think that a neural network would be justified, it is just that that solution you describe, sometimes gives stupid results.
It is all te same a not uncommon problem. I had hoped that someone smart somewhere would have written something smart about this.
About the choice of Forum: Suggest another please?
Thanks + Regards
Bram van Kampen
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Bram van Kampen wrote: sometimes gives stupid results
Especially with small data sets. I have a requirement where I have to hedge a trade against a HUGE selection of other trades, so it works very well for me. 
Bill identified the correct forums except I would not venture into Q&A bleh!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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 good luck with that question in the Lounge....
It is an interesting 3D programming problem...but it is a programming problem and it is in the lounge, I suggest you read the guidelines at the top before you are nuked out of here...
Ken
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Well Ken,
It is a General Computing Problem, (Independent of Languages or Systems) So, I think this is the forum to rise such Question. Of course, like as in any lounge, if you do not like the conversation, you do not have to partake. In a physical lounge you might be affected by loud voices. You are saved from that in this lounge.
Regards, and sorry to have offended you,
Bram van Kampen
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You did not offend in the slightest. I find it an interesting problem, but have been a bit amazed at the roastings some have been given for posting programming problems in the lounge, and only wanted to give some fair warning...
Ken
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There are the "Design and Architecture" and "Algorithms" forums here which are appropriate place this question could go, in addition to QA, and, it is a programming question which is not appropriate for the Lounge.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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