Abandoned hundred Russian Army tanks found near Ural

They should weld down the barrel of the cannon and sell them to civilians in the desert.

Or better yet let people drive them for a fee...

Imagine buying 2 or 3 of those, a lot of land and charging people to drive tanks... 100 bucks/hour. Or more... depends on the gas price.

I would be rich! :crazy:
 
Blakut said:
They should weld down the barrel of the cannon and sell them to civilians in the desert.

Or better yet let people drive them for a fee...

Imagine buying 2 or 3 of those, a lot of land and charging people to drive tanks... 100 bucks/hour. Or more... depends on the gas price.

I would be rich! :crazy:
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Some people are doing that with Soviet tanks in Germany. They have no gun and weapons but anything else is original. You pay the owner and he will let you drive for some time. They say learning it is easier then using a car.

victor said:
Blakut said:
Or better yet let people drive them for a fee...
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Don't they do that with some fighter jets? Or at least let you fly along?
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In south africa you can do that as well I think seen it in some documentation. But they dont allow you to fly it just to be in the plane with a pilot.
 
Actually if you pay enough money through the correct tour opperator you could be taken for a flight with the russian airforce in a MIG. Dunno if they do it still, but some time back that was possible.
 
victor said:
I'd think the reason why Russians would do it that way is a lower safety standard. It's entirely possible and even quite safe to repair aircraft with duct tape. Maybe Norwegian helicopter pilots aren't allowed to do it (in peacetime) even if they know how because of insurance issues. They said that jokingly, but they'd do the same in a war situation.
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No.

There are key differences between Russian view on engineering and, let's say, US way of engineering.

American (and German, Japanese, etc) engineers tend toward "technical excellence". Every detail must be 100% reliable and the combination must be perfect. Factories must meet high standards and so on.

Russian engineers know that almost everything will be somewhat fucked up during the production and will break sooner or later. Probably sooner, just no one knows. So engineers tend to keep things as simple as possible, provide for maximum redundancy where necessary and make everything so it can be easily fixed right where it got broken, in the field.

Both approaches have pros and contras. While I certainly prefer my Mazda over any Russian car (I just need to maintain it regularly and not worry that my car will suddenly refuse moving in a middle of a 300 miles highway expecting me to fix something with a duct tape or a piece of a wire), I'll take Soyuz ride to the orbit anytime instead of a Shuttle - you probably understand why.
 
True, the suitability of perfection contra redundancy is very dependent on the field. For tanks, I guess the latter is better, simply because you might not be able to do advanced repairs in a warfare situation.
 
Well when the US spend millions of dollars to develop a conditioner for their attack helicopters you know what the russians did ? Yep, they simply have thrown a ventilator in the cockpit. Dont believe it ?

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Having some first hand experience with old Russian military equipment i can with confidence say that i wouldn't go fucking about with troops driving those things.

They ARE TANKS not swedish cars.
 
Well when the US spend millions of dollars to develop a conditioner for their attack helicopters you know what the russians did ? Yep, they simply have thrown a ventilator in the cockpit. Dont believe it ?
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That's not AC... it's a fan. And explain to me how it might work through your helmet??
 
you know it can get pretty hot in those helicopters evne when when its cold outside. They are usualy made with funcionality in mind not civilian comfort.

Even if you have a helmet or not I guess you will be happy about such a van.
 
Crni Vuk said:
Well when the US spend millions of dollars to develop a conditioner for their attack helicopters you know what the russians did ? Yep, they simply have thrown a ventilator in the cockpit. Dont believe it ?
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NASA spent a million on developing a ballpoint pen that works in space. The russian space agency just used a fucking pencil instead.
 
isnt that some kind of urban myth ? Well thats what I have read about it.

The Fisher Space Pen - NASA page
During the first NASA missions the astronauts used pencils. For Project Gemini, for example, NASA ordered mechanical pencils in 1965 from Tycam Engineering Manufacturing, Inc., in Houston. The fixed price contract purchased 34 units at a total cost of $4,382.50, or $128.89 per unit. That created something of a controversy at the time, as many people believed it was a frivolous expense. NASA backtracked immediately and equipped the astronauts with less costly items.


http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/s/spacepen.htm
Summary of the eRumor
The message says that the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration spent ten years and $12 million developing a pen that writes in zero gravity for use by astronauts. The pen will write upside down, underwater, on almost any surface and is functional at extremely hot and cold temperatures. The Russians, however, filled the need for a space writing instrument by simply using pencils.

The Truth
For some people, it's sport to point out government waste and bureaucratic stupidity, but this story about the space pen won't provide ammunition for it. The government did not fund the development of the pen, it did not cost $12 million to perfect, and neither the Americans nor the Russians consider it desirable to use pencils in space. In fact, both Americans and Russians use the space pen for their flights.
 
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