If you need anything for heat related issues, check this place/link out:Design Engineering Inc. They have all kinds of heat wraps, wire sleeves, intake tube wraps, turbo wraps, coolant additives, intercooler sprayers, etc.

 

Interesting thoughts on "expert systems"- my wife's a PhD in the medical informatics field and she deals extensively with expert systems, logistic regressions, neural networks, and so forth, and I have to say that that is probably the best explanation of an expert system I as a simpleton have ever heard. However, I think she would disagree that this is one, since they are operating systems that are able to learn and make inferences on their own based on knowledge input. This is totally off topic so I'll stop here- I think I'm just being argumentative- I'm terribly impressed with your explanation, though, and agree that this forum is a goldmine of practical information, so I hope you'll forgive me...

 

Not at all Barney. That description came from the link, since my admittedly almost non-existant knowledge led me to a more accurate description than I could come up with. And it does mention "Some expert systems are able to improve their knowledge base and develop new inference rules based on their experience with previous problems. " Sorry, I love a good discussion myself


The bad part above is my own poor undestanding, I have not kept up with them.

 

Sweet!!
a fellow Aviator...
AH-1Z...Longbow? UH-1Y? What type of Huey is that?

 

The new four-bladed variants, referred to as "Upgrades"



It does have the Longbows radar though.

http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/teste...ws/8662-1.html



http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/teste...s/26626-1.html

 

What kind of missions are they used for?

 

The AH-1Z kills things. Most memorable ad line " We made it beutiful, since it's the last thing some folks will ever see."

* AGM-114A, B, and C Hellfire and anti-tank missiles up to 16 total
* AGM-114F Hellfire anti-ship missiles – up to 16 total
* AGM 114K Hellfire II radio-frequency anti-tank missiles – up to 16 total
* 70mm Rockets, 19 or 7 shot pods –up to 76 total
* AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles
* LUU-2A/B nighttime illumination flare
* Mk 77 fire bombs
* 77 and 100 gallon external auxiliary fuel tanks
* 20 mm cannon
* MK 76 practice bombs
* BDU-33D/B practice bombs
* MK 106 practice bombs

The UH-1Y missions.

combat assaults, evacuate wounded soldiers, transport senior staff, or complete any other helicopter mission you can imagine.

 

I would hope we have a large group of them in Iraq!!![sm=smiley5.gif]

 

Not these guys, they are still in testing. But while somewhat limited by engine power and such, the currently fielded helos are still formidable aircraft. I got to be on a range at Quantico and watch a Huey empty two rocket pods from about 200 feet up and 100 feet to the left. Same trip, a Cobra shot off one rocket pod, four Tows, and some 20mm from the nose. Incredible. the Cobras have a HSS which slaves the nose gun to the gunners helmet. Look at it, pull trigger, it dies. All this tech useless without the Marines who load it/fix it/fly it. Good men and women. Bless them!!!

And please no e-mails about my bloodthirsty, warmongering ways. While I wish all this effort could be put into bettering mankinds lot, til folks stop trying to hurt me and mine, lock and load.

 

heh heh heh- yeah...[sm=smiley7.gif] get some...