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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 6:38 pm
by Fnord
D. Hall,
When a customer commissions a ballistics test with a gun such as vera, is it likely the test footage and data will be released into the public domain, or is it strictly 'between us and them'?
I'm guessing it varies depending on the customer, but is it a common occurrence based on your experience so far?
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 8:32 pm
by D_Hall
Fnord wrote:I'm guessing it varies depending on the customer, but is it a common occurrence based on your experience so far?
Generally it's completely up to the customer. We give them the footage and they do with it...whatever they want.
And it's very rare that it gets released. I've only worked on one test that got released.
Also, you get to act all surprised that the Chinese seemingly base their military projects around the same concept!
Oh look, humvees! No wait...
FEAR CHINA!!!!
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 10:47 pm
by MrCrowley
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:
Works for me, could it be a kiwi problem? Love that site by the way, ypu get to know about awesome projects like this: http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2003gun/steel.pdf
Strange, it lets me access a cached version of that link but, unsurprisingly, there isn't a cached version for David's link.
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:17 am
by Fnord
I think someone at some point in this video might have used the phrase "world's most powerful potato gun".
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Based on a muzzle energy estimate it could be a close one.
Well, if the potato actually survived that is.
By the way, if you were looking for a way to spread vera around, getting FPSrussia to come over would probably be about as much publicity as you're ever going to get.
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:29 am
by POLAND_SPUD
Still it kind of fails that he isn't russian but american
sort of like - hey I want to be badass and masculine -> let's pretend to be a slav
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:45 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
I can't bear to watch his videos because of the forced accent.
POLAND_SPUD wrote:sort of like - hey I want to be badass and masculine -> let's pretend to be a slav
POLAND_SPUD wrote:the only problem is buying the right stuff (and hiding it from my family lol I feel as if I was 13 again)
Totally
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:29 pm
by POLAND_SPUD
still I can be like that and still be 10 times more masculine than you guys...
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:56 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
POLAND_SPUD wrote:still I can be like that and still be 10 times more masculine than you guys...