David Hingtgen

If they bought it last week at BestBuy after cancelling, then got charged later by WB, yeah.

Oh, that's one of the smaller GE90's, with the older blade style. The big ones are little bit bigger than that even. The blade shape of the newer GE90's is quite unique--they call them "swept" blades, though I think scythe blades (like some turboprops have) is a better description. No one wants to call them "wavy curvy" blades though. PS---while I haven't seen a GE90's bird ingestion test, I have seen a PW4080's on tape, which is of similar design/purpose, just a bit smaller/weaker. And it's like a world's biggest, fastest, deli-slicer machine. Sliced the chicken piece by piece as it flew through. I mean, titanium-edged blades at 3000rpm?

Not that I have readily available, but the diameter of that fan is equal to the diameter of a 757's fuselage. So you could fit 6 people across in that nacelle, with cargo below and overhead bins above... Just google "GE90" and you should find pics like you want.

While some people like using the NPC's to fill in for what they lack, I like using the NPC's to supplement what I have to be overwhelming in that category, basically "ignoring" one category. As a soldier, I always took along Ashley. My next run is vanguard, going to take along Liara. PS---comboing? Using either one person or three, it's very effectively to use singularity (clump them all together) and then a tech attack---shield dropping, etc---since many techs are area attacks, if they're clumped together from a biotic power, you can hit them all at once. Or, singularity+shotgun carnage. Etc. Note that the AI is pretty good IMHO, and it will often do well on it's own if you want to let the computer use your NPC's party's powers, and you focus on shooting.

Sv-51 Nora (you all know what it looks like) and a bunch of diecast airliners (which you probably wouldn't recognize unless you know regional US airlines of the 1980's well)

I was wondering if that might be the case---clarification requested: Does yours want to "spring" out if you let go? Or does it merely "not hold itself in?". Still, pushing the nose in between the gear doors spreads them wide, beyond what they will open to themselves----they are stressed and flexing the plastic all around them. I'm going to go see "I am Legend" soon, to take my mind off it. (Hey, expensive valk on Xmas, and there's just one critical point that's really not working and I'm wondering if it's broke or something--I'm stressed) Asides from the nosecone, it's by far the best valk I own (searching the site, I haven't found anyone mention the nosecone at all, which also worries me--I'm apparently the only one to ever have an issue)

So has everyone else's SV-51 you just open the nosegear doors, push the rear one in, and the nosecone easily folds a full 180 degrees and it stays? I'm the only one who's ever had an issue? I can get mine to 180 degrees, but it springs right back out. Now, I did somehow get it to stay in position once, but I have no idea how. Question: the door hinges seem to be cutting into the plastic of the forward fuselage, getting worse as I press harder and harder to try to get the doors to spreads to allow the nosecone enough room. Anyone elses? But even with that the doors don't go wide enough that the nose won't spring back out. Also--how does the nose stay folded? All the pics I've seen (both Yamato's and official) show the nosecone staying in place quite nicely, but mine just keeps springing right back out. Also--has anyone been able to take the nose apart? I've found the screw covers, but they don't want to come out, and I'm not going to damage them. I'd like to try thinning the door hinges, but I can't get to them without taking it apart. The alternative is to thin the fuselage near the door hinges, but that'll become visible quite quickly. (Plus I can't imagine that mine's that messed up---it looks fine, but I need like a full millimeter of plastic taken off to get enough room for the nose). And if I do that, then I think there won't be any door pressure/friction to hold it in place. Sigh, everything was going so well when transforming to GERWALK, best Yamato I've owned. But the nosecone just will not go in place, not even close. The doors are actively fighting it and springing it back out. And I'm sure they're opening as wide as they can, I've pushed them out far enough to start widening the fuselage itself. Am I missing a step? Some hinge that extends that I still haven't found? A track the gear doors move along that repositions them? (though I've looked and looked)

meh_cd----you're only that far? That's like, 15 enemies in. Of course you're just shooting enemies now, that's about all you've got. And if you forgot about the 1 power you probably have, then it's probably not going to be all that effective. Wait until you're at level 3 or 4 or something... But if you just want to shoot everything, then yes, a class that emphasizes gun will probably have been a better choice. Soldier is the easiest class to play/win.

Try searching. Not from the little "quick" search boxes you find near the bottom of every thread and sub-forum, but the main search from the header menu between "members" and "help". Try something you KNOW has many results, like "sv-51" or "yf-19". You get zip. Nada. This affects both the main search form, and the advanced search form. And it's not a case/caps thing.

Abusing my power as a mod to make a new thread. Anyways---opened up my Nora, got it to GERWALK mode, but am having trouble getting to battroid. I've opened up the nose gear doors, and have pressed the other nosegear door down and in--but the nosecone doesn't want to fold very far. It'll only hold at 120 degrees, nowhere near the 180 I think it's supposed to. Pressing it down to 180 spreads the gear doors apart but then it just springs back out. Looking at this page: http://firebomber.sakura.ne.jp/M7_2/SV51/SV51_G_B.htm My nosegear doors simply aren't that far apart. They open fully AFAIK, they're just inherently closer together, and the nosecone won't fit between them. But I've looked and pressed as much as I dare, and I don't see any sort of slot/track for the doors to move up/out or anything to make more room for the nosecone. The photo on that page shows the arrows going up then out--is that accurate? Because the nosegear doors seem like all the others, in that they simply "rotate" open.

Adept apparently gets really good late, not early. Engineer is the only class known to actually be harder to win with. Basically---the more powers you get, the more you can cycle through them while waiting for them to "reload". Eventually, (especially if you go with 'nemesis' specialization) you'll be fast enough to constantly use biotics, as you'll have so many with such quick cool-downs. Lift a geth, singularity the other, warp it, throw, shoot it, repeat. Adept (and its hybrids) have a high emphasis on controlling enemies with stasis and lift, to prevent them from hurting you, while focusing on the other enemies. As opposed to soldiers, which attack an enemy while letting the others fire on them, and just taking the hits. PS---are you using Liara in your party? Most everyone agrees that having 2 heavy biotic users is the way to go, then you can REALLY set up some lift/singularity/warp combos that can immobilize entire enemy groups while taking them down. If you really want info, nothing will beat Bioware's own forums. There is a thread devoted entirely to maximizing use/powers of the adept: http://masseffect.bioware.com/forums/myvie...8&forum=104

99% of Hollywood's size zero anorexic actresses don't. But I still think she'd be better than K.Kreuk.

Just a little pic of the world's biggest and most powerful jet engine: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1230919/M/ 127,900lbs on a test run.

NCV vs NCC: I don't think there's any link. NCC is the general registry number prefix for all Fed. fleet ships in Trek, regardless of class or type. Whereas NCV in MF is specific to the New Macross Class possibly, or at least only the largest, most modern carriers. Macross ships have generally followed US designations pretty closely--FFG, CV, CVS, etc. NCV doesn't make much sense, adding a prefix to "CV". But CVN's already taken. But then again, CVS has been used in real life but is now obsolete. In summary: In Trek, NCC (taken from the US's old NC) indicates "country of origin"--or actually, planet or federation of origin. In Macross, NCV indicates type of ship. (Trek's numbering system is really messed up, it makes no sense at all and is basically worthless for classification---any other show does a better job) Macross's does quite well.

Pssst, Graham----there's more to the new show than the VF-171 you know.

$250 a month to insure? Ouch. Anyways---Pontiac G8 review! http://www.g8board.com/08G8/ Yes, an actual G8, not a "here's the Holden it's based on and this review will be similar".

Spoilery obvious question: M7 did it several times IIRC, and it didn't seem to require some 25-min preparation sequence or something.

No future. Seriously--look at 1/60 VF-1's. 100 bucks. But a 1/60 SV-51? 200 bucks. Same scale, different size valk. Now, a 1/48 VF-1. 200 bucks. 1/48 Sv-51? 300 or 400 bucks. How many do you think would sell at that price? How many people have room for such a thing? (My lone 1/48 F-14 sits on top of a dresser, overhanging on all sides--and an Sv-51 is much bigger)

I wonder if Tomy's "Zoid" engineers are now working on TF's, as Zoids are about 99% dead since the merger.

Top center of the backpack, there's a sort of T-shaped plate. (a fat, hex-rounded-ends T). Pry it up. Screws are under there.

Why is everyone here in this thread talking about yet another VF-1 toy, when there's the premiere episode of a whole new Macross series to watch/discuss/dissect?

Anyone else have audio synch issues? If I just play it straight through it's fine, but if I skip forward or ahead--the audio's not even from the same SCENE. Or just silent. I'd like to re-watch some parts, but that's impossible as it is now--the sound gets totally messed up if you skip around at all. I'm just using the standard current Divx player. Maybe it's a codec thing and not the player. ::edit:: Fixed my own problem from a suggestion on the main MF thread. Rename the file to .avi, and play it with Media Player. Works much better.

If they were in the real world, the VF-1 would be a fairly small fighter plane, and the YF-19 would be very large. (The Sv-51 would probably be the biggest in the world) Anyways---I'll probably sell my 1/60 Focker and Milia to pay for a new Focker. (I got my 1/48 Milia, I see little point in buying a 3rd to replace the 1st 1/60 of hers). Hopefully those 2 1/60 will bring in enough cash to buy 1 new one. Kinda ironic--I think I've sold more Yamatos to buy improved versions, than I've owned.

I just fiddled with my 1/48, and the "BP-8 hinge to backpack" joint is at an acute angle. Now, I did open my 1/48 totally up and did much sanding of the backpack and hinge joints to allow for an easier, less stressful transformation, but I don't recall it ever not being able to properly transform. ::edit:: Fiddled some more. Ok, carefully and slowly folding the backpack, I note the following: It likes to "catch" when the backpack-to-hinge is at about a 135-degree obtuse angle. (in otherwords, raised 45 degrees from from fighter mode). It will hold this position, and wiggle around it a bit. Then, going further, the stress/force required increases, maximizing right around 90 degrees. Then, once past 90 degrees, it becomes almost effortless and folds flush, with an acute angle. I think you may have to open up your backpack and see what's preventing it from getting past the 90-degree point. Alternatively--trust in the fact that it's SUPPOSED to go past 90 degrees, and push it until it does. It'll either get unstuck or break.

A lot of those things will instantly "undelete" when you try to simply delete them---it's "too easy" to get rid of a virus that way. Anyways---google! Every process, task, and file you don't recognize---google and find out what it is. Honestly, at a time when you have your PC "running perfectly"---write down every single thing it normally runs to operate. That way, you can easily check when something "odd" happens in the future--malicious or not. PS--running Windows XP? Just in case things can't be fixed any other way, there's a little-known but super-useful type of re-install that will NOT destroy all your settings and files, but it's 99.999% as effective as doing a total wipe and formate of the entire hard drive when dealing with worms etc. I don't know of anything it can't fix, but it's a whole lot easier than actually re-installing windows/formatting the drive. ::reminds self to backup hard drive, it's been way too long, and the hard drive is too old to trust much longer and it was making a funny noise yesterday:: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm (it says OEM/restore CD's don't work, but my HP recovery disc did) However, it will remove/revert to the most basic version of XP the PC had when XP was first installed. Suggest getting SP1 and SP2 and all the critical updates you can on a disc so that you can immediately reinstall them before you even think about having the PC hooked up to the web again. And activiate XP's firewall. Your PC will be "naked" once you do this, and very susceptible to getting something again as while you will have lost whatever nasty thing you had, you will have also lost all the virus protection updates etc, and some 2002-era thing could be floating around. Unless you can quickly put it all back on WITHOUT going to microsoft.com to download it. Your PC may be new enough that its "virgin" state of XP already has SP2. But you'd still be missing the updates.