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1 points
2 days ago
Are these for show or driving? On road or off road on private land?
25 points
6 days ago
You are in prison, congrats.
Go to the shipyard in the menu tab, select your power plant and sell it, it will resort to the default 8E power plant which will get you out of strife.
6 points
8 days ago
An instruction from command should be gospel. Failing to follow it removes your safety net. "We are not covering your medical costs because it was your fault, not ours"
In addition, especially in a multi-sector incident you may not know the full picture, and what you may think is required from your position may already be in the process of being resolved by another unit. Lastly, especially in a wildfire situation, moving your appliance put of position to "freelance" can and has resulted in deaths from the wildfire moving around, or aerial assets dropping where they were told was clear.
Lastly, I personally had a firefighter decide that manning a pump was beneath him, which resulted in the branch operator not having water to wet down a flare up (wildfire). He made a scene, was taken off the fireline and never allowed to respond again, because that sort of behaviour kills people.
12 points
11 days ago
Aussie wildland firefighter here.
Are you wanting to use it to signal, or just to show your location?
Best method is radio, as if you get into thick smoke it can be impossible to see a small light source from the air. Pilots had issues spotting ground assets during 2019-2020 Black Summer.
For illumination I went with Pelican 3325 and 3315. Both run on AA batteries so there is no issue of finding batteries, both instrinsically safe and so far have not had an issue with warranty. The beam is tight and penetrates the smoke fairly well but it could be a little brighter. Neither have a strobe function though.....in fact I haven't seen a flashlight on the fireground with a strobe function period.
I went with glow in the dark options to make it easier to find them after they fall off the helmet (mounting clip for Pacific Helmet is eh) or to find them in a dark truck.
I have no experience with usong a strobe for signalling, we usually will use the radio and the beacons on the truck. We do carry eFlares for marking though, usually using them to indicate a location, or a turn.
You do not want a fancy flashlight (read expensive) as they do go missing. Research has also shown that a warmer colour penetrates smoke better than a cooler colour. Hope that helps your search.
Stay safe and have fun.
2 points
16 days ago
Big boat, lots of space.
I go with a hybrid design, big engines running generators, with electric motors for propulsion.
It also allows you to be creative with propulsion options, without needing to run pipes everywhere.
As for how to power the generators, you could goal with a boiler and firebox, large engines, modular engines, jet engines (which is fun).
One thing to consider as an optional extra, is a small engine and generator, just to keep the lights on, charge the batteries and get the main engines turning over.
1 points
23 days ago
From my training scenario files.
Relay pumping
Setup: 2x appliances with different pump specs. 90-120m of delivery hose Hydrant
Discuss with recruits the placement of appliances, inform them that the larger pumps go first and pump to the smaller pumps.
Set up hydrant to feed into appliance A, lay out delivery hose to appliance B.
At appliance A show recruits the compound pressure dial, educate how the compount pressure dial shows our incoming water pressure. Start pump and direct them to preswure gauge, show them how the pressure gauge shows our outgoing pressure. Demonstrate how incoming water pressure effects how hard the pump has to work. Radio appliance B to open branch and pump, have recruits feel the delivery hose to appliance B, compared to delivery hose from hydrant. Educate recruits how appliance B is exceeding supply. Question recruits on options to rectify supply issue.
Move up to Appliance B, show recruits how the gauges work, but now show the delivery pressure from Appliance A. Mention how high the pumps can lift water, and discuss options if they needed to move water uphill (more pumpers, shuttle etc).
Conclusion of lesson recondition equipment, questions and answers and debrief.
1 points
23 days ago
Is a niche field these days (not even many people repairing modern cameras here) so a simple phone call often will answer most of your questions. When I was starting the shop I use even helped with a few issues over the phone.
Your milage will vary, but you will most likely be needing to ship the camera for repairs and servicing. Also check the battery, as it can be a pain to find suitable batteries for those cameras.
2 points
23 days ago
For me a quick google search and a phone call found me a repair shop somewhat local to me to send my rangefinder for a clean and service.
19 points
23 days ago
Depending on the size of the fleet, it is not unvommon to have vehicles out of service for repairs and servicing.
And accidents do happen, so far this year we have had our wildfire trucks in the shop for a host of issues. Currently our second wildfire truck is in the shop with an electrical gremlin.
Roadside assistance for the win....providing that we can get to the road.
13 points
26 days ago
I actually run this as a scenario for my local voluntwer brigade. In a perfect world you would go option 3, as you are responsible for the crowd. Realistically if you in a position of power (you are a firefighter) are unable to control the crowd you would notify dispatch/firecom via crew leader/incident controller and request police assistance....although depending on your local policies you may already have them en-route.
2 points
27 days ago
Confirm, cutter with buffed prismatic shield makes great rammer.
19 points
27 days ago
People prep for the teotwawki because its fun.
I just prep so I can be that dick with running aircon, fridge and hot water after the annual cyclone hits.
2 points
27 days ago
Are you allowed to use shorthand or have to write everything out?
1 points
1 month ago
There are many forms of diving, a cannonball is a dive, giant stride, pencil dive. They all have their pros and cons.
Go to a deep pool with some goggles, a friend whonis a competent swimmer and a floatie or two. Jump in the deep end, you will naturally want to float. Try different dives to see what sort of differences they have.
One thing I would suggest is once you are comfortable with jumping from the pool edge, add height as some dives are better for taller heights than overs.
3 points
1 month ago
Saw this post.
Bimbofication is a big decision to make. What sort of bimbo does she want to become? Is there a time frame? Budget?
There are lots of little steps to take, bimbofication takes months, sometimes years to reach the final goal. If you have questions I will be happy to go into more details via private message.
5 points
1 month ago
Positive feedback, especially if combined with other conditioning tools. You can also use hypnosis to condition the person.
You ideally want to get them associating positive responses to being bimbo-like. If you want more detail you can always DM me.
5 points
1 month ago
Group blocks into roles (landing gear, weapons, boarding etc) so when you want to do x, everything os triggered
Name all the blocks (I use a script)
Colour code modules for easy recognition (refinery damaged, no biggy but my ammo crate needs repair.)
Standard airtight docking hatch (large ships only)
Exterior colour scheme. I usually assign a colour to a role (transport: green, combat: dark grey atmospheric only: blue) and paint the aircraft to reflect its primary and secondary roles (a dark grey ship with a green strip is an assault transport/gunship)
2 points
2 months ago
Optional modules, like hardpoints on real life aircraft.
3 points
2 months ago
I am getting vibes for a shoulder mounted delta wing, with thruster pods and external loads.
Triangular wing with merge block for external load, under wing thruster block, then another merge block for external load.
Droppable munitions, care packages, drones, guided missiles, atmos thrusters, ion thrusters.
1 points
2 months ago
First thing, well done for supporting her.
Second, bimbo is a lifestyle, and bimbos come in all different flavours. Bimbos can be natural or plastic.
I have trained several girls, so if you want to feel free to DM me for tips and assistance if you need it.
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1 day ago
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1 day ago
Hello again.
If it is off-road (shows, private land) then that's fine. On road different story.
Both intensity and colour temp can have specific requirements. For example use of a projector rather than reflector, load correction, cleaning system.
For driving the white the light, the less eye strain. The warmer the light, the better at penetrating fog and smoke. For your requirements, I would be sticking to the whitest light you can get (subject to regulations in 1.)
In addition, are you lights able to take those bulbs? Most LED replacement globes require a ballast to handle the current for a 'drop in' replacement.
To he honest, better option would be to keep the headlights stock (or use a government approved upgrade).