Guess the object

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  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    from an AC-130
  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    natrix wrote:
    Giraffoto wrote:
    Is it a gun camera?

    It is indeed, but from what aircraft???????

    Spitfire?
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  • natrix
    natrix Posts: 1,111
    Spitfire it is!! I've got one at home complete with a film cannister. I thought about trying to get the film developed (could be a WW2 dogfight :D ) but figured it is best left as a mystery (more likely to be a few test shots or a time expired film :( )
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  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    problem with that sort of film (probably) is it degrades over time, so it might only ever be a mystery!
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,813
    Giraffoto your turn. Thankfully Piña seems to have taken his marbles elsewhere.
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  • florerider
    florerider Posts: 1,112
    I thought he had lost his marbles :wink:
  • tyred&weary
    tyred&weary Posts: 243
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29739431
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    Wassup? What's going on? Who shouted something about marbles? Is it tea time?
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  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    OK then. This has been sitting on my desk for about twelve years now:

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    It's a marble launching device.

    Approximate scale please?
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  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    It's not a marble launching device. It's about 135mm long, and made almost entirely of steel.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    Is that red cap just simply a protective cover or does it have a function?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    Does the top part slide out or is it threaded?
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  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    The red cap is a protective cover, and there should be one in the other end as well. Each end is threaded (internally) with a huge coarse thread.
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  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    oil pipe connector doohickey
  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    gingaman wrote:
    oil pipe connector doohickey

    That's just a bijou tad vague . . .
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  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    a union for connecting (oil) pipes? made of stainless steel
  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    gingaman wrote:
    a union for connecting (oil) pipes? made of stainless steel

    It's not stainless, and at the risk of appearing pedantic, there's more to it than just connecting the pipes :)
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  • gingaman
    gingaman Posts: 576
    a non return union. I'm running out of plumbing terminology...
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,813
    One way valve? In line filter?
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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Quick release coupling?
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  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    DesWeller wrote:
    Quick release coupling?

    It has a special trick . . . :)
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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Giraffoto wrote:
    DesWeller wrote:
    Quick release coupling?

    It has a special trick . . . :)

    Really! Um... If you pull that collar in the middle to the right, it releases the bit on the left?
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  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    Yes, it's a quick release coupling, and yes, you slide the collar. But (1) what does it couple together and (2) what happens - or rather, doesn't happen - when you disconnect it?
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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Automatic isolation on both fittings, I'm guessing. God knows what the working fluid is. Refrigerant?
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  • diplodicus
    diplodicus Posts: 722
    DesWeller wrote:
    Automatic isolation on both fittings, I'm guessing. God knows what the working fluid is. Refrigerant?

    This but for compressed air?
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    You see, if you had 2 marbles and stuffed them in the ends of each pipe, you wouldn't need this fancy contraption.
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  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    diplodicus wrote:
    DesWeller wrote:
    Automatic isolation on both fittings, I'm guessing. God knows what the working fluid is. Refrigerant?

    This but for compressed air?

    Not compressed air. It might be more obvious if you held it in your hand - it's very, very strong :)
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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Fuel?
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  • metronome
    metronome Posts: 670
    diplodicus wrote:
    DesWeller wrote:
    Automatic isolation on both fittings, I'm guessing. God knows what the working fluid is. Refrigerant?

    This but for compressed air?

    Most buts make compressed air! :shock:
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