[Closed] Awesome bits of kit

Queen of the Skies
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Victorinox 'Swiss Champ'. If I had to drop everything and leave with only one possession this would probably be the one. It could, I'm sure, just as easily be a Leatherman but I've yet to own one of those in order to compare.

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Godet Vincent:

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Right now?
This is essential and does a decent job:
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Is it the weather?

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did you miss jj's gag red ?

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video of that very aircraft dannyh

play it loud!! 🙂

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Queen of the Skies

Just a bit bonkers.
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I flew on the top deck of a 747 for the first time about 18 months ago. Boyhood dream fulfilled, but sadly old and tired these days. Aircraft have moved on.

And don't UKIP want to ban the buff?

However can I nominate the Gillette safety razor and all its copies?

I flew on the top deck of a 747 for the first time about 18 months ago. Boyhood dream fulfilled, but sadly old and tired these days. Aircraft have moved on.

62A/K is the place to be. Once turned down an upgrade to First, in an aisle seat, to stay in 62A.

You're right, though, planes have moved on. Sadly. There isn't the same frisson of going upstairs in a 380, and no matter how good the 350 and 787 are, they just lack that special something. 1A/K is the closest vies to sitting in the cockpit, just with a much better wine list.

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Drove one and it's the only car that has truly terrified me!!

Wasn't there some controversy around martin-baker?
Always loved a bailey bridge build.
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Simple things done well.

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62A/K is the place to be

Sometimes one needs to join the Pile High Club! 🙂

But yes, window seat with the lockers, and easy to get up and take a [s]slash[/s] walk around for a while. 🙂 Upstairs is so much quieter, and better service, too.

For bonus points, pop downstairs for some crop dusting. 😈

I can only assume it was this video you meant to post?

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Humans, Elisa Forti an 82 yr old ultra marathon runner.

Humans are an Awesome Piece of Kit.

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Americas Cup +1

Plus, Vendee baby, and shortly VOR on foils.
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Possibly an obvious one, but if there is any 'bit of kit' that deserves the word "awesome" it is this one...

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BIC cristal pen the cheapest yet most reliable pen ever.

Without it, humans would have hugged every coastline until they fell off the edge.

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And this, still aghast at how all those numbers found thier way into such a small object..
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Without it, humans would have hugged every coastline until they fell off the edge.

Harisons H4

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...superceded by newer versions, and a long time since I worked in acute medicine, but seen/helped with a [b]lot[/b] of lives saved (for free, natch) with the help of these:
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Julian - if you want a printed version of the manual for the MPC, I have a few arriving later this week. £15 posted. Used yours much yet?

@ julienwilson, if that's what I think it is, IE, the bottom one, then you win. My little pal (Mrs EGF) is linked up to 6 of them as I speak.

Singer sewing machine.

If you havent got one, why not how do you fix stuff?

(and cover up your enormous machine balls)

In reply to the OP - the launcher is pretty awesome too
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An eclectic mix:

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Not sure the Cheytac fits in with the other two above, but I agree it's a good piece of design and implementation.

For me , this:
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Saw one in the flesh today and it was amazing.

How do you transport one of the most awesome machines ever made? Why, with one of these:

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Dunno if it still is, but it used to be the largest self-powered vehicle in the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawler-transporter

[i]The crawler-transporter has a mass of 2,721 tonnes (6,000,000 lb) and has eight tracks, two on each corner. Each track has 57 shoes, and each shoe weighs 900 kg (1,984 lb). The vehicle measures 40 by 35 metres (131 by 114 ft). The height from ground level to the platform is adjustable from 6.1 to 7.9 m (20 to 26 ft), and each side can be raised and lowered independently of the other. The crawler uses a laser guidance system and a leveling system to keep the Mobile Launcher Platform level within 10 minutes of arc (about 30 cm (1 ft) at the top of the Saturn V), while moving up the 5% grade to the launch site. A separate laser docking system provides pinpoint accuracy when the crawler-transporter and Mobile Launch Platform are positioned in the VAB or at the launch pad. A team of nearly 30 engineers, technicians and drivers operates the vehicle.[/i]

Tell me that's not awesome.

Whether it's a good or a bad thing is arguable, but it's a very good example of functional design.

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Sea launch one
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[url= http://www.camperandnicholsons.com/luxury-yachts-for-sale/columbia-ii-4188/ ]Columbia II - currently for sale[/url]

Also, one of the things that pretty much got humans going:

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just for the round bit, that is, although the giant lorries are fairly awesome themselves

1000t hydraulic salvage grab

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built by a bloke in a brown coat from the GPO

In the same vein as julianwilson's (DYSWIDT?)
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Small, beautiful, functional things.....

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Flipship! Clever 😉

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I'm not understanding that flip ship.
What does it do?

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Antikythera Mechanism

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My awesome bits are NSFSTW 😉

This, though, is truly awesome

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Too much massive machine envy. Here's the best bit of kit I've ever bought. 15 years and counting and still perfectly functional. I swear I'm going to buried in this.

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Less "kit" than "concept" but still... how about THIS

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Leading to tools that ultimately evolved over a long time to THIS

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Along the way allowing for THIS to happen

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Then evolving to be avialable to the masses like THIS

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And finally ending up with THIS

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The 70's Marshall Amp stack and Gibbo LP.

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And "the" Moog.
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This, spent a fair bit of time around it as it was where my dad worked. Can move it with just a drill and has full movement.

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OP - a school friend is a designer for RNLI kit, started with Severn Class and more recently the Tamar Class.

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The tevo tarantula- basically the cheapest 3D printer that doesn't suck donkey balls. Costs $200, comes in a shoebox from China, builds like meccano, then makes things. Mine continually makes me feel like I'm living in the future.

The original British Seagul outboard engine. Powered millions of small boats for generations..

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And the incogitable..

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Leatherman Wave
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Kettlebell
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Bought when i first joined up 25 years ago, tried killing it but it refuses to die, still use the side pockets all the time for bikepacking and the main bergen doesn't have a stitch out of place

Morizumi spoke making machine:

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Handmade in Japan, it's a beautiful little thing.

Or a Curta:

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Over 600 parts, in something you can easily fit in one hand...

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Has to be the E Class Mk2. Not as big as a Severn, but goes crazy fast. We don't have a kettle though.