Interesting Shells...

[Rosso]

Please forgive my ignorance.

But was the propellor ok after flying into these wires?

 

[ips]

Very interesting never heard of that before and i was from RAF stock.

rosso

good point

 

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Good for foxes :wink:

 

[Jim Wheeler]

well,,    well,,, 

 I am surprised!  not old enough to know about this sorta thing,,,,,,,

I also imagine this invention was about the same use as tits on a goose,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[Wonko the Sane]

You expect me to believe that there aren't barrage balloons still tethered over London?

 

[no.1topdog]

Good for foxes :wink:

I prefer mine mashed rather than sliced but I see your point.

 

[StuFish]

interesting the Germans went another way!

this was the theory 

this was the reality!!!!

 

[Skeet UK]

Interestingly, the electricity engineers who need to shut down a live cable, use a chisel that is fired by a .44 blank. It earths the conductors, to the cable armour. Or so I am told.

 

[Jonny English]

Interestingly, the electricity engineers who need to shut down a live cable, use a chisel that is fired by a .44 blank. It earths the conductors, to the cable armour. Or so I am told.

It's called a spike, it's used to shut a cable down remotely without any risk to an engineer. You Don't want to pop a hacksaw through a supposed faulty cable that should be dead to find it's a live one and your working on the wrong cable.

 

[evoracer]

Interestingly, the electricity engineers who need to shut down a live cable, use a chisel that is fired by a .44 blank. It earths the conductors, to the cable armour. Or so I am told.

It's called a spike, it's used to shut a cable down remotely without any risk to an engineer. You Don't want to pop a hacksaw through a supposed faulty cable that should be dead to find it's a live one and your working on the wrong cable.

Spiking! I remember the first time i had to do it on an 11kV line, squeezeeeee arsehole time! 

 

[Rosso]

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Swing don't poke.

 

[Rosso]

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