+the pooks Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 (edited) nacelle? Edited June 24, 2009 by the pooks Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 South Africa has recently regulated the Renewable Energy Feed In Tarriff opening the way for many wind farms in the country. There are only 7 sizable wind turbines in operation currently in SA (3 at klipheuwel and 4 at Darling). Question: What is the central nousing that is on top of the mast and that the blades are connected to called? nacelle? Pooks - yep you're it - nacelle is the correct word. Quote Link to comment
+the pooks Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 (edited) Don't know how that word popped into my brain! Had a look at wikipedia afterwards and the housing that contains an aircraft engine is also called a nacelle. An idea stolen/borrowed from the UK forums: What is the name of the cache in the top right of this image Edited June 24, 2009 by the pooks Quote Link to comment
+tomtwogates Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Is this the large world globe somewhere in the States? Quote Link to comment
+the pooks Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 (edited) Is this the large world globe somewhere in the States? Nope - here in good ol' South Africa PS: That thing in the states is called something like the Apcot Centre - haven't googled - so not quite right. Edited June 24, 2009 by the pooks Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 The building in the centre of the picture looks suspiciously like the SALT near Sutherland. However, not having done any caching there I have no idea what the name of the cache might be without having to do a search on gc.com to find out. I am sure someone like cownchicken will know the name as they have no doubt done that cache! Quote Link to comment
+the pooks Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Good enough Cincol. The cache is called SALT of the Earth II, but the image is indeed of the SALT telescope. The question was just rigged to work geocaching into it. Over to you. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Nice question pooks Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Double question, but easy nonetheless. What is WGS84 and UTM? Quote Link to comment
besem Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Geodetic systems that cover the entire globe? If you're looking for what the abbreviations mean, I think they are World Geodetic System '84 and Universal ... something Mercator. Universal Traverse Mercator, perhaps? I did a cache a while ago that required you to work with three systems - the Dutch Grid, WGS84 and UTM. That's the only reason I vaguely know what UTM stands for. q: Quote Link to comment
+the pooks Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 I think it is Universal Transverse Mecator but cuedos to Besem - I want to stay out of the loop for the moment. Quote Link to comment
+Jors Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 UTM is a projection system, WGS84 is the spheroid on which projection calculations are based. Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 We all use our GPSr's often but normally just take the settings for granted. Recently I had to help a newbie get his GPSr's settings sorted out as it was totally inaccurate - only to discover that he had set it to QNG [Qatar National Grid] when the default should have been WGS84. While working through the settings I was amazed to see how many different settings are available on the Garmin and decided to look at what they all mean. Well done besem - and also thanks to our resident land surveyor Jors for further explaining. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Also ran into this recently - all farm boundaries in SA are supplied in the SA "standard" format - and when trying to convert these to WGS84 for in field checks on the Garmin Proved interesting Also heading off on holiday soon to Southern Oman - and there is an intersection of 2 systems there too Quote Link to comment
+Jors Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 .... convert(ing) these to WGS84 for in field checks on the Garmin Proved interesting .... Do I smell a puzzle cache in the making? Quote Link to comment
+the pooks Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 .... convert(ing) these to WGS84 for in field checks on the Garmin Proved interesting .... Do I smell a puzzle cache in the making? I got formulas from Trig Survey in Mowbray quite a while ago. The formulas are very involved, but I developed macros in Excel so that I ride around on the farm taking track logs of boundaries fields, convert it to cadastral x,y coordinates and import this into a CAD program (automatically via a script) so that I have a (reasonably) accurate and to scale drawing of the farm and fields. If someone is interested in a closer look of the formulas they can PM me. Quote Link to comment
+Discombob Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Booyah, I think more questions should be like the pooks SALT one! I would have got that one too! Quote Link to comment
besem Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 In 1882 there was a rare transit of Venus. By that time Kepler has developed an accurate model of the solar system, but it lacked one ingredient - scale. The Venus Transit allowed astronemers to measure the distance between the Earth and the Sun, hence there was a big hooh-hah to observe the transit properly. Several expeditions were sent to various observing sites in South Africa. My question is about the British expedition: they erected two concrete pillars at their observing site to be used for mounting their instruments. These pillars were engraved with the names of the astronomers working on site and are still there today. It was declared a national monument in 1938. What is the (modern) name of the town where the British had their observing station? It's possible to visit the pillars today, but you'll have to know exactly where they are - they're located in the backyard of a liquor store in a rather shabby area. It's sad to see a national monument hidden away like that... Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I think it is in Touws River - opposite the caravan park near the old hotel. remember going there some years back when we stayed over at the caravanpark. Quote Link to comment
besem Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I think it is in Touws River - opposite the caravan park near the old hotel. remember going there some years back when we stayed over at the caravanpark. Touws River it is! I expected cownchicken to come up with the answer first. (; cincol, next question please! Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Let's stay in Touws River. What is Touws River known for amongst certain enthusiasts? Quote Link to comment
+the pooks Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Lots of rusting old trains and steam engines? Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Lots of rusting old trains and steam engines? Yep -it is those steam engines that brings enthusiasts from the world over to Touws River. Apparently the humidity levels are extremely low and therefor rust is not a problem hence the steam "graveyard". Quote Link to comment
+the pooks Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 OK - back by popular demand Where is this? Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 The hiking trail in the Fish River Canyon? Quote Link to comment
+the pooks Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Correct Cincol : and now I am going to try hard to shut up... Quote Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 OK - back by popular demand Where is this? My guess would also be Fish River canon (in Namibia)? (cincol you are to quick on the trigger!!) Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Name Winnie the Pooh's buddies - and what are each of them? Quote Link to comment
+the pooks Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Ag jislaaik - my favourite carachter, but I will refrain... Quote Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 Name Winnie the Pooh's buddies - and what are each of them? Hay I know this one or is it four!!! But will give some other people a chance! I see there are a few of us with no Friday Night life.. Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Name Winnie the Pooh's buddies - and what are each of them? mmmm...ok Kanga = Kangaroo Roo = Joey Eeyore = Donkey Owl = Owl Piglet = Piglet Tigger = Tiger Rabbit = Rabbit Christopher Robin = Human Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 (edited) We have a lurker amongst us who loves Winnie!! Well done. Edited June 27, 2009 by cincol Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 (edited) We have a lurker amongst us who loves Winnie!! Well done. When your kids watch the same movies over and over and over and over and.... Question: What is Kenneth Arnolds famous for? Edited June 27, 2009 by GlobalRat Quote Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted June 27, 2009 Author Share Posted June 27, 2009 Question: What is Kenneth Arnolds famous for? What a coincidence, our son just walked in and asked the same question. Oh wait ... he must have read the same forum. We looked it up for him, so can no longer answer. VERY interesting answer though. Quote Link to comment
+the pooks Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 A long shot - Superman? Quote Link to comment
+cincol Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Wasn't Clark Kent Superman? Spiderman has been used so I will go for the Incredible Hulk then. Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 I'll go for a guess here - the original pen name of the author Wilbur Smith? Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Some interesting answers so far, seems to be a Stan Lee fetish lurking around. So far negative Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Owner of the farm where the SALT telescope is built? Quote Link to comment
+Wazat Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Guy who first reported UFO sightings i believe.... sometime just after WW2 1947/8 - Funny, I was just looking for the photos I took when this question was asked. Quote Link to comment
+GlobalRat Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Guy who first reported UFO sightings i believe.... sometime just after WW2 1947/8 - Funny, I was just looking for the photos I took when this question was asked. You're it He is best-known for making what is generally considered the first widely reported unidentified flying object sighting in the United States, after claiming to see nine unusual objects flying in a chain near Mount Rainier, Washington on June 24, 1947. Arnold described the objects' shape as resembling a flat saucer or disc, and also described their erratic motion as resembling a saucer skipped across water; from this, the press quickly coined the new terms "flying saucer" and "flying disc" to describe such objects, many of which were reported within days after Arnold's sighting. Quote Link to comment
+Wazat Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Helps to have been one of the crowd... LOL. George Thomson was known for something that he did with no formal training... what was it? Quote Link to comment
+DamhuisClan Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 Helps to have been one of the crowd... LOL. George Thomson was known for something that he did with no formal training... what was it? A Flyer: Building bridges? or Architecture? Quote Link to comment
+Carbon Hunter Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 There was a missionary in Central and West Africa called Thompson who was also an avid plant collector and had a number of local species named after him. So my guess is he was a trained missionary and untrained botanist? Quote Link to comment
+anlufu Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 (edited) Barber? Edited June 30, 2009 by anlufu Quote Link to comment
+Wazat Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Nope still not there.... Lets just say He would have had a few outstanding FTF's by now.... Quote Link to comment
+cownchicken Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Something to do with navigation? Quote Link to comment
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