Grenadier Weight

[WhiteBear]

... but I do not know what type of nuts n'bolts is used there. Metric or imperial..

Doesn‘t matter if you use these tools:
Metrinch

I have got a set for my Landy which has some imperial nuts.

 

[Krabby]

Doesn‘t matter if you use these tools:
Metrinch

I have got a set for my Landy which has some imperial nuts.

interesting! But, I'm old school - I change everything to Whitworth!

 

[Pipm4000]

We use MPG here so I had to use a converter I found online. It said 12L/100km is 28.23 MPG (US gallon). Does that sound correct?

No -12 l/100km is 19.6 US MPG

 

[IG_in_AZ]

I was always taught that one country uses inches and gallons and put a man on the moon and everyone else uses metric.

 

[klarie]

I was always taught that one country uses inches and gallons and put a man on the moon and everyone else uses metric.

I was always told - this was only performed in some Hollywood studio.. and moon is something that is hanging on a large black silk sheet.. in some True Man Show.

 

[IG_in_AZ]

I was always told - this was only performed in some Hollywood studio.. and moon is something that is hanging on a large black silk sheet.. in some True Man Show.

Kubrick, I believe said he filmed the moon landing.

 

[DaveB]

I was always taught that one country uses inches and gallons and put a man on the moon and everyone else uses metric.

The last time a manned flight landed on the moon was over 50 years ago and I am sure the results would have been the same if they were using metric.
Since then several countries and private companies have landed craft on the moon including China & Japan

List of missions to the Moon - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[bigleonski]

The last time a manned flight landed on the moon was over 50 years ago and I am sure the results would have been the same if they were using metric.
Since then several countries and private companies have landed craft on the moon including China & Japan
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List of missions to the Moon - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Ah yes but the Americans were the first to have the vision and act on it. And succeeded despite clinging onto an antiquated system of measurement. All power to them then for overcoming their stubbornness in spite of knowing better.


Us Aussies, we even waited five years after the lunar landing to officially adopt the metric system. Always laid back even then.

 

[globalgregors]

Ah yes but the Americans were the first to have the vision and act on it. And succeeded despite clinging onto an antiquated system of measurement. All power to them then for overcoming their stubbornness in spite of knowing better.


Us Aussies, we even waited five years after the lunar landing to officially adopt the metric system. Always laid back even then.

Well, either that or the dust was still settling after conversion to the dollar…

 

[Pipm4000]

I was always taught that one country uses inches and gallons and put a man on the moon and everyone else uses metric.

Actually everyone -even the US are metric, for example an inch is now defined as 2.54cm, so the US just use a constant * metic measure to state their measurements. This was the case when NASA built Apollo 11 so they didn’t get a man on the moon with old imperial measures - they used the metric standards but just insisted on keeping the old lingo.

 

[Krabby]

Feet, meters, picas, whatever…we got the job done

 

[IG_in_AZ]

I prefer the Avoirdupois system, myself. Grains and ft/s are important in wireless hole punching.

 

[Tazzieman]

Nobody here using bushels or shekels?

 

[DenisM]

Actually everyone -even the US are metric, for example an inch is now defined as 2.54cm, so the US just use a constant * metic measure to state their measurements. This was the case when NASA built Apollo 11 so they didn’t get a man on the moon with old imperial measures - they used the metric standards but just insisted on keeping the old lingo.

Exactly right. I later worked with several US engineers who had been part of the design team for the International Space Station. All their US design was in metric.

 

[DCPU]

I was always taught that one country uses inches and gallons and put a man on the moon

Cough... Operation Paperclip...

 

[globalgregors]

Actually everyone -even the US are metric, for example an inch is now defined as 2.54cm, so the US just use a constant * metic measure to state their measurements. This was the case when NASA built Apollo 11 so they didn’t get a man on the moon with old imperial measures - they used the metric standards but just insisted on keeping the old lingo.

…guess those German rocket scientists just kept on with the metric they were used to…

 

[globalgregors]

Cough... Operation Paperclip...

LOL beat me to it, I see.

 

[emax]

I was always taught that one country uses inches and gallons and put a man on the moon and everyone else uses metric.

Yes. But the head of the project was Wernher von Braun.

 

[Tazzieman]

Yes. But the head of the project was Wernher von Braun.

In the early 70s my father used to play humorous records ; one of his favourite artists was the musician/satirist Tom Lehrer.
My mother disliked him greatly, but dad always got his way.
That's when I first heard of Wernher von Braun! And my love of satire was born

https://genius.com/Tom-lehrer-wernher-von-braun-lyrics

 

[MrMike]

The mass is not exceptional. Previously, this quality was in many vehicles.

Thanks, I am relatively new to 4wd but it seems to have all of these competing requirements. You want "Good clearance, bigger tires, lift" but also a "Low centre of gravity". You want a "Solid build (which adds weight)" but also "less weight for better performance, fuel consumption and range". It's great to have a solidly build vehicle but just maybe they have over-engineered the construction a tad too much (for the intended use). Again, it's a difficult balance.

Everything in 4x4ing is a compromise, the best way (IMO) is to work out what is the best vehicle for our needs. The IG for me is a simple well built 4x4 which, on paper gives me what I want.