>reading a paper on the interor design on the leopard 2 >suddenly see e. ellens credited>my grandfather who worked in a research institute as an ergonomic >show my grandma who immediately recognizes it and says "oh yeah he also designed the interior of navy ships and helicopters for the italian airforce''>also one of the designers of the ypr 765 and multiple other apcs>member of the klub van lange mensen (club of tall people) and modified swedish army vehicles to make them more comfortable for tall conscriptshuh. no one ever told me thisdoes your family have military engineers?
>>62914720>>member of the klub van lange mensen (club of tall people) and modified swedish army vehicles to make them more comfortable for tall conscriptsKek, so he's responsible that even this absolute unit did fit into a leopardAs someone who would need to chop off my legs to fit into a t-72, i respect his work
>>62914720>>member of the klub van lange mensen (club of tall people) and modified swedish army vehicles to make them more comfortable for tall conscriptsAbsolutely fucking based. Even though i will likely never be able to benefit from his work, E. Ellens has my thanks.t. 6'2 family shrimp
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>>62914720My grandfather worked on the XB-70's wing hydraulics. He tells this story pretty often.>3am phone call from the military to hop on a plane and fly across the country, no questions asked>they'd disassembled the Valkyrie, shipped it out west for testing, and reassembled it, but now the hydraulics won't pressurize for static testing>he gets out there>the Valkyrie required and had been shipped with 2 auxiliary hydraulic pumps for static testing due to the sheer internal volume of its systems>corporal numbnuts had hooked up both aux pumps but only turned one on>grandfather walks into the hangar, turns the other one on, and asks if that'll be allHe cut his teeth working for Curtiss on the P-40, worked on the XB-70, and ended his aerospace career working on the F-111 before moving on to explosive welding inside of nuclear reactors. As an engineer myself it's a little depressing knowing I will never do as much cool shit as he did.
>>62915108https://publications.tno.nl/publication/34622171/hZZfWn/schuffel-1989-antropometrie.pdfhttps://publications.tno.nl/publication/34635056/JUNVN9/91-A42.pdfalso he designed the machines of this cold war medium wave listening station in eemnes. still in use today
>>62914720You should follow in his footsteps, there's no excuse since you have it in your blood.
>>62915179i'm actually studying chemistry right now. maybe i'll work for the military someday
>>62914720>>62915169If i'm reading this correct, he worked on HMI during the late 80's?
>>62914720Uh, what military applications were there for the HP 7937 disk drive?
>>62915237yep, although he did more that that. most of his achievements where in waterworks.his biggest achievement was probably making the model for this thing
>>62914720Nah, grandfather was in logistics and great grandfather ran an MG42.Nothing quite as cool as being the guy that worked on top of the line modern hardware design.
My grandmother worked as a drafter for Messerschmitt during the war.
>>62915020>Kek, so he's responsible that even this absolute unit did fit into a leopardWell no, the L2 is a '79 design, this guy did HMI work in the late 80's. Would be funny if he somehow found his way onto the DN standards tho
>>62914720thx for doxxing yourself OP!
>>62915169>https://publications.tno.nl/publication/34635056/JUNVN9/91-A42.pdfThis is for a Leo2 and YPR driving simulator tho, not the actual vehicle
>>62914720Bump for respect of forefathers.
