LSP_Kevin Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 One of the few pieces of negative fallout from our recent server migration is that a subset of User Profile photos (avatars) has gone missing. Vanished without a trace, in fact. The only solution for this is for affected members to re-upload a new avatar image. The tricky part to this is that, due to the aggressive caching that is a feature of modern web browsers, many of you won't notice that your avatar is missing straight away, and it make take a few days (or more) for it to 'suddenly' disappear. To update your avatar, go to your user Profile page and click on the little 'image' icon at the bottom left of your now-vacant avatar image area (see the screenshot below), and follow the prompts. If you have any trouble with the process, let me know in a comment in this thread. Eventually, avatars that are not replaced will be cleared from the database, and you will receive the forum default of the first letter of your user name. Kev blackbetty, D Bellis, Greg W and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Thank you, Kevin. Sincerely, Mark LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 I checked by doing a forced refresh in my browser. Press Ctrl and F5 together on a PC My avatar had gone, I've loaded a new one Thanks Kev Richard LSP_K2 and Trak-Tor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) Mine has gone too....no big deal as I don't really care one way or the other Edited June 21, 2021 by Juggernut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Just now, Juggernut said: Mine has gone too....no big deal as I don't really care one way or the other At the moment, the missing avatars are a pain. The avatar is replaced with a broken image icon and the users name, which is a link. The link spreads out across the 'read new content' icon at the beginning of the thread title I'm getting good at accidentally visiting users' profile pages.... Richard Ayovan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Juggernut said: Mine has gone too....no big deal as I don't really care one way or the other That's OK, but if you don't remove or replace the dud one, the browser provides either an ugly broken image icon, or an ugly replacement text, like so: If you'd prefer not to have an avatar, edit the existing one and choose the 'remove photo' option, which will then clean this up. Kev RLWP and D Bellis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: That's OK, but if you don't remove or replace the dud one, the browser provides either an ugly broken image icon, or an ugly replacement text, like so: If you'd prefer not to have an avatar, edit the existing one and choose the 'remove photo' option, which will then clean this up. Kev Saw that.....updated accordingly Out2gtcha, LSP_K2 and LSP_Kevin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Juggernut said: Saw that.....updated accordingly Wow - what is it? Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, RLWP said: Wow - what is it? Richard It is Sikorsky's X-2 technology demonstrator. It was developed to prove a concept...which concept eludes me but I was told by the engineers that the rotor blades only flap about 1/2" up or down at the tips...very rigid. It's also very fast too. No blade stall either.... I was there for its maiden flight which is where that photo came from (part of a Sikorsky press release if I remember correctly.... we were not allowed to take photos) LOL, the guy running the movie camera was a coworker of mine at the time and was in an S-76 alongside the X-2. I think the X-2 held the land-speed record for the fastest rotary wing aircraft for awhile. I believe a European design then broke it's record shortly thereafter...I'm not sure on that. My DNA is in that vehicle as I helped build that aircraft, albeit a very, very, very minor role it was. This vehicle is now in the Udvar-Hazey facility of the NASM. I saw it when I was there and almost freaked out. Here's Wiki's blurb on it: Sikorsky X-2 Edited June 21, 2021 by Juggernut MikeC, Out2gtcha and RLWP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Its pretty trick looking regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 You can learn so much here in even the least obvious threads - thank you! Richard Out2gtcha and D.B. Andrus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 OOOOkay, so what's the record braking issue (ofcourse there is, no offence) in this concept being a twin main rotor system on top of each other, counter rotating, augmented by a pusher propellor in the rear and doing 260 KIAS........didn't the Cheyenne have almost the same qualifications way back in time, but it got scrapped (more or less) ??? Because of politics i might say, and THAT is not my opinion, but a generally accepted fact........ please correct me if i'm wrong...................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 More to the point - how does it work? Not the hovering or going forward bit - the changing direction Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) Typical helicopter physics. Gyroscopic precession. That and some very complicated computer corrections and adjustments. Edited June 21, 2021 by Juggernut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 If missing avatars is the worst we have to worry about after a complete server migration, I think the operation can be considered a success. RLWP, LSP_Kevin, MikeC and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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