whats an alerion :p

Righthandof

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hey. hopefully in the close future(~ 1 year ;p) i might ding rr7 finally, and i was wondering what does "Alerion" knight mean.. its not in the dictionary, and the only thing google could come up with is that its a type of a ship.. but ffs >< anyone ?
 

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Ot but still on topic somehow

did you know that the norse word "thane" as the class means lord.
 

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I seem to remember Alerion having something to do with planes...

Aileron Knights! That's it!
 

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I just found it funny being called a grove protector given that at the time the only rangers were able to hunt were trees.
 

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Demon2k3 said:
Ot but still on topic somehow

did you know that the norse word "thane" as the class means lord.
Did you also know, that the Hib RR9 name Tiarna means Lord in Irish ? :)
 
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Ailerons: The two ailerons, one at the outer trailing edge of each wing, are movable surfaces that control movement about the longitudinal axis. The movement is roll. Lowering the aileron on one wing raises the aileron on the other. The wing with the lowered aileron goes up because of its increased lift, and the wing with the raised aileron goes down because of its decreased lift. Thus, the effect of moving either aileron is aided by the simultaneous and opposite movement of the aileron on the other wing.

Nothing whatsoever to do with Alerions though ;-0
 

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Scary thought...

"We are sorry for the delay in take off but our Alerions are afk, hopefully we will vamp up our fleet with new hibernian parts that need less maintinance"
 

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An Alerion seems to be a kind of bird, a conclusion i came to after some digging around good old wikipedia, where i eventually found this entry on the arms of the US 78th infantry division, who feature an Alerion on their insignia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._78th_Infantry_Division

"Symbolism: The white alerion on scarlet is from the arms of Lorraine Province in France where the organization served in three World War I campaigns. In World War II, the unit participated in the Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns indicated by the three points, in the color blue for Infantry and for the area of the Rhine River. The white flashes and the red of the scroll allude to the Division shoulder sleeve insignia"


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Did you know the RR11 Albion title, Lord, is, Lord aswell!

On topic, what does Stormur mean?
 

Fana

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Stormur Herra = Stormlord
Stormur Vakten = Stormguard

Elding Herra = Firelord
Elding Vakten = Fireguard

Its a sort of ancient nordic, pretty much what they still speak on iceland.
 

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Cedon said:
What about Einherjer? Anyone knows?

A nordic aquaintence of mine once told me that

Einherjer

Roughly equates to "Great Hero"
 

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$ wikipedia Aileron

'Ailerons' are hinged control surfaces attached to the trailing edge of an
airplane wing. They are used to control the aircraft in roll. The two ailerons
are interconnected so that one goes down when the other goes up: the downgoing
aileron increases the lift on its wing while the upgoing aileron reduces the
lift on the other wing, producing a rolling moment about the aircraft's
longitudinal axis. The word aileron is French for "little wing."

An unwanted side-effect of aileron operation is adverse yaw - a yawing moment in
the opposite direction to the turn generated by the ailerons. In other words,
using the ailerons to roll an aircraft to the right would produce a yawing
motion to the left.

Modern airliners tend to have a second set of inboard ailerons much closer to
the fuselage, which are used at high speeds. Some aircraft use spoilers to
achieve the same effect as ailerons.

The device was developed independently by the Aerial Experiment Association,
headed by Alexander Graham Bell, and by Robert Esnault-Pelterie, a French
airplane builder. Ailerons superseded the earlier wing warping technique,
developed by the Wright Brothers.

Another control surface that combines an aileron and flap is called a flaperon.
A single surface on each wing serves both purposes: used as an aileron, the
flaperons left and right are actuated differentially; when used as a flap, both
flaperons are actuated downwards. As a example of an aircraft using flaperons,
see this [http://ibis.experimentals.de RJ.03 IBIS] experimental aircraft. Please
note that when a flaperon is actuated downwards (i.e. used as a flap) there is
enough freedom of movement left to be able to still use the aileron function.
 

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A couple of quick searchs on Wikipedia...

Hersir - RR12 - Midgard

In Norse mythology, Hersir was the chief of his tribe and father of Erna.

A Hersir was also a local military commander who led about 20 people and owed allegiance to a Jarl or lord. Hersirs were also aspiring landowners, and, like the middle class in many feudal societies, supported the kings in their centralization of power.

Vicomte - RR13 - Midgard

The son of a marquess or an earl can be referred to as a viscount when the title of viscount is not the second most senior if those above it share their name with the substantive title. For example, the second most senior title of the Marquess of Salisbury is the Earl of Salisbury. The eldest son of the Marquess does not use the title Earl of Salisbury, but rather the next most senior title, Viscount Cranborne. This is because peers sign their name with the name of their title only (e.g. "Salisbury") thus to prevent confusion the heir would not use the title Earl of Salisbury. ??????

I dunno if the last one is true.
 

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Urgat said:
A nordic aquaintence of mine once told me that

Einherjer

Roughly equates to "Great Hero"
No no :<
Lets have wikipedia describe it.

In Norse mythology the einherjar or einheriar, were spirits of warriors who had died bravely in battle. The name is Old Norse for "one-army-ers" (singular would be einheri and the etymology may be from a Common Germanic aina-harj-arja-). It is often interpreted as "outstanding fighter", but might also signify "those who are all [now] in one army", because when alive on earth they were in many armies and bands, but now they are all in the Army of the Dead, as described below.

After they died, the Valkyries escorted half of the slain from the battlefield to Valhalla (these are the "einherjar"), which is part of the Norse Heaven; the other half went to Sessrumnir, Freya's hall. The Grimnismál describes Valhalla as having 540 doors, and through each of them, 800 could march abreast, indicating the size of the hall and the numbers of the einherjar.
 

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