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Golf the only sport I know, where the whole point of it. is to play the least amount possible

yes.... the sea-doo use a 4 cylinder intercooled, with heat exchanger (with supercharger option) the can-am a 3 cylinder or v-twin, the Aprilia and Buell engines they manufactured were V-twin's very different engine architecture, they don't even share oil filters. I imagine the horizontally aircraft engine are even more different again

BRP own Rotax, BRP also own can-am, sea-doo, ski-doo but its a bit like Kawasaki manufacture motorcycles, as well as ships and aircraft. reality is the divisions are mostly separate just sharing a name.

no go-around when its an engine failure

yeah, cost is a huge factor. I'm 31, and haven't flown in 3 months due to rise in cost of living. doing tail wheel endorsement. which I was aiming to fly every 2 weeks ( and mostly achieved last year) at $300 for an hour, I need to dedicate $150 a week on a $1000 salary - means 15% of my earnings flying every 2 weeks I reckon doubles the time it takes to get the certification - but constricted by financial means. pretty hard to justify that with my mortgage repayments increasing almost 40% in 12 months flying is not a young mans game. imagine if I had a wife or children not hard to see why it has the reputation as an older gentleman's pursuit Funnily enough I remember training at Lilydale and you would see all the young teen boys being dropped off by the parents, with the girls in horse gear to go riding. seemed to be a common theme as the equivalent "male hobby"

do K&N do a filter (I assume so, most are standard sizes) its all we used to use on motorcycles when the OEM wasn't available. plus they have a hex nut on the end. pre-drilled for lock-wiring, and easier then finding the correct size filter tool

Mike Patey FTW! Looks like red-bull brought in the big guns after the plane to plane stunt. I hope this leads to future collaborations, would make a great partnership

I blame the death of the Encyclopedia, it used to be as simple as whatever was written in the Encyclopedia (especially Britannica) was held as fact if we didn't know, we would just say that and move on. you wouldn't accept that what the guy at the local pub said was correct. unless you knew he was an expert in that field now its google, and whatever answer feels right. (multiple answers because any idiot can post the opinion) because your truth is more important then, the truth and never forget everyone wants to feel special, everyone wants to feel like they know more then the average person. or have some hidden truth or answer

I trust them to do a better job on my stuff, then what they do on their own🤣 ive worked with enough mechanics - definitely a different standard for paid customer work, then the bodgy "still works" on our own stuff

there is a lot of "easter egg" painting in certain positions. I know one of the thunderbirds had a traditionally black tail. as it flew in the back, with the rudder in the exhaust of the lead jet - was easier then cleaning the soot off when flying F4 phantoms think the blue angels opposing solo has his numbers upside down too

been a trend on tik-tok for a while, that they film themselves when stopped by police, as if its some injustice. They soon find the registration plates and their license when they realize just how much trouble they can be in.

My understanding is that this was the case here, they both flew the same flight path. problem is that they are operating from two different pads, 200m away from each other. the crossover occurred in that 200m space between the pads.

just finished reading the report, this was my takeaway: how much importance was put on the ground crew information relayed to the pilots? I didnt quote it but further in the report it talks about them instructing the pilots via hand signals on the length of the flight.

was talking with a friend on the weekend of the number of aircraft I have had, turn in-front of my path while I'm in the circuit at the airfield I fly from. one taking off with no radio calls. and the difficulty I have in keeping situational awareness..... this friend of mine instructs with Asian airlines students. He then let slip that the operation he is with have banned it as a destination for training flights - (still allow personal hire and fly there) for the same reasons I have difficulties with. I wonder if its a similar situation here, how many other operators avoid the area these helicopters operated for similar reasons. how many of us take note of jump planes and their frequent cycles... then look at the tempo of these 5 minute flights, from effectively 6(?) active runways

WB-57F there is 3 operated by NASA, I think they look like something out of star-wars with the bigger engines.

Oh fun fact. Harley-Davidonson batteries are FAA certified. Always amused me, but they over engineered the batteries due to the vibration and heat of the big twins. Can literally drill into the battery without anything leaking. The terminals are lead, so if it short circuits to the frame or seat it just melts the terminal. When I was working for them there was nothing on the market that had higher CCA or lasted longer. Guys were regularly getting 7 years from them. Had a few come in with 9+, only time in my experience in the bike industry the genuine factory batteries were stocked, didn't even bother keeping an aftermarket alternative

well yeah, note they need a plastic spacer to replace the bigger sizes. literally a battery designed to meet the minimum specs for the widest range

its a Mottobatt, replace it. Id know that yellow battery casing anywhere. I've used them in my motorcycles because they are cheap. but they are not the same quality as a Yuasa. Pretty much every motorcycle dealer stocks Motobatt because they have multiple fitments. (4 terminals) greatly reduced number of types we needed to keep (form memory 24 different motobatt sizes, replaced 120 standard sizes). and importantly was a good selling price. if they last longer then 12 months you'll probably get 3-5 years from it. sitting around seems to be what kills this brand the most. it drops a cell, so will still show 12v, but wont take any load.

Isnt that why there is a whole community of medical professional's, set-up for pilots with mental illness in the USA to be treated, anonymously so it doesn't get reported.

thrust vectoring did come to mind. but the idea of a roof mounted engine pod that swivels amuses me. wouldn't look to dissimilar to existing seaplane design's. imagine it would help with crosswinds oh could link it to the throttle too, no need for more right rudder

How many young teens/adults who wrap a car around a tree/telephone pole have been done for manslaughter over killed passengers? hell it even has its own term Vehicular manslaughter I don't see the difference just because its an aircraft.

yeah, used mostly in low speed, high thrust applications. the density means that they have a large drag at higher speeds. so question. with outboards, and azimuth pods being talked about. is there any aircraft steered by changing the prop position?

Which also brings up a good point, there already exists shrouded props

It is used in ships and sailing vessels

Maybe.... But they were comparing a 5k aftermarket prop, to a $300 standard prop. not apples to apples. be interesting to see how it performs against an equivalent aftermarket prop. was the first performance change we did on Jet-skis. everyone knew going to an aftermarket stainless, multi pitch prop gave a proven performance boost all-round over the stock items. Think of it like testing a composite prop, compared to a wooden prop on a Jabiru. we all know there is a performance advantage to changing - but plenty still use the wooden option because its good enough. but using the wooden prop as a benchmark for a new performance prop is pretty silly - except if you want to the big percentage increases for marketing.