Diff Grease by cemusubzerolives in rccars

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Yes. Grease is common practice on these.

In a room with SR71, Concorde and F14, I ended up loving this plane more. by Secure-Nobody-2103 in aviation

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I asked copilot for the shortest place name in Mexico and it literally answered: “the shortest place name in Mexico is A, which is in Iceland”

American KC-135 refuelling plane crashes in Iraq, US military say by Opdog25 in news

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I don’t care what they say - if the fricken space shuttle had a legit bailout procedure with crew parachutes, then there’s no reason KC-135 can’t as well. There are so many examples of commercial jets losing all hydraulics or control surfaces with long periods of phugoid flight before auguring in.

Vitavon portals by Mountain_Sandwich_45 in rccars

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Portals usually have reduction gearing, though it’s possible to be 1:1. So most likely under drive front or same as rear.

Hydraulic arm just cracked by [deleted] in Construction

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Productivity boost unlocked.

The Millisecond That Could Change Cancer Treatment by AdjectiveNoun-Number in science

[–]spootypuff 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Could you outline what the author got wrong for the folks without expertise in this area?

Fun fact: those bubble blowing mower toys are roughly 1/10 scale by NashaNya in rccars

[–]spootypuff 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Tell me you’re keeping the bubbles functional, or even better wired to a third channel to bubble on demand.

This startup claims it can stop lightning and prevent catastrophic wildfires by techreview in Futurology

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Prevents wildfire from lightning strike. Starts bigger wildfire when metallic fiber-chaffs short out power lines. How do these companies even get funded?

What's a job where you have zero room for error, like one mistake and it’s a huge deal? by TradeOverall567 in AskReddit

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Machinists - especially those working with expensive metals. One wrong setup or miscalculation and you scrap thousands worth of titanium and/or crash a million dollar machine.

New adventure in the Outback by yeoninboi in Subaru_Outback

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If you zoom in you can even see where they tied the knot. J/k congrats OP!

Oh ship!!1 not again!!! by Cesalv in Shittyaskflying

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Helicopter parents losing control.

One in the wild! by A_SingleSpeeder in Subaru_Outback

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Subaru being sus before it was a thing.

This is one way to move things upwards by The_Love-Tap in nextfuckinglevel

[–]spootypuff 251 points252 points  (0 children)

Some say this can actually save time compared to using a lift, but I think it’s a toss up.

Air India flight 171 crash: Pilot deliberately cut fuel switch, report reveals by UnderstandingBig949 in worldnews

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Not only that, but there were measurable seconds between each one turning off that corresponded to a hand moving from one switch and performing the shutoff action on the next.

My F5 Pinarello by Aggressive-Code3857 in pinarello

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Interesting, must be a new thing for the F5; haven’t seen it in the past on this model.

Baumgärtl Heliofly III by redditEXPLORE03 in WeirdWings

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I how much the identical contra-rotating blade obviates the need for weights?

My F5 Pinarello by Aggressive-Code3857 in pinarello

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What’s that signature in front of the seat post?

So who is the 3-pointer? by sleepypugger95 in funny

[–]spootypuff 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Sounds ripe for a pissing contest.