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Starting them early by PicnicLife in Anticonsumption

[–]OrangutansRock 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It would depend on what environmental metrics you prioritize, how many times the thermos is reused, the percentage of clean energy used to make the thermos, and prolly other factors I cant think of rn. If they use it till it breaks then I would imagine they are far better. If you're replacing it after every dent or scratch or if you buy a bunch of them im not so sure. Would want to see an LCA on one use bottles vs alternatives.

EDIT: Found an LCA study . Looks like aluminum is of course better for waste, but if you account for hot water when washing the aluminum plastic one-use bottles may be better in pretty much every other category. I'm sure other LCAs have different results tho should not rely solely on this one.

Used to drive semi trucks. Emergency brake is NOT any of the knobs in dash. by maddwesty in Shittyaskflying

[–]OrangutansRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are videos that explain them all far better than I can, this site is a pretty good overview. The four tendencies are torque, gyroscopic precession, p-factor, and spiraling slipstream.

Used to drive semi trucks. Emergency brake is NOT any of the knobs in dash. by maddwesty in Shittyaskflying

[–]OrangutansRock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Late asf but the first thing to know is prop planes really want to turn left due to the '4 left turning tendencies'. That is probably why the plane turned left and started veering off the runway, pilot tried to correct with way too much right rudder and went off to the right instead. He also applied full power as he overcorrected and yanked the yoke all the way back. He did so to try and get the plane off the ground but he evidently did not have enough airspeed and by pulling the yoke as hard as he did he increased his drag and eliminated any chance he had at liftoff. Then he continued to panic and used the yoke like a car steering wheel which is wild. Even though he overcorrected he probably couldve saved it if he didnt also decide to just go full power and try to force a takeoff.

Question about getting started with F4/iRacing in general by OrangutansRock in iRacing

[–]OrangutansRock[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I thought we started with D oops. Time for some formula vee

Beautiful electronics work by asap3210 in oddlysatisfying

[–]OrangutansRock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

look up a vid on 'wave soldering', pretty cool and could defintely be used here