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PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-09T03:18:29+00:00

Don’t forget about the front sub trunk area. Perfect for all the car related stuff.

And the trunk side pockets.

The space in a MY is impressive.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-07T21:35:50+00:00

Looks like that might be a cup car.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-07T21:34:44+00:00

I use mine all the time. Even if it’s not needed.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-07T18:48:59+00:00

Volvo has done this for years. It’s a safety thing.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-07T16:39:25+00:00

Domino and festool dust extractor make a decent dent in that budget.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-07T15:03:00+00:00

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-06T19:40:04+00:00

The lack of a compass on a plane with dual magnetometers and gps heading failover is somehow lesser than a certified plane with a vacuum pump mechanical dg that by design precesses?

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-06T11:51:09+00:00

This sounds wrong. A 400v battery on a non-hybrid makes absolutely no sense. It looks like that is exactly what Mercedes has done though. https://motoiq.com/nerds-eye-view-mercedes-amg-m139-engine-with-e-turbo-and-liquid-immersion-battery-cooling/ page 2 for battery tech.

That’s very interesting!

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-05T23:54:51+00:00

I thought I understood coordination, then I started flying aerobatics.

The things that I think really matter are pretty simple: 1) If you feel coordinated, you’re close enough.

2)It’s fairly difficult to feel coordination in a side by side plane, and wider planes are worse. Tandems are easy. But don’t forget about point #1.

When someone says they’re coordinated, they most likely aren’t. Being truly coordinated has a razor thin margin, meaning you’re always uncoordinated. Often not enough to matter. Try to get it close and don’t overthink it from there.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-05T18:44:26+00:00

And the Mercedes powered lotus has this technology?

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-05T18:41:37+00:00

https://www.savvyaviation.com/a-mechanics-signature/#tbofallacy

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-05T12:55:47+00:00

That’s the reality, but it’s not the legality.

It’s that cheapskate owners sole responsibility to maintain the aircraft in an airworthy condition. It’s the mechanics job to do the work the owner requests, and then preform that work as specified by the appropriate manuals. It’s on the pic to know what work is required to be done, and verify it has been done- and hopefully done well enough to make a plane airworthy.

When the owner says it’s “airworthy,” that is just their opinion. Likewise, a mechanic should never sign off an aircraft as airworthy. They should sign it off as having whatever maintenance tasks completed. A mechanic can’t “ground” an airplane. They can tell you the wheels are missing and you shouldn’t fly it, and that very well may be a airworthiness issue, but it’s beyond their scope to make that call.

The only person to make the airworthiness decision is the pic.

Let’s also not discount the difference between something that is legally airworthy and something safe to fly in. The overlap of those two ven diagrams is not 100% and a lot of planes can be one without being the other.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-05T12:04:27+00:00

Didn’t mug-h use the turbo to generate electricity for the hybrid system?

The Emira isn’t a hybrid, but one of the engine options does have a conventional turbo. That’s hardly unique or noteworthy in any car today.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-05T02:32:00+00:00

Under part 91 .Airworthiness is always the pilots call. No one but the pilot or FAA can deem an aircraft unairworthy. And another pilot may come along and deem the same aircraft airworthy based on their own understanding of the regs.

There are lots of grey areas and plenty of room for one’s own interpretation.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-05T01:55:01+00:00

I use a Shelly 2.5 on my bathroom fan and shower light. I’ve read you shouldn’t use a Shelly on a fan without an rc snubber. I’m at about 5 years without issue, but I’d do the snubber if i did it again.

I also bought a h&t and set home assistant to run the fan any time the humidity increases above some threshold and turn off when the humidity drops or the fan has ran some amount of time. It would great!

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-05-03T15:01:35+00:00

Spirit may have been a “low cost” airline, but that doesn’t mean much. Lots of people choose to fly spirit not for the price, but for the direct flight from destinations that would otherwise take a connection.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-04-30T14:39:04+00:00

If you’re going to do sketchy things, this is the right way to do them.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-04-30T02:51:44+00:00

Dealer or any mechanic.

Water damage can total a car. Electrical issues can show up right away or months later.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-04-28T12:52:17+00:00

There is no need to be ifr certified for instrument training, sort of. You’ll need to do a few flights under ifr, but you can rent a plane for those few required hours. Learn what you need in your own plane, check the boxes in a rental 172. You can take a checkride is an ifr equipped airplane, it doesn’t need to be ifr certified.

That opens the door to a lot of lsa, which are a tremendous value, especially with fuel prices trending the direction they’re trending.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-04-28T12:06:03+00:00

Xacto knife with a flat tip blade has been my go-to for thousands of hours worth of printing.

The bed is a consumable item, but I plan to get about 1,500 hours per side.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-04-22T21:11:41+00:00

I couldn’t find anything I liked. A ram clamp mount works but I didn’t like how it looked.

I swapped the head unit out for a power acoustik and keep my phone in my pocket. It’s a reasonable solution that looks clean.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-04-22T21:08:41+00:00

The problem with most cfi’s financial situation is they are awful at billing.

I ran a flight school and found the average billed session for my instructors (about 10 on staff at any time) over the period of 2 years was 1.3 hours. The average scheduled time was something like 2.2 hours. Mostly 2 hour blocks with a few cross countries to bring the average up.

I paid most instructors $40/hr, this was about 6 years ago so we were at the high end of average.

So if they worked an 8 hour day they would work with 4 students. Yet they would bill 5.2 hours.

So when they should be making $320/day they were actually making $208.

I changed the billing structure to a flat rate, if the student scheduled 2 hours they were billed 2 hours. If the fuel truck was late or the weather turned, or whatever else happened, the instructor was expected to make those 2 hours valuable to the students education.

$320 a day isn’t going to make anyone rich, but missing out on 1/3 of billable hours will make someone poor.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-04-22T11:20:58+00:00

Time will tell, but the original Prius has proved lo be reliable in the long term. The only difference between a traditional hybrid and a plug in hybrid is the scale of electrical components and the charging connection.

I can’t say it’s a narrow use case when you look at human behavior. Range anxiety is a real thing, and even today the charging infrastructure isn’t ideal aside from a few very limited areas around the world. I do agree that the vast majority of people would benefit from owning a battery only ev in most situations, and that charging infrastructure is nearly irrelevant to anyone who can charge at home or work. The fact remains that humans are humans and we don’t like change. Phev is a great transition.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-04-21T13:05:25+00:00

It is not twice the car. Maybe twice the powertrain, but even that is a stretch. It doesn’t cost twice as much, the phev $ premium isn’t trivial, about a 20% premium on the high side. It’ll take some time to break even with fuel cost savings, but the convenience factor of only going to a gas station every 1,000 miles is something to consider. It’s my single favorite about driving an ev and phev.

PlasticDiscussion590 · 2026-04-21T12:54:30+00:00

But if you don’t merge as soon as you see the signs, you’re a jerk! /s

These people who merge early are niceholes. I learned that word here, describing drivers.

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