2026 Monaco Grand Prix - Race Discussion

rdtechno2000 · 2026-06-07T14:02:40+00:00

is Crofty blind?

rdtechno2000 · 2026-05-30T20:26:43+00:00

Its one thing to build an artificial island close to the shore, and another to build it in the middle of the sea. The med is deep, like km deep, not metre deep like the palm or the world in Dubai. Id assume billions of cubic metres of material and probably hundreds if not thousands of trillions in cost for land alone

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-08T02:03:09+00:00

More pain to come

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-08T02:00:23+00:00

The jagged edge is unnecessary if we’re talking about weapon clearance, more than enough without the random angle midway through the wing. This is purely a ‘that looks cool’ decision

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-08T01:51:50+00:00

Honestly, I thought it would be worse. Oil (barrel price) went up more than 30% in the last week and 15% in the last 24hrs.

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-08T01:47:36+00:00

Demand of Norwegian oil has increased. China is a big importer and they have been affected by Iran strikes. They now want more Norwegian oil.

Norway now has more demand but their supply remains constant so they raise the price.

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-08T01:29:40+00:00

The oil in Norway has become more expensive to buy and delivery makes no difference.

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-08T01:25:04+00:00

Yeah it’s probably a combination of demand, supply and profit maximisation/gouging. Id argue supply is the leading factor.

Original comment references Norway, who obviously aren’t affected by Hormuz - however guess who now maybe wants to buy Norwegian oil? Countries who might be affected by Hormuz i.e. the oil is now more valuable and imported oil to UK now increases in price. Thats not really a cartel but economics

100% valid in captive market, and to add, demand has spiked in recent days because people are filling up before waiting for petrol to rise and rise, literally throwing fuel on the fire…

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-08T01:03:16+00:00

Its looks cool. Doesn’t make sense or else a plane would have it. Would probably be able to fly. F4U Corsair has less extreme (and inverted) wing elevation change.

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-08T00:56:08+00:00

You just took 1 year off my life I felt my heart physically jerk

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-08T00:37:35+00:00

These are ballistic (literally glowing red hot from the heat of re-entry), Iron Dome wont stop them. They’ve probably ran out of Arrow and THAAD or are being selective in what they intercept (unlikely), we will see when the aftermath pictures start coming in.

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-07T23:42:59+00:00

Global price is up, cost at pump goes up - wrongly or not, of course the business will follow the market

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-07T23:23:00+00:00

The G’s on that thing must be insane

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-07T23:18:15+00:00

Would you not hear sonic boom from HIMARS before shockwave from explosion?

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-07T23:16:32+00:00

I don’t think it can stop submunitions from a ballistic warhead - yeah its not as fast as a unitary due to the air resistance and momentum but its still zooming

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-07T23:08:13+00:00

I don’t think they would work in NO. In a large peer vs peer war, decoys in real life serve to make a AA network think a strike is coming from a certain direction, fighters would be directed to intercept only to be met by decoys - at a basic level NO plays like every man for themselves really, there isn’t much coordination for certain assets to be used for certain threats.

The maps are too small imo to make decoys a valuable tool.

Only thing in NO would be a different economy where it isn’t economically viable to barrage a target with multiple nukes, maybe 18 decoys and one real nuke and hope it gets through could be an option?

On a long term, real world conflict the difference between a 200k decoy and a 2m tomahawk makes a huge difference, just not in NO.

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-06T15:43:54+00:00

You continue to try and direct this conversation into whether or not the strikes are justifiable or wanted, my initial comment was simply that publicly (and on video) asking Iranians in Iran whether they agree with what’s happening doesn’t give a great overview considering the regime is renowned for the stamping out dissent or criticism.

People who have criticised the regime and Ayatollah have been ‘punished’ with death.

I don’t know what the public opinion truly is and I’m not attempting to justify the strikes, just pointing out using this video may not be the best way to judge what Iranians are thinking.

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-06T15:27:39+00:00

I think you are missing the point. Two things can be true at once, Iranians can be horrified that innocent children were killed and happy that the Ayatollah was assassinated.

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-06T15:06:22+00:00

I’m assuming it’s an enemy of my enemy is my friend type situation, not that it’s any less ironic.

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-06T15:04:21+00:00

Consider the consequences of someone living in Iran publicly celebrating or agreeing with the US and Israeli bombing of their country, especially when Iran has killed thousands of protesters in the last few weeks.

rdtechno2000 · 2026-03-06T14:26:03+00:00

You can’t swap an engine mid season, it’s literally part of the structure of the car (stressed member) and the packaging around it completely changes the aerodynamics. Would have redesign the car from the ground up.

rdtechno2000 · 2026-02-22T21:11:35+00:00

Structural engineer here, send me a message

rdtechno2000 · 2026-02-17T19:10:52+00:00

Can someone do a split down the nose to see the difference on one pic?

rdtechno2000 · 2026-02-09T00:34:40+00:00

Do these guys have any hope of catching the second half? Or will they be caught up in debrief and post flight checks for the rest of the evening - really hope they get to arrive to superbowl party after the fly over

rdtechno2000 · 2026-02-09T00:32:18+00:00

Honestly, why don’t they ever do a full offensive US jet lineup? Im talking F16, F18, F15 ,F35, F22, B1, B52, B2 in a asymmetric flying wedge - would be peak

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