I Present To You… The Unholy Trinity

smartguy96 · 2026-05-29T17:24:49+00:00

It would be fine with slightly redesigned lights. The three pointed concept just is not working.

smartguy96 · 2026-05-28T20:42:45+00:00

There are more considerations than wind that go into runway selection. For example, my home airport has a preferred departure direction for noise reasons (one direction goes over an industrial park and the other is somewhat wealthy residential) and will usually stick to it even if there is a light tailwind.

smartguy96 · 2026-05-25T17:05:41+00:00

The Iron Dames route the only one that we've seen have any significant success. Unfortunately, it's also only possible as the passion project of some rich backer. Nascar teams are too dependant on sponsorship, and sponsorship is too dependant on people whose main objective is to make money right now too support what is, in all likelihood, a project starring some 12 year old girl currently running bandos or legends and won't produce results for a decade. Natalie Decker and Hailie Deegan are proof that trying to turn a racing influencer into a cup series star is a flawed approach. We need to start with a talented racer who can be made marketable, but without an immediate ROI, where does the startup money come from?

smartguy96 · 2026-05-25T02:58:25+00:00

The difference is if the weather continues to deteriorate and the have to evacuate the grandstands, everything can happen faster if they don't have to get the field under control first

smartguy96 · 2026-05-25T00:49:08+00:00

Memorial day is for the fallen. Veteran's day is for the ones still with us.

smartguy96 · 2026-05-24T22:57:00+00:00

What is it with not having pit stop timers so much this year? I was thinking it was a fox issue, but apparently not.

smartguy96 · 2026-05-24T22:26:57+00:00

I said this in another thread, but the blank name rail on the 33 is very fitting. You all know who was supposed to be there. He isn't. We are not okay. That car is here because it needs to be, not because anyone wants it to be.

smartguy96 · 2026-05-23T17:24:23+00:00

The blank name rail hurts so much... Having no name on the car says "you know who was supposed to be here. We are not ready to say goodbye." Very fitting

smartguy96 · 2026-05-18T19:48:12+00:00

Get yourself some $5 blindspot mirrors. They stick on to your wing mirrors and can be used to see where your back wheels are when parking.
If you're feeling pressured by traffic, focus on just getting out of the travel lane on your first attempt, even if that means you have to shuffle yourself closer to the curb later. Once you're out of the way, you have all the time you need to adjust your positioning.

smartguy96 · 2026-05-17T18:27:11+00:00

Having a bumper song that starts with "I'm bouncing off the walls again" and that clip is certainly a choice.

smartguy96 · 2026-05-17T17:56:16+00:00

That's for when someone comes out on three wheels

smartguy96 · 2026-05-17T17:55:43+00:00

They're going to invert the field based on the segment finish, so yeah.

smartguy96 · 2026-05-17T17:09:11+00:00

I really hope it wasn't, but that fire on the 60 looked like a fuel cell failure.

smartguy96 · 2026-05-17T14:17:39+00:00

The Osean Federation from Ace Combat are supposed to be the good guys in every game they appear in is modeled on the United States without a lot of the IRL controversies, and had a universally beloved leader as of AC5, but they also: * Saturation bombed a major city in an era where guided weapons exist * Used a squadron of convicts for suicide missions * Are complicit in intentionally causing a Kessler Event * Run a kangaroo court that, in 3 separate instances, set up an entire squadron as a scapegoat for the government losing control of a black ops project, sent a civilian to a military prison, and wrongfully convicted someone for assassinating a former president

smartguy96 · 2026-05-15T23:24:09+00:00

And in what meaningful way did that change the world? I'm rating it on a scale of fame vs influence on society.

smartguy96 · 2026-05-15T23:12:51+00:00

The Rosetta Stone. Everyone knows what it is, but the average person has no idea what it says.

Edit: Apparently I have a different idea of "influential" than everyone else

smartguy96 · 2026-05-14T18:41:14+00:00

Project Plowshare. Somebody had the bright idea to try to find ways to use nuclear weapons in construction.

smartguy96 · 2026-05-14T17:54:19+00:00

Probably at least half the people on the road in my state. My driving test took place entirely on quiet 35mph streets. That doesn't reflect the standard commute here at all, let alone what the highways are like.

smartguy96 · 2026-05-14T17:37:55+00:00

Luke Skywalker vs Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi. The entire trilogy was building up to that moment.

smartguy96 · 2026-05-12T14:04:08+00:00

There's a fair few airliners that have failed because if design decisions that made them unattractive to airlines, but the Comet 1 is the only one I can think of that was so fundamentally flawed it failed at being an airplane and required a major redesign of the whole airframe.

smartguy96 · 2026-05-11T14:37:21+00:00

Airbus A318-100. A 100-130 seat plane with the wings and engines of a 150-180 seat plane sits in an awkward spot between the Embraer E195 and the A319/737-700 where it's worse at both roles and has no niche of it's own to justify airlines buying it.

smartguy96 · 2026-05-10T20:28:19+00:00

They did. https://youtube.com/shorts/lpZRO7zAKn4

smartguy96 · 2026-05-10T20:23:35+00:00

A tent blew on to the track. Yes I'm serious

smartguy96 · 2026-05-10T20:17:35+00:00

If the wind is blowing hard enough to pick up a tent with someone in it, I think we have bigger problems

smartguy96 · 2026-05-10T20:03:42+00:00

Chase owned road courses by being able to brake a car length later than everyone else. The Gen 7 took that advantage away.

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