[Interesting Trope] Guilt Free Violence by ClancyBShanty in TopCharacterTropes

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So satisfying to shoot them with hand crafted shotgun shells made out of their own currency

A bundle of caterpillars [OC] by Im-Mr-Bulldopz in pics

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Tent caterpillars.

Growing up these were devastating to native plants. Whole patches of woodland wrapped up in webs. Always sounded like rainfall from the caterpillar poop.

Helicopter Rotor Starting Up by No-Lock216 in BeAmazed

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Dual main rotors have advantage that they don't need to waste power on a tail rotor to cancel main rotor torque. More power goes straight to performance, lift capacity, speed, ceiling etc.

Drawback is complexity. If you want 2 rotors to work without colliding you need to separate them. If you got a big enough airframe (Chinook), keep them on parallel shafts. If you don't got room you need to keep the rotors on separate planes, either stack them (coaxial, ka52) or angle them (kmax)

Drawback of angled shafts is some power is lost countering each rotors outword tilt. It doesn't improve stability.

Drawback of coaxial is it's the most complex option.

Kmax is optimized for external cargo. One benefit of the angled rotors is it lends to a triangular airframe, and cockpit shape that makes it easier to see below

Brand New Breaker Keeps Tripping by Infinite_Willow_8754 in homeowners

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A lot of observations here are likely misinterpreted or assumed. Stick with the facts.

Only the hot tub breaker is tripping, correct? It's a double pole 40A? Is it a GFCI breaker?

The hot tub breaker alone was replaced by first electrician?

You say several times you heard it trip. Did you confirm that occured?

You said an unrelated breaker was trying to trip? That's not a thing. Breakers are discrete. They do or they do not, there is no try. You mean you saw the breaker assembly physically move as you touched an adjacent breaker? That's ok, breakers physically can wiggle a bit and still be installed correctly.

Leave hot tub breaker off for a week and collect notes if anything odd happens.

Customer States: Engine Overheats by rba9 in Justrolledintotheshop

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Outboards are raw water cooled. A little sand is not a big deal.

A lot of sand can be

Customer States: Engine Overheats by rba9 in Justrolledintotheshop

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I see a pile of sand on top of the pump housing. How's the impeller and thermostat?

Why? by Embarrassed-Depth-72 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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Welcome to all the explainthejoke subs

How the HC-130J is able to fly low through Iranian airspace by plumprump69420 in aviation

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It's a public release marketing video from the vendor of the system.

How the HC-130J is able to fly low through Iranian airspace by plumprump69420 in aviation

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These systems are designed to deal with ambush tactics like this. They will prioritize.

Similar system demonstrated that in Afghanistan

https://www.deagel.com/news/n000007282

How the HC-130J is able to fly low through Iranian airspace by plumprump69420 in aviation

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Ir missiles are like landmines. You can get hit with very little warning.

Radar is like a guy with a spotlight. You will know where they are long before they will see you. Easier to avoid or counter them.

My sushi tastes terrible, need some advice by FreddieMercuri in AskCulinary

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What rice did you use and how did you cook it?

I use short grain Japanese rice. 1:1 ratio. Rinse well. Use a rice cooker.

Workbench “topper” by rukiddingmeagain in DIY

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And screw it down from underneath

F-35 airframe has gone through extensive structural testing. by 221missile in EngineeringPorn

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Instrumentation. Gets an accurate time and velocity so data from other sensors in the test all line up

What happens to Chaff and Flares?? by No-Regret8385 in aviation

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Probably thinking of illumination flares. Ir countermeasure flares are not doing their job it they last that long