Oh. Was it pedantic, nitpicky, and split hairs to distraction? Then, yeah, probably me.

1. I don’t have any sock puppet accounts here.

Yeah, that’s what Wikipedia says, but I’m listening to a lossless version on good headphones, and there’s an unmistakable “R” phoneme in it that the word “Olympus” doesn’t have. I checked the original album I bought in 1984, and no lyrics on the sleeve, so that doesn’t resolve it. So, I’m sticking with leopress (a…

The Princess is neck-and-neck with the first-in-list Beluga weight-wise, with a 165 ton Gross weight and a 172.5 ton max takeoff weight. Brabazon, at less than 150 tons, doesn’t measure up to either.

Assuming you were doing 2,000 lb tons (and judging by the other aircraft, it appears you are), you’re doing Boeing a bit dirty by ranking the 747-8I as low as you did. Its MTOW is 975,000 lbs, or 487.5 tons, placing it ahead of the C-5, which you put at 460 tons, but which the USAF puts at 840,000 lbs, or 420 tons.

I was just curious because “organized” tire reviews, like automotive magazines and such, are pretty scarce. It’s hard to find good trustworthy information out there. Thanks for getting back to me.

I think you think I’m trying to be combative, or trying to disagree with you. I’m certainly not trying to. I believe your observations. I’m just asking what research resources you used to arrive at the the point where you made a purchase decision. I’m just hoping that they might be helpful to me in the future. You…

I’m mostly wondering what reliable sources of information you used for dry and wet weather performance, and wear rate.

What research provided that comparative information on the tires?

There’s a term for that, used by tankers and bulk carriers, Deadweight Tonnage, or DWT. That is an actual weight measure of cargo.

I’m going to post the same rant I post on every article that Jalopnik posts on large ships: THE ICON OF THE SEAS DOES NOT WEIGH 250,000 TONS!!!! It actually displaces (weighs) roughly 120,000 tons or so, which can be estimated by her length, beam and draft * a reasonable block coefficient of .7 or so for a cruise ship…

Funny I should see this now - I used these two John Maynard Keynes quotes earlier today in another context, but they’re just as applicable here:

I don’t think she has a visit to the Friars Club in her near-term future . . .

There is a little difference in how a regular passenger door opens. In that case, the door actually folds in slightly and rotates on a horizontal hinge mechanism to “de-interfere” the stop pads and stop fittings. It then hinges outward. But the basic structure that holds the door in place against pressurization is…

The door is designed just like the doors on all Boeing and Airbus airliners. You can see the design when you’re getting onto an airplane. There are 12 stop pads on the door frame that engage 12 stop fittings, 6 on each side. When the door is in place, these pads interface with each other in such a manner that cabin…

Here’s more detail than you ever would wand about Boeing 737 mid-cabin emergency exit doors - plug option from a reputable source( b737.org.uk , the best online resource for Boeing 737 technical information).

a bit belated, but somewhat applicable. https://xkcd.com/1504/

In many of those accidents, size connotes inexperience - a non-professional pilot in a private aircraft. In this case, the smaller aircraft is a military aircraft with a supposedly well-trained crew on board. I’m not saying who is or isn’t at fault, but not knowing what happened, I wouldn’t jump to conclusions quite…

But it’s better to have a purpose-built one.

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