Efficiency and power aren't necessarily exclusive. When I was doing engine development, the engines we were baselining tended to have better BSFC (brake specific fuel consumption, fuel in mass/power) under higher load. Yes, you use more fuel because you're making more power but more of the potential energy of the fuel…

True. Both of them get driven multiple times though and the restrictor plate tracks are where power becomes even more important because of the high speed and power limitation of the restrictor plate.

Agreed.

I have not read it either but I'll have to pick it up.

Personally, I think there has been better cheating over the course of NASCAR's history than F1. Things that are marginally within the rules.

I didn't know that. Learn something new every day.

Adding more: DRS is unlimited in qualifying.

I have seen the writing on the walls and eventually we're going to start seeing more composite bodied cars. We've seen the high end cars with them because they are practically cost-no-object and it's slowly starting to trickle down into the lower end for structure (Alfa Romeo 4C) and as become pretty common for…

I knew more people liked their ladies with curves...

As a former aircraft engineer I'm really disappointed that the wingless, engineless, noseless, R&D was dropped by the time I got into aircraft.

I hope the EMTs didn't have any impedance to their caregiving.

Autonomous car supporters have been trying to convince people that autonomous cars are safer than human operated cars. By proxy, autonomous mining trucks should be safer than human operated mining trucks.

Best. Comment. Ever. Although my mining trucks were infuriatingly stupid. "Why mine the shit that's right next to your base when we can mine the shit next to the enemy's base?!"

As a competitor, I prefer to have most of my parts back. If something gets broken and is completely unusable and someone wants a souvenir, I would be happy to give it to them if they asked. Otherwise, don't take what's not yours.

I think so. They've got a 4000 parked out there now if you zoom all the way in on Google maps.

That was a great game.

The short answer is that it's too expensive. Any repair work has to be certified by the FAA and in accordance to the original type certificate. Since Beech is no longer interested in supporting any changes, it's unlikely that any of the previously decommissioned ones will fly again.

The Beech Starship graveyard is a good one.

From what looks like an engineering textbook.