I commuted for two years, 180 miles a day round trip between San Diego and Santa Ana, in a hand-me-down ‘84 Fiero. The Iron Duke 4 was rated at 85 horsepower ‘at the brochure’ and when strapped to an automatic transmission, it meant that the throttle needed to be all the way on when you weren’t coasting.

I was thinking the same thing. Strictly badge engineering. If you want to see a marine engine with an actual automaker connection, I suggest this:

I think the torque reaction you see is from the (still driven) tail rotor picking up speed as the engine spools up, while the rotor is just freewheeling.

It’s not framerate - note how little energy the rotors have when they hit the water.

Consensus on Reddit among (self-identified) helicopter pilots is that it wasn’t VRS, but instead a drivetrain failure. Watch the video and you’ll see how little rotor speed there is when it crashes, and you can hear the tail rotor RPM climbing.

I’m not blaming you for using vague terms like “fry” when it comes to the effect of cyberweapons - it seems to be pretty common when they’re being discussed. I’m more interested in what they actually do, rather than whether or not they exist and are being deployed.

Oh lord.. the angry green monster face in the lower left photo is priceless!

Nah, that sound was just Mazda’s way of saying “the fun has arrived!”

Well, as far as I know, my old GSL-SE had no rev limiter on it - there was just a horn in the dashboard that went off.

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My dream is to LS-swap a MKIV Supra, Honda S2000, Nissan 240SX, or the like, but do it with an LS4 and convert it to FWD.

You can see these dampers at work minimizing the retreating blade’s “dip.”

They’ll be fine once they are LS-swapped. Don’t worry.

We figured nobody could bare to beat up on a vehicle like that.

Jason, if you’re going to represent the “motor-enthusiast community” please don’t spread incorrect information...

OH GOD THE CARS AND MINIFIGS ARE NOT THE SAME SCALE! THIS IS PHYSICALLY PAINFUL TO WATCH! WHY??? WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS???

Maybe I’ll invent a keyboard with circle keys, or something.

Civil liability system determines the LEO is at fault, and specifically includes personal punitive damages of $50k.

Helmet laws interfere with natural selection. Riding without a helmet is its own punishment.

My guess is that if they’d actually tried to get permits, the authorities might have insisted on something more substantial than a snow fence between the car and the spectators.