The aircraft is designed with a lift fan, to produce extra lift whilst the aircraft moves forward. A structure that helps channel oncoming air into the lift fan is very helpful. Rearranging that structure so that it pushes the air upwards instead would be less helpful.
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Most European towtrucks have a winch, and a speclift and/or tilt & slide bed. Or sometimes it’s just a van with a speclift / skates.
That is a beautiful shade of burgundy. Very classy.
Smart car.
They’re dirt-cheap in Europe now - the facelifted W203 versus the rectangular-headlight W202 marks the boundary between a “modern-looking” and an “old” Mercedes for most folk, and nobody wants the latter. Last autumn I bought a manual W202 wagon (on behalf of a friend) at auction, for under £400.
Completely random detour: Would there be any interest in importing things like this into the USA?
Old Weirdos With Too Much Time On Their Hands to Repair Things
I came here to post that. Not disappointed. Well done.
The further behind you are, the more you can accelerate when you know there’s about to be a gap, which makes the pass shorter. I can’t fathom the people who think they’ll get past a truck faster if their overtaking manœuvre has to start at exactly the same speed as the truck.
My wife’s Peugeot had the same thing. It wasn’t weight saving, it was just laziness.
It’s a shame they don’t make a Figo-based pickup - a successor to the Fiesta-based Bantam. That would be a nice competitor to the small GM (and FCA) pickups that are ubiquitous in some parts of the world...
It’s why I’m constantly looking at 25 year old Defenders.
For the last decade or two, pickups have basically been divided between the big, soft American models versus the rest-of-world models which just need to carry a few 50kg sacks down a dirt road, with no concessions to luxury. The old Ranger was small, harsh, frugal, and practical. Part of me worries that the new Ranger…
LR is working together with the Coventry City Council on this project
It’s an attention-grabbing thing. The zigzag white lines are placed either side of a pedestrian crossing, to tell drivers “No parking”, “be careful” &c. Deliberately designed to emphasise that this is not a normal section of road, for safety reasons.
Enough about the shuttle; what about this truck?
Other countries have tried different variations on selective default because they think one of their creditors is an enemy. It has generally worked out very badly for the defaulting government. In populist economically-illiterate rhetoric, “creditor” and “enemy” often go hand-in-hand, so anybody else who might lend…
If there were a sub-blog on that, I might want to contribute...
This is a problem, when you drive a vehicle the size of a Range Rover and you live in a big, crowded city with lots of parallel parking. You need parking sensors. You also need a backup camera. It would be nice if you had a little British man who lived in the cargo area and jumped out to provide you with parking space…
It’s technically possible if you had free access to Mercedes’ parts bin, but a 4x4 V-class would be a pretty small niche and Mercedes probably wouldn’t think it’s worthwhile in the USA if they’re not even bothering with the much bigger family minivan market.