The 930 "widowmaker" had to come up. Although... it really wasn't that much power, it was just savage how it was delivered and completely unforgiving of being mishandled.

I'm in the camp that says there's no such thing as too much power if you have the complete package - brakes, chassis, and knowledge, to use it…

Thanks for the reply! I knew that the BUFF just used asymmetric spoilers instead of ailerons, but I never understood why. I assumed it was related to the length of the wing that's used as a flap... but the B-47 history is really interesting. Now I'm going to have to go learn more. :)

In the P-3 we had to load fuel…

Hehehehe... it goes to 11. :)

Nah, just ROLLIN' COAL LIKE A BOSS! ;)

Quick, we need a Prius to point that exhaust stack at.

For $12K, I'll take it. ;)

The 928 motor isn't really that great... but GAWD it's beautiful. :)

944's are awesome, and I'd drive the hell out of this one... but once you've done a heart transplant and eliminated the wonderful pop-up head lights, there's not way in hell you're getting more than $10K out of me. Totally great trollmobile, but far too rich for what it is.

I think the Russians have a pretty impressive history of getting un-stuck.

Are you sure it wasn't just terminally ugly?

YES YES YES YES YES! In my young life, my family owned one of these while living in Lesotho, a small country in South Africa. We drove that thing all over Africa and it took the abuse like a champ. What an awesome car.

On the other side, I think it nearly drove my mother to a nervous breakdown. She couldn't drive a…

I think it's amazing, and wonderful, that so many people survived! A true testament to the robustness of the safety features in modern aircraft.

Standard procedure is to clean up the aircraft and reduce drag. In a single engine scenario, speed is life, you don't want any unnecessary drag.

I was surprised to see that neither prop was feathered. A windmilling prop is BIG drag, and in this case, asymmetric. With only two engines, a failure to feather could be a very bad day.

This is my personal favorite and the one I came here to mention. :)

That guy is an awful reviewer. However, I will come to his defense on one single point: #6 is total bullshit. It would drive me bonkers to not be able to open my engine cover without another person.

I'm actually laughing out loud. :) I'm pretty sure I went all two years onboard without ever seeing the jackstaff. (flagpole at the front of the ship)

I was on NIMITZ until a year ago, and funny thing, when you board the ship it's traditional to salute the flag (national) before boarding. On a carrier there is no…

Totally deserves it... but it's still a museum ship. Belongs in the same league with Constitution.

Oldest US ship that actually does anything tactical is the mighty USS Nimitz, CVN 68. It was Enterprise, CVN65, but she decommissioned a couple of years ago.

An APU is an auxilary power unit. Really it's a tiny turbo shaft engine that's generally used to turn a generator and make compressed air. (Turbo Shaft is a type of jet where as much energy as possible is converted into mechanical torque, instead of high speed exhaust. They're used extensively on helicopters, and…

-It's funny - top speed is mostly a function of the shape of the airframe and the pitch of the propeller.
-Doubling, or even tripling the HP actually makes a pretty negligible difference in cruise speed. However, what power will do for you is massively shorten your takeoff roll and increase your rate of climb. …