Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh...........

I don’t know that....

What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

fun fact; the little spots on the Corvette’s rear window are tiny Corvette logos.

Bird Up!

Hm, I’ve been told repeatedly that this totally won’t happen and that this also totally won’t happen with connected automated cars. I am very excited for the future where this continues to totally not happen.

About 13 years ago I had this stupid idea of becoming a professional race car driver (which clearly hasn’t happened). Long story short I found myself in Daytona in December driving Skip Barber Formula Dodges. It was awesome, however it was intended to be a short trip. I finish driving grab my crap and head to the…

Now I know where they got the idea for “The Excellent.”

Lots of ways to do it, you can increase the voltage output of the battery either by physical modification (how you connect the cells) or through software. The motors can also be physically modified a number of ways to increase power output. It’s basically all about getting more electricity in without over taxing the…

If you reduce the parasitic losses in the control electronics and boost the cooling to battery, motor, and control electronics then you can eek out more power - as long as you are under the saturation limit of the magnetics all it takes is more current to get more power.

The batteries are relatively small to conserve weight, about half a cell phone battery. They also output incredibly high current, sometimes up to 120 amps. If you fly conservatively, I’ve been able to get up to 10 minutes of flight time just hovering with a few punch outs. When you run out, just swap a battery,…

It’s a trade-off. Average 250 sized racing drones will last anywhere between 5-10 minutes being put through their paces, depending on the components used and the overall weight. Most will fly 3s (11.1v) or 4s (14.8v) batteries as a happy medium, but there are crazy fast ones that can utilize 6s batteries for insane…

Rosberg drove for MERCEDES - not “McLaren.”

“Nico Rosberg’s seat at McLaren.”

“Dude, we totally have the money. It’s just tied up in probate right now, because when my Nigerian prince uncle passed away, he had two different wills. They both had me as the primary beneficiary, but if you could forward me $20k to cover the legal bills, it would expedite things. The $20k can be sent via Western…

Time to fetch the Holy Hand Grenade.

*Grand Tour*

I thought that was an actual toy until the truck came in.