Not condoning police actions, but why do the skateboarders believe they have the right to use a public road for this? If they’ve gotten a permit then fine, otherwise you don’t have to right to use the road for this purpose.

The Ridgeline is selling much better than it’s long in the tooth predecessor. But, the first Ridgeline actually sold over 50k in its 2nd year of production and was above 40k two other years. It did taper off considerably in its 5th year and unfortunately was still sold largely unchanged for another 5 years of ever…

I don’t know the details of how many cars we’re talking about, but I can see where this would be a problem if it was abused.

How about a rearward facing propeller that activates to offset the recoil forces. It would be perfect but could offset much of the force that would affect the drone.

“I know first-hand how difficult it is to find opportunities at all, let alone play a well developed, three dimensional character like Chin Ho. I will miss him sincerely.”

Are we for equality? Would muscle shirts be considered appropriate attire? How about flip flops? If this was a requirement that women had to wear dresses, I’d be criticizing it as well. But it’s not.

That was certainly true of the original show. There are very few shows or movies that are true ensembles like Friends was.

Fuel cells use hydrogen which can be refueled in a reasonable time period. Now you would be stopping to refuel 2-3 times to run the same distance.

I remember how bad the F-15 and F-14 were when they entered service. 60 Minutes did one of their exposes showing parked aircraft, some with parts stripped off to keep other ones flying. Unfortunately, that seems par for the course when introducing totally new aircraft, even 40 years ago. We’ve largely forgotten how…

This ship would make a great basis for a smaller US carrier. You’d want to outfit it with catapults though in order to maximize its effectiveness.

The ramp actually allows a greater payload to be carried on the F-35Bs. It was a concept the Brits invented using their Harriers.

The ski jump ramps allows the aircraft to launch at higher weights than a completely flat surface would allow. With the much smaller Harrier, that amounted to an extra 2500 lbs. It’s probably much greater with the far larger F-35B.

They’ll be using the F-35B with it’s VSTOL capability, the US Marines use the same model. The US Navy will be using the F-35C which requires a catapult. It allows more range and payload compared the the B model. The British carriers were supposedly designed to retrofitted with catapults at a later date. But when…

In a word, yes. It would cause an incident, as this blatant attack should have.

Yes of course. But, the issue becomes whether you’re better off with a shaking engine or just one engine. If you’re over the ocean, most pilots are going to want to keep both engines going if possible.

There are no atheists in foxholes or damage aircraft.

These APS systems are primarily meant to defend against anti-tank missiles. But in a tank on tank battle, long rod penetrators are the weapon of choice. Ball bearings are going to do shit against those.

I can see where this would help. One downside that wasn’t mentioned is the aerodynamic loss from increased cooling needs. Today, many vehicles are using active shutters to close off parts of the grill to reduce aero losses when not needed. This would really up cooling needs.

While that is a real problem, I think the larger one right now is the propensity for the police to pull their gun and treat EVERY situation like their lives are in danger. Decades ago, a police officer might go through their entire career without ever pulling their gun in a confrontation. That’s no longer the case.

I’m in the south and gas is pretty cheap here. I pulled into a gas station the other day that had regular for $1.87. Their premium was $2.66. 79 cents more! I left since I need to run premium in my bike. My local station had a 30 cent differential just a couple of years ago and it’s now 45 cents. Octane hasn’t…