The Me-163 had a powered flight time of 8 minutes. The actual flight duration would commonly be several times that. They would be launched when bombers were reported approaching, and would climb steeply until well above the bomber formation, then shut off the engine and make a diving pass through the formation, after…

For garlic, the finer it's broken up, the stronger the garlic flavor, and the more it's cooked, the milder the flavor. So if you want a pervasive but mild garlic accent, you mince or press it and add it at the start of cooking; if you want an extra burst of garlic, you use whole, sliced, or minced cloves added near…

This resembles something I learned decades ago for getting drinkable water from any water-containing source in the desert — you need a clear plastic sheet, a container for the water, some rocks, and a digging implement. You dig a conical pit with a shelf partway, putting the container in the bottom, and arrange the…

The contra-rotating stacked rotor design that the S-97 incorporates addresses the retreating blade stall problem; with the two rotors turning in opposite directions, there is one advancing and one retreating blade on each side, which keeps the lift balanced.