Alex.

F-16s are a bit wierd. How the did aircraft end up “configured” to drop in this slowly? There’s no telling.... literally.

If this was a hydraulics failure to the point of control loss, that loss being because the control surfaces can’t generate the force to influence the aircraft’s attitude, an F-16 can do *anything*,…

That is the temperature at which CO2 freezes. However, there is no dry ice in Antarctica.

Oh, fuck off with that shit.

Thoughts and prayers

E-mails.

Altough water is flat it renders the same result as grass when impacted with rotor downwash. That would be that the energy of the downwash causes some of the imidiate water to be displaced and reduces what we call ground effect. When ground effect reduces power required increases. There is a whole lot more happening…

“Sick, man, how much power does it make?”

Can we immortalize this in bronze and use it as a trophy topper for next years Jalopnik Film Awards?

Great article Wes, everyone should know this stuff. I daresay it should be taught in school even.

Very exaggerated claim. The critical mass of Californium 252 is about 2.7 kilograms. Considerably more than a .45-sized slug. The Californium alone would be a little bigger than a baseball, and the associated explosives, shielding, support structure, and associated engineering would make the final weapon about the…

Sorry about that resale value there Doug.

It comes down to HEAT and how an engine protects itself to safely burn fuel without killing itself.

AFAIK the hydrazine supply is used as fuel for the plane’s emergency power unit (EPU).

i hope your never on a jury of my peers.

to be the evolved vegetarian or vegan that you have the privilege of being

The Aerodynamics on the Dodge Charger Daytona were developed by the missile division of Chrysler. The reason for the oversized uprights was that Chrysler was under government contract to develop a new cruise missile in partnership with General Dynamics, but needed a way to aerodynamically test the cruise missile’s…

Yet your avatar is a chill pill, is that a reminder to yourself? I imagine you are from the enlightened north? I am from the south and I'm not offended by being called a savage, it just saddens me that your self righteousness is something you think so superior simply because of where you were birthed. I would much…