For what it's worth, this article does explain fairly well why modified Otto cycle engines are not real Atkinson cycle engines: http://www.animatedengines.com/atkinson.html

I imagine it sounds a bit like AHHHHHHeeeeuhhhhhh

The bases in Europe are compensation for bailing them out from utter destruction on just a few occasions.

There is much confusion and misinformation surrounding the actual definition of the phrase 'pure-joy.' To many it is a pallid cliché constructed around what they perceive as being their perfect pastime – their moment of uncontaminated joy. But I can now de-bunk this nonsense, for 'pure-joy' is actually not a perfect…

Calm down, Francis. It was an inside joke; mere ribbing at the fact that the OP was giving Tyler a hard time, while purporting to be from the 101st, and that anyone who has spent more than 5 minutes in the Army who has written any official documents such as emails, memos, evaluations, awards, etc knows that "Soldier"…

JimZ is that you?!

While we're all quite pedantic here, don't sell yourself short; the correct Army writing per FM 25-50 is to capitalize "Soldier."

NP. These things are absolute beats on slick terrain (and light off-road) with the right tires. If you ever are getting an old Subaru, this is THE one to get.

Can't go wrong with Crofty and Brundlefly.

The Army does fly fixed wing even today...just sayin

Incredible write-up! I have the weirdest freedom-boner.

I admit, their use of the term was tongue-in-cheek, but they don't seem to mind it. After all, they got the contract, who cares what it is called :)

Wing design improvements may still be in the works. I have a some engineer buddies on this program and they call it the "Frankentanker," because of the all the mish-mash of variants of the 767 that went into this. I think they may be getting all the hard stuff out of the way before fine tuning, but I am not certain on…

It would not surprise if she was hauled off in cuffs screaming, "EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION!!!1"

I think you are confusing the slats on the waterjet table with the ribs of a truck bed. All these do is support the workpiece while the abrasive waterjet stream can shoot through to the catch tank. The slats themselves are sacrificial over time.

I can't wait for someone to hack the data connection to their 3d printer and print ridiculous crap like a 10:1 scale piece of fruit while they're sleeping.

The babies can't help it. If they could, they would stop. Babies respond to changes in air pressure differently than others. Until they make perfectly quiet, non-jarring, and atmospheric airplanes, babies WILL react worse than others. Bitching about it does nothing. Buy some noise canceling headphones, and you've…

Definition of the American Dream.

CRACK. PIPE. For those that have dealt with these horrid machines, you will agree.

I swear this generation is the biggest bunch of self-righteous pussies in all of human history. If something is offensive, don't fucking look at it you dumb shits. The fact that you have to expend the energy to say you are offended only says that you are not in control of your own actions and that other people are…