The plane was flying from west to east, or entering contested/Russian airspace from Ukrainian space. It would have been much more difficult for a Ukrainian battery to make this mistake than a rebel or Russian battery.

It's a combination of straight-cut gears and coil whine from the over-wound motor.

A friend of mine wants to know the approach/departure angles and ground clearance.

The Chevy small block and Chevy big block are specific engine block designs. Other manufacturers have their own (better) small- and big- block designs.

The triton V-10 in this van is an embarrassment for my state.

Can I make fun of you for that epic quad post?

I'm going to assume you posted the '59 Bel Aire vs. '09 Malibu crash test video (my work blocks youtube).

Porsche is the Taco Bell of car models.

That one also crashes.

It looks like it is not yet completely implemented.

Which is another $2-300 worth of parts. At which point you are going to wish you had a MIG welder that would take 220v in and had more than one knob.

Not actually a MIG. It's flux-core only - there is no inert gas (the IG part of the name). These are only really good for mild steel between an eighth and quarter inch thick.

I built this car and I drove it across the US last summer with my college. The 2 - and 4 - seat classes are pretty interesting to watch as technology develops but single-seaters are where it's at.

Lithium Ion Battery fires are completely self-sustaining. Just smothering a cell in ABC chemical is not enough to put it out. Putting the cells in the vacuum of space is not enough to put it out. Fire extinguishers designed specifically for lithium ion fires are filled with pure copper powder to try and extract as…

I drive an '00 and the doors are quite literally a foot thick.

Having driven all the current us-domestic compact cars, the new Honda Fit is incredible in terms of interior volume. It reminds me of a Toyota Previa on the inside. Everything that would take up space is pushed to the far corners of the vehicle and then they add in a couple extra inches of headroom. Meanwhile my…

Thanks for the reminder that a new Roadkill comes out today.

Wind turbines - power is collected by slowing a moving column of air. The air is moving because it is being displaced by a train. Slowing the air means the train has to use more power to overcome the increased wind resistance.

It's not a bolt, it's a plug for the carb window. Keeps 0 psi gas inside the float bowl.

I've got to say Geo on this one. The Paseo is the better car, sure, but I used to drive a metro way back when and the cheapness of the car overall is so overpowering it's quite endearing. Oh, and you can lift the engine out of the car by yourself.