You’re missing the point. He flew a rocket into space. That rocket then came back into our atmosphere, found a tiny ass barge in the middle of a huge ocean, landed on the barge, but due to a combination of the barge rocking with the waves and a few miscalculations it tipped over and the self destruct sequence started.

I don’t get it. Sure “Bro Trucks” get a bad rap. Not that this is a Bro Truck. This kid probably spends all his money on his truck. And that’s very similar to what a lot of other gear heads do. Just because it is a truck doesn’t make it any less worthy or legit as anyone else spending money on their vehicle.…

I’ve seen it before. Not very common. Its just a piece of crap cast aluminum wheel. Honestly he would have been better off with some cheaper steel wheels. But that doesn’t mean he has a “bro truck” either. The wheels aren’t even that flashy or big lol.

I think its awesome they kept the stock gauge cluster.

I was gonna say...very unique intake manifold. I would bet some LS type motor for sure.

I mean....he has some serious coin into that suspension and its a pretty stout system. Purpose built and it does the job it is intended to do. Not just some jacked up truck that looks pretty.

Right. That sounds like a concern as well. I'm not sure how "stable" helicopters are at that altitude and i'm sure it greatly changes between different models and size etc. All things i'm unsure about.

Good to know. Thanks for the info.

My big question is can they hover at altitude? I'm a skydiver so i think it would be awesome if a tilt rotor could fly up to altitude (13K or so) in "plane" mode, and then either allow jumpers to jump out like they do now out of planes, or hover at altitude and let jumpers jump as a helicopter.

Got any specs on that amount of travel? Like how much of it is up travel and how much is droop? Even with leafs 36" seems like a lot...but its not unheard of.

I am bad with words. So let me clarify my point. Because i agree with everything you just said. I wasn't saying that the EPA was the ONLY reason we saw a change in our vehicles. But around that time period (1970's) is when we started to get improvements in our engines and such. And improvements is a relative…

That is a gorgeous rig! 46 inches of suspension travel?!?!?! Per wheel? Total? That seems like a huge amount.

This is an awesome article. Although there is still a lot of info he is leaving out...but it is still inspiring as hell.

I know a few guys who i work with (engineer at a diesel engine company) that have raced or are still racing in the desert scene. They attest to the same point. Its not the initial startup cost of the vehicle that is "expensive". Its all the broken parts, fuel, wear and tear on tow rigs, hotels, race prep,…

Sure. There are other events / organizations that helped start the cleaner more efficient engine movement but the EPA was also a part.

I think the point he is trying to make is that without the EPA there would have been no "NEED" to increase performance / efficiency of vehicles. The EPA and all their rules made it so that OEM's had to design new engines that were more efficient and as they got less power and heavier consumers demanded more power and…

AAD's are usually set to deploy at around 750ft at the lowest. And they know how fast you are traveling so you have to be going over 120mph or so for the ADD to activate your reserve. The end of the video says that the guy gain consciousness at 3000ft and landed safely. The AAD did not go off in this case. The…

Most cars have auto darkening mirrors now to eliminate that glare issue. And my friend has a Tacoma with a rear view monitor in the mirror. Its tiny, you can't make anything out hardly. So its cool but not very useful.

Not to nit pick, but the title says "886 Billion" and the first paragraph you say "866 Billion". My OCD just can't allow this...lol.

So you leased a car with a 3 year warranty and 2 years through the lease (1 year left on the warranty) you had an issue that the dealer didn't want to fix? Or had you already driven over 50K km's?