Outrun

Stupid me refused a Mario Andretti autograph at Long Beach or Sonoma a few years ago. It was at the Honda booth and they just finished up autograph sessions with Mario, Arie, and another driver. Mario was walking away with a hand held fan (picture of his face on an oversized tongue depressor). It was the last one on the table he was at and was unsigned. I was taking pics of the IndyCar show car in Honda's booth and he asked if I wanted the fan and he'd autograph it for me. I don't get starstruck and I said "No thank you Mario". I think he signed it and gave it to another attendee standing nearby. I later realized that he's considered a legend and that having his autograph would be a cool thing to have.

falcongsr

at first i thought you refused to give him an autograph

you still have the memory of dissing him and that means more than a rando signature anyway

Greyout

Late to the party as usual.

I read that the fatality was from head trauma, probably from having her head hit the frame of the window with a few hundred pounds of pressure differential. Being sucked out alone would be a bummer but not necessarily fatal - remember the pilot that got sucked out and had his legs held by a flight attendant or something, all the way down. He survived (barely tho...)

The media reporting witness accounts are doing a disservice to facts. Passengers reported that the plane was in 'free fall' and they felt like the pilot regained control after it had 'fallen a while'. The crew simply nosed the plane over and started down in a relatively normal descent. I think they got down from 30,000ft to 11,000ft in 5 minutes? That is a bit on the aggressive side, but nothing that any passenger would notice as unusual on a normal day.

There is a liveATC video put together on youtube that follows the crew & ATC transmissions as they went from sector to sector. Everyone was calm and professional the whole way in.

Edit: I've always thought I was being stupid not wanting to sit in the plane of rotation of a turboprop or the fan of a jet engine.... I guess not

falcongsr

i think turboprops have tossed a prop directly into the cabin and killed someone but with a 500mph windstream between me and a 737 engine i don't think i'd fret over sitting adjacent to it.

after seeing the cowling disintegrate and pop out a window 10 rows back it looks like it's safer to be sitting up abeam of the engine

statistically it's still safer the farther back you go - let first class be the crumple zone if you're gonna have a compromised landing

Greyout

I'm thinking more of during take-off, when loads on the engine are the highest.

When a blade comes off a propeller-driven aircraft, the blade usually shoots out ahead of the engine (slightly) because its whats making all the thrust. In that case though, it usually works out badly for everyone, as the weight imbalance will tear the engine from the mount, and at that point the CG is so rekt that it won't keep flying.

...esteban

protip: don't fly on prop planes. I've seen Alive too many times. And no coconut drinks on the flight deck k thx.

...esteban

I had to swap out the transmission in my truck yesterday. Another 4L60e bites the dust (3/4 clutch pack toast).

Not that much fun, even with a lift. But saving $1500 is saving $1500.

Tim2179

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y u no 4L85E doe?

Greyout

Props are for boats

I do like me a King Air tho. The blade failures I've seen on those (just one honestly, and that was because it hit a ground vehicle) put the blade through the nose, ahead of the pilot.

falcongsr

i can't afford a twin of any kind so i don't have to worry about that one

in other news i'm delighted to see more GA aircraft with ADS-B transponders. i am tracking a lot more planes lately with a $20 USB dongle. looks like almost everybody needs it by 1/1/2020. i wish they required it on drones

...esteban

Cost.

Both in purchase price and modifications; they're not the same dimensions as the 4L60, so I'd have to modify drive shafts and the like to get it to work. Soft pass on that.

If I ever get around to doing a LQ4/LS3 swap, I'll just have the 4L60 upgraded to 4L65-ish specs.

...esteban

You're a boats.

falcongsr

props for dat sick burn, mang

BauleyCivic

Oops

Mercedes could help solve Williams problem?

Greyout

Our Lear goes under the knife for ADS-B next month

Greyout

There's a great documentary of Williams that I watched recently that makes this even more sad

Greyout

Ironically, the government (military) has said they won't be ready in time and have been given a pass

Outrun

There's an interesting shovel pass that took place at Barber today during the IndyCar race.
https://www.facebook.com/indycar/

I don't know how to post a video there so go to above link and CTRL+F "That was intense"

falcongsr

i thought some of the cars were making an old familiar sound on corner entry at the last race, and now i see today there's news about the FIA clamping down on exhaust blowing.

...esteban

Who was farting?

I forgot which team it was, but they had heat shielding on the underside of the rear wing main flap. Sneaky buggers.

falcongsr

that was renault but i heard farting from someone else too, ferrari maybe

...esteban

Renault were the best farters of the farting era. Nut surprised they want to try that again.

ATYPR

falcongsr

i assume just like the articles this video does not actually answer the question?

...esteban

omg kimi doesn't have that #ferrariconspiracy