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C4's pretty much got better and better as the years went by but there are a few key years to get and others to avoid... Yes the 4+3 was a POS,...
The C4 with the Z51 and later Z07 packages were great handling cars for the time. With a set of serious sticky tires you could get the inside...
True, the only decent handling Fox Mustangs were the V6 cars... The GM B bodies had the same problem as the Mustang, front wheels too far back,...
The filters aren't the issue, today's filters are almost universially better than what they were way back when. The biggest issue has to do with...
All true... The heat transferred thru the exhaust ports and valves is more than half of the heat rejected by the cooling system... For an...
Small turbine engines are in some ways harder to design than big engines. And the cost of manufacturing parts is generally more expensive,...
The way it works is pretty simple. The prop swept area is proportional to the horsepower, so for bigger power you need a bigger prop. But the...
The PFM was an unmitigated disaster. Why would one spend more for an airplane that was a few knots slower and had a shorter TBO... Then Porsche...
Those inlets and exhausts areas aren't very "stealthy"... Just say'n....
The criteria for certification for maneuvering speed is also includes a 50 feet per second turbulence. Moderate turbulence is categorized as...
Yes, my mistake, BELOW maneuvering speed...
Every airplane has a max structural G limit. Exceed it and the wings come off. The structural limit for some composite airframes are high...
You'd be just a dead in a composite airplane as you will in an aluminum one.. Composite airplanes primary structure are indeed robust since the...
Turbine engines aren't like AK-47's, ALL turbine engines are susceptible to FOD. Russian engines aren't any different than ours when it comes to...
Bottom line is that it's really just a recreation with a period chassis plate.. Worth more than a new build (which are available), but not nearly...
British Airways to/from London in the upper deck.. That was one fine ride... Most comfortable airline trip I think I ever had...
I guess you could do something like that and it would help, but aircraft tires are pretty soft, and they still wear pretty fast even if you did...
It is similar in the sense that the more you compress, the greater the expansion you have and the more energy you extract from the gases What...
Forgot to mention that the pressure ratio is based on ABSOLUTE pressure.. GT guys think in absolute pressure... as opposed to boost or gauge...
The pressure ratio of the engine is simply the pressure at the compressor discharge divided by atmospheric pressure. Pressure ratios vary all...
