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Can Ferrari seriously take legal action against an owner for modifying his car? I'm no lawyer (and I've had a couple drinks) but isn't that a crazy precedent? What's to stop car companies from suing people for modifying their cars now?

An interesting war gaming article in favor of the F-35: https://medium.com/war-is-boring/don-t-thin...me-fc10706ba9f4

What were the issues? I like my New Frontier Armory polymer lower. The take down pins are pretty stiff but beyond that not a single complaint.

Curious how much they ended up spending. Hope they change out the rims to something tasteful asap! Now off to continue hunting for a 3 pedal car...

Sounds like an awesome buy for your friend. I'm jealous! Yea I was thinking bottom 90's if not high 80s for this car depending on maintenance.

Anybody? It looks like it's been for sale for damn near a year now...

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/ve...71918&Log=0 Besides the hideous rims and fairly high mileage I know VI 6spd cars are extremely rare...Just curious if anyone is familiar with the car. The color, gear box, and exhaust are all appealing to me. The rims are a major detractor though and the seller has made no mention of routine maintenance. Thanks!

Well said SingleSeat. And he is an example of what the AIM-9X can do:

I'd take it like a man. 'Merica.

Yeaaaaa

Wow never heard of that thing before, looks interesting. But I think if I'm gonna swap out stocks I'll get the ACE style to really drop some more ounces.

Haha trust me I have a browser full of potentials. My min requirements are: 6 spd and a unique color (mostly orange/green). Bonus points for updated nose and exhaust.

This. So much this. The F-35 may not live up to the hype that Lockheed wrote/sold us in the brochures, but short of the F-22 this is going to be the next best jet in our inventory. Sure, the F-35 may have it's shortfalls, but there are experts out there (USAF Weapons School & Navy Top Gun) that will learn how to use the jet in a fight and to maximize it's advantages and minimize its weaknesses. Same as we did with the F-4, which turned out to be one of the most mass produced and successful fighter aircraft in history. Some good reading to debunk the OP: http://fightersweep.com/2548/f-35-v-f-16-article-garbage/ What are people going to say when the first fully operational block F-35 gets a high off bore-shot kill on an F-22? Sure the F-22 is a hell of a lot more maneuverable than the F-35...but it's hard to out maneuver an AIM-9X coupled to an IRST and/or JHMCS (or whatever they are calling the F-35's helmet these days). People seem to forget that the F-22 can't even carry an AIM-9X yet will bash the F-35, which isn't even IOC yet, for not having a working gun or being able to carry an SDBII. /rant.

Thanks! Yea the lower, which is polymer, is currently spec'd exactly how it comes out of the box from New Frontier. I am strongly considering an ACE stock or a Battle Arms type setup. But MaciekR nailed it, that current setup it lighter than my VLTOR stock and a Magpul MOE.

I recommend doing the flight as early in the morning as possible. Not sure how warm it is where you are but odds are if it's warm and bumpy you will not enjoy your first flight. But if you can get some smooth air and have pleasant temps you'll be hooked. Enjoy!

I started off in GA and would recommend to anyone to try it out. If you plan on flying more than once a month or doing serious commuting I highly suggest doing your instrument rating as well. Pretty much every VFR pilot I know has ended up in IMC by accident and they all swore they would get their IFR after the experience. Obviously, I love flying, but it's not really a hobby I recommend doing half assed. If you commit, treat your training seriously because it will one day save your life.

Well getting off my ass and finishing my lightweight built. I'd say I am 80% done now, just missing a lightweight BCG, lightweight buffer, gas tube, gas block, and pinning the muzzle device. I'll gain .8 oz with the V7 gas block and maybe .1 oz with the tube but then plan to lose a bunch with a high end BCG. For reference, an unloaded milspec M-4 weights 6.36 lbs. Edit: The barrel and hand guard are not torqued down. I only put them on hand tight to check and make sure everything fits. So that's why there is an egregious hole between the upper and handguard.

Saw this travesty at a local show. Granted, it did have me fooled for a second as I drove past looking for a parking spot...I felt ashamed.

Very LFA like from the side and back.

A good buddy of mine and I finally made the time after our local Cars and Coffee to give each others car a try. He has an 04 Gallardo 6 speed with basically straight pipe exhaust. It sounds fantastic and will seriously give your heart pause if you are standing behind it when he gives it a good rev. I have a Gen 3 Viper coupe with a Paxton kit making around 670rwhp. So after a cruise over to the Twin Peaks for lunch we decided to do the swap. Thoughts: The 6 speed on his Gallardo is amazing. It is most similar to working the rifle bolt on a tricked out Remington 700 IMO. This was my first experience with a gated shifter and I didn't find it annoying or unnatural at all, so I am bit taken back since pretty much everything I have ever read in print media is negative toward them. The sound...wow. Went through a tunnel with the windows open and gave it a good 2nd gear pull...be still my beating heart. Lastly, it was extremely planted. Not sure if it's the 4wd or just the suspension but I kept WOT through a turn that I would have easily lifted in my Viper. His thoughts: He really liked the sound of mine and compared it his Gallardo. This was also the fastest/most powerful car he had ever driven, and he really liked the power-band of the supercharger. He also owns a gen 2 Viper and definitely noted how much easier it was to drive than his RT/10. Anywho, I get to cross out "drive a manual Lamborghini" from my bucket list now. And must accelerate (pun intended) my plans on purchasing one... (part of the group that cruised to lunch after C&C)

A nickel in the grass...Them, Them. Brandon Cyr (INDY 08) Tyler Voss (SHELL 77) Tory Pinckney (SHELL 77) Tre Mackey (SHELL 77)

Definitely wouldn't notice a small increase in N1 on one of my engines (and for reference the KC-135 uses the F108/CFM-56 engine which is virtually the exact same engine as on a 737 or an A318-321 & A340). But we are one of the only jets out there without auto-throttles so I am generally continuously messing around with the throttles to attempt to stay on airspeed. I am not sure what auto-throttles would do with an external command for an increase in thrust... If I wanted to crash or commendeer an airplane remotely you can bet your ass I wouldn't be ON the damn thing when I did it. If there is a possibility of remotely hijacking the damn thing I'd do it from my living room. Not risk the thing crashing with my pink ass in one a passenger seat. And while I guess, in theory, you can mess with anything that has a computer, I don't think it's possible to remotely turn off the ELT. There is a physical switch, yes, but I don't have any software based command to turn the ELT on from my FMS. I "assume" it's the same way on airliners. But the first thing I hijacker would want to do is turn off the communications and associated transponders/ADS-B/SELCAL/etc. Next I'd probably want to slowly depressurize so everyone goes unconscious. Another unknown, because in my jet the pressurization is controlled mechanically (set by the pilots) with no computer input. No idea how it works on a modern airliner. I guess the question comes down to can you hijack the autopilot only or can you actually eliminate any pilot commanded inputs during your hack. The first thing I am trained to do if the airplane does something uncommanded is to remove levels of automation. So if the plane turns left when I want it to go right I click off the autopilot. If I have an uncommanded rudder input I remove the powered rudder (Shell77 crash in Kyrgyzstan). But, I hand fly my airplane ALOT more than airline pilots do. Hell my first flight on this last deployment the autopilot didn't even work and I had to handfly the entire 9 hour sortie. That sucked balls. Do airline pilots do that? No idea. But I am sure they are capable of safely hand-flying the airplane to the nearest airport. I'd venture to say it's never happened...yet.

Then I'd steal a military jet or contract an air cargo carrier... But otherwise yes, probably my fault.

Are you being serious? If it was "really sensitive military equipment" then why wasn't it being moved on a military jet? Oh I am definitely biased. I don't like any jet where the pilot isn't the absolute end all be all authority on what the airplane does and doesn't do. Airbus believes the computers will keep the jet safe. Boeing believes the pilots will keep the jet safe. It's just a difference in design/programming philosophy.

While seemingly possible...that doesn't necessarily mean it can happen. But, Airbus would definitely seem to be more susceptible to this kind of issue though. Rumor is that the recent A400 crash is attributed to the computer shutting off fuel to all four engines. Boeing seems to program their airplanes so the pilot can override the computer, which isn't true in the Scarebus.