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So I show up and some prissy Air Force guy takes my space. WTF?!

This is the guy that leaves the Taco Bell worker blinking while he rolls the R to order a burrrrrrito. I vould like ze Nachose Belgrrrrandeee. *facepalm*

More engines is better, but a helicopter glides just fine. It's called autorotation. The smaller the helicopter, the more survivable a full auto' would be. Jet Rangers autorotate like a champ! Unless the transmission shits and the wings stop. There's only one transmission, lol.

I've done the epoxy in the garages of two homes to date and I encountered one significant problem. The last one was built in 2012 and it is still strong -- just needs to be kept clean. I've spilled all sorts of stuff on it too. The problem seems to be when, if ever, a car steers on the epoxy. Straight in and straight out, it still looks great after six years. Where there was a car that was turning in order to get out and follow the driveway, it chewed up the epoxy, starting almost immediately (it wasn't me, btw). Any steering on the surface is super-bad. The first job I did had a clear coat, and it looked good for about two years. But unfortunately the clear yellowed in spots and was sorta' ruined once a chip or something allowed moisture to start penetrating it. That was circa 2008, so I'm sure clear coats have improved since then. I skipped the clear on the next job and it's been stellar. My personal opinion is that the darker colors show dirt and damage much more than the lighter colors...even white! In aviation, I see a lot of white hangar floors that actually stand up pretty well, unless you have a nose gear pivoting or a jack stand chewing them up. If Allan's lifts budge a little, I bet over time, they might chew into the epoxy, but I'd be willing to bet some kind of thin pad of some kind could minimize the damage (since the Direct Lifts can be temporarily lifted and readjusted or taxied around on casters). If I use a jack stand, I put it on a piece of cardboard or something. But honestly, you can't expect to bang floor jacks around and drop hammers all over the place and expect it to survive. If you want a garage you can walk into in your socks, you still need to treat it as such.

Revival! Finally took some pics of the 1/18 Diablo I modified awhile back. Out of production, they originally came in either silver or metallic orange (wtf?) from AutoArt, so I painted this one in classic Diablo Rosso from the day and customized the interior. I did another one with the camel interior. These are complete disassembly, repaint, and reassembly jobs.

Porter, you crack me up every time. Can't two people who want to fight each other just be left alone? Did we really need more crashers at the testosterone party?

I don't know any exotic owner who would be surprised with people breaking out the cell phone cameras, parked or not. Ordering the valet to be photo security guards doesn't sound like a realistic occurrence...something was lost in translation here. At ~50mph cruising along, I had a guy come completely out of his driver-side window to his belt line to take a picture of the Lambo with a 10" tablet while his girlfriend leaned over to do the steering. I guess Darwin was busy somewhere else that day.

Awesome! So glad you're loving it...I would too! I knew of some old techs recommending many years ago with Countach and Diablo to crank up in neutral without depressing the clutch to go easy on the throwout bearing. Of course I've seen people start Diablos both ways (clutch in, and clutch out/N). Do you have any ideas otherwise?

The signatures!

Holy morons, Batman. Unbearable in her inability to connect listening with thinking. I almost feel sorry for her to have engaged with him...so intellectually and academically outclassed. She simply shined her ass looking for such simple answers to complex problems at every turn. She simply didn't have the brain bytes to follow anything he was saying or understand how such an academic or clinician could possibly arrive at an educated opinion not rooted in sensational emotion. So typical of personalities attracted to journalism, perfectly willing to believe the next headline as gospel or the next vague statistic and fight harder to be right than for the right answer. The interview was like simultaneously reading a scientific journal and the National Enquirer side by side.

I love Deadpool, but I can't take a 10yo to see it. Infinity War had some serious weak areas and I think that it was a sign that we've reached peak Marvel. I'm sure the next few Marvel flicks will still be entertaining, but fatigue is a good word to describe what is setting in now. Disney is a machine rather than a cathedral of creativity, so we'd best recalibrate our expectations for what they produce. Star Wars is too far gone, still profitable, but no longer a self-sustaining fire of inspiration among children which says a lot. But Deadpool is a great example of what can be done if audiences demand it.

I think it's sales results are a reflection of Abrams' and Johnson's failures, wearing out buyers along with showing up in Deadpool's wake. The movie itself works and audiences are still rating it highly. At this point in Last Jedi's release, a lot of people were already screaming and Rotten Tomatoes was breaking new-low records. If Disney is going to keep making this train longer, we just need to accept the fact that "epic" is never going to happen again. Hell, even the Marvel machine is starting to suffer with the inability to manufacture "epic."

Ron Howard, A+. If Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover were tasked with impersonating Harrison Ford and Billy Williams, they did a great job. This was a movie about people. Not galactic scale struggles, overarching principles, or big picture problem solving. The characters were up close and personal. They let the actors shine and the plot twists weren't predictable. My only critique is that they made Solo a product of the street thug underground, which is about all the depth we can expect from Disney. In the OT, it was semi-obvious that he was an educated straight cookie gone rogue...burned out and only in it for the money because that's all life had to offer anymore. As for J. J. Abrams and Rian Johnson, F-. Get these men away from Star Wars as quickly as possible. These side stories are all that's keeping the property afloat. The Kenobi story sneak peeks are already looking promising.

Definitely poster-worthy images. Awesome.

There are lots of mom and pop museums and smaller organizations all over the country with interesting stuff, but if I had to rank my top 5 aviation museums I'd put it like this, 1. National Museum of the Air Force (this thread) Dayton, Ohio. The size and scope is unmatched. LOTS of stuff inside a massive multi-part facility broken into eras. A ton of stuff outside, too big to fit inside in outstanding condition (that's hard to do). Additional annexes are on the base for experimental aircraft and former presidential aircraft. 2. Udvar-Hazy Center (Dulles annex of the Smithsonian), Chantilly, Virginia. The variety is incredible and is a perfectly focused history of flight in top quality presentation. A solid mix of new, old, novel, and common with a dash of foreign, it's the tits. 3. National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida. An unbroken history in every detail of Naval air presented in top form of the machines, the history, and the culture. 4. Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, Washington, D.C. It's got it all, but is showing its age...just a solid, must see aerospace foundation. 5. Museum of Flight, Tukwila (Seattle), Washington. Outside the Boeing plant, also a top quality museum, smaller than the Smithsonian, but stays in the running with novel, high quality exhibits.

Update, based in AZ, but they're offering rides at different So Cal locations this summer for $325 or $525.

They're still flying variants of the H-47 all over the world. The MH-47G is the cool kid's spec ops toy and the CH-47F will be in production for several more years. The '53E can lift more than a '47 (the '53K can lift A LOT more). The MH-53E grosses out at 69,750, whereas the '47 is in the 50,000lb range, and the '53E has an 80' rotor diameter vs. the Chinook at 60' dia. Both are about 100' long. The '47 is great at dual point lifts, is , and can tolerate tail winds better with two rotors (although a '53E can still get into an LZ pretty fast with a ). The V-22 can't do any of that stuff, but it can cruise at 300 knots. The CH-53E, and especially MH-53E, has more fuel and more range. They can both move about the same number of troops and perform similarly in hot/high environments. Did the snake stay low the entire run? Even holding 120 knots 25' off the ground is pretty challenging.

Yeah, if only you could have had a longer runway. 7500 is a little short. I'd love to see the cars stretch out on a 12k and dust the helo. Well, D-man, it's tricky. The H-47 is allowed to go fast. It becomes a matter of how the engineers assess airframe stresses and fit contract requirements for lifespan flight hours. Operationally, the '53E is limited to 150 knots even though the test pilots have had it well over 200 with more left to go...they're just trying to make it last x-hours over several decades. To rescue Scott O'Grady in Bosnia, the 53's initially left the Cobra escorts in the dust and then recollected themselves...oops. Some of that is advertising, to sell more helos since H-47 variants are still competing for contracts. The new CH-53K is a 200+ knot monster, 7500shp x3 engines.

Looks fun! Who won?! I'm definitely not trying to be a buzz kill, but unfortunately most helos aren't as fast as modern Lambos. I'm not a Cobra pilot and I don't know if there are modernizations made to these de-militarized machines, but the AH-1F manual talks about an airspeed limitation up against a torque setting of 62.5% being 150 knots indicated (~172mph). However, we keep most helicopters speed-limited for airframe life considerations and the aircraft can likely accomplish more. I would assume the Cobra could physically get to around 180 knots (~207 mph) empty/clean, but I know a CH/MH-53E can still outstrip it. Some lighter helos like the TV news and police helicopters can be easily outrun by Earth-bound traffic, especially if the winds aren't in their favor. Heavy helicopters can go fast due mainly to massive horsepower and massive blades. An empty H-53 in from a hover would demolish a new Lambo. It would also demolish an F/A-18 to 500 feet going straight up. All helicopters, the way we build them (their size, shape, weight, power, blade size/shape, etc.), are ultimately limited aerodynamically to figures just above 200 knots due to the principle of retreating blade stall...assuming there is enough power to get there. That is where the helicopter is moving fast enough forward such that the retreating blade bites increasingly slower and more disturbed airflow and begins to stall while the advancing blade still gets a clean look into the wind. The imbalance this causes when only one half of the rotor disc is producing lift results in vibrations, uncommanded pitch & roll, and ultimately loss of control if uncorrected.

Cool. Although I sorta' thought the next one would be an Esprit Turbo.

I didn't think the OP was as bent as you took it. He's rightly worried about the clutch. But yeah, bow out now, lest you lecture someone who's spent the better part of their adult life at war with all the sacrifices and prices paid for it. Perspective is going to hell for a few decades and being able to talk like it never happened. If you're dealing with actual trauma, arguing with me won't help. I'll assume throwing spears on the way out is just you acting out sideways because you don't know what to do with it all. Seek counsel and, if your son is dealing with trauma, treat it now rather than later. You might consider professionals trained in CBT and EMDR if he is suffering. My idea of a good deed is giving you the benefit of the doubt rather than dishing it back at you. No one can fix the clutch through the internet, but I did pass food for thought since I went through the same thing with my Diablo. I know reputable techs who recommend testing for slippage as I posted.

Not quite sure how we went from burning clutches to the Parkland shooting. I call that the "you're taller than a dwarf" method of influence and it's rare to find a use for it. Lamborghini's business since 1963 has been to create first world problems and this forum is here to discuss them. That said, trying to allay some fears...I think a Kevlar unit might hold up to a loading mishap better than OEM material (if the OP knows what's already in there). Any info on mileage since the last clutch replacement might also help to make a decision. Of course slamming the throttle from a 5mph roll in second gear might reveal any slippage, but I'll let your technician advise you on the pros and cons of that.

Your first post just said things weren't supposed to make sense and now you say they do. I tried to address your first post. Picking on Killlmonger wasn't to say movie goers need to change or that they would have a reason to understand his background. Film makers need to stop relying on the Navy SEAL = automatic badass crutch. The fact that they leaned on it so heavily as character development (he's a badass) and as a plot tool (he's somehow been trained & experienced in regime change, lol, aka liberal Hollywood writer's logic) degraded the illusion and looked amateurish. Any detail that pops out at a glance and pulls you out of disbelief is a filmmaking error up for critique. Since I've seen this villian-credibility error in other Marvel flicks, it's worth mentioning. If most movie goers don't care, that's fine (although errors are cumulative), but it still means that 1) bullshit gets perpetuated, 2) the filmmakers were lazy, and 3) the film falls short of greatness due to lack of attention to detail when a simple fix would have prevented it. To be fair, a lot of these Marvel films have huge military technical advising shortcomings that they'd be smart to prevent, but this one is such an old tired one that it's pathetic. It wasn't my biggest problem with the movie, but getting the bad guy perfect says a lot about a film. I just wanted him to lose because I was sick of him. I should want him to lose because I want good to triumph over evil.

It's ok. Watch it to keep up with the Avengers story.

Short answer, nope. Long answer, nope, the goal of comics is not to avoid making perfect sense. The goal is to communicate messages through story telling in a novel setting to attract your interest. Film and comics are art forms like any other, up for critique and a reflection of the artist's take on reality. It needs to make sense in more ways than it doesn't in order for us to be entertained. The more sense they make in a challenging setting, the greater the illusion and the higher the praise.