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"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 04/15/2019 at 17:02 • Filed to: None

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I’ve never looked down the poo chute of an afterburning turbojet starting up, but this guy has.

dat reheat!

vicali > HammerheadFistpunch 04/15/2019 at 17:22

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chaozbandit > HammerheadFistpunch 04/15/2019 at 17:42

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Never down the pipe on reheat, but I’ve been behind a CF18s F404s on slightly above idle and it kicks off a whopping punch.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > HammerheadFistpunch 04/15/2019 at 18:14

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LS swap it.

HammerheadFistpunch > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 04/15/2019 at 18:14

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what, the start cart?

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > HammerheadFistpunch 04/15/2019 at 18:19

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So, s ure. T hat too.

HammerheadFistpunch > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 04/15/2019 at 18:23

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it always boggles the mind that we have engines like the LS and yet small light craft still use 500+ cubic inch 4 bangers that run on leaded fuel as the standard . Not the the lycomings are bad engines, but ...leaded fuel. Cmon.

f86sabre > HammerheadFistpunch 04/15/2019 at 18:25

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That guy makes great vids.  Very informative, but down to earth...also has jet engines.  

HammerheadFistpunch > f86sabre 04/15/2019 at 18:28

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so many great channels out there that are popular but are “content producers”. I enjoy  those one the best.

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > HammerheadFistpunch 04/15/2019 at 18:46

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The LS is a shitty engine for aircraft. It just is. Even I know enough about aircraft to know that.

But yeah, I cannot get my head around the fact that when I need leaded gasoline, I literally just go to the fucking “ airport” (it’s a grass field,) hand the guy some bills, and there it is. I am no staunch environmentalist (“ you’ll pry my internal combustion from ... well you won’t because I’ll kill you”) but seriously, even I absolutely draw the line at leaded gasoline.

We KNOW the damage that shit is done, we KNOW how fucking awful it is in every regard, and yet I can go down to a goddamn collection of rusty outbuildings AND GET 50 GALLONS OUT OF A RUSTY PUMP. This is shit that is so bad, I have straight up told people for 20 years that the only time I will touch leaded gas is draining it to convert a car to unleaded. Period.

But fuck, got you a brand new Piper PA-46 M350 ? $2 M USD and 12 0 gallons of leaded gas per trip. For a Brand. New. Plane. I get that certifying your engine will not randomly throw a rod and kill everyone onboard is pretty fucking important and takes just a little while , but I’m pretty goddamn sure it doesn’t take 62 years.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > HammerheadFistpunch 04/15/2019 at 19:17

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Key differences between aero and automotive engines include thrust bearings and the fact that the duty cycle for an aircraft is basically 100%. A Corvair engine made for an aircraft was rated at just 30HP despite being 80-110 on an automotive application.