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Well, work is force x distance. So at his maximum stated speed of 300 knots (154m/s) on two of those engines you have 3000 lbs of thrust, which is 13340 Newtons. So work per second is 154m x 13340 Newtons, which is 2054360 Joules. Power is joules per second, so that's 2.05MW. From two 67KW...

Peter seems to have entirely disappeared down his magical thinking rabbit hole. Somehow his new fan produces 1500lbs of thrust from 90HP. He thinks he will be able to make a VTOL aircraft. He thinks he will be able to get Ford to build them for him, that they will cost $50k to make, will sell...

Moving to this country I was pretty surprised at all the official FAA language that was still highly gendered. It felt like I'd jumped back in time. We're in the 2020s. Do you think that terms like 'airmen', 'repairman' etc should live on that way for ever? If we're going to change them, might...

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Why not both? But seriously - the effects of the right combination of medication and therapy really can be life changing, and bring enormous positive change to the lives of people and those around them.

I don't think you've given us enough information to help, as you've not really said what you'll be using it for, how much the price and cost of maintenance will be an issue for you, whether you plan to get your instrument rating etc.

I listened to a podcast a few months back where the host was talking to a pilot from Australia about fuel gauges. In Australia the fuel gauges gave to be calibrated every four years, which means that they're basically pretty accurate all the time. In the US there appears to be no requirement for...

Patrick O'Brian died halfway through his 21st Aubrey-Maturin novel, and it was published as The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey. The problem was that by the time I had been reading it for a bit, I had forgotten that it was unfinished, and it was very jarring to have the story finish...

My guess is that they will do engine mounts for the Aerovee turbo and a Rotax. Possibly ULPower. Seems like Sonex used to be very resistant to supporting other engines because their whole ethos was about providing a very affordable plane to build (and the Aerovee is a very affordable engine at...

I think it looks lovely without a strut, but I am curious how you're meant to fuel the damn thing if you haven't bought a little stepladder with you.

You could also ask this over at Sportpilottalk.com, one member in particular - drseti, is a Sport Pilot DPE. He has a website: SportPilotExaminer.US

I'm so pleased to see the onset of crypto winter. In my opinion it's largely a huge speculation bubble with the ****ty side effect of making it easier to ransom people and corporations more easy than it has ever been in the history of the world. With any luck, it'll never become crypto spring.

The juxtaposition of these two posts...

When I was about 13 we had to watch 'Threads' in school, which makes really grim watching. They warned us beforehand that some people might throw up. You can watch it online: Looking back we used to talk at school about what we reckoned our chances of making it to 50 were - would we make it...

For me it was the election of Margaret Thatcher. I remember my Mum telling me she was the first female Prime Minister, and that that was kind of a big thing. I think I was almost six years old.

(Depending on the rail travel) You could also go down to Shoreham Airport near Brighton - EGKA. There's a place called Perry Air where you can go up in a Tiger Moth or a Stampe SV4C. Obviously the Tiger Moth is the better known plane, but the Stampe is approved for aerobatics. I went up with...

Will he be able to use the hours training for his previous PPL for his new one, though? Will he have to have to have at least 40 new hours of dual before he is allowed to take his checkride?

LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND VARIATIONS THEREOF: I REST MY CASE

You don't actually say what your beef with the EAA is.

Get real. taildraggers are no longer conventional. Do people still refer to diamond-frame bicycles as 'safety bicycles'? (As opposed to the 'ordinary') Do people still refer to 'safety razors'? Taildraggers may have been conventional once, but now they're the exception. Referring to them as...