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Horse wrote:Really pedantic people might comment that some helicopters have a ducted fan rather than rotors. And a really annoying pedant might mention NOTAR

Yep, still not rudder pedals

Oh , if you ever progress to helicopters , you then have cyclic ( stick ) , rudders , and collective which give additional degrees of freedom over fixed wing . <Pedant mode on> Cyclic - yes, controls the tilt of the disc. Collective - yes, controls how much lift the disc provides. Rudder pedals - n...

A friend's ex was involved last year in an RTC where he felt he hit something, stopped a little down the road to check, found nothing and carried on. He was subsequently arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous and failing to stop, the death by dangerous was dropped and he was convicted o...

Quirky commercial to show off VW's Trailer Assist feature:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCeyxEuRNi4

GeoffGrayer wrote:Hi Mike,
Was that biplane on the first line giving flights?

Can't answer that question but that type are routinely used to give pleasure flights - nostalgic 30s atmosphere and all that.

It's a De Havilland (aaaah) Dragon Rapide, for info.

And seat cooling isn't necessarily all that effective. 45 minutes of black seats in a convertible, open to the Utah sun in August, needed a towel over the driver's seat to be even bearable!

Interesting article on BBC News about road safety campaigners wanted to fit ISA (Intelligent Speed Adaptation) technology to all cars Here's the link - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-42051612 But it's inappropriate speed, not necessarily exceeding the speed limit, which is the issue and I fea...

From that video above - 23 per cent of injuries to firefighters occur in vehicle crashes... That's staggering. It would be interesting to understand the stats on a country by country basis and see how the top performers reduce injuries sustained just getting to an incident. And in none of that video...

I heard a new version of the AUDI acronym - Arseh*les Usually Drive It

[Edited - kfae, my defence is that at time of writing, I was sleep-deprived ") ]