James

🌟 We'll shine like stars in the summer night, we'll shine like stars over winter skies, one heart, one hope, one love... 🌟

[Daniel Valente 🏎️ @F1GuyDan]

17 years ago today, Red Bull got its first ever Formula 1 win thanks to Sebastian Vettel.

Since that day, no team has won more races than Red Bull.

Not bad for an energy drink company, eh? 😳

[Game With Dave @1GamewithDave1]

Would you click ok?

[Fifth Gear @NotFifthGear]

Thinking about Vettel's perfect pole lap around Suzuka

[James @JamesH675]

@plantstappen Gunna be a long year for Pecco third wheeling

[Tdolkar93 @tdolkar29]

P1️⃣ 🥳🥳 All the blood, sweat, tears, surgery have been worth it. It was only the beginning and with a bang! It didn't take @marcmarquez93 a single lap to open a gap on his brother. A victory that allows him to take the lead in the championship since Nov 2019,1931 days later 🐐💪

[James @JamesH675]

@Bemsee_Racer @denkmit Thank you! I think it’s looking very tempting again now! 😍😂

[James @JamesH675]

@Daaviidfdezzz_ @denkmit Thank you David, I really appreciate the feedback! As long as it’s reliable and doesn’t lag when the race is on I’ll be quite happy!

[James @JamesH675]

@denkmit Oh damn. Not really an option that I’d be happy to pay for then tbh. Was seriously considering it

[James @JamesH675]

@denkmit Have you used the MotoGP video pass? I remember reading it’s laggy and buffers?

[internet hall of fame @InternetH0F]

Every man's dream.

[Sir Godfrey Lawson 🇬🇧 @godfrey_lawson]

The Tory party have received unfair criticism this last few weeks. In the interests of balance,I’ve posted some charts below which show performance in various key areas such as life expectancy, the NHS, trade, immigration and the economy

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#GeneralElection2024

[Marina @xxoMarina]

So Adrian Newey basically said “I won’t be able to fix Mercedes before my retirement, they’re too far gone… also I don’t like Toto Wolff” 😭😭😭

[James @JamesH675]

😂😂😂

[James @JamesH675]

My Dad had lung cancer and I know this smell so well! I always thought it was the cancer treatment, not the cancer itself.

[Natural Immunity FTW @NaturallyFTW]

😮 This is wild. According to Several comments on this thread, this is a thing.

Apparently cancer smells sickly sweet & musty, in a very distinct way.

[Natural Immunity FTW @NaturallyFTW]

😮 This is wild. According to Several comments on this thread, this is a thing.

Apparently cancer smells sickly sweet & musty, in a very distinct way.

[James @JamesH675]

😂😂😂

[Dr Obbs @dr_obbs]

Don't believe everything you read in the F1 media. Been sitting on some of this, but the frenzy has gotten crazy. A few bits and bobs I've gathered from recent internal conversations,

-Irrespective of the media circus, the team is not divided, but working flat out. No distractions.
- Lots of credit for the RB20 needs to go to the full design team. It's not a one-person show at RBR.
-Adrian Newey spent a fair bit of time working on the RB17 during 2023. He was involved in the RB20 at a high level guiding and advising, but more into the RB17.
-The RB17 is a pet project for Newey, not something he has been TOLD to do.
-The RBR DRS delta is not magic. It's what happens when you have a more loaded DRS flap.
-As previously reported, a moderate update to the RB20 is coming in Japan.
-The RB20 is doing what they expect it to. This means the correlation looks very very good.
-Some track-specific updates are being planned. These involve floor edge, front and rear wing, floor fences, and diffuser
-There are already discussions about when to move focus to the RB21.
📸 @XPBImages

[Thenewarea51 @thenewarea51]

Absolutely wild footage, this is a real world engine failure in a MD500 (Think Magnum P.I. helicopter) over Kauai, Hawaii out on a tour flight.

You’ll probably have to watch this a few times but the video starts out with the helicopter under power and then the engine sound goes silent. The beeping you hear is the engine-out audio beep to inform the pilot that engine power has been lost.

This maneuver that pilot is doing is called a Autorotation and the way to think about helicopter flight, the engine is turning this big fan (rotor blades) on top of the body and sucking in air from the top and projecting it downward to overcome the force of gravity.

When engine power is lost, you experience a reverse in airflow because now gravity takes over and the air flow is coming from the bottom of the main rotor disk. The only thing the pilot can really do is to make sure the rotors keep spinning by changing the pitch of the rotor blades through the use of the “collective” which is a lever next to the pilot’s left leg and it only moves up and down.

The pilot has to manipulate the collective during an auto rotation to make sure the blades keep spinning. If the pilot pulls up too much on the collective, the rotor blades will bite too much of air causing a resistance and slow the rotors down. If the pilot doesn’t pull enough collective.. the blades will speed up and potentially cause a catastrophic failure.

The other control the pilot has is called the cyclic. This cyclic sits between the pilots legs and and manipulates individual pitch of the rotor blades to tilt the rotor disk aka “big fan” and make the helicopter go forward, backwards, left, right. So essentially in this type of emergency, you have to manipulate the controls in a delicate balance because no matter what, gravity is taking you to the ground because the engine is no longer producing power.

The pilot did an outstanding job here given the geography and limited amount of flat terrain to put the helicopter on the ground.

Thankfully it sounds like no souls were lost and only one injury according to a news report (see the link below)👇 Of course there is a lot more to helicopter aerodynamics but I’m trying my best to put this in simpler to digest terms. Big thanks to @Combat_learjet for sharing and definitely worth a follow!