Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Your Sunday Morning Jet Noise

The HondaJet, which was just granted a type certificate.

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5 comments:

Keaaukane said...

Is there any aerodynamic advantage to the over-the-wing mounted engine pods, as opposed to the fuselage mounts most business jets use, other than noise reduction?

12/13/2015 2:12 PM
Comrade Misfit said...

Besides the noise reduction, having the weight of the engine on the wings is a little easier on the structure. Might not be as important with a smallish airplane. And in an engine-out situation, there's going to be more adverse yaw.

12/13/2015 3:15 PM
CenterPuke88 said...

I know Honda mentioned FOD prevention too. Reminds me of the old English Electric Lightning with the over the wing hardpoints for drop tanks or weapons. The little suckers seem to fly nice enough, but are typical VLJ slow. They were practicing over at KGGG awhile ago.

12/13/2015 4:56 PM
Anonymous said...

So how long do you think before Honda car and motorcycle ads mention the Honda Jet?

I think one of the reasons for the unique engine placement is that placing an engine crossbeam through the composite fuselage would have been much heavier and reduced the baggage compartment. The engine crossbeams on biz jets such as the Cessa Citation and Canadair Challenger are behind the rear pressure bulkhead. They have to be because fuel lines are not allowed in the pressure vessel on anything certified after 1972(?) or thereabouts without heavy and maintenance intensive air tight shrouds around them.

Al_in_Ottawa

12/14/2015 8:02 PM
kilwer said...

You knew this was coming...

https://youtu.be/XM9cXN5Bsng

12/15/2015 7:50 PM

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