shiftsandgiggles
Chris Clarke
shiftsandgiggles

A 35-horsepower, single-blade prop monoplane with a cockpit the has absolutely no right-hand side? This thing is more Jalop than the mythical brown turbodiesel Miata targa-top shooting brake with a manual. Read more

This isn't drunk, this is advanced drunk. Read more

One look at the article that doodon2whls posted and you'll see just how much math would be required. Maybe you could link to it for those who would like a more thorough explanation. But my mind was blown, too. Read more

I own a J-3 Cub and went to the Sentimental Journey Fly-In in Lock Haven, PA last year. They had a single-blade J2 there, this is a picture I took of it. I was able to take some more pictures but unfortunately when I got home I heard that news that it had crash into someone's backyard/shed. I believe they mentioned it

First paragraph: "The blade being balanced by a suitable counterweight." Well, there you go. In the photo accompanying the article you posted, it's easier to see the slug of metal attached to the shorter end of the propeller. I also just noticed that the article is written by Mr. Everel himself. Read more

A pretty good explainer on the Everel SBP from Walter Everel himself. Incredible ingenuity.

I have an idea to improve Mexican tourism: create a country in which your citizens and other people visiting don't get stabbed, bludgeoned, blowtorched, decapitated, or tortured on a regular basis thanks to drug gangs and corruption. Read more








I wanna know how much they get paid and where do I sign up??

Awesome! Here's a good idea for a peice I'd LOVE for you to write: Do a whole article explaining the many challenges helicopters face just to stay aloft: Gyroscopic Precession (in terms of how controls are rigged 90 degrees off 'center'), Vortex Ring State, Ground Effect, Rotor Balance (already touched on here, both Read more

And this video, ladies and gentlemen, is how you turn lemons into lemonade. Read more

I hate that Paul Thompson had to be a sacrificial lamb, but if this is what the new Planelopnik Flight Club is going to be like, then I'm on board. Read more

Just last night, I was at a National Geographic lecture, Untamed Antarctica, chronicling a climbing expedition that took place in 2013. Having heard first hand from two of the four expedition members regarding the weather conditions down there, I have to guess that there was additional weight savings done to the Read more