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Very surprisingly it's never mentioned that car turbos have very similar requirements - spin at 10K+ RPM at 10000K+ for or tens of thousands of hours with littl
by torginus 4mo ago
Very surprisingly it's never mentioned that car turbos have very similar requirements - spin at 10K+ RPM at 10000K+ for or tens of thousands of hours with little expected maintenance.
They are often made of superalloys, yet regular cars, down to econoboxes costing 20-30k or less have them, and are made by the millions.
- ReptileMan 4mo agoIf you figure a way for airplane to stop on a cloud in mid flight to wait for a tow vehicle I have a Nobel award for you in whatever field you want.
- moi2388 3mo agoDo blimps count?
- queenkjuul 3mo agoIf you enforced aircraft-grade maintenance and inspection regimes for automobiles, i bet you'd practically never need a tow truck