Of course a plane would be super light, how else could it fly?
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The effects still hold up. Better than a lot of big budget movies of that era, even.
We’re sure that the engine isn’t pushing the Cybertruck?
FYI according to CPI inflation $2,500 in 1972 is worth about $19,000 today. Based on a comparison of median individual income that would be similar to about $25,000. Either way, the truck cost about the same as a Honda Civic does today.
I don’t think you can even get a Chevrolet Colorado for that price. If only Chinese pickups were available in the US.
The issue is more a market issue than anything. People prefer to buy giant trucks instead of reasonable ones.
I paid less for my first house in 1994 than a cybertruck costs today, in current dollars.
Vehicles are insanely expensive in real dollars today.
It’s more that they’re way bigger and more complicated now. A simple vehicle is still pretty much the same as I showed in my comment,
the car market, especially in america, is completely fucked beyond saving. EVERYTHING is gargantuan and lethal.
in a sane world most people should only be driving small electric moped cars.
looks like the warhead of icbm, hes delivering to putins planes.
The YouTuber EngineeringExplained also explained how although the cybertruck complies with the requirements for its advertised tow rating, this tow rating system is vastly inadequate for the real world and all other manufacturers overbuild the crap out of their trucks because they know that.
This is why cybertrucks are known to literally rip their frames apart while towing what they are technically rated for.
Wait, so every car manufacturer has already identified the problem decades ago, decided that bad press is worse than a few more dollars, and fixed it? Except the disruptive genius who knows everything? Nice.
Engineering explained is an excellent YouTube channel.
He also debunked the claim that the cybertruck won a drag race vs a 911 while towing a 911
Exactly
Also:
Shuttle Endeavour is housed at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, and fun fact, the Tundra that towed it is also still on display there.
Considering what usually tows these things around, it’s kind of a weak flex.
It was a bit before my time but my cousin pointed this out to me a few years ago. Truck ads were absolutely nuts back in the 80s. They 100% destroyed every one that was in the commercials.
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Looks more like a rocket engine
Yep, an unfortunate typo. A jet engine of that size would be more impressive because they weigh more.
That’s not a typo, that’s a good old mistake. If they wrote “roket engine” it would be a typo.
Ha that’s funny, I could have sworn I wrote “mistake”, because I had the same thought. Oops
Rocket engines are a subtype of jet engine.
I could be compelled to agree, but “An air-breathing turbojet engine of that size…” doesn’t have the same ring to it. Jet engine usually refers to something that has the traditional suck, squeeze, bang, blow method of propulsion, and rocket engine is used to refer to something that just burns straight fuel (with its own oxidizer, etc.).
Technically my air compressor blow gun is a rocket, but I wouldn’t ever refer to it as one.
But hey, language evolves, so maybe being hyper specific will catch on.
While this broad definition may include rocket, water jet, and hybrid propulsion, the term jet engine typically refers to an internal combustion air-breathing jet engine such as a turbojet, turbofan, ramjet, pulse jet, or scramjet. In general, jet engines are internal combustion engines.
Huh, TIL!
A jet engine is a type of reaction engine, discharging a fast-moving jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion.
I just watched the 1972 ad.
It’s weird they used a mechanical grating sound in their background musicContinued astonishment at how consistently and repeatedly they self-own with stunts like this. Humiliation fetish is the only explanation.
The Mini Cooper EV pulled a plane not long ago, it’s all for show.
Single humans pull planes all the time as strong man stunts
Planes are super light or how else would they float off into the air to fly? /s
That have hollow bones!
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In either case, how impressive is this really? If you balance the load properly to keep the tongue weight within spec, all you’re then doing is overcoming inertia and the friction of the wheels. What is the force to overcome those in either picture?
The magnitude of the friction on the tires is still dependent on the load so would be hard to say without crunching the numbers… but ya I agree with u, its probably much less impressive than it appears, which is all that really matters w demos like this
There was also a demo of a cyberpunk pulling a train. I think it was practical engineering on YouTube. He then goes on to explain how little it actually takes to break fiction, why there’s slack so you only pull one cart in the beginning and get inertia to do a lot of the work. It basically called out the stupid demo, and went on to show why trains are awesome.
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