This would make a good movie.. You could name it something like Red October and get a Scottish guy to play the Russian captain so everyone would be able to empathize with how noble he is.

If you are into the math, here's a good explanation of what the proof probably looks like. The news people are wrong in some of what they say just because they aren't specific. But these kids did a good job figuring this out.

https://youtu.be/nQD6lDwFmCc

I hope everyone escaped without long term injuries.

I wonder how liability works in a case like this.

Possible scenarios:
1. Freak accident, no one is liable.
2. Truck owner is liable, but only because they modified their car from manufacturer spec?
3. Truck manufacturer is liable, faulty construction?
4. State or federal government is liable because of something in the road that make the truck's tire fall off.
5. After market kit provider or after market kit installer is liable because their modification lead to the failure that caused the tire to come off.

I wonder how it all worked out.

Like early Jackass, one always wonders how these people figured out how to make money doing stuff like this.

Nice dramatic music.

The thing was way too loud for recreational use. It also wasn't stable in wind and never had a safety system implemented so when there was a failure you just fell out of the sky from 100 feet up.

The 45 minute running time is very optimistic. The amount of thrust for fuel burned ( 0.683 lb/lbf/h) is not efficient. The engine also only provided 600lbs of thrust where the entire system weighed just over 400 lbs without fuel or a pilot.

No conspiracy, just not financially and technically useful enough to garner further development.

The Wikipedia article give a lot of good technical details, you can also look up the patent. A little data and common sense can easily overcome the drama created by overly dramatic music.

Diablo Paper?

I don't think using the notoriously brutal and horrific Aztec society as an alternative base for naming, makes things any better. Looking into the atrocities committed by that society makes the trail of tears look like a Sunday stroll in the park.

It would be better to use the meaning of the Aztec name "flower that grows in residues or soil" or even just make up a new name like "holiday flower" if we really want to clean up the historical associations of things that we like but are uncomfortable with the historical associations.

And then he was thrown out for tossing things onto the field of play and banned from events for the next year.

Did the same thing when a flight got redirected to Dallas that was supposed to go to Austin.

Bad part was that the airline wouldn't give us our checked bags. So didn't have clothes for a wedding that I was attending.

I wonder if the walls are drywall or if they are brick.?

Trying to shoot the lock showed he was armed and dangerous. People standing outside the store were in serious danger if he decided to use his gun against them.

That's the reflection of her shirt you dirty birdy.

I dig chill versions of this song.

The Hellsongs version is pretty good too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZoo8PSC4AM

Don't forget to listen to the original so you can appreciate how much artistic creativity goes into re composing this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQUXuQ6Zd9w

That's your tax dollars at work. To pay for the cops, their emotional care after the incident and the multimillion dollar payout to the lady who will probably live with a painful body for the rest of her life.

Police should all carry their own insurance to pay for this stuff. If they don't make enough money to cover the insurance then they can't be hired.

Seems like a logical fair market solution to this type of idiocy.

followup:

https://youtu.be/ZvxpQAN9Ujo

Not sure why, but this video bothers me.

Maybe it's because it's likely snuff. But it's sad that people are getting killed whether it's the attackers being manipulated by their government or the people defending their homeland.

War sux.