Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1378arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1373arrow-down1external-linkTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgLifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square81fedilinkfile-text
I never knew and got curious and looked it up. I guess it makes more sense than slamming your testicals against the wall.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThe Corsair had water injection as a WEP, I forget by what mechanism it worked but it could make that big ol’ Pratt & Whitney eat its own guts for more horsepower.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoWater methanol injection, cools the air charge which makes it denser, more air you can cram in the more fuel you can cram in with it. https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/the-f4u-1-and-water-injection.40598/?amp=1
The Corsair had water injection as a WEP, I forget by what mechanism it worked but it could make that big ol’ Pratt & Whitney eat its own guts for more horsepower.
Water methanol injection, cools the air charge which makes it denser, more air you can cram in the more fuel you can cram in with it.
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/the-f4u-1-and-water-injection.40598/?amp=1