Don’t forget, one the sleekest airplanes to ever exist.
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rmuk@feddit.uk 1 day ago
It seems crazy that a company that’s only really known for cars, motorbikes, tuning forks, heat pumps, brake pads, pens, tractors, fertilizer, display panels, outboard motors, pneumatic systems, oil tankers, furniture, bricks, solar panels, ATVs, generators, dinghies, hydrogen fuel cells, crop dusters, jet engines, cultivators, hedge trimmers, lawnmowers, precision optics and robots would suddenly pivot to rockets.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 day ago
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Oh damn.
drsilverworm@midwest.social 1 day ago
N420HA. Not sure if that’s the model or the plane’s license plate but either way hell yeah
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah, tail numbers are a lot like license plates.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
and 420 hah
Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Isn’t that Yamaha? Or is Honda the same?
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Mitsubishi too
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
None of these answers are wrong.
Pretty sure we had CRTs in highschool, back when I was a teen many years ago that were Kia brand… IIRC.
burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Yamaha is definitely in tune with the music. I never remember which is which, but their logo is tuning forks and depending on the product the tuning forks can extend past the circle. I think their motorcycles have it extending past.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I’m a huge fan of Yamaha guitars. Great workmanship at a very affordable price, and if you buy used you can get them super cheap. My best guitar, which plays and sounds as good as any expensive gourmet brands, was only $102 at auction. I even bought another one as a backup. Used Yamaha guitars are the best deal only the market.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
It says Honda right on the side of the engine.
rigatti@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No, that’s Nintendo
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
No, they’re the playing card company.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 day ago
To be fair to Honda, they are doing what is expected of any companies in a capitalist system, actually innovate and diversify in order to remain competitive. Most other companies would rather stick to their traditional products and services, even if those products and services are written on the wall that they are becoming obsolete.
ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The impressive part is that they are also known for being reliable, there are the occasional issues, but overall very trustworthy products.
andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Like how the 2018-2021 Honda Civics shipped with non functioning AC because they used the wrong type of refrigerant? They’ve also trained dealerships to deny the warranty!
It’s been in the 90s all week - I risk heat stroke in my fucking car going to work!
bytesonbike@discuss.online 1 day ago
Incredible. What a great comment.
simbico@lemmy.zip 22 hours ago
Also a very capable downhill bike that was using a gearbox well before it got popular Honda RN-01 G-cross
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s actually interesting how similar rockets and jet engines are. You could think of a rocket as a jet (or sometimes two engines) with more focus on the afterburner and an O2 tank rather than an air intake.
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
a rocket is a wingless airplane IMO
roofuskit@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s almost like they’re an engineering company.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Crazy, right?