Don’t forget, one the sleekest airplanes to ever exist.
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rmuk@feddit.uk 2 months 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.
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MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Oh damn.
drsilverworm@midwest.social 2 months ago
N420HA. Not sure if that’s the model or the plane’s license plate but either way hell yeah
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, tail numbers are a lot like license plates.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
and 420 hah
Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Isn’t that Yamaha? Or is Honda the same?
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Mitsubishi too
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago
It says Honda right on the side of the engine.
rigatti@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No, that’s Nintendo
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
No, they’re the playing card company.
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 months 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.
bytesonbike@discuss.online 2 months ago
Incredible. What a great comment.
ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 2 months 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 2 months 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!
simbico@lemmy.zip 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago
a rocket is a wingless airplane IMO
roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s almost like they’re an engineering company.
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Crazy, right?