Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1258arrow-down1external-linkTIL going "balls to the walls" originates from aviation lingoen.m.wiktionary.orgLifecoach5000@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-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-squareEvacuateSoul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 days agoWEP, war emergency power. Depends on the aircraft how long you could use it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_emergency_power
minus-squaredave@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoTIL you can increase engine power by mixing water into the fuel.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoIt needs to be injected into the air charge with the best atomization you can manage for best results.
minus-squareLovableSidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoThanks, that’s a lot more than my sketchy memory of what my dad told me (WWII pilot). Might not be where “under the wire” came from but it’s fascinating.
WEP, war emergency power. Depends on the aircraft how long you could use it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_emergency_power
TIL you can increase engine power by mixing water into the fuel.
It needs to be injected into the air charge with the best atomization you can manage for best results.
Thanks, that’s a lot more than my sketchy memory of what my dad told me (WWII pilot). Might not be where “under the wire” came from but it’s fascinating.