[ExI] AI 2040

[spike at rainier66.com]

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On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 1:48 AM Russell Standish <lists at hpcoders.com.au <mailto:lists at hpcoders.com.au> > wrote:

 

> And another plan (Plan R for "Russell" :) is to go "balls to the wall"
(I'd hate to think what kinky behaviour inspired that phrase)…

 

None.  When an aircraft launches off of a carrier, the pilot pushes the throttles all the way forward until they reach the mechanical stops.  The F14 the F18 are twin engine planes.  The throttle levers have balls on the end of a control rod.  Pushing to full throttle before the catapult launches the aircraft is going balls to the wall.  In at least one aircraft I know of, the Cessna 152, the engine speed is commanded to maximum by pushing all the way forward to the instrument panel.  True it sounds a bit suggestive, but the pilot means literal balls to the wall.

 

Randall, I don’t recall seeing you here before.  Welcome!  Tell us something about Russell.  Where are you from?  What is your superpower, that sorta thing.  You are among friends here.

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

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