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Colonel K
Jun 29, 2009

InitialDave posted:


If I apply half-throttle, you open that loving throttle halfway, right now. Nothing more, nothing less. The results, good or bad, are the driver's alone to cause, and the driver's alone to deal with.


I agree with this wholeheartedly. DBW pisses me off no end, and can be particularly dangerous if you need to move forward a little bit, pause then get away rapidly (out of a concealed entrance for instance)

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Colonel K
Jun 29, 2009

Joe Mama posted:

Just like anything else, the technology needs refinement. People talked all kinds of poo poo about computer controls and fuel injection too.

Some still do. Althoguh I can see the advantages of electronic fuel injection to mechanical. When it comes down to it though, I'd much rather fiddle with linkages and mechanicals than trace wires and sensors.

Oops, that was supposed to be a radial engine failure. That'll teach me to copy and paste without checking.

Colonel K
Jun 29, 2009
I think it stems from a well tuned diesel will smoke a bit on application of power. Somehow the association is made that more smoke = more power. And away they go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zx3qKX_Pno Plenty of smoke from a runaway engine.

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