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Save gas

How to save gas

Learn how to save gas, the secret the oil companies and car manufacturers don't want you to know about! This video explains common ...

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Build a cool friction drive motorized bicycle

How to build a cool friction drive motorized bicycle

This is a very cool at-home bike mod. Stop exhausting yourself up those hills and install a friction-drive motor.

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Pop a wheelie on a sportbike

How to pop a wheelie on a sportbike

Remember when popping wheelies on the Huffy made you the neighborhood's coolest little hoodlum? In many circles this still works ...

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Pull a van uphill with only a rope

How to pull a van uphill with only a rope

Sometimes science is just too good to be true. This clever and simple use of a pulley system will make you look like the ...

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Break into your car to retrieve your keys

How to break into your car to retrieve your keys

Don't resort to calling a locksmith... get yourself out of a jam with a coat hanger jimmy. This is a great pain saver when your ...

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How To Understand US Military Aircraft Designations

Understand US Military Aircraft Designations

United States military aircraft are all given specific designations by the Department of Defense known as MDS designations (Mission Design ...more

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How to calculate density altitude with a E6-B flight computer

Calculate density altitude with a E6-B flight computer

Need to learn a few of the "finer points" of flying airplanes? This ...more

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How to calculate ground speed with E6-B flight computer

Calculate ground speed with E6-B flight computer

Need to learn a few of the "finer points" of flying airplanes? This ...more

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How to develop a pre-takeoff briefing for flying

Develop a pre-takeoff briefing for flying

Need to learn a few of the "finer points" of flying airplanes? This educational video podcast from [http://www.thefinerpoints.net/ The ...more

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How to differentiate between aviation checklists and do lists

Differentiate between aviation checklists and do lists

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How to do a pre-flight walkaround of your airplane

Do a pre-flight walkaround of your airplane

Need to learn a few of the "finer points" of flying airplanes? This educational video podcast from [http://www.thefinerpoints.net/ The ...more

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How to fly at centerline when piloting a small plane

Fly at centerline when piloting a small plane

This episode discusses the four causal aerodynamic factors leading to ...more

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How to fly in a holding pattern

Fly in a holding pattern

its time to learn the UND-Standardized IFR Holding Pattern. Even though most people fly airplanes to go fast, there are times that we are ...more

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How to fly non-precision approach descents

Fly non-precision approach descents

Need to learn a few of the "finer points" of flying airplanes? This educational video podcast from [http://www.thefinerpoints.net/ The ...more

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How to land a plane

Land a plane

Whether you watch this as a certified pilot or a paranoid air traveler, it will do you a great service. Planes don't land themselves. Well ...more

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How to maintain that centerline

Maintain that centerline

This episode discusses the four causal aerodynamic factors leading to the overall left turning tendency that an aircraft experiences during ...more

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How to perform a configuration demonstration

Perform a configuration demonstration

At UND Aerospace, the Configuration Demonstration is one of the most important engine-out maneuvers that develops the pilot’s understanding ...more

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How to use a mathematical takeoff distance chart

Use a mathematical takeoff distance chart

Need to learn a few of the "finer points" of flying airplanes? This educational video podcast from [http://www.thefinerpoints.net/ The ...more

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How to use an altimeter

Use an altimeter

Need to learn a few of the "finer points" of flying airplanes? This educational video podcast from [http://www.thefinerpoints.net/ The ...more

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How to use non towered pattern entries when flying

Use non towered pattern entries when flying

Need to learn a few of the "finer points" of flying airplanes? This educational video podcast from [http://www.thefinerpoints.net/ The ...more

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How to use non-towered pattern entries when landing

Use non-towered pattern entries when landing

Need to learn a few of the "finer points" of flying airplanes? This educational video podcast from [http://www.thefinerpoints.net/ The ...more

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How to use trim effectively during flight

Use trim effectively during flight

Need to learn a few of the "finer points" of flying airplanes? This educational video podcast from [http://www.thefinerpoints.net/ The ...more

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How to visualize holding patterns

Visualize holding patterns

Need to learn a few of the "finer points" of flying airplanes? This educational video podcast from [http://www.thefinerpoints.net/ The ...more

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How to apply flaps to slow down your landing

Apply flaps to slow down your landing

Need to learn a few of the "finer points" of flying airplanes? This educational video podcast from [http://www.thefinerpoints.net/ The ...more

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How to calibrate the SuperAWOS altimeter

Calibrate the SuperAWOS altimeter

This aviation tutorial shows you how to calibrate the SuperAWOS weather system computer's altimeter. To do this, start by taking the current ...more

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Fire + Gravity + Corrosive Liquids = Explosive Rube Goldberg Fun

They Way Things Go is a Rube Goldberg inspired art film by Peter Fischli and David Weiss (1987). The 30 minute film documents an assembly line of action and reaction. Wikipedia: "The machine is ...

DIY LED Carpet-Light

For the craftsters & LED lovers, great idea by Johanna Hyrkas. The LED carpet-light: a simple, yet novel, DIY project. A single strand of LEDs is encased in a knit tube; the knit tube is wound ...

Make Fuel With Mountain Dew

Mountain Dew is the answer. Inventor Paul Patone has devised a mechanism that converts soda into actual usable fuel. "It’s called the Geet Sytstem. Basically, it’s a fuel booster system that can ...

No Lightsaber Required: DIY Jar Jar Binks Salad

Yum, geekdom fun. A Jar Jar salad. Wonderfully silly How-To from Only Knives: "A side dish from the Dark Side: Sculpt Jar Jar Binks out of a root vegetable." You'll need some serious ...

Sculpt Melted Cassette Tape Puddles Into Skulls

Cool cassette tape art by Atlanta based artist Brian Dettmer. From Design Boom: "...Dettmer was walking down the street he spotted a dead bird and an idea hit him. ‘here was this thing that used ...

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