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[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 83 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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, locomotives, bricks, solar panels, ATVs, generators, hot air balloons, dinghies, hydrogen fuel cells, submarines, crop dusters, jet engines, cultivators, hedge trimmers, lawnmowers, precision optics and robots would suddenly pivot to rockets.

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 43 points 3 weeks ago

Don't forget, one the sleekest airplanes to ever exist.

[-] drsilverworm@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

N420HA. Not sure if that's the model or the plane's license plate but either way hell yeah

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, tail numbers are a lot like license plates.

[-] roofuskit@lemmy.world 39 points 3 weeks ago

It's almost like they're an engineering company.

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 weeks ago
[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks 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.

[-] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks 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 1 points 3 weeks 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!

[-] bytesonbike@discuss.online 7 points 3 weeks ago

Incredible. What a great comment.

[-] Pilferjinx@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Isn't that Yamaha? Or is Honda the same?

[-] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 weeks 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 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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, an FG730S, 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 on the market.

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago
[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks 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.

[-] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

It says Honda right on the side of the engine.

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

No, they're the playing card company.

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's actually interesting how similar rockets and jet engines are. You could think of a rocket as a jet (or sometimes two jet engines) where the afterburner is always on and the air intake is replaced by an O2 tank..

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

a rocket is a wingless airplane IMO

Edit: with oxygen tanks, as you said.

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