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Old 08-23-2013, 08:07 PM   #11
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+1 on the Engine vs Motor. I learned the difference very early on in electrical/electronics thery classes way back when, and several chaps got their knuckles rapped (literally) for misapplication of the terms.

A comment that gets me (usually from someone of the fair gender) "Oh, that's sooo cu-u-ute!" when refering to my latest pride and joy.
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Old 08-23-2013, 08:10 PM   #12
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Of course we can go deeper and put Siege Engines into the discussion.
No Combustion no Compression just a Mechanical Multiplier but throughout History named Siege Engine.

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Old 08-23-2013, 08:12 PM   #13
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Dictionary definitions are one thing. In real life in any mechanical sort of field, if there is combustion, you call it an engine. Even if it is 'technically' a form of motor as per some dictionary, it is an ENGINE.

When was he last time the 'check motor' light came on in your car?
Around the same time I read a copy of Engine Trends magazine while zipping around a lake in an engine boat.

My pet peeve? People that correct others who aren't wrong.
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Old 08-23-2013, 08:18 PM   #14
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Around the same time I read a copy of Engine Trends magazine while zipping around a lake in an engine boat.
LOL. Yup, I hear ya there! Still annoys me though!!!
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Old 08-23-2013, 08:35 PM   #15
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At work I get, "Going to fly your kite again?"
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I would like to contribute more to this thread but I have a new ARF to build.

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Old 08-23-2013, 09:38 PM   #17
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"How high can it fly"?

"How far can it go?"

"How much did it cost?"

Any of these sound familiar?
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Engine vs Motor. A loosing battle. EVER heard of Motorsports when it comes to Motorcycle racing or Auto racing? This is the link to a Motorsports photography forum.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...splay.php?f=90

My R/C photos go in the Transportation forum.

You'll have a very hard time convincing gear heads (I'm in the muscle car restoration business) their cars have Engines & not Motors. I want to buy a Harley Davidson Engine Cycle. GOOD LUCK at changing history.
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My greatest irritant is the word TOY that manages somehow permeate EVERY RC media article or TV program ever produced, it appears to do so with regular monotony,

This tedious overuse would appear to be almost mandatory within media reports nowadays and in our case its clearly used to create some perceived level of ridicule, however minor.

Over sensitive ......What, me?
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The intent of this thread is not to start debates or arguments but a venue to air those little things that get under our skin from time to time in this great hobby!
Just a friendly reminder that no one is right or wrong here, we are just scratching an itch!!

Some good ones already!

Come on Dale, take the purse off your shoulder & vent! You can do it!
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