Need a good jet inspired sticker idea

Posted by rasta-warrior@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 32 comments

Hey everyone,

I came across this sticker the other day and really liked it simple, clever, and very much in line with how we think in the cockpit.

It got me thinking about making something similar, but with more of a jet/Boeing feel. Maybe something involving the pedestal, thrust levers, or engines.

Does anyone have ideas for a phrase or a concept that could work? Ideally something subtle and a bit insider, but still clean enough for a sticker.

Thanks in advance

Keep rocking folks

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JDplanes@reddit

AAAAAH I LOVE IT such a beautiful sticker

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Apuonbus@reddit

If it flies, floats it f**ks rent it, don't buy it

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BeardySi@reddit

Bonus points for anyone who cna name the plane in the sticker! 😁

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thetiredtypist@reddit

Twin engine. Constant speed prop...

F35?

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__juicebox_@reddit

annunciator “retard” for commercial?

a left hand magneto (with the p/n indicating LH) & “my mom says i’m special” ;)

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DadJustTrying@reddit

I did not know that expression came from aviation. TIL

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Specifically ww2. When the planes were being rolled out as fast as possible it was cheaper to install a ball onto the end of the throttle to hit the flat sheet metal wall where all the guages were installed instead of a stopper to limit travel behind the wall.

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weaselkeeper@reddit

Nope “Balls to the wall“ is a steam engine phrase for full speed.

The governor is located next to the boiler wall and at full steam the “balls” which are the governors counter weights are at their full travel out centrifugally and close to the boiler wall.

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Fireside__@reddit

That’s “Balls out” not “Balls to the wall” as in the centrifugal governor having its balls swing all the way out.

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7w4773r@reddit

That’s more typically “balls out”

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CRush1682@reddit

I just recently went to National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem PA and learned that! It was a special event, so they had engineers on hand and actually fired up their 115 ton Corliss steam engine, which was awesome to experience. They talked about the governor and explained how the phrase came about. All the industrial equipment would be powered by a belt connected to a single shaft back to a main engine (often steam). To speed the equipment up, you had to run that main engine faster, and the fastest you can go is by opening the governor fully, referred to as "balls out" or "balls to the wall".

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Aromatic-Plastic-819@reddit

While balls to all does mean full throttle, it pre-dates aviation and comes from steam engines.

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EvilGeniusSkis@reddit

Balls out comes from flyball governers, balls to the wall comes from planes.

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7w4773r@reddit

You’re wrong there - ww2 planes absolutely have limit stops on all controls. They do not just run the controls into the firewall lmao. What kind of clown told you that

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thetiredtypist@reddit

What kind of clown told you that

Gestures casually into the lounge at the local flight club

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MoeSzyslakMonobrow@reddit

I saw one in a patch shop in japan, it had a picture of a hard landing light with "Because flaring is for pussies"

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Tugboatdriver@reddit

In Thrust we Trust

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Cananbaum@reddit

Suck, squeeze, burn, blow

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mrimp13@reddit

Suck, squeez, bang, blow.

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Freddan_81@reddit

That goes for both jet and piston.

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rasta-warrior@reddit (OP)

There you go!

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rasta-warrior@reddit (OP)

You must be fun at parties man