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priznat posted:He is a true renaissance man. Dude owns. He is also a good enough fencer that he almost qualified for the British Olympic team back in the 90's
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ehnus posted:Michael Dorn is neither of those two things He said "celebrity."
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That R/C F104 is amazing, and that pilot is probably the best R/C pilot I've seen, everything was super smooth with almost none of the jerky flight I've come to associate with R/C aircraft flight.
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charliemonster42 posted:gently caress. Hold on a second, I'm going to go build a miniature remote-controlled West Germany and buy a miniature remote controlled plot of land in it, because I want one of those.
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The Locator posted:That R/C F104 is amazing, and that pilot is probably the best R/C pilot I've seen, everything was super smooth with almost none of the jerky flight I've come to associate with R/C aircraft flight. Anyone who takes on a radio control jet is probably a serious hobby pilot. They're very expensive and even more unforgiving.
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At the end I was half expecting the hatch to pop up and the little pilot to wave.
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Midjack posted:Anyone who takes on a radio control jet is probably a serious hobby pilot. They're very expensive and even more unforgiving. No poo poo. I remember being, like, *five* and happening across a guy while out with my mother flying a decently-sized RC plane for the mid-80s timeframe, and I *still* remember the look of utter venomous disdain he gave me when I in my youthful naivete asked "if I could have a turn." Nowadays I realize he didn't want to hand over the controls of something that easily cost hundreds of dollars or more to a snot-nosed stranger kid who probably thought it'd be "just like Atari," but I think that look *took* five years off my life.
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It's loving trivial to just put your thumb and index fingers over a kid's thumbs to let them feel it out, that dude was just an rear end in a top hat.
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evil_bunnY posted:It's loving trivial to just put your thumb and index fingers over a kid's thumbs to let them feel it out, that dude was just an rear end in a top hat. Nah I still wouldn't do this if I were controlling a multi-thousand dollar RC.
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evil_bunnY posted:It's loving trivial to just put your thumb and index fingers over a kid's thumbs to let them feel it out, that dude was just an rear end in a top hat. For an RC jet? You look at it funny and it'll lawn dart An RC F-104 is giving the middle finger to fate though....
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Yeah, those engines alone can run double-digit thousands in some cases.
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BIG HEADLINE posted:No poo poo. I remember being, like, *five* and happening across a guy while out with my mother flying a decently-sized RC plane for the mid-80s timeframe, and I *still* remember the look of utter venomous disdain he gave me when I in my youthful naivete asked "if I could have a turn." To be fair to a much younger you, it's possible to decline silly requests from someone who doesn't know any better without being an rear end in a top hat.
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Now you can buy controllers that let you use a trainer mode. It was awesome to teach my dad how to fly an RC plane. I let him do all of it and when he got nervous or felt he uncomfortable I could take over with my controller. Thats a completely different story than letting some kid fly your RC jet obviously.
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Previa_fun posted:Nah I still wouldn't do this if I were controlling a multi-thousand dollar RC. I've let multiple kids on the sticks of a completely bananas 5" quad, and it works just fine. evil_bunnY fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Apr 8, 2017 |
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Apr 8, 2017 23:04
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I let my girlfriend try my micro quadcopter, within around a second she hit the ceiling, floor, then her own hand.
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The Locator posted:That R/C F104 is amazing, and that pilot is probably the best R/C pilot I've seen, everything was super smooth with almost none of the jerky flight I've come to associate with R/C aircraft flight. Yeah, that was definitely one of the more impressive displays I've seen. Although I still can't tell if that slow roll was intentionally that slow because that thing plummets towards the ground as it rolls inverted. He played it off well, though.
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a functioning adult human can tell a 5 year old no and still have the kid enjoy the experience but that is a big ask for a rc airplane sperg virgin
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bewbies posted:a functioning adult human can tell a 5 year old no and still have the kid enjoy the experience but that is a big ask for a rc airplane sperg virgin
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Nebakenezzer posted:What the heck is this? I keep thinking Mig 21, but then there's 2 people in it (and the periscope setup for the backseater makes me think trainer) and the wings are all hosed up and wrong.
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The Backfire always just looks so evil. I don't know if it's the huge shark-like vertical stab or the beady squinty cockpit windows or the giant fuckoff nuclear cruise missiles they're always carrying or just that it's so pointy, but that is one of the most threatening-looking planes there is.  Carth Dookie posted:What the heck is this? I keep thinking Mig 21, but then there's 2 people in it (and the periscope setup for the backseater makes me think trainer) and the wings are all hosed up and wrong. It's a Su-17/22, I think. Same era as the MiG-21, but nowhere near as common. e: yeah. That one must be a trainer model, but this looks right. The MiG-21-style fuselage and intake combined with the swing-wing is the giveaway. 
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Carth Dookie posted:What the heck is this? I keep thinking Mig 21, but then there's 2 people in it (and the periscope setup for the backseater makes me think trainer) and the wings are all hosed up and wrong. It's a Suchoi Su-22. They are a good design for a 1960's fighter-bomber. E. Beaten with superior information 
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Carth Dookie posted:What the heck is this? I keep thinking Mig 21, but then there's 2 people in it (and the periscope setup for the backseater makes me think trainer) and the wings are all hosed up and wrong. Sukhoi Su-22? E,f,b
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Thanks. I thought it was a swing-wing, and it definitely isn't a MiG 23 so it should've been obvious. 
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Sagebrush posted:The Backfire always just looks so evil. I don't know if it's the huge shark-like vertical stab or the beady squinty cockpit windows or the giant fuckoff nuclear cruise missiles they're always carrying or just that it's so pointy, but that is one of the most threatening-looking planes there is. I think so too. The beady-squinty windows is accented, I think, with the M3's (?) bigger nose and raked jet intakes. It's a big shark of a airplane.
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Nebakenezzer posted:Can I play? This really hosed me up at first glance. "drat, that is one impressive cloud formation"
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Inacio posted:This really hosed me up at first glance. "Only one way to find out! Tally Ho!" Wow that post just reminded me of an old Billy Connelly comedy bit about 'Nigel Cruthers: King of the Skies" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZmMlntL8bs Humphreys fucked around with this message at 07:39 on Apr 9, 2017 |
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Inacio posted:This really hosed me up at first glance. Yeah, my thought process as I figured that photo out was: "drat, look at those clouds!" "Wait that's a mountain." "I wonder if anyone's ever flown into a mountain because it looked like clouds to them." "I'll post this exact thought process because if someone has, a goon will definitely know about it."
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Sorry about the Facebook video, but check this out. Any idea who these guys are? https://www.facebook.com/10millionpicsofficial/videos/1366852736741432/ That... that's not where that goes. CroatianAlzheimers fucked around with this message at 16:11 on Apr 9, 2017 |
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ApathyGifted posted:Yeah, my thought process as I figured that photo out was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_New_Zealand_Flight_901 
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Inacio posted:This really hosed me up at first glance. Here, have it in 1920x1200, it's really worth a look: 
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:That... that's not where that goes. Semi-Successful carrier landing
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ApathyGifted posted:Yeah, my thought process as I figured that photo out was: There was a Venezuelan flight that flew into a mountain obscured by clouds, though the they didn't mistake the clouds for mountains. As for why they crashed into the mountain, the pilots were late getting on the flight, and so decided to omit the preflight checklist or to set the flight management system properly and just navigate through the Andes using a dashboard mounted compass. It didn't work out very well for them.
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How can we not have replicated Kodachrome yet? Also that photo is stunning
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economics. it's obviously possible to make Kodachrome again, just no one wants to pay for it.
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