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GotLag posted:Isn't there some trick whereby you take off and turn off the electrical systems in the air to stop the meter running?
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My grandma remarried a retired police officer that had a small plane. I always thought he was way way too old to be flying but it took the authorities about a decade to finally take away his license, and it was only triggered when they took away his driver's license through his doctor. But the fact that an old cop who could barely see or walk straight living in a trailer park could afford to share a plane between a few guys and fly regularly shows how accessible flying is in north america.
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evil_bunnY posted:dead stick isn't as much fun as you'd think with a <15:1 glide at best glide speed. The engine keeps running with the master electrical switch in the “off” position. Ignition is provided by two magnetos driven directly by the engine, unrelated to the main electrical system. That’s why “shut off the electrics to cheat the meter” is a thing people have done. It’s unnecessarily dangerous but not suicidally so. Bring a handheld radio and GPSr. If the meter keeps moving whenever the oil does, that trick doesn’t work. Platystemon fucked around with this message at 23:51 on Oct 1, 2018 |
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Oct 1, 2018 23:01
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yeah once you have a license you have it for life, assuming you can pass a third-class medical (basically "can you see and have you not had any heart attacks yet") and you don't do something to get it revoked. you have to do a biannual flight review, but that amounts to an hour of flying with an instructor and then they give you tips at the end -- it's not an actual exam. plenty of extremely old pilots out there still flying with questionable abilities. q.v.: harrison ford
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oohhboy posted:LOL Platystemon posted:The engine keeps running with the master electrical switch in the “off” position. Ignition is provided by two magnetos driven directly by the engine, unrelated to the main electrical system. 
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shut off the hydraulics, easy peasy one weird trick!
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Most (probably almost all) small planes don't have hydraulic controls. I think the only thing it controls on a 172 is the brakes.
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The more I read this thread, the more I'm impressed with the story of the Gimli Glider. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ffryZAd4Nw
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LostCosmonaut posted:Most (probably almost all) small planes don't have hydraulic controls. I think the only thing it controls on a 172 is the brakes. You’re right. I misspoke. The idea is to key the Hobbs meter off oil pressure.
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evil_bunnY posted:dead stick isn't as much fun as you'd think with a <15:1 glide at best glide speed. I'm not saying the answer is air frame parachutes, but it is clearly air frame parachutes.
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Time to turn the plane back in to the rental place. *Pulls chute*
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DiHK posted:I'm not saying the answer is air frame parachutes, but it is clearly air frame parachutes. Just make the plane out of what they make the black box out of!
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Oct 2, 2018 01:07
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Make the plane out of what they make helium balloons out of Can't crash if you can't fall
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DiHK posted:I'm not saying the answer is air frame parachutes, but it is clearly air frame parachutes. I would like to propose an alternative: air frame 400 pound concrete block
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Bad Munki posted:I would like to propose an alternative: air frame 400 pound concrete block If concrete boats can float then concrete planes can fly.
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DiHK posted:If concrete boats can float then concrete planes can fly. https://gizmodo.com/believe-it-or-not-this-concrete-rc-plane-actually-flies-499936638
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Deteriorata posted:https://gizmodo.com/believe-it-or-not-this-concrete-rc-plane-actually-flies-499936638 “Flight” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDTUebzJLRE
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The BV-246 glide bomb had wings made from cast concrete around a steel spar. Hell if i know why, you'd think wood would work better for that. Maybe the concrete was just a lot quicker and cheaper to manufacture?  
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Sam Hall posted:Maybe the concrete was just a lot quicker and cheaper to manufacture? I'd guess that's the case. A wooden wing back then would've still been mostly hand-crafted and would've taken a decent amount of time to make. Steel wings could be cast or stamped out in minutes, and coated in concrete almost as quickly. Depending on the weight of the bomb as well, wooden wings might not have been able to support the body.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:I'd guess that's the case. A wooden wing back then would've still been mostly hand-crafted and would've taken a decent amount of time to make. Steel wings could be cast or stamped out in minutes, and coated in concrete almost as quickly. Depending on the weight of the bomb as well, wooden wings might not have been able to support the body. There is also the fact that concrete and steel shrapnel might do a bit more damage than wood. I mean it is a bomb after all.
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WWII was a time when everyone was trying to make stuff out of... Shall we say unconventional materials. If the war had progressed differently, there might have been an aircraft carrier made of ice and wood pulp in the Royal Navy's fleet.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/border-patrol-agent-pleads-guilty-starting-wildfire-fire-gender-reveal-n915441?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma Please exercise caution when using explosives to announce your baby's genitalia.
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Platystemon posted:You’re right. I misspoke. My dad used to co-own a Cessna Hawk that one of the other pilots crashed after takeoff because the oil cooler poo poo itself and the engine seized due to no oil. On the bright side the coop couldn't bill him for that 45 seconds of decent he had there after the oil escaped.
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https://twitter.com/Superxiajun/status/1036578404081065985 Chinese demolition crew vs. Homeowner with rocket artillery Turn on sound.
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Platystemon posted:Chinese demolition crew vs. Homeowner with rocket artillery Dude loving owns Shame he's probably already been murdervan'd
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Platystemon posted:https://twitter.com/Superxiajun/status/1036578404081065985 its good to see the chinese importing FREEDOM 
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Asmodai_00 posted:its good to see the chinese importing FREEDOM Importing? They invented rockets. 
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What happened there? Looks like the rim is still intact.
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so THAT'S what happened to Three Phase. (I miss them)
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Cojawfee posted:What happened there? Looks like the rim is still intact. don't order blowup dolls off deal extreme
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:so THAT'S what happened to Three Phase. Huh? WHAT DID YOU JERKS DO TO THREE PHASE
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Three‐Phase asked a mod to be banned. rap sheet
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Sam Hall posted:The BV-246 glide bomb had wings made from cast concrete around a steel spar. Hell if i know why, you'd think wood would work better for that. Maybe the concrete was just a lot quicker and cheaper to manufacture? I find it funny that they were making wings out of concrete and aircraft carriers out of sawdust
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Platystemon posted:Three‐Phase asked a mod to be banned. Wow, he's gonna need a map to find his way back.
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Nice piece of fish posted:Wow, he's gonna need a map to find his way back. Somebody post something about electricity and I am sure he will appear like Batman.
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Not exactly something to be proud about. It sounded too stupid to be a thing as the other poster pointed out it's stupid. I cringe a fair bit at GA flying on GPS as it is not the safest thing to do as you tend to stare at normal instruments too much as it is which rightly should be beaten out of you. There was a write off accident because of GPS as the student was too busy staring at it instead of using Eyeballs MK1 mod 0 to do any navigation or look outside to check the local conditions at the strip like the wind socks. He read of the GPS derived 1000ft wind which is normally 30 degrees off or more from the ground if not more in this case there was a sea breeze so both ends had a tail wind. Left the power on even after touch down, didn't adjust or go around despite the slope was going to place him in the middle of the grass strip which would leave zero margin on a normal landing. Didn't use the brakes effectively(Use force!), didn't recognise he wasn't slowing down. I suspect he didn't even look at the plates(Check your plates every time!) iirc had a sea breeze warning. His former education system was based completely on rote which is worthless for the task. Result- He overran the strip into a sewage oxidation pond. I heard the acid ate into the skin weakening to an unknown degree putting it out of spec. He
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oohhboy posted:He overran the strip into a sewage oxidation pond. I heard the acid ate into the skin weakening to an unknown degree putting it out of spec. He He's lucky he made it out, then! The aeration ponds I've seen are too deep to stand in, and the bubbles make the density too low for swimming. On top of that, the process results in a good deal of heat. People occasionally fall in, and they get simultaneously cooked alive and drown in sewage.
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