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I'd be SO pissed if they pulled that in CT or MA. I just got a new GPS system for my laptop. I will admit that restarting a locked up computer while doing 70+ on the highway is not something I want the guy in the next lane over doing, but I'd like to be able to do it myself.
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Here are all the old logos: http://www.google.com/holidaylogos.html Dave
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I wouldn't get into any asymetric plane unless it was designed by Rutan himself!
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Might want to burn a codec pack onto the CD too. A lot of videos need special codecs (divx is a popular one) or they may not play at all, or just the sound will play and the video wont show. If you can find the kazaa lite website, they have a codec pack. Dave
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Check on the license requirement to jump it. A B license is sometimes required for helicopter jumps. Dave
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Israel has also been using air marshals on all of its flights for many years. They blend right in so nobody knows who they are, and they don't expose themselves to deal with drunk passengers. I'm all for arming everyone, maybe not with guns, but at least let everyone carry on a knife. Terrorists very well know people aren't going to sit back and let a plane be hijacked anymore. They will fight back. But terrorists also know that nobody has a freaking weapon either. Most of the rules, along with most security rules in general, only stop the honest people. Dave
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Well, I think the information age is coming to an end. Welcome to the "lets all hide in the basement" age! Dave
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Hehe I've only worked for 3 of those companies. Here's a harder one: Who were Mr. Pratt and Mr. Whitney? Dave
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I was jumping the Sabre 190 before the incident. Sabre or Sabre2? Never jumped an original Sabre, but it's my understanding that they aren't particularly similar. Dave
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Am I missing something? 5 lbs at 6 inches will produce 30 in-lbs, not 20. Dave
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Cost and speed. Dave
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A thought for Newbies Giving Advice
pilotdave replied to ChasingBlueSky's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Take a look at THIS thread. Almost half of the 288 people to respond have witnessed a fatality. I've been jumping for 5 years and I honestly haven't even witnessed a serious injury. Of course that's only because I haven't been around on the days people have been hurt or killed where I jump. Fatalities don't happen on a daily basis. At any given dropzone, they don't necessarily even happen yearly. But skydiving is a small world. After years of jumping, skydivers have friends all over the place. When someone dies, a lot of skydivers have lost a friend. So, yeah, I'm not looking forward to losing friends in the future. The longer I'm in the sport, the more likely it's going to happen. But you can't let the possiblity bother you if skydiving is something you want to do. I'm far more afraid of killing or injuring myself than I am of the idea that someone I know is going to die. The only way to ensure you won't lose a friend is to make no friends. I don't think it'd be worth it. Dave -
I'm not a rigger, but my guess is that's a way of putting the correct amount of torque without using a torque wrench. If you've got a torque wrench, it doesn't matter how much weight you apply or where you apply it, as long as it produces the correct torque. Dave
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If your instructors think its a good canopy for you, demo (or borrow) one and see how ya like it. Dave
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A thought for Newbies Giving Advice
pilotdave replied to ChasingBlueSky's topic in General Skydiving Discussions
Bad advice can come from anywhere. I think it's far more imporant to teach people where to GET advice, not who should give it. This is the internet. Unless each post is going to get approved by a moderator before showing up to the public, you can't control who will be giving advice here or anywhere else on the internet. I think this thread will get more people thinking about where they get their advice than it will stop people from posting bad advice. And I don't think that's so bad. I still believe even parrots can offer some really good advice! Who taught Neil Armstrong how to walk on the moon? I bet whoever it was had never done it himself! Ok, bad example. My point is, you can't control a forum on the internet and you can't control people at DZ's across the world. But you CAN teach the people that are coming here for advice how to recognize good and bad advice, no matter who it comes from. Dave -
Why not? None of the other planes you mention were designed for skydiving. If you're going to market a new design specifically for skydiving, take lessons learned from other skydiving aircraft. We know tail strikes have occured on other aircraft with low tails. People make mistakes. Design out the possibility of human error where you can. Dave
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site is back down. hopefully it'll be back up soon. no clue when. Dave
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No touching toes, but yes, you do have to turn your head and cough... well... if you have certain accessories installed. The skill section is peeing into a cup. And then there's the swimsuit competition... Dave
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I did AFF out of a 182 and king air so I don't really know, but watching videos of AFF out of a tailgate just looks more difficult... or at least scarier. Tailgates have a lot of advantages for a skydiving or especially a cargo aircraft, but they are usually a lot dragier because of the sharp upsweep angle of the rear end, and they can have center of gravity issues since jumpers are able to gather at the far end of the tail. The bigger planes usually have more aft fuselage behind the tailgate. Ever seen the UNUSABLE space in a C-5's fuselage behind the door? It's about as big as a C-130's cargo hold... at least almost. Dave
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Damn where do I sign up for the dz.com do not call list??
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Hehe i didn't say it was a good idea...just higher.
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If someone was designing a skydiving aircraft from scratch, they wouldn't put a low horizontal stabilizer right behind the door. The Cresco style design, low tail or t-tail, probably could have been improved on for a skydiving specific aircraft. Course there are other tail options that coulda gotten the tail higher up... cruciform, v-tail, etc. Not saying the way it is isn't any good, just saying it's not the ideal solution. Dave
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Average since i started jumping is 2.5 per month. Average last summer was more like 30. Average over the last month, 0. Dave
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I don't believe for a second this plane was designed specifically for skydiving. It was designed as a light cargo aircraft, which is initially being marketed to skydiving operations. It's pretty easy (as we see every time we jump) to convert a cargo aircraft into a skydiving aircraft. But if they were designing a purpose built skydiving aircraft, there's no way they'd put the stabilizer right there. T-tails do have disadvantages, but they also have advantages and there are other options too. Dave
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Why's that bad? Dave