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I'll tell you this though....if that cockpit in the pic IS the real thing it raises the possibility of blue collar astronauts...forklift operator, cdl license, airline pilot, orbital cargo shuttle pilot? it'd be nice if space became accessible to lesser humans than the squeaky clean workaholic yuppie perfect plastic human-looking types who get into space now. i mean right now if you aren't physically perfect and you didnt get straight a's in school from the age of 5 and a stellar record in the military and 18 doctorates from wherever you aren't getting into space unless you plunk down 20 million __________________________________________________ Speaking of lesser humans, Do you think that jump suit manufacturers will make us jumpers a semi- pressure suit with a bail out bottle so that we could get more altitude out of that thing. It holds three people, thats a pilot and a two way right? " Center we have space divers away at 80,000 ". Glen
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All of Rutans designs are all about simple. He has designed two twin engine aircraft, the defiant and the boomerang, in which after loosing an engine there is nothing special for the pilot to do but keep flying on the one remaining engine. The quikie a 120 pound ( empty weight, 250 ready to fly with pilot )22 horsepower airplane that has similar performance to a light two place single engine plane. Vari-ez 200+ mph on less than 100 horsepower. Long-ez Alaska to key west on one tank of gas and something you can build in your garage,2000 of them flying. Voyager, around the world on one tank of gas , one built hanging in the smithsonian. Developing very light bizz jet powered by something similar to what cruisemissles use for an engine. The one thing about Rutan is his designs HAVE demonstrated. Nothing is ever released until it has flown. Built in secret in small hangers at mojave by a handfull of people.very few drawings. very few tools. Very simple. Glen
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It looks like the cockpit of their boomerang but updated. Rutan always liked glass cockpits with instruments by apple. Glen
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Guy at work use to be USAF ammo, got us hooked. Now we need to hear " Die terrorist die" like its coffee in the morning. Always loved dope's song but that video makes it cake. Even the conservatives dig it. Was gonna post it here weeks ago but friends on the boards warned against it, glad you did. Love the hardware. " Let the bodies hit the floor ....let the bodies hit the floor". Glen
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Dupont imron or a polyurethane- epoxy. Its way long cured and dosen't pose a health hazard in that state unless you breath the sanded paint dust. But that area is Bathed in jet fuel exhaust. Yes definitely go see a docter, I heard the freeflyers at elsinore like to dry hump their otter. Glen
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Sure do, I use a nice carpeted conference room for packing and once assembled a main in the instrument shop utilizing overhead shelves to hold it up. But at nite I'm the boss. Glen.
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What you need is a nice slider off sabre 1 opening. Glen
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Where do you get them pawn shops or ebay?
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If baghdad Bob came to the states what kind of job would he have
VectorBoy replied to bodypilot90's topic in The Bonfire
The new " Joe isuzu" new car salesman. Trust me!Glen -
All of the above advice is really good. To truely test yourself go out a few seconds after a bunch of flockers. Try to catch them. Since they are a flock they probably won't be making radical changes in speed to keep every one close and safe ( WE hope). See what you have to do to catch them. Hord altitude and slow up or compromise with a good forward drive, you WILL be suprised. You may end up high on them. Watch closing speeds and be safe. Its all good. Glen
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[re: getting back with a 7 cell. At my light wingloading (about 1.0) on my Spectre, I find that a bit of rear riser and pulling my legs up gets me back from all but the worst spots just fine. Same here when I was on mine @ 1.1:1 . Glen
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Sabre 2, Spectre, Safire 2, Omni and Triathlon with linetwists
VectorBoy replied to MontyPyhton's topic in Gear and Rigging
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the ones that will give you the least problems will be the ones with the lowest aspect ratio's, the tri, spectres and omnis. Now I haven't conducted any tests mind you and higher wing loadings will play a much more important role..... Line trim, of which I know nothing on these particular designs will be a factor. But as a general rule, Lower aspect ratios (basicly 7 cells vs 9 cells ) will give you less trouble in really bad line twists because you will not have such a radical deformation of your airfoil and planeform causing you to spin your bones up beyond repair. Now I'm making a generalization here. Here is an exception if you included the Diablo in your survey , yes it is a soft opening 7 cell but by virtue of its line trim balance and radical trailing edge taper, it will spin you up beyond return faster than a higher loaded competion elliptical. Thats what it was designed to do. There are a lot of factors to consider. I hope this helps. Glen -
Well congratulations, Oh and don't use your non-legal rig on that non-legal strato-spire in that quazi-legal town in the desert, unless you get video. Glen
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I mean, it's not like you guys would know they are last season's thong fashion. ______________________________________ Are you so sure my darling? Glen
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Its not broken, the exchanger is just dirty. You dirty dirty skydiver girl . Glen
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[He and Michael Moore are cut from the same cloth. They demand the "right" to stir up shit, then cry when some of it spatters on them. Pussies! This is the perfect quote for the day. Glen
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If you were allowed to see them, would you understand them? Mostly they deal with inspections. What was found? What was done about what was found? If the records indicate they did indeed changed the oil on time and the tire pressure was ok but neglect to mention that nasty bit of corrosion found on the spar a few seasons ago you would never know it. Even if they conducted the best maint. practices ever with the highest quality parts you have no guaranty. Those new parts sometimes are the first to fail, fairly early in their lifecycle. Are you going to wait until your DZ's jumpship has a few hundred hours on their new engine and prop ( sit out several weekends ) ? Or if the crew says its new and good and it has 5 or 10 hours of ground run time, lets jump will you? A DZ's overall attitude will tell you a lot about what's going on behind the scenes.To a jumper that may be your best gauge. Glen
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Wrong, wrong and we also have ways of making you pronounce aluminum correctly. Glen
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You are correct, I was just checking the bunker for nazi flame throwers. All goofing aside the crossfire is for experienced pilots who have a ton of experience and can land elipticals anyplace anytime with no problems. One step under a crossbraced they are. This is a technical forum and I don't want to give out bogus info. Now we return to our regularly scheduled educational program. Glen
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Openings almost as soft as a spectre, very good indeed. Nice glide and zippy enough in the turns that you won't get bored quick. Someone said very good all -around. I agree if you want a 9 cell. Glen
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You're smart to downsize slowly. When you're ready to check out 170's, demo as many different ones as you can before buying. Sabre2, Pilot, Safire2, Spectre, Triathlon... any of these will be fun to fly and responsive at that wingloading but still forgiving enough that you can pull off the odd mistake on approach or landing. And don't forget the crossfire 2, square 1 has dem too. Lisa will you sell me one in the 119 size. I only have 250 jumps but I fly better than I spell. Glen
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And IF they don't dance
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Quade I was led to believe that the metric system is easier on large contractor type jobs, big buildings and dams. From what I heard ( I'm not a large scale contractor ) larger units lets say bulk cement or linear units of steel reinforcement were better managed in metric. Don't flame me I'm lousy at math and anytime I do concrete I'm good for at least a 10% error. Its just what I've been led to believe. Glen
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Hugs..... many warm hugs. glen
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I was actually hit by lightning once WHILE skydiving. Isn't that weird? And I wasn't in the clouds honest. Glen