Some days are just like that!
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It's only unfair unsupported and illogical criticism and the same "Askhole" mention. I would rather encourage actual followup with point by point evidenced support of the allegations.
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"Regardless of what we say, do, suggest, or even insist, its the right way... they refuse to listen and then, well, aren't pleasant. "
The above doesn't even ring true; the askhole is asking for but then ignoring helpful suggestions, and then without provocation just "turns on" his advisors.
Why skip over the action in between the askhole ignoring advice and the askhole "being unpleasant"? There's a hole in that story.
The above doesn't even ring true; the askhole is asking for but then ignoring helpful suggestions, and then without provocation just "turns on" his advisors.
Why skip over the action in between the askhole ignoring advice and the askhole "being unpleasant"? There's a hole in that story.
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Nah, I just had hard time growing up. It’s called a “Peter Pan Syndrome “. A protracted laissez faire lifestyle.
We’re DINKS, double income no kids.
My first long term job, other than senior staff at kids camps for nearly a decade, was at age 38. Each fall for over a decade we traveled to new jobs and adventures. 7 states 2 territories, and adventures as far away as the cape of Africa. 46 years with the same Swedish girl that encouraged adventures and had no fear of change. It didn’t make for a big pension, but priceless stories and accusations, “you couldn’t possibly have done all those things” have dogged me for a decade. I never much cared what anyone thought. I still suffer from some of that. I still relish meeting new people and learning new things. Being less than able has slowed me down, but my eBike world keeps me grinning. I envy those that focused more on retirement finances, but I really can’t think of anything I missed out on that was important enough to have regrets. I motivated enough to make certain I had excellent health insurance. But like many Americans, could be bankrupt by health care costs.
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Feliz
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Good for you and the Swedish girl, I'm also a Skandahoovian.....Norwegian, and I married an American 55 years ago. My wife really is the little old lady from Pasadena..
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I think to my original post. These wandering threads can get confusing. Especially if we don’t quote. All good. Just a bunch of curmudgeonly fellas chewing the fat!
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So it's askhole and tellhole?
Sorry for not providing the context! I preferred to discuss it in a more generalized sense. But here it is: https://electricbikereview.com/foru...-and-sellers-choices.28864/page-2#post-206673
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Very funny. And, wow! The bike! I hate the kickstand. The rest is like a litany of high quality components. Satiator, EM3ev! Just got myself a new 36V 13s5p 35E pack with Bluetooth. Very pleased, and an easy battery to support. My first eBike battery came from them. It’s on my wife’s bike. Just a 350w 2014 BBS01. Not high thousands in use but still performing well above expectations. It’s one of the few batteries I haven’t beaten on. But the one I have is saggy from abuse, I still push it hard and get it done!
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The topic was BS from the start anyway. Here's my way to get over that hump, when you can keep the altitude but not the orientation ( in other words you can only fly with the vehicle pointing away from yourself).
The commonly given advice to turn the vehicle a few degrees off and then increase the number of degrees, didn't work for me. When it was sideways to me was the worst.
So, I learned by myself.
You fly away from yourself and then turn left, fly toward yourself and then turn left. Only have that one option and nothing else. Make circuits. If you turn too far left, then continue to turn left or turn left again, so that you are once more facing toward or away. Make the forward and away trips slow, in order to give time to relax and recover your bearings after a turn and get ready to turn left again. All because control of the yaw rate is another thing to learn at that same time as orientation learning is going on. After that, do the circuits only turning right. Then do them in "figure eights".
Then you're done.
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I always taught to point the transmitter's antenna (this was back when they had an antenna!) in the direction of the plane's travel and kind of watch the plane over your shoulder. Worked really well for a LOT of guys, especially when shooting approaches and landing!
With today's advanced flight simulators run on home PC's and laptops, and the availability of inexpensive planes with gyros built into some popular receivers, a surprising number of guys showing up at the field need very little help to get them through the basic take off and land routines. It's more about flying club rules/procedures and other things, like avoiding turning the plane into a dot so tiny you can't tell if it's coming at you or going away from you!
With today's advanced flight simulators run on home PC's and laptops, and the availability of inexpensive planes with gyros built into some popular receivers, a surprising number of guys showing up at the field need very little help to get them through the basic take off and land routines. It's more about flying club rules/procedures and other things, like avoiding turning the plane into a dot so tiny you can't tell if it's coming at you or going away from you!
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Thanks fella but J.R., Ravi, JRA, and so many more are miles ahead of me. My sphere is limited to my experiences. Even though fairly broad, I'm a tree hugger, not an electronics guy. I wish I had the knwledge that those guys, Mr. Coffee, Harry S... and so many more have. I'm maybe a good shopper and resource fella, good at ferreting information and skills others have to share. I was lucky enough to meet a bunch of great vendors during the Luna wars.
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I'm the opposite: Flew RC planes for years then got my pilots license in a 1946 Aeronca Champ. My instructor stated that I was a quick learner and I solo'd pretty quickly. He credited all of the RC hours and use of a flight sim with proper rudder pedals.
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The most terrifying pilots I knew were also licensed mechanics. I worked at an FBO in Montana. The owner had multiple certifications and was a wrench. I can’t count the time he flew the Cessna with retractable gear issues. “There’s always the crank” he’d quip. Stroke brain makes the model name obscure at the moment.
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From what I understand, an air frame and powerplant (A&P) license is almost mandatory to get a job as a corporate pilot anymore. The boss kinda likes the idea the guys flying the plane he's in know enough about it to get them out of a possible jam. WAY more going on in those jet air frames than most will EVER get their head around, yet these guys are the absolute coolest heads when stuff starts getting sideways. The only way they can be like that is to know that plane like the back of their hand.
High wing Cessna models w/retracts (all of them) have some pretty scary mechanisms extending and retracting that landing gear. They've had all sorts of issues. They're faster, but I'm good with "down and welded".
High wing Cessna models w/retracts (all of them) have some pretty scary mechanisms extending and retracting that landing gear. They've had all sorts of issues. They're faster, but I'm good with "down and welded".
The time and expense required for a type rating and proficiency in a modern mid size jet precludes most serious corporate pilots from being mechanics these days. Just being knowedgeable with FADEC (full authority digital engine control) is mind boggling for even the most experienced wrench. 30 years ago the guy flying uncle buck's king air could wrench on it, now? not so much. There are exceptions of course. Chuck Yeager not only knew when a hydraulic line blew, he could tell you who made the line and how many reinforcing layers it had in it.
