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In article , Eiron wrote:
Monz wrote: "Ace" wrote in message ... I've tried that one... snapped ACL was the result You have an access control list on your bike? That's cool! I do too. And they have teeth. Phil -- Phil Launchbury, IT PHB Triumph Tiger 955i 'I'm training the bats that live in my cube to juggle mushrooms' |
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Champ wrote:
really? Well, I suppose it was just a hobby for him, so a nasty shock like this might see him pick a different one, despite his obvious enjoyment of biking. It's just a hobby for almost all of us. I just don't think you can really guess what anyone's reaction will be to such trauma. I can't imagine giving up riding myself, but I won't pretend that there's no event that would make me consider it. Piling the outfit into the Armco last year was a wake up call for me but six months later I was out and about, at speed, on unsuitable machinery in unsuitable equipment. In many ways that is why I like the Guzzi so much as I can ride it at its absolute limits with all the feedback and fear that comes with that but, in all honestly, it's still going relatively slowly. -- Simon |
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Hog wrote:
I know about the autogyro landing, having tried some rotary flying lessons, but that was related to main power failure. I really want to learn to fly one of those - maybe even build one - if only to be able to say "Possibly" if anyone asks if it can take two. -- Simon |
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On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:18:31 +0100, "Hog"
wrote: Benny wrote: He doesn't remember but he shut the power off so fast and hard that he snapped the button that shuts the fuel off on the collective. This stops the engine turning the rotor and the forces of rotation, the chopper will level, but you still need quiet a bit of air speed to get lift to the blades to do an autorotation. He must have got that bit right. I don't like helicopters, period. Poof. They're fantastic machines. -- Champ ZX10R GPz750turbo My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle |
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Champ wrote:
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:18:31 +0100, "Hog" wrote: Benny wrote: He doesn't remember but he shut the power off so fast and hard that he snapped the button that shuts the fuel off on the collective. This stops the engine turning the rotor and the forces of rotation, the chopper will level, but you still need quiet a bit of air speed to get lift to the blades to do an autorotation. He must have got that bit right. I don't like helicopters, period. Poof. They're fantastic machines. To watch, yes -- Hog '96 *******12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400 |
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On 13 Sep 2006 15:40:45 GMT, "sweller"
wrote: Hog wrote: I know about the autogyro landing, having tried some rotary flying lessons, but that was related to main power failure. I really want to learn to fly one of those - maybe even build one - if only to be able to say "Possibly" if anyone asks if it can take two. heh. -- Champ ZX10R GPz750turbo My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle |
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Champ wrote:
I really want to learn to fly one of those - maybe even build one - if only to be able to say "Possibly" if anyone asks if it can take two. heh. Conclusive proof that Americans think Americans are stupid. http://www.geocities.com/madmaximages/ Dialogue bit at the bottom of the page -- Simon |
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On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:46:55 +0100, "Hog"
wrote: Champ wrote: On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:18:31 +0100, "Hog" wrote: Benny wrote: He doesn't remember but he shut the power off so fast and hard that he snapped the button that shuts the fuel off on the collective. This stops the engine turning the rotor and the forces of rotation, the chopper will level, but you still need quiet a bit of air speed to get lift to the blades to do an autorotation. He must have got that bit right. I don't like helicopters, period. Poof. They're fantastic machines. To watch, yes http://www.champ.org.uk/boards/image...ssia%20043.jpg Like I said - poof. -- Champ ZX10R GPz750turbo My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle |
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Hog wrote:
Champ wrote: On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:18:31 +0100, "Hog" I don't like helicopters, period. Poof. They're fantastic machines. To watch, yes I love 'em. Low flying with a skilled pilot is the canines cojones. My first really brill experience was is in a Huey with a Vietnam vet at the controls, flying near the Inner German Border as the Iron Curtain was known at the time. Twenty-five minutes of sheer terror, 'kin ace. -- I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members. Groucho Marx |
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Champ wrote:
http://www.champ.org.uk/boards/image...s/Russia%20043. jpg Like I said - poof. The exhaust clag is wondrously Soviet. Works for a living but really is a bit ****. I have pictures of BR locos that look like that a few weeks ex-works. Someone made the effort to make it look pretty but really were wasting their time. It makes me all misty eyed. -- Simon |
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