Do they really, really and for true, mean it this time?

I don't blame them for it really, but by god, they've pushed this date back so many times now, I'm not putting any stock in it until I actually see them flying.

As a foreigner here, I have not felt welcomed at all. Lived in the states for a number of years (not american) very very welcoming. And don't sit there and tell me that I feel welcomed. I hardly know an expat here who feels welcomed by the canadians. I can't speak for everyone, but speaking for mys...

rookiepilot wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 2:14 pm I don’t respect journalists.

That's a pretty broad statement - without journalists, power answers to no-one. Sure, the majority of them are clickbait chasing vultures, but this world would be a far worse place without the good ones.

altiplano wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 10:50 am You call challenging what are clearly fascist ideas that seek to place one class above another class based on what are private and personal decisions an attack and personal insult? Hardly.

No, but calling people batshit crazy because they disagree with you is.

What do you mean "take the risk" you guys are going to length to say that there is no risk from vaccines. No. We go to length to say the vaccine carries less risk than the virus. You guys are bat shit crazy. Go to China if you don't want to live in a free society. Personal attacks will not help you...

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-effects.html I suggest you read about the long term effects of COVID and make your decision after being informed. As far as I'm concerned, the amount of people getting COVID is small enough not to worry. Moreso, it's mostly the unvaccinated who ar...

photofly wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:50 am Not enough checklists.

Wrong. It was their instructor's fault.

https://www.expatica.com/pt/news/lisbon-court-rules-only-0-9-of-verified-cases-actually-died-of-covid-100196/ Lisbon court rules only 0.9% of ‘verified cases’ actually died of Covid Published on June 28, 2021 Following a citizen’s petition, a Lisbon court was forced to provide verified Covid-19 mor...

Yep, I see it now. Took a bit of head scratching but now it seems obvious. Digit's method will find best endurance.

As I understand, the method Digits describes will in fact approximate the power setting at the point where the tangent passes through the origin. No, it doesn't. Okay, how about a theoretical exercise then? Where would you think that the exercise would land you on the power curve? I think it would ...

In my older notes, I found this description of the technique, which is what I used to try it out: o Start from speed for maximum endurance o Add power 100 RPM at a time, let airspeed stabilize and trim  look at the airspeed increase o Continue until the largest increase in airspeed for a 100 RPM i...

Wouldn't this work for fixed pitch props: - fly at lowest rpm that keeps you airborne (gives you your best endurance speed as well) - add 50 rpm, note airspeed increase. - repeat, keep track of airspeed increase (eg 2 kts) - once the airspeed increase decreases, you found your max range setting I b...

I really should have invested in popcorn futures when this pandemic started.

Energy is also wasted as heat. I don't know the general rule for aero engines, but for liquid cooled automotive engines, around ⅔ of the energy produced is turned into heat rather than forward movement. So even if we accept that fuel quantity is proportional to energy, the assumption that the requir...

Almost 3 billion doses administered globally, and case counts falling everywhere. It's almost as if some folks don't understand the preponderance of evidence... Most folks do not understand the power of statistics manipulation as a tool for rhetoric. (That technique goes back at least 2500 years by...

Sure, I get it. But a spin cannot be entered without some element of cross control (required to be un coordinated). That's not entirely true, in my experience. I recently did some spin training in an airframe with washed-in, laminar flow wings. If you stall it in a turn, it spins - almost every tim...

Sorry... AIF?

Almost 3 billion doses administered globally, and case counts falling everywhere.

It's almost as if some folks don't understand the preponderance of evidence...

I feel no guilt at all for something that happened many years ago that I had absolutely nothing to do with. People need to stop this whole guilt trip and move on. It’s pathetic. I feel no pride at all for defeating Hitler. It happened many years ago and I had absolutely nothing to do with it. Peopl...

I feel no guilt at all for something that happened many years ago that I had absolutely nothing to do with. People need to stop this whole guilt trip and move on. It’s pathetic. I feel no pride at all for defeating Hitler. It happened many years ago and I had absolutely nothing to do with it. Peopl...

photofly wrote: ↑Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:53 pm Nine million people live in London. A few thousand is a piss poor show, frankly.

Spoken like a true Englishman who knows when and how to get properly angry.

I didn't quote any specific instance. Is there something on your mind specifically? I emphasized that humanity is far from perfect, and will likely never be. We make mistakes constantly. We could go all the way back to 30,000 BC and cite cases of Homo-Sapiens committing racial genocide against the ...

Thanks to Trudeau and his constant appologizing for the "crimes" or percieved wrongdoings of my long dead ancestors, I've never, ever felt so shitty to be a Canadian. Given that we are one of the most tolerant and accommodating societies on the planet....that's saying something. Optimism is thin an...

Wife's ok with it budget is not fixed. The real issue is what she's willing to get into and she can't say until she has tried it. Maybe that's what i should do first, put her on one and see if she's willing to fly in one. Try putting her in a Tiger Moth, sheepskin cap and goggles and all 8) If that...

photofly wrote: ↑Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:21 am

karmutzen wrote: ↑Fri Jun 18, 2021 9:40 pm Let's not be slackers and just accept "I screwed the pooch", my insurance company doesn't like that.

I blame his instructor.

My axe needs grinding, care to do the honours?