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In the way back machine. I was setting in a bar after a coed softball game with a beautiful blonde. This bar was close to an airforce base and a group of F16 National Guard pilots where in there too. One came over and introduced himself to my friend with 'I'm a F16 instructor pilot'. First hand I knew that this girl was quite good, but merciful, at fending off unwanted advances. This time, however, I piped up first "So, I'm a student glider pilot." She started laughing so hard and long that the self-anointed sky god just wondered off looking as sheepish as you can in a green jumpsuit.

Found this: http://www.usaarl.army.mil/TechReports/86-10.PDF "In-flight Control Force Inputs for the US Army UH-1 Helicopter During Hydraulics-on and Hydraulics-off Approaches and Landings" Cyclic forces are really small usually less then 5 Newtons (1 lbf). So taking the spring out might actually make it pretty close.

But this thread was "Mast bumping" not massed bumping. Ya I was wondering about getting myself banned, but it did seem in the best interest of the tenuous last strand of sanity grasped to by me and others to bury it 6 threads under.

Ok. This should do it. Digging up some older stuff to bury "It's here", but I refuse to bump the price debate.

Die "It's here". Die. Bam, Bam.. dang it has no vital organs (or factual information). Can It even be killed.

No screen shots of people installing it. So it isn't here yet.

Bullet to the brain of the zombie "It's here" thread.

Bump to bury the necro "It's here" thread.

Very well done. Nice counterpoint to the image "Full Metal Jacket" left festering in our brains.

Get that in ink?

Thanks but too late. That brain cell is now dead from excessive abuse.

I'm having trouble engaging my sole acronym brain cell today. "Numerous SSE changes and new features" What does SSE stand for? While we are at it what makes a cockpit 6DOF and how does that relate to fully clickable?

Which is more ominous? "They're here", or "It's here".

Very nice video. Thanks. Just like this video: Whole time I'm watching that I'm thinking. Wave off, wave off. Not because it's too dangerous, but because you'll be stuck on that heaving, rolling, vomit inducing ship.

Step 1. Flip some likely looking switches that caught attention during my brief perusal of the manual. Step 2. I saw the Hovering video so I should have no problem doing that. Step 3. Die in a intricate dance of rotor, fuselage, ground, and flames. Step 4. Find the tutorials.

F5 thanks you for the info.

I just finished reading Chickenhawk. Thought it was interesting that not once did he mention running an actual checklist during startup.

Thanks Furia, I found the Google books version of the operating manual and the Autorotational Glide Characteristics chart. With a ~5:1 glide ratio the best you can say is, you are in fact gliding and the impact point is in front rather then behind you. I'm curious about the roof vs nose mounted pitot. Throughout the manual they are listed independently but I didn't see any mention of which was closer to correct or even how to get a calibrated airspeed for navigation calculation. So does kias stand for Kinda Inaccurate Arbitrary Speed.

Is 80kts the speed for best glide angle that still maintains rotor rpm? Is the right pedal against the stops preventing coordinated flight?

Maybe adjusting their speech to the audience?

Those two face palms knock some sense into you? Aircraft are defined as "A device that is used or intended to be used for flight in the air." So it includes Hot air balloons, gliders, helicopters, airplanes... An airplane is defined as "An engine-driven fixed-wing aircraft heavier than air, that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its wings." So 'airplane' does not include gliders, nor rotorcraft such as helicopters.

Aircraft not planes.

"Anticipation is key!" Yep, that's what I'm doing right now.

Thanks. Good to know it's not a cloths line for quick uniform drying, or a bungee cord to hold all those maps you can get folded back up.

Excuse my ignorance but what is the zig-zag cable down the tailboom for?