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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Uh, I just flew in from Hawaii and are my arms tired :eek: :p |
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Location: NJ | The PowersThatBe just pulled-the-plug on this whole project citing "liability" issues . . .
I'm Pissed.
(f@ckin'Lawyers!) |
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Location: big island | well, at least this thread was enlightening and entertaining. thanks, cliff. sorry, cliff. |
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Location: closely held secret | Sorry to hear that, Cliff. It always seems to happen to the things we really look forward to (they have yet to cancel a Factory Tour... hmmm).
At least you're stocked up on bananas... right? |
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Location: NJ | Yeah, but not knowing how the "flight" was gonna turn out, I didn't buy any green ones . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | Good thinkin'...  |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by cliff:
The PowersThatBe just pulled-the-plug on this whole project citing "liability" issues . . . They thought to themselves... "Cliff?... AirCraft?... Tall buildings? There's no F@ckin' way." |
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Location: NJ | some people just have no sense of humour . . . |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | .....it was the boxcutters, wasn't it? |
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Location: NJ | nah, but it MIGHT've been the turban. |
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Location: Central Oregon | Want a real rush? Try a powerchute. Here I am kiting up for takeoff-
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Location: Bluffton, SC | THAT'S the thing that keeps flying over my house every summer! We've got a small runway not far from us and a few things go off every now and then but I always wondered what the hell that thing was!! I've always wanted to paraglide too but THAT looks like fun. Thaks for posting that, Nils. |
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Location: NJ | I always see those flying over the beach down in CapeMay every Summer . . . |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | You need a double barrel shot gun to bring them down. Single load requires too good a shot. |
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Location: NJ | Yeah, but if you "take out" the prop, they spiral-in real pretty . . . . |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | SHOTgun! Shotgun?
If you can't put a hole in the aluminum block don't even bother to come hunting with us....
"Kill 'em clean or let 'em live."
That's why I go duck hunting with a 22. Head shots only. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Spoken like a true Mafioso. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia |
and that hurt
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Location: Houston, Texas | Nah, you guys ain't thinkin' right. It ain't the prop or the crankcase, it's the canopy. A good wingtip vortice from a heavily loaded plane, even a Cessna, would bring 'em down the quickest. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Cliff, do you at least have the cap to commemorate the event that almost was?
Modeling pics would be most appreciated! |
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Location: Central Oregon | They're really surprisingly stable. Once inflated the canopy is very stiff. It took a while before I quit looking up & wondering about how strong the little cords were that were holding me up, but it's really pretty rigid. Pretty easy to fly, you steer with your feet once you're in the air. There are bars you push on that pull on the shrouds just like the regular parachute guys do. They go 28 mph. At full throttle you go 28 mph & "up" & with the engine at idle (or off) you go 28 mph & "down". If the engine should quit for some reason (rare but it happens) you look for an open field & land. No big deal. *Unless* you are over water. The only fatalities that I know of were people that had to land in water. Those machines sink like a stone & getting clear of the shrouds & chute is apparently very difficult in the water. Once you get the engine set at the right rpm for level flight with the hand throttle your hands are free. You can take pictures, eat a sandwich, or rip off a few rounds from an AR15 from out of shotgun range.
They do have limits. Since they have no rudder you can't land in a cross wind. You have to come in directly into the wind. And you shouldn't fly if there is more than a 10mph breeze.
Also, to really fly one in this area you have to be ready to take off at the crack of dawn. By 8:00 or 9:00AM the wind is starting to come up. That's why I've never bought my own. I'm not really a morning person. Flying is a lot of fun but by the time I soloed I was getting tired of getting up so damned early every Saturday. Still, they are a hell of a lot of fun & when you're flying one you KNOW you're flying! |
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Location: North Cal. mountains | Until your single engine fails and you find yourself (unexpectedly) plummeting toward the ground at a rate and altitude that unfortunately will not facilitate the use of a parachute.
If you fly, fly high enough to survive. Use a real airplane and instructor at first so you can understand what you are really facing. Especially if you have kids.
Then, fly, fly, fly like the wind and don't ever let anyone stop you from playing guitar mid-air on the wing of a bi-plane at a show in Hillsboro, CA to fund your flight-junkie mentality. Go for it and make us all proud.
As long as you know the science behind what you are doing.
Dual-engine will bring you home. |
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Location: North Cal. mountains | Sorry, but I drank beer and inserted my only two (commen sense) cents. |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | Nothing wrong with that Juju...no need to apologise :) |
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OT: Chopper Friday
