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Post by Telemachus on Jul 24, 2016 16:50:31 GMT
I have a friend in Munich - used to be in our gliding club and it's the guy I took to 28,534' in my glider in May. So of course you send him an email knowing full well that he won't have been in the 100 metre radius of action. But no, it transpires he was just outside the McDonalds, maybe 20 metres away, and was in the thick of it. Fortunately uninjured but badly shaken. The point of which is to put the petty bickering on here into perspective. It is just that - petty bickering and perhaps one day you will find something real to get excited about but to be fair to you lot, I really hope not as you wouldn't know how to handle it. Or to put it another way GET A LIFE (each). I'm glad your mate was safe during this atrocity. Picking up on the gliding theme, just wondering which gliding clubs you have belonged to? Only Cairngorm Gliding Club at Feshiebridge. Obviously I've flown from other sites too but with Feshie being the best in the country, why would I want to join a different club?!
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 24, 2016 16:51:46 GMT
And yet you seem unwilling to explain how, and I certainly can't see it. It therefore, at first glance, seems to be a non-sequitur and thus deserves no credibility as an argument.
Yes I suppose you could argue that there might be someone living in mainland Europe who is desperate to come to the UK just to blow us up, and perhaps Brexit will reduce that probability. But when the greatest probability is home grown, say 95% of the terrorist threat, the difference caused by eliminating the 5% seems inconsequential.
I haven't seen those percentages quoted Nick,they seem high to me.The greatest fear is certainly home grown,I don't know that its greatest probability That because I totally made them up. But since it impossible to calculate I feel entitled to make it up!
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Post by haulierp on Jul 24, 2016 16:55:44 GMT
I haven't seen those percentages quoted Nick,they seem high to me.The greatest fear is certainly home grown,I don't know that its greatest probability That because I totally made them up. But since it impossible to calculate I feel entitled to make it up! I just was reading that another Syrian refugee has ran amok tonight in a fresh outrage in Germany.A machete this time. I knew the percentages were a bit adventurous and stand by my sentiments from yesterday
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2016 16:58:10 GMT
I'm glad your mate was safe during this atrocity. Picking up on the gliding theme, just wondering which gliding clubs you have belonged to? Only Cairngorm Gliding Club at Feshiebridge. Obviously I've flown from other sites too but with Feshie being the best in the country, why would I want to join a different club?! I don't think I suggested you join another club. Just wondered where you trained and went solo?
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 24, 2016 17:10:00 GMT
Only Cairngorm Gliding Club at Feshiebridge. Obviously I've flown from other sites too but with Feshie being the best in the country, why would I want to join a different club?! I don't think I suggested you join another club. Just wondered where you trained and went solo? You didn't suggest it, I just mentioned it because you asked what clubs (plural). Anyway I actually learned to fly (power) with the university air squadron so when I arrived at Feshie I went solo fairly quickly, in a T21 sedberg. Silver badge in a Slingsby Swallow (which, bearing in mind i'm 6'5" was mostly a pain tolerance excercise!). Now I have an ASH25E so the technology and complexity has moved on a bit!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2016 17:17:45 GMT
I don't think I suggested you join another club. Just wondered where you trained and went solo? You didn't suggest it, I just mentioned it because you asked what clubs (plural). Anyway I actually learned to fly (power) with the university air squadron so when I arrived at Feshie I went solo fairly quickly, in a T21 sedberg. Silver badge in a Slingsby Swallow (which, bearing in mind i'm 6'5" was mostly a pain tolerance excercise!). Now I have an ASH25E so the technology and complexity has moved on a bit! Ah, so you did power first. I could never afford that but took up gliding in my late 40s. Still thinking of going back but I thought boating was much safer until I put my foot in that pot hole....grrr...
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Post by Graham on Jul 24, 2016 21:51:31 GMT
Now I have an ASH25E so the technology and complexity has moved on a bit! Which engine has it got?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2016 22:53:27 GMT
Now I have an ASH25E so the technology and complexity has moved on a bit! Which engine has it got? Rotax I suspect. So that's how he broke the altitude record...lol
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Post by kris on Jul 24, 2016 22:55:16 GMT
Rubber band I would have thought, knowing how much of a wind up nick is.
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Post by Graham on Jul 25, 2016 1:24:01 GMT
Rotax I suspect. So that's how he broke the altitude record...lol That is what I would expect. Could well be flight was sustained lol
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 25, 2016 9:10:08 GMT
Rotax I suspect. So that's how he broke the altitude record...lol That is what I would expect. Could well be flight was sustained lol It's a Rotax 275, a single cylinder 2-stroke 250cc rated at 24hp, single ignition. Which for a glider with typical takeoff mass of 750kg gives around 150'/min at sea level, on a good day! I don't have the figures to hand but I would imagine the climb rate would have fallen to zero by around 5000'. That is, if you could stand the noise and vibration for that long! it is no use putting it out and starting it if you get into trouble in the mountains as you have to fly slow with it out (50kts) and if there is 200'/min of sink (which is nothing) you are going down anyway! only useful to start when downwind in the circuit to land, to avoid a field landing or relight, so that if it conks out you can continue with the landing. I started it in the circuit earlier this year, it ran for a couple of seconds and then stopped due to an ignition wire fracturing at the crimp connector. i didn't really want a glider with a sustainer engine but it was otherwise the right glider in good condition at the right price so I bought it. oh and by the way, flight loggers have an engine run detector (based on noise/vibration) so you can see on the trace whether the engine was running or not.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2016 9:44:26 GMT
That is what I would expect. Could well be flight was sustained lol It's a Rotax 275, a single cylinder 2-stroke 250cc rated at 24hp, single ignition. Which for a glider with typical takeoff mass of 750kg gives around 150'/min at sea level, on a good day! I don't have the figures to hand but I would imagine the climb rate would have fallen to zero by around 5000'. That is, if you could stand the noise and vibration for that long! it is no use putting it out and starting it if you get into trouble in the mountains as you have to fly slow with it out (50kts) and if there is 200'/min of sink (which is nothing) you are going down anyway! only useful to start when downwind in the circuit to land, to avoid a field landing or relight, so that if it conks out you can continue with the landing. I started it in the circuit earlier this year, it ran for a couple of seconds and then stopped due to an ignition wire fracturing at the crimp connector. i didn't really want a glider with a sustainer engine but it was otherwise the right glider in good condition at the right price so I bought it. oh and by the way, flight loggers have an engine run detector (based on noise/vibration) so you can see on the trace whether the engine was running or not. Lol...I was only messing around. BTW, I know some pilots argue that the engine should never be relied on for stretching an approach. If it doesn't start you'll come down quicker than not having one. Normal powered gliders are useful for cross country training...and they can take off without any assistance from ground crew! I really miss flying but boating seems to have taken over.
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Post by thebfg on Jul 25, 2016 10:30:28 GMT
I'm glad your mate was safe during this atrocity. Picking up on the gliding theme, just wondering which gliding clubs you have belonged to? Only Cairngorm Gliding Club at Feshiebridge. Obviously I've flown from other sites too but with Feshie being the best in the country, why would I want to join a different club?! My dad makes his annual pilgrimage to Aboyne to go soaring, Me i stoped twenty years ago when i was 17. got a car And found other things to do at the weekend. still think about going again, but with work and kids it gets hard.
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Post by loafer on Jul 25, 2016 14:00:43 GMT
Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, let me think. No, I don't have an input to that discussion. I was merely providing bassplayer with the correct answer to his question! Can't you just move your soapbox a bit further away? What soapbox,its a straight enough question.You don't want the potential hassle from answering it you mealy mouthed idiot I can't remember what your discussion was about, and I can't be arsed trying to find it! I don't think I even read it - I generally don't read your stuff. I just saw bassplayer's question and answered it.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 25, 2016 14:32:08 GMT
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