Why I haven't been online much.... (Off-Topic)
by Mid7night 
, Rocket BSCHSHCSHSHCCHGGH!!!!!!, Friday, July 31, 2015, 04:54 (3407 days ago)
It's not for the reasons you think! ....unless you actually know what my other major hobby is.... :P
Is it a glider?
by scarab , Friday, July 31, 2015, 06:29 (3407 days ago) @ Mid7night
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Yup!....
by Mid7night , Rocket BSCHSHCSHSHCCHGGH!!!!!!, Friday, July 31, 2015, 15:18 (3406 days ago) @ scarab
All glider, no motor but the wind (and gravity).
It's a class of glider called "PSS", which means "Power Slope Scale", but the "power" comes from inertia. These gliders routinely weigh between 3 to 6 POUNDS!
I fly here:
Here's what it looks like "in the cockpit"...
Yup!....
by Blackt1g3r , Login is from an untrusted domain in MN, Friday, July 31, 2015, 15:40 (3406 days ago) @ Mid7night
I bet you can stay up a long time with the sea breeze coming up that hill.
You keep coming into town
by j41m3z , Friday, July 31, 2015, 17:59 (3406 days ago) @ Mid7night
And I have yet to see you mention Busy Bee.
You keep coming into town
by Mid7night , Rocket BSCHSHCSHSHCCHGGH!!!!!!, Friday, July 31, 2015, 18:10 (3406 days ago) @ j41m3z
And I have yet to see you mention Busy Bee.
That's because I don't go to San Pedro to eat or shop, I go there to FLY!
Why I haven't been online much....
25 years ago I used to fly a lot. I miss it, so much fun. How things have changed.
I remember walking into a hobby store about 4-5 years ago looking for a 1/10 RC car to enjoy w/ my sons. Turns out years ago electric fell out of favor and now it's all gas-powered. Shocking.
- M
p,s. Still have the wings of the one plane I built all by myself 30 years ago. Bet you can figure out the wording on it.
Why I haven't been online much....
by dogcow , Hiding from Bob, in the vent core., Tuesday, August 04, 2015, 18:16 (3402 days ago) @ Miguel Chavez
25 years ago I used to fly a lot. I miss it, so much fun. How things have changed.
Likewise, tho' it's a little closer to 20 for me.
I remember walking into a hobby store about 4-5 years ago looking for a 1/10 RC car to enjoy w/ my sons. Turns out years ago electric fell out of favor and now it's all gas-powered. Shocking.
Funny, airplanes went just the other way, from gas to all electric.
Teaching grandma to suck eggs...
by scarab , Tuesday, August 04, 2015, 18:05 (3402 days ago) @ Mid7night
cause you probably know all this stuff.
But if anyone wants to see what the guts of a jet engine looks like up close then there are a lot of really cool videos here.
What more can I say to the rest of the forum? If you are not interested in jet engines then don't click the link. If you find that you want to click the link then you wont be disappointed.