will this fly?

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 02:57:11 GMT, "Matthew S. Whiting"
wrote:

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I was taught, no matter what the target, don't suddenly swerve. In
heavy traffic swerving can cause more problems than it solves.

Like seat belts you are playing the odds. Always maintain control as
long as possible.

I had an SUV pull out in front of my Transam a couple years back. Had
I swerved left I'd still have hit him, but it would have driven me
right into oncoming traffic and spun him. Had I swerved right I'd
have driven him right into that oncoming traffic and it would have put
what was left of the TA into the big trees.

Traffic was very heavy. When the parts settled two more cars coming
from the other direction swerved to avoid the cars slowing down and
they hit the SUV which was now setting in the left turn lane.
That traffic doesn't slow for anything including stopped cars or icy
road.


Ouch! I've had some close calls on my Voyager, but so far haven't
picked up any hair...

I hit a deer during a night landing at GDW a few years back. There
were no deer on the runway, but this one decided she wanted to be on
the other side. The timing was about as close as it could get to
minimize the damage. She was going so fast that her head hit behind
the prop circle.. Just milliseconds earlier and she'd have hit the
prop and nose gear. Milliseconds later and she'd have hit farther out
on the wing where the impact would have had much more leverage and in
a much more fragile area. As it was the impact ruptured the fuel
bladder in the tank on that side, even though the deer did not make
contact with the tank.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair?)
www.rogerhalstead.com
Return address modified due to dumb virus checkers


Matt

Roger Halstead wrote:
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 02:57:11 GMT, "Matthew S. Whiting"
wrote:

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I was taught, no matter what the target, don't suddenly swerve. In
heavy traffic swerving can cause more problems than it solves.

In heavy traffic, I agree. With no traffic, I completely disagree.
Swerving is by far the most effective avoidance maneuver if you have a
place to swerve too. This is true of cars, motorcycles, and
particularly, airplanes. It is especially hard to stop the latter, even
when on the ground! If you were taught to never, ever swerve, then you
should ask for your money back as you had a lousy teacher.


Like seat belts you are playing the odds. Always maintain control as
long as possible.

Absolutely. I never suggested losing control.


I had an SUV pull out in front of my Transam a couple years back. Had
I swerved left I'd still have hit him, but it would have driven me
right into oncoming traffic and spun him. Had I swerved right I'd
have driven him right into that oncoming traffic and it would have put
what was left of the TA into the big trees.

Traffic was very heavy. When the parts settled two more cars coming
from the other direction swerved to avoid the cars slowing down and
they hit the SUV which was now setting in the left turn lane.
That traffic doesn't slow for anything including stopped cars or icy
road.

Read what I wrote earlier. I never suggested swerving into either
traffic or large fixed objects. Nice that you snipped out the relevant
parts of my previous post(s).


Matt

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 13:59:45 GMT, "Matthew S. Whiting"
wrote:
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Read what I wrote earlier. I never suggested swerving into either
traffic or large fixed objects. Nice that you snipped out the relevant
parts of my previous post(s).

Don't take it personal, I always try to snip everything except the
points I'm answering. Sometimes a bit extra gets lost.

I hate to see a one line answer on two pages of accumulated post.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair?)
www.rogerhalstead.com
Return address modified due to dumb virus checkers




Matt

("Roger Halstead" wrote)
I hate to see a one line answer on two pages of accumulated post.


It seems like that problem is getting worse these days.

People, please trim your posts.

Just me being snippy tonight. :-)

--
Montblack
http://lumma.de/mt/archives/bart.gif

"Montblack" wrote:
I hate to see a one line answer on two pages of accumulated post.

It seems like that problem is getting worse these days.

People, please trim your posts.

Hear, hear!

Roger Halstead wrote:
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 13:59:45 GMT, "Matthew S. Whiting"
wrote:
snip

Read what I wrote earlier. I never suggested swerving into either
traffic or large fixed objects. Nice that you snipped out the relevant
parts of my previous post(s).


Don't take it personal, I always try to snip everything except the
points I'm answering. Sometimes a bit extra gets lost.

I don't take it personally, but in this case it completely changed what
I said.


I hate to see a one line answer on two pages of accumulated post.

I agree, but you shouldn't snip so much that the meaning is completely
lost. That is rather disengenuous at best.


Matt