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![]() Nothing air-cooled, thank you. I'm thinking water cooled, and smaller, to fit in the sport pilot class. A Chevy 4.3 would be great, but I would have to make an airframe that weighed about 57 pounds. g Not likely. Motorcycle engine? Soob? I don't know. I've got a while to think about it. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++ You're a glutton for punishment. Go Soob and a 60 lb airframe. Barnyard BOb -- |
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![]() As best as I see it, there's only one certain way to avoid engine or prop failu fly a glider! Russell Kent +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Fly a GLIDER?!?!?!?!? Surely, you jest. It has amazed me how many power pilots would not give our sailplane club ships a try. Every excuse in the book has been used to beg off. IMO, many power jockeys secretly fear embarrassment or worse, when no engine is available to mask possible shortcomings of basic skills and judgment required for true mastery of flight. Barnyard BOb -- |
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Barnyard BOb - wrote:
As best as I see it, there's only one certain way to avoid engine or prop failu fly a glider! Russell Kent +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Fly a GLIDER?!?!?!?!? Surely, you jest. It has amazed me how many power pilots would not give our sailplane club ships a try. Every excuse in the book has been used to beg off. IMO, many power jockeys secretly fear embarrassment or worse, when no engine is available to mask possible shortcomings of basic skills and judgment required for true mastery of flight. Barnyard BOb -- Now Uncle Bob, I have flown a glider a couple of times and lived to tell about it. Of coure it was not by choice, it was when the fan up front quit turning on its own. I was not embarrassed at all when I walked away from them. :-) Jerry |
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![]() "Barnyard BOb -" wrote You're a glutton for punishment. Go Soob and a 60 lb airframe. Barnyard BOb -- WoW! Stop the press! BOb has given approval for someone to use an *gasp* Auto Engine! smirk -- Jim in NC --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.784 / Virus Database: 530 - Release Date: 10/27/2004 |
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![]() You're a glutton for punishment. Go Soob and a 60 lb airframe. Barnyard BOb -- WoW! Stop the press! BOb has given approval for someone to use an *gasp* Auto Engine! smirk ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Please contain yourself. No need to get carried away, Jim. The approval is a limited endorsement for YOU - and wannabee d5 Yawn Jimenez. You're no photographer but... surely, you get the picture. g Barnyard BOb - |
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![]() "Barnyard BOb -" wrote in message ... You're a glutton for punishment. Go Soob and a 60 lb airframe. Barnyard BOb -- WoW! Stop the press! BOb has given approval for someone to use an *gasp* Auto Engine! smirk ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Please contain yourself. No need to get carried away, Jim. The approval is a limited endorsement for YOU - and wannabee d5 Yawn Jimenez. You're no photographer but... surely, you get the picture. g Barnyard BOb - ****************** THAT was below the belt. Me and YAWN in the same line? I don't think so. -- Jim in NC --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.784 / Virus Database: 530 - Release Date: 10/28/2004 |
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"Barnyard BOb -" wrote:
IMO, many power jockeys secretly fear embarrassment or worse, when no engine is available to mask possible shortcomings of basic skills and judgment required for true mastery of flight. I'm reminded of the old gem: "How does one acquire good judgment? By making bad decisions." Russell Kent |
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![]() "Barnyard BOb -" wrote: IMO, many power jockeys secretly fear embarrassment or worse, when no engine is available to mask possible shortcomings of basic skills and judgment required for true mastery of flight. I'm reminded of the old gem: "How does one acquire good judgment? By making bad decisions." Russell Kent +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Great sound bite, and repeatable... for Tiddlywinks or MS Flight Simulator. In the real flying world, surviving multiple bad flight decisions is nearly impossible. JFK Jr. is but one tragic example. Barnyard BOb - Fate is the hunter. |
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Someone said that we each start our flying careers with a full glass of luck
and an empty glass of skill. The idea is to fill the skill glass before the luck glass is empty! -Bob Korves "Barnyard BOb -" wrote in message ... "Barnyard BOb -" wrote: IMO, many power jockeys secretly fear embarrassment or worse, when no engine is available to mask possible shortcomings of basic skills and judgment required for true mastery of flight. I'm reminded of the old gem: "How does one acquire good judgment? By making bad decisions." Russell Kent +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Great sound bite, and repeatable... for Tiddlywinks or MS Flight Simulator. In the real flying world, surviving multiple bad flight decisions is nearly impossible. JFK Jr. is but one tragic example. Barnyard BOb - Fate is the hunter. |
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Bob Korves wrote:
Someone said that we each start our flying careers with a full glass of luck and an empty glass of skill. The idea is to fill the skill glass before the luck glass is empty! I mostly agree- I think the idea is to not empty the luck glass too quickly (or at all), at least not empty it faster than the other one fills ![]() Or let's be less philisophical- don't do dumb stuff! |
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