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I give up, after many, many years!
gatt wrote in
: Bertie the Bunyip wrote: Well duh, it's a magnetic compass in a fluid. The fluid can leak out. What? Your TV screen is that realistic? Shouldn't set Kool-Aid glasses on the monitor. Hmm, maybe i should refill my wet compass with goofy grape next time... Bertie |
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Michael Ash wrote:
In rec.aviation.student gatt wrote: Congratulations, now you look like an arrogant asshole. Of course so does MX, but at least he's an *entertaining* arrogant asshole. Sometimes you have to speak their language. My purpose wasn't to entertain people. If you want, however, I'll tell you some knock-knock jokes. I'm sure everybody appreciates your encouragement of his behavior, by the way. Nice job, Ash. I find it to be tremendously ironic that these recent monster threads revolving around MX have led me to killfile several people who respond to him but not to killfile him. That's your choice. Different people come to the forum for different reasons. I'm here to share my experience and learn from the experience of others, and I read a whole lot more than I post. If you get to the point where you're typing in all caps, or having to wave your certificates in his face, take a moment to step back and think about whether your reply adds any value to the group. He came out here, asked the pilots a question then proceeded to refute every single thing they said. Not just me ASEL pilots like me, but just about everybody. I answered his question initially because the question had value to the student pilots in the student group. His utter nonsense that followed merely adds misinformation and, perhaps, satisfies your entertainment needs. As to whether "waving certificates" in people's faces adds value, it's not much different than sourcing an official or authoritative reference, is it? If we were talking about combat it would be relevant for the readers to understand that the people in the discussion are a video game geek versus a combat veteran. -c Arrogant Asshole |
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Nomen Nescio wrote:
A true world-class expert has nothing to prove to anyone and isn't likely to be insecure, but a low-time pilot with more ego than competence is likely to be very insecure and very eager to prove that he knows more than other people do. Considering your attitude, and your ZERO time status, and typing while laughing my ass off, I think you've defined yourself, perfectly. Yep. Dead ringer. -c |
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On May 20, 12:33 am, John Godwin wrote:
"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in news:a15da157-a236- : Well duh, it's a magnetic compass in a fluid. While flying in IMC, I had a compass seal fail 10 miles from my destination ... gawd, smelly compass fluid all over the cockpit. When thought through, the Mag-Comp is quite the precision instrument. That fluid needs be able to not freeze down to what, maybe -40F. (Ron from Alaska might know). It also sits in an Arizona sun and can't expand to burst, though yours (John) may have. It also has a viscosity that keeps the thing from gyrating all over the place, the one we used had a slow lag while banking, so if you wanted to come to 180 level the wings for 178 and the thing creeps to 180. Ken |
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On May 20, 10:27 am, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote:
When thought through, the Mag-Comp is quite the precision instrument. That fluid needs be able to not freeze down to what, maybe -40F. (Ron from Alaska might know). It also sits in an Arizona sun and can't expand to burst, though yours (John) may have. It also has a viscosity that keeps the thing from gyrating all over the place, the one we used had a slow lag while banking, so if you wanted to come to 180 level the wings for 178 and the thing creeps to 180. Ken Good grief. The compass has a diaphragm to take care of expansion and contraction, and its fluid is just a solvent that has a low freeze point. Even plain old gasoline has a low freeze point. Nothing "precision" about that. And as for lag while banking, you haven't studied the Private Pilot groundschool stuff about Northerly Turning Error or anything else. You CANNOT use it to roll out on a heading like you claim. And you can't fly a 150 at 37 Kts indicated on approach. 150s never had knotmeters. anyway. Had airspeed indicators calibrated in MPH. And what is an "indescent indicator?" Does it measure indecent exposure, maybe? Dan |
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"Steve Foley" wrote in message news:YwzYj.3273$Zy1.1619@trndny05... He/She/It has denied being Anthony Atkielski, so we really have no way to tell. 1) Anthony Atkielski published a blog (aprenta.blogspot.com) 2) MX denies having ever written a blog Therefore MX denies being Anthony Atlielski And with the proven desire both Bertie and his ilk (recruited by constant cross posting), has shown in forging identities, Bertie's influence on the noise level of this group is really the only thing we can be sure of. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised of MX's recent postings were not forgeries by Bertie & Co, since he has such a hard time getting attention otherwise. |
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"Maxwell" luv2^fly99@cox.^net wrote in
: "Steve Foley" wrote in message news:YwzYj.3273$Zy1.1619@trndny05... He/She/It has denied being Anthony Atkielski, so we really have no way to tell. 1) Anthony Atkielski published a blog (aprenta.blogspot.com) 2) MX denies having ever written a blog Therefore MX denies being Anthony Atlielski And with the proven desire both Bertie and his ilk (recruited by constant cross posting), has shown in forging identities, Bertie's influence on the noise level of this group is really the only thing we can be sure of. As long as i have you anyway! I wouldn't be the least bit surprised of MX's recent postings were not forgeries by Bertie & Co, since he has such a hard time getting attention otherwise. I don't forge, fjukkwit. Put up or shut up. If i've forged you and Databasix has ignored your protests, then news.admin.net-abuse.usenet is the place you should be shrieking about it. Databasix and/or Altopia would get a usenet death penalty and I'd be SOL for usenet access. So, if you're going to level forgery accusations you had better be prepared to back them up. Put up or shut up, asshole. Bertie |
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This is worth noting. Jay Somerset, who started this thread, said he
would no longer take part in this newsgroup. Jay, thus far, is a man of his word. This 5/11 post was the last one by that username. to the group. There is honor among posters! Paraphrasing something often said, it's a superior poster who uses superior judgment to avoid circumstances where his superior posting skills are needed. There may be a lesson here somewhere. On May 11, 11:33 am, Jay Somerset wrote: I give up -- not flying -- but subscribing to this NG. It is just too riddled with crap and backbiting, to the point that it carries little if any useful exchange of interest to active pilots. It isn't worth the effort any more, even with multiple kill files. So good riddance to 90+% of the posts, and the few idiots who have, managed to spoil the NG over the past couple of years, and farewell to those few remaining sensible contributors. I admire your patience and tolerance. Mine have given out! -- Jay (remove dashes for legal email address) |
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On May 20, 10:04 am, wrote:
On May 20, 10:27 am, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote: When thought through, the Mag-Comp is quite the precision instrument. That fluid needs be able to not freeze down to what, maybe -40F. (Ron from Alaska might know). It also sits in an Arizona sun and can't expand to burst, though yours (John) may have. It also has a viscosity that keeps the thing from gyrating all over the place, the one we used had a slow lag while banking, so if you wanted to come to 180 level the wings for 178 and the thing creeps to 180. Ken Good grief. The compass has a diaphragm to take care of expansion and contraction, and its fluid is just a solvent that has a low freeze point. Even plain old gasoline has a low freeze point. Mr. Potato Head, we don't put a big blob of flammable material in a cock-pit, your sci-phy-math-chem education is a functional Gr.10. Nothing "precision" about that. And as for lag while banking, you haven't studied the Private Pilot groundschool stuff about Northerly Turning Error or anything else. You CANNOT use it to roll out on a heading like you claim. Duh, that's what your mag-field map is for, it provides the mag-heading relative to true north at the location you're at. I flew alot in ontario and lines are a mess, but that's not a big deal over ~ 50 miles. My required instruction was to use the mag-comp for IFR, including pitch level, yaw constant, and nulled roll, it's a semi skill. It has two spheres, one enclosing fixed to the aircraft that is transparent, but demarkated, and a internal floater also demarkated. The relative equators is what's important. Once the heading and throttle power is fixed, align the equators to maintain a constant pitch and altitude, and that will get you by in foggy night, if you have a flashlight. That's a 1 hour lesson, and I'd be happy to instruct you on that, if you're qualified to understand it. I had a cool instructor and we'd play out worst case scenerios, such as in a dark and stormy foggy night with all normal instruments failed, how do we get back to a base. And you can't fly a 150 at 37 Kts indicated on approach. 150s never had knotmeters. anyway. Had airspeed indicators calibrated in MPH. LOL, Is that a MIAS instead of a KIAS? And what is an "indescent indicator?" Does it measure indecent exposure, maybe? Depends on whether you're using the yoke or the stick, which do you prefer? Ken |
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