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gee, sorry to take the **** out of your darwin award idea - a bunch of grumpy old ******s doing things bass ackwards over there if you think that's what soaring's about.. |
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I believe that the 1 minute 40 seconds included the winch launch to 400
metres (1300ft), which would take about 40 seconds in itself. As the Discus has self connecting controls, a positive control check is probably not totally necessary, although desirable. Del Copeland At 15:54 16 November 2008, Uncle Fuzzy wrote: They claim 1 minute, 40 seconds. In the video, it is 37 seconds from the time the lady says 'go', to the time the winch starts spinning. It's pretty reasonable to expect a PCC was done sometime during the missing minute, but this 'stunt' was edited and narrated with 'Joe Average', not 'Joe Glider Pilot' in mind. A PCC would look like so much wasted motion to people who don't fly. It would be a different video if it were edtited and narrated by Mr. Knauff. You and I might like it better, but the general public? Not so much. |
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Interesting trivia about this video: the pilot is two times world
champion (guess who!) and one member of the rigging team is well known aviation insurance agent. I bet their insurance coverage was more than ok during this attempt... rk |
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At 23:45 14 November 2008, Z Goudie wrote:
They looked switched on enough to have rehearsed this a few times and taken the safety aspects into consideration. Given most of the previous comments in the thread I'm not surprised that soaring is turning into an old farts hobby. Live a little before you die. Yes, one could look at this as a very carefully planned demonstration, where you can notice that the brain of the operation is a blond Finnish, carefully supervising and certainly ready to stop the op if the need arise. It is also amazing to notice that particular sailplane holding itself together with one bolt and one pin only. IS NOT THIS SOME KIND OF MAGIC!!!! (a wonder of German engineering) and....they did not seal the gaps................... but........what a great show........................... PCC was maybe skipped, but could certainly be performed without loosing a single sec |
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At 23:45 14 November 2008, Z Goudie wrote:
They looked switched on enough to have rehearsed this a few times and taken the safety aspects into consideration. Given most of the previous comments in the thread I'm not surprised that soaring is turning into an old farts hobby. Live a little before you die. Yes, one could look at this as a very carefully planned demonstration, where you can notice that the brain of the operation is a blond Finnish, carefully supervising and certainly ready to stop the op if the need arise. It is also amazing to notice that particular sailplane holding itself together with one bolt and one pin only. IS NOT THIS SOME KIND OF MAGIC!!!! (a wonder of German engineering) and....they did not seal the gaps................... but........what a great show........................... PCC was maybe skipped, but could certainly be performed without loosing a single sec |
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