I give up, after many, many years!

"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.

--

Benjamin Dover wrote in
:

More like connected to a TRS 80.

Nah, more like a Mits 8080

--

"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in news:a15da157-a236-
:

On May 19, 6:54 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Ken S. Tucker writes:
I disagee. If all Instruments go dead, go to
magnetic compass for heading, even in a fog, that's
SOP.

If you have a compass, all instruments are not dead.

Well duh, it's a magnetic compass in a fluid.

Not after Ken drinks the fluid, of course.

However, that won't be enough in IMC.

Is for me.


Oh please do go out and fly instruments with just a whiskey compass,
fjukktard, Please make sure it's not a good airplane you take with you
to the grave.

Maintaining altitude is "seat of pants" thing, so
what? Set cruise RPM and feel airspeed.

That isn't possible.

Sure it is.
As long as you're not accelerating, which is something
that can be sensed by audio RPM , the magnetic
compass can operate as an artificial horizon too,
because it's like a plumb-bob.
It's of course, independant of operating systems.


Heeeee Haaaw!



Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Ken S. Tucker writes:

Well duh, it's a magnetic compass in a fluid.

The fluid can leak out.

What? Your TV screen is that realistic?



Bertie

Scott Skylane wrote in news:x5-
ommunications:

Nomen Nescio wrote:

Don't confuse memory with IQ. I know a lot of people who remember
damn near everything. They couldn't use any of that info to think
their
way out of a paper bag, though.

I see MX as a 500 gig hard drive,
connected to a Commodore 64 computer.
/snip/

Idiot Savant?

Or just the best damn troll that this group has seen in a long, long
time, perhaps ever?

Neither. Though you are close with the former. He's mildly autistic,
amongst other things. Many people who are autistic would have been
classified as idiot savant and display unique abilities, but Anthony
doesn't have any of those. What he does have is an ability to filter out
anything that doesn't mesh with his book learned information and a
complete inability to relate to other humans. It'd be sad if he weren't
such an asshole into the bargain.



Bertie

Nomen Nescio wrote in
:

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From: "Jay Honeck"

Pilots are an interesting breed. I've met dozens (hundreds?) of them
over the years who will state something as fact, but will not (or can
not) explain themselves when questioned. The whole attitude is that
they are so incredibly experienced that no one should deign question
their authority on the matter.

Of course, it seems funny that someone of this mindset might frequent
a *newsgroup* -- where the free-flow of information is the whole
point. But, like I said, pilots are an interesting breed.

Trouble is, MX, I'm afraid you have burnt too many bridges behind you
to expect any further cooperation here. This thread is evidence that
your message is no longer important to many posters here, even when
what you're saying precisely parrots Bob Gardner's excellent book "The
Complete Instrument Pilot".

Since you're already semi-anonymous, you might try laying low for a
few weeks and coming back under a new name? Hell, you might even try
using your own?
--
Jay Honeck

Ya know, Jay, For months I've been thinking that Bertie was a little
off base with his "you're an idiot" replies to your posts.
After reading this, and a few other replies you've made to this
thread, I'm re-evaluating and beginning to question whether he may
just be somewhat more perceptive than I am.

Don't beat yourself up. I've been k00k spotting for years.

Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Nomen Nescio writes:

"Partial panel" is a staple of IFR training, and the filght test.

Partial panel is also a reason to land at the first opportunity.


No ****. how is it NASA hasn't snapped you up?




Bertie

Michael Ash wrote in
:

In rec.aviation.student gatt wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:
gatt writes:

The ones that are ignored are different sensations and typically
have to do with equilibrium and the inner ear. Examples are
somatogravic and coriolis and inversion illusions. If your ass
leaves the seat or compresses into it, however, it's not something
you ignore.

Yes, it is, because it is no more reliable than any other sensation.

DON'T CONTRADICT ME. I FLY PLANES AND YOU PLAY VIDEO GAMES.

Congratulations, now you look like an arrogant asshole.

Of course so does MX, but at least he's an *entertaining* arrogant
asshole.

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. His stuff is frequently worth reading,
if only for the entertainment value, whereas the responses are
frequently acidic and worthless.

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. MX's
destructiveness comes only from the kind of replies he is able to make
people post. If we could all avoid posting that kind of reply, his
destructiveness will recede to "merely" being an obnoxious poster.


If you could get everyone to stop posting to him it'd be a usenet first.



Bertie

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
...
You can declare an emergency, but
unlike real life, ATC has the option to decline the emergency if it is too
busy to handle it.

What happens if you do not follow their instructions?

Do they have a virtual destruct button to remove you from their airspace?

On Tue, 13 May 2008 05:55:52 -0700 (PDT), "F. Baum"
wrote:

On May 13, 6:01*am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Well, I only use the airplane's clock in flight, and there's precious
little need for that these days ( I was recently asked why I punch the
stopwatch passing the marker by a training captain not too long ago) The
wris****ch is only as a backup in flight. It doesn't have a stop watch
function at all, though I probably would have one if the airplane didn't
have one for flying instruments.

The Boeings have nice clocks although like you said, they dont get
used much. All the holds are DME based and I cant remember the last
time anyone here timed an approach. I do wear a $30 timex, but thats
just to make sure I show up on time. It is actually a whatch someone
on this list recomended (I knew I wasnt just waisting my time on this
list).
F Baum

the average quartz movement is at least 5 times the accuracy of the
worlds best mechanical movement.
quartz with a limibright dial face does it for me.
Stealth Pilot