A aviation & planes forum. AviationBanter

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » AviationBanter forum » rec.aviation newsgroups » Soaring
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

Super fast assembly and launch...



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old November 14th 08, 06:49 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
KevinFinke
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 72
Default Super fast assembly and launch...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huk_WOxk1oc

After seeing this video, I think I'm going to try and recruit 5 people
to help me assemble my ship instead of just one....
  #2  
Old November 14th 08, 08:17 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
jcarlyle
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 522
Default Super fast assembly and launch...

I don't think they did a positive control check. Not too smart...but
oh, well, it was a record attempt, don't you know?

-John

On Nov 14, 12:49 pm, KevinFinke wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huk_WOxk1oc

After seeing this video, I think I'm going to try and recruit 5 people
to help me assemble my ship instead of just one....


  #3  
Old November 14th 08, 08:46 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Brad[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 722
Default Super fast assembly and launch...


I don't think they did a positive control check. Not too smart...but
oh, well, it was a record attempt, don't you know?


hah..................you read my mind...........just for a wind-up I
thought I would post this on our clubs BB, sit back and watch the
safety monkeys come un-glued.

Brad
  #4  
Old November 14th 08, 09:14 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
[email protected]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 67
Default Super fast assembly and launch...

On Nov 14, 2:46*pm, Brad wrote:
I don't think they did a positive control check. Not too smart...but
oh, well, it was a record attempt, don't you know?


hah..................you read my mind...........just for a wind-up I
thought I would post this on our clubs BB, sit back and watch the
safety monkeys come un-glued.

Brad


This is merely reckless, and only moderately so, at that. Any fool
can be reckless. I want to see recklessness that requires real skill
to survive.
At the very least he could have finished the flight with a redline
pass under a bridge.

-T8
  #5  
Old November 14th 08, 09:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Brad[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 722
Default Super fast assembly and launch...

On Nov 14, 12:14*pm, wrote:
On Nov 14, 2:46*pm, Brad wrote:

I don't think they did a positive control check. Not too smart...but
oh, well, it was a record attempt, don't you know?


hah..................you read my mind...........just for a wind-up I
thought I would post this on our clubs BB, sit back and watch the
safety monkeys come un-glued.


Brad


This is merely reckless, and only moderately so, at that. *Any fool
can be reckless. *I want to see recklessness that requires real skill
to survive.
At the very least he could have finished the flight with a redline
pass under a bridge.

-T8


inverted
  #6  
Old November 14th 08, 09:54 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
KevinFinke
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 72
Default Super fast assembly and launch...

Be careful Brad. Some of the safety primates read this site too...

I noticed the lack of a PCC as well, and thought that was kind of poor
form. They did do a control check, meaning that they made sure things
moved and opened and closed. The Discus and many other modern
sailplanes all now have automatic control hookups. So what is the risk
of not performing a PCC with automatic hookups? Has anyone with one of
these modern ships ever had a problem that was discovered during a
PCC?

  #7  
Old November 14th 08, 10:09 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bob Kuykendall
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,345
Default Super fast assembly and launch...

On Nov 14, 12:54*pm, KevinFinke wrote:

...Has anyone with one of
these modern ships ever had a problem that was discovered during a
PCC?


It's rare, but I have seen it happen: Chad Moore discovered a broken
center elevator hinge on PCC of the auto-connecting elevator on his
Russia. Pulling the stick back would push the elevator aft without
deflecting it up.

Thanks, Bob K.
  #8  
Old November 14th 08, 10:46 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Ralph Jones[_2_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 117
Default Super fast assembly and launch...

On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:17:11 -0800 (PST), jcarlyle
wrote:

I don't think they did a positive control check. Not too smart...but
oh, well, it was a record attempt, don't you know?


I'd say it set a record, but not precisely the kind they were looking
for.

Wonder if they still have an insurance company?

rj
  #9  
Old November 14th 08, 10:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
brianDG303
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 44
Default Super fast assembly and launch...

On Nov 14, 1:09*pm, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Nov 14, 12:54*pm, KevinFinke wrote:

...Has anyone with one of
these modern ships ever had a problem that was discovered during a
PCC?


It's rare, but I have seen it happen: Chad Moore discovered a broken
center elevator hinge on PCC of the auto-connecting elevator on his
Russia. Pulling the stick back would push the elevator aft without
deflecting it up.

Thanks, Bob K.


Kevin and Brad, I am one of those safety primates, I just don't make a
lot of noise about it. Although I did get a lecture about that 130
knot contest finish.

DG300's are supposed to be auto hookup, but Dan King told me about
managing to get the tail on without the bearing getting into the
funnel, making the elevator useless. That is one failed hookup I don't
want to make. I think the thing about saftey as you're either becoming
more safe or less safe over time, and if you stop thinking about it
then you're probably becoming less safe. The other thing is to weigh
the cost, and the cost of a positive is very low in terms of time and
probably could have been done by that team with no increase in time.


Personally I find safety excites me.

  #10  
Old November 14th 08, 11:00 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
[email protected]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 57
Default Super fast assembly and launch...

On Nov 14, 3:54*pm, KevinFinke wrote:
Has anyone with one of
these modern ships ever had a problem that was discovered during a
PCC?


Yes, ASW27, C/G release check, failure to open; jammed with dirt. That
would have been fun on the winch.
 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Old pics - new scans - Super Etendard from 17 Flotille about to launch from Foch Dave Kearton Aviation Photos 0 January 14th 08 01:09 PM
Saturn IB S-IB Stage Thrust Structure Assembly at Michoud Assembly Facility 6974931.jpg [email protected] Aviation Photos 0 April 11th 07 02:45 AM
Saturn IB S-IB Stage Thrust Structure Assembly at Michoud Assembly Facility 6973027.jpg [email protected] Aviation Photos 0 April 11th 07 02:45 AM
Saturn IB S-IB Stage Assembly at Michoud Assembly Facility 6973449.jpg [email protected] Aviation Photos 0 April 11th 07 02:43 AM
Post-assembly or Pre-launch checks AZ T-rex Soaring 0 January 30th 06 01:16 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:10 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 AviationBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.