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  1. radfordc

    "We just hit a Drone!" | Windshield Damaged on United B737 MAX at SFO

    So... if you aren't welding up a steel tube fuse and building wings from spruce and plywood you're just playing with toys? Match hole kits and one week to taxi builders assist have "destroyed" homebuilding? Different strokes for different folks.
  2. radfordc

    "We just hit a Drone!" | Windshield Damaged on United B737 MAX at SFO

    Wow...what a bunch of strange arguments thrown out to prove "RC is dead or dying" when it's patently obvious that the opposite is true. Yes, glow power is virtually dead. Why, because its been replaced by better technologies...electronic spark ignition and electric (and no, drone pilots had...
  3. radfordc

    "We just hit a Drone!" | Windshield Damaged on United B737 MAX at SFO

    I understand that the buggy whip industry is on hard times too. Nothing in what you wrote points to drone pilots destroying the RC model industry (as Pops first alleged). Rather it shows that nothing stays the same.
  4. radfordc

    "We just hit a Drone!" | Windshield Damaged on United B737 MAX at SFO

    Anyone who thinks RC model aviation has been destroyed is in a different reality. Model aviation today is the best it's been since I started 70 years ago.
  5. radfordc

    "We just hit a Drone!" | Windshield Damaged on United B737 MAX at SFO

    https://people.com/united-airlines-flight-returns-san-francisco-airport-after-bird-strike-8620853
  6. radfordc

    "We just hit a Drone!" | Windshield Damaged on United B737 MAX at SFO

    Pops, don't talk crap that isn't true! It makes you sound like a news reporter.
  7. radfordc

    Bleriot 62% scale RC with direct drive Briggs v-twin

    The AMA large model program goes up to 125 lb.
  8. radfordc

    Bleriot 62% scale RC with direct drive Briggs v-twin

    You are close....55 lb
  9. radfordc

    Crashes in the News - Thread

    But they found the door in basically undamaged condition. Put it back (and install the bolts) and you're good to go.
  10. radfordc

    Thoughts/experiences on financing an airplane

    Old saying..."if it flys, floats, or f***s it's cheaper to rent"
  11. radfordc

    Airliner does go around with no reported fatalities!

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/easyjet-flight-seconds-from-crash-when-controller-forgot-plane-was-on-runway/ar-AA1mbTVd?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=84ef9ea2b10543808248b7f5ea434e4f&ei=108 "The missed approach was nominally executed by the easyJet crew." "Following a second, comparatively smoother...
  12. radfordc

    Electric power system equivalent to Rotax 447?

  13. radfordc

    Dad Flies Drunk - Gets Son Killed!

    Yes, both father and son died together. And the Mom committed suicide went she found out what happened.
  14. radfordc

    Crashes in the News - Thread

    Blanco says the USMC accident rate for Osprey is better than CH-53, AV-8, F-18, and F-18.
  15. radfordc

    Homebuilt Ballistic Parachute

    Interesting point. When I had planes with BRS chutes mounted I always aimed them down....not up. If the plane was still in straight and level flight I would never have pulled the handle.
  16. radfordc

    Homebuilt Ballistic Parachute

    As an absolutely effective recovery method you may be right. Consider the spectrum of "safety devices" for emergency life saving. On one end is nothing...when catastrophe happens you are done. On the other end today is the BRS CAPS system....pull the red handle and ride down in relative...
  17. radfordc

    Homebuilt Ballistic Parachute

    Maybe something like dragster use... https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sts-43048030104
  18. radfordc

    Homebuilt Ballistic Parachute

    Why a trebuchet? At one time there was a spring deployed system for sale. Chute packed in a pod mounted on wing strut with a powerful spring to eject the canopy.
  19. radfordc

    ARGH Welding/Post Apocalyptic Mig Welder

    Build your own welder. All it requires is a welder!
  20. radfordc

    Crashes in the News - Thread

    That's a confusing statement! Are you saying that singles are inherently safer? That they don't stall? You could say that only having one engine is a lesser safety standard.
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