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« on: June 23, 2018, 04:33:02 AM » |
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John Schmidt
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« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2018, 07:56:50 AM » |
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Almost took that picture personal....then I watched the video.  Why would anyone try that without the knowledge of having full control of the "car" in flight. Oh well, back to the drawing board. Reminds me of myself as a 9 yr. old building my rendition of a soap box derby car. I felt I didn't need a steering wheel as dad suggested, all I needed was a piece of rope nailed to each side of the front axle which was bolted to the front via a single bolt. I'd just hold the ropes and pull on either side to steer. The only hill nearby was rather steep but I was determined so off I went, going faster and faster, my apprehension building about as fast as my speed. At more than 20 mph according to dad's figures(time and distance traveled), the axle bolt snapped. Strangely enough, the entire axle ass'y. simply slid straight back and lodged directly underneath where I was sitting. I still had four wheels, but the majority of the car's weight was forward of the newly relocated front axle. With the next bump, the front dug in and I went end over end. When I came to a stop, it was still aimed straight down the hill, most of the car was missing and I was sitting there still holding on to the steering ropes. I took dad's suggestion....trash pickup was the next day. Moral of the story....think things through, or in my case take out extra life insurance on 9 yr. old kids. I did break my glasses, but not my spirit. My next adventure was creating a zip line from the barn's hayloft door down to the apple tree, a distance of about 100'. Brakes....you need brakes? The apple tree fared quite well!  |
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2018, 08:05:40 AM » |
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On what universe would that idea be called thinkin
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baldo
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« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2018, 08:10:43 AM » |
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« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2018, 08:58:16 AM » |
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First video was funny, dangerous and not the brightest bulb.
The second (John) looked like he knew what he was doing and building.
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John Schmidt
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« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2018, 05:33:12 PM » |
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I agree, the second one looked like fun....except it's essentially a helicopter. A machine I've tried my hand at flying once, decided to stick to fixed wing. I want the wings standing still and only the front mounted ceiling fan turning.  |
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baldo
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« Reply #7 on: June 24, 2018, 04:57:26 AM » |
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I agree, the second one looked like fun....except it's essentially a helicopter. A machine I've tried my hand at flying once, decided to stick to fixed wing. I want the wings standing still and only the front mounted ceiling fan turning. I've always thought that I'd love flying helicopters. I like the idea of being able to control it in any plane. As a mechanic, I have no time on rotary wing. I installed an intercom system in a Jet Ranger many years ago. That's it. |
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« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2018, 05:14:16 AM » |
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If, it can't hover, it's a boring flight.   Rams |
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John Schmidt
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« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2018, 06:58:30 AM » |
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If, it can't hover, it's a boring flight. Rams Speaking of hovering, back in 1981 a sinkhole developed a couple blocks south of my office building. Took out a 3 bedroom home, a foreign auto repair shop including five Porsches, about half of an olympic size swimming pool and parts of two streets. It created a rather large pond after taking out a bit over 250k cubic yards of soil. Over the next few months it slowly filled with water but wasn't settled by any means, it still bubbled and gurgled in the center where you could see it still drawing water in....at times rather fast and ominous sounding. Back then I was doing a fair amount of flying and a friend invited me to go along in his chopper while he did some real estate viewing and picture taking. Shortly after lift off he decided to check out the sinkhole, so he flew in and hovered about 50' above the center of it, too low for autorotation. He did something with the controls that made the a/c jerk a bit, just to scare the crap out of me. When I asked what would happen if the engine quit, he just laughed and said "we take a bath." Not funny buster.  |
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« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2018, 08:33:12 AM » |
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With the small car it appears they were trying to utilize the autogyro principle but without steering. Looked a little heavy for that attempt.
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« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2018, 07:53:16 AM » |
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The tow rope was also positioned too high. it would pull the front down the second you got above the connection point on the tow vehicle. connecting it a bit lower on the car being towed might have been a bit better result.
Dave
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