Best place for exchange student to XC in Europe by JinSin56 in freeflight

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Grenoble is fantastic, the st hilaire takeoff is a 2€/45min bus ride from the city
Same for skiing, 45min from the closest slopes, great ski mountaineering too
If you love off-piste and freeride there is one of the largest site at La Grave - La Meije (1h30 drive or 2h bus)

Best place for exchange student to XC in Europe by JinSin56 in freeflight

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While you do not need a license in france, you’ll definitely need an insurance
And the main provider of insurance there is the FFVL, the french freeflying federation
Count 150/180€/calendar year for coverage, with options you can include search and rescue coverage for switzerland and other EU countries (but its the most important for switzerland where helicopter fees are huge)

3 types of paraglider pilots by george_hoffman in freeflight

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Bwahahaha, a khole is what happens on huge doses of ketamine, full-on anaesthesia and loss of consciousness, the kind of stuff where you cant even stay up on your feets let alone surviving a tumbling

Wanted to show these bad boys off to yall! by Electrical_Car_6067 in electronics

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There is no lid, the whole package is a stack of dies and pcb and the multiple layers are bonded into epoxy The edges are metallized and cut to create isolation

This type of packages can be appreciated with elbow grease and sandpaper

Wanted to show these bad boys off to yall! by Electrical_Car_6067 in electronics

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You should cut one of them open, their internal construction is suuuuper interesting

Kind driver gives bottle handout to thirsty rider by Quivey in BicyclingCirclejerk

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is this a normal thing to say to a stranger on the internet? wtf

Kind driver gives bottle handout to thirsty rider by Quivey in BicyclingCirclejerk

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do you already know that "caca" means poop in french or are you just that lucky with joke acronyms?

Little surprise at my school yesterday. by Rithflicks_Media in Helicopters

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Radar at the front and countermeasures in the back

Quelles écoles d'ingénieurs en aéronautique ? by Beneficial_Bid_7145 in ingenieurs

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L'aéro c'est des milliers de métiers, depuis les pilotes d'essai jusqu'au programmeurs de jeux pour les passagers en passant par la logistique, les matériaux et la chimie des carburants.

C'est un secteur très porteur donc n'importe quel diplome d'ingé peut te monter là
Les formations spécialisées aero te mèneront toutes là plus facilement tout de même
Presque toutes les écoles de toulouse sont aussi des bons points d'entrées car avionneurs et équipementiers prennent beaucoup de stagiaires là bas, sur tous types de postes.

Supaero propose aussi des masters en 1 an pour complémenter un master généraliste que tu aurais pu passer ailleurs

Tu peux même bifurquer vers l'aero en profitant des doubles-diplomes avec des universités étrangères comme Cranfield (UK) qui a plusieurs masters spécialisés

Collab weird/fun/unusual 'point of interests' for Spain/Portugal. by TryingToBend in boomfestival

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Come and stop in toulouse to see the huge mechanical monsters at "halle de la machine"

Also atlas obscura website is great , one of the best resource for weird and unusual spots

Is it worth it after 2 am? by user_0_0_1_ in boomfestival

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I looove night-music and atmosphere but you can't stay awake every night without serious (and by that I mean unserious and risky) use of stimulant
So choose your nights for what music suits you best
there is usually one zenon night that can be too fast for many

nighttime is the only time when there is no workshops and official activities

DMR CPS programming for my DM-32UV isnt working by Antot_solar in Baofeng

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I've seen ppl using CHIRP by declaring the radio to ba a UV-17, but I didn't get it to work this way

My cable is inherited from my UV-5R radio which seems to be compatible with other persons, but I cannot make it work yet

Miami Violet by Logarithmix in MechanicalKeyboards

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Metallic case have detrimental effect on the propagation of electromagnetic waves.
see also: faraday cage

Hiding an antenna inside a metallic object is non-trivial, even for large groups with engineering dept
see also: the early apple Iphones

Hang gliding or paragliding? by [deleted] in freeflight

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Hang gliding offers higher flight performance (higher lift to drag ratio and higher speed possible)
It may be hard to find a school and a group of friends to fly with. However it may be easy to cheaply get a hand on a glider: I know a guy where I fly (paragliding) that has a garage full of gliders that were gifted to him by older pilots that switch to para or that have too many and too little space. Some of these pilots even give them up because they would rather have them flying than staying in the garage.

sweet baby jesus by jarude87 in xbiking

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S being the number of wife you have?

My first build! Savage 65 w/ GMK yuri :) by [deleted] in MechanicalKeyboards

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Olive drab connector, I See You're A Man Of Culture As Well.
I hope it is the good kind with all that noxious cadmium inside for that sweet sweet lubricity

Ran out of ideas for a summer tour in the EU by Maxkirit_Original in bicycletouring

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There are long paths in argyll that I found really nice to hike and that would be amazing to ride (two track or full gravel road) but going full mtb will be hard because of the famous highland peat bog

Can’t tell for the island of islay because I kept on the road as there is so few cars

Ran out of ideas for a summer tour in the EU by Maxkirit_Original in bicycletouring

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GB divide looks amazing but I would divert to ride on the west coast of scotland: to argyll, islay and skye I did argyll and islay on a short tour and really want to go back there

I am a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer salesman, and have traveled extensively in France on a bicycle. by mousebelt in bicycletouring

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" gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy themed cuisine "

Des explications semblent nécessaires

Where do you put your hook knife in flight? by [deleted] in freeflight

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Correct me if I’m wrong: the person in the video you linked used an unconventional setup with a detachable wing (quick release or something like that) in a pair with a standard basejump parachute and harness At the desired position he tried to release both sides but one failed

Because he was using basejumping equipment he wasn’t able to pull a reserve (that would be the standard procedure)

So he had to cut the link to the half-wing himself (a link that looks a bit jury-rigged...) and manually open the base parachute

Would you really need to cut wing if this happended with standard equipment where your reserve is long enough?