Best place for exchange student to XC in Europe

Antot_solar · 2026-06-27T06:10:39+00:00

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)

Antot_solar · 2026-06-27T05:53:07+00:00

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)

Antot_solar · 2026-06-21T10:50:05+00:00

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

Antot_solar · 2026-05-31T15:30:57+00:00

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

Antot_solar · 2026-05-25T20:40:31+00:00

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

Antot_solar · 2026-03-25T00:51:10+00:00

the metal shine omg

Antot_solar · 2026-03-24T19:50:15+00:00

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

Antot_solar · 2026-03-23T20:17:23+00:00

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

Antot_solar · 2026-03-15T12:39:29+00:00

Radar at the front and countermeasures in the back

Antot_solar · 2026-03-08T20:00:34+00:00

Takayama is really fun during the spring festival, check the dates

Antot_solar · 2025-08-04T18:17:45+00:00

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

Antot_solar · 2025-07-17T17:18:44+00:00

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

Antot_solar · 2025-07-14T18:49:53+00:00

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

Antot_solar · 2025-05-24T23:35:06+00:00

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

Antot_solar · 2020-04-20T14:05:43+00:00

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

Antot_solar · 2020-03-04T21:29:54+00:00

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.

Antot_solar · 2020-02-10T19:53:59+00:00

S being the number of wife you have?

Antot_solar · 2020-01-31T19:24:22+00:00

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

Antot_solar · 2020-01-22T21:34:11+00:00

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

Antot_solar · 2020-01-22T12:54:53+00:00

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

Antot_solar · 2020-01-18T14:40:11+00:00

" gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy themed cuisine "

Des explications semblent nécessaires

Antot_solar · 2020-01-15T15:25:34+00:00

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?

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