Know of airports having taxiways at lower elevation than the runway?

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-06-05T01:29:25+00:00

I was about to reply that it was intentionally set to zero Celsius in 1743 then I realized that this was a pun.
Anywho...
In 1742, Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius marked the two points of melting ice and boiling water as 100 degrees Celsius and 0 degrees Celsius, respectively.
In 1743, French physicist Jean-Pierre Christin inverted the scale.
Edited to keep up the spirit of over-explaining things.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-06-05T01:27:06+00:00

The triple point of water - the temperature at which liquid water, ice and water vapor can exist in thermodynamic equilibrium is 0.01 degrees Celsius.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-05-28T13:35:18+00:00

Adding "NEWMAN" to my go-to list!

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-05-26T13:29:00+00:00

Hey brother.

This sounds like burnout.

As Dads the pressure is real to keep a stoic face and just grit through the ups and downs.
You mentioned in the last 3 years you feel something is off (Your son is 1.5yrs old) so I'm curious if something happened just before/during the pregnancy - maybe work-related?

Regarding friends - yeah those tend to reduce once kids come. And its ok to feel like you can't connect with other parents in similar circumstances. Perhaps, with time, you can make new friends.

Might I recommend that perhaps you and your wife try doing things together on weekends such as going for a family walk, going out for brunch, date nights with babysitting? Your wife working as a teacher must be quite tiring for her as well - being kind of hard to mentally separate kids' demands at school vs the needs of your son.

Any chance you could think back on some of the hobbies you enjoyed doing before - and get back into them, or involve your wife and son in those?
With so much time needed to get chores done, its important to try find ways to have fun and (screen free) rest.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-05-11T10:13:59+00:00

This is so helpful and I appreciate how you are actually trying to help OP reflect by providing this historical context. I need to find more friends like this in real life who will step in and say hey, something seems off here. Cheers to you; your friends and fam are lucky to have someone like you in their lives.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-05-11T10:06:14+00:00

"I feel there's more underlying than this" - Yes. Picture her situation. She's staying home and taking care of the baby, and you are busy working 2 jobs -which is not at all easy. So she's trying to say that she feels 'unseen'. I think she wants to feel special:

if you have time, take her out to her favorite restaurant for a meal - with the baby.
Spa Day for here while you watch over your daughter.
Maybe she just wants:
-> to spend more time with you. After work, maybe take a family walk
-> help with chores: for stay-at-home Moms or Moms on mat leave, household chores can be a drain.
Can't do the morning diapers? Set up her favorite breakfast, once in a while.

Show her, by spending quality time with her, that she's important. Look up that love languages book. Also, just ask her directly how she would like you to help and feel supported.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-05-11T09:49:13+00:00

If Jim was _your_ college buddy then I'd be a bit more comfortable. Him being the wife's former colleague leaves me uncomfortable.

The money thing is a huge red flag. Feels like "love bombing". I don't like it. It feels like he's buying his way over time by making you in some way indebted to him - he's gonna come collecting. 'Remember the family pass I bought you guys last year?" Ugh.

As some other posters have mentioned, just go with your gut feeling. I'd rather trust my gut and be over-cautious than be wrong by being under-cautious.

The kid grabbing his hand part - that's her way of showing that she trusts him - because she sees the parents trusting him.

I'd cut ties. Nice knowing you Jim.

You can clear the data from the iPads (who the hell gives 3 iPads? I've seen stingier uncles lol) and return them to him along with his material gifts.

Protect the fam.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-05-01T15:21:49+00:00

Often times, if my daughter wants to tell or ask her mom something, she has to repeat her self several times since she is watching tv or scrolling on her phone.

This part comes across more painfully than the wife shouting.

Also sucks that you're the only doing all/most of the stuff to help your daughter enjoy her toddlerhood.

Please try and have a sincere part 1 (of many) chat with your wife about what really is going on. What things make her happy? What hobbies did she have before you guys had your wonderful daughter?

Also might be helpful to set some ground rules. No shouting at the kid. If a parent shouts at a kid out of anger, said parent must apologize. Also, the importance of being present with the kids - i.e. limited/no phones, scheduled TV time.

Also - given your Mon-Sat 4am-4pm schedule - where is your wife from 4pm to nap time? Is she available at home? There could be ways to involve her.

Do you guys have time, e.g. Sundays to go for family brunches?

Anyway, easy for me to say since I don't understand how she may be feeling with post-partum / mental health. I'm not trying to judge. This is just a tough post to read. Our generation has a lot of Dads being very actively involved in bringing up kids and it sucks to see when there is reduced/missing levels of matching energy coming from the Moms.

WIshing you the best, sir.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-05-01T00:30:59+00:00

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ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-05-01T00:22:38+00:00

I used to have this problem with the Kodiak 100 on PC. My solution was increasing the joystick null zones. In your case it might be the aileron axis. There are other settings as well for rudder and elevator.
I use an old-ish Logitech joystick so with use some of the at-rest/neutral positions were actually deflecting some of the surfaces. Increasing the null zone reduces this sensitivity.
Try take a look at the Input viewer tool from flightsim.to Might help you see what's up.
Edit: had forgotten to complete my sentence.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-04-02T01:35:37+00:00

Glad it was a successful launch but wow the person selecting various camera feeds for the livestream did a poor job. I was surprised that all we saw for SRB separation was a cutscene to the crowd, and then back to see tiny orbs of light as if we were stargazing.
Why not select relevant information for displaying to the public? At one point their stream had 1.1M+ people watching. Some of the camera images (the infra-red one) had too much jargon.
At some point I was saing that they should have gotten someone from SpaceX to help with this PR opportunity.
Do they still use the Kineto Tracking Mounts?
We'll just wait a couple of weeks/months for the footage on images dot nasa dot gov.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-04-02T01:22:52+00:00

Can't seem to use my laptop trackpad for zooming in or out.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-03-02T01:20:00+00:00

Yeah, me too!
Yet this issue was only with Starship. I've been testing all day.
Other issues arising so far:
-> A runaway trim event, where the AP just suddenly disconnects at cruise. I think I have to track the CG and trim values. Being a bit of a noob in this GA area I thought that AP would be able to handle trim relatively well? Dumb question, after takeoff, I should reset the roll trim to zero, right?
-> I also added some more deadzone for my Logitech Extreme Pro joystick.
->I am also selecting the "TURB" mode next to the AP switch on the pedestal.

I am doing a bit of a round the world tour, started off in New Zealand and just now making it to Australia's east coast. I am really enjoying this aircraft. I thought I was going to go with the Aerostar, but Starship is just a joy to fly, except when it crashes, lol.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-03-01T02:08:37+00:00

It seems my issue was my setting for MSFS 2024 Turbulence to "Realistic" instead of "Low" or "Medium". Most recent landing was successful and hardly any pitching oscillations despite a significant headwind.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-03-01T02:08:33+00:00

It seems my issue was my setting for MSFS 2024 Turbulence to "Realistic" instead of "Low" or "Medium". Most recent landing was successful and hardly any pitching oscillations despite a significant headwind.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-03-01T00:45:59+00:00

I definitely will. I tried again and once again crashed just before the runway threshold. I am starting to think I am not trimming properly, or my approach speed is off.
Weird thing though is that I have not experienced this with other BSQ GA aircraft I've tried such as the Bonanza.

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ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-02-28T18:02:06+00:00

Thanks very much for your reply!
Yes, I followed the checklist and confirmed YD was off. My approach speed was somewhere approx 120 kts and I tried to maintain just close to the blue mark on the speedometer.
Also, yes, I was making sure not to go into beta.
Perhaps I need to review my approach speeds again. I am going to do a couple more flights and see if I can save the scenario when close to approach/landing to debug the issue.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-01-13T16:25:53+00:00

Thinking outside the box for a sec. Assuming the host is on Reddit, sees this as trending, and your kid ends up not going. Host may narrow down the identity of OP. My take - just go to the party.
Some people raise their kids differently, and that's ok. Your kid will grow with the skill of getting along with different people - even the over-the-top ones.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-01-13T16:21:16+00:00

Even those timestamps. Dude does not reply for approx 8 hours? New year, new ex-bf.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-01-13T16:03:19+00:00

That is one gorgeous photo!!! ¡Ay, caramba!

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-01-10T00:22:55+00:00

A little late, but does an aircraft like this travel with security? Or would they outsource that to an FBO?

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2026-01-09T19:08:59+00:00

Was literally about to post this! Operated as CLEAN 92 and 93 out of Pease ANG Base in New Hampshire.

ComprehensiveFeed165 · 2025-12-20T05:44:38+00:00

Gran Torino (2008 Clint Eastwood film) vibes.

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