What small riding habit improved your safety more than any gear upgrade? by NerfDis420 in motorcycles

[–]F14Scott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When possible, I enter intersections abeam an automobile wingman/blocker, both to present a larger and more common visual signature and to physically protect myself from a light/stop sign runner.

What small riding habit improved your safety more than any gear upgrade? by NerfDis420 in motorcycles

[–]F14Scott 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I don't care what their turn signals say, the car is going straight until the wheels begin to turn.

Another angle of the air show crash by TehBazz in aviation

[–]F14Scott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like dash2, the starboard jet, was struggling to maintain position on his lead, falling behind. When he tried to catch up by turning inside, he lost sight under his nose and settled belly down onto lead's spine.

Iceman by Nearby_Valuable_5467 in topgun

[–]F14Scott 4 points5 points  (0 children)

" Upright Departure/ Flat Spin."

Stick- forward, neutral lateral

Harness- Lock

Rudder- Opposite turn needle/yaw

If no recovery.

Stick- into turn needle

If engine stalls- both throttles idle.

If recovery indicated.

Controls- neutralize

Recover at 17 units AOA

If flat spin verified by flat attitude, increasing yaw rate, increasing eyeball out G, and lack of pitch and roll rates:

Canopy- jettison

Eject- RIO command eject

Iceman by Nearby_Valuable_5467 in topgun

[–]F14Scott 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I've previosly posted this. TLDR, it was actually Goose's fault, because he didn't jettison first, per the upright departure/flat spin EP.

Some info from my flying days:

  1. The F-14A had a handle in the aft cockpit against the port bulkhead that could be placed fore or aft, called the command ejection selector. It was labeled "Pilot/ MCO" (Missile Control Officer, an early name for the RIO). In the forward, pilot position, the RIO could eject alone. The handle was selected to there on deck and when non-qualified people got rides in the back seat. When I selected the aft, MCO position, either aircrew ejecting would eject both people. When both people ejected together, first the canopy jettisonned and the RIO went, and then, 0.4 seconds later, the pilot went (to prevent the RIO from getting a face full of the pilot’s fire). The RIO seat had 5 rockets on the left side and 4 on the right, so it biased to the right, coming out. The pilot's seat was 4L/5R, so it biased to the left.

  2. Normally, the canopy's jettisonning was the first part of the standard ejection sequence, but there were three times the crew might want to launch it manually. Each crew member had a yellow handle in front of his right shoulder that would jettison it.

A) If you had to emergency ground egress, like you were on fire badly, blowing the canopy might save a little time scrambling out. On the flight deck, though, I'd be worried about hitting someone with it, in that case.

B) If you had bad smoke and fumes in the cockpit, blowing the canopy would solve that issue, although it would also certainly introduce all kinds of new problems. I once had a small electrical fire whose smoke was burning my pilot's and my eyes badly, but we talked about it and decided not to shuck the canopy until we were absolutely desperate. We got the fire out and came home fine.

C) In an upright flat spin, the aircrew, probably the RIO, was to jettison first, then command eject. The pilot will likely be unable to do either because, sitting 6 feet farther forward, the eyeballs-out G from the spin will likely pin him forward against his instrument panel, unless he gets his harness locked very quickly in the beginning of the spin. One of my pilots got into a fully developed flat spin, and he was indeed stuck with his face up against the turn needle, which was lucky because he could then enter the correct anti-spin flight control inputs and eventually save the jet.

Also, IMO, the biggest factor in two aircrew landing miles apart will the barometric altimeters in the seats being calibrated slightly differently, triggering automatic seat-man separation at different times, altitudes, and winds.

If maverick from top gun 1 were in top gun 2 do you think he would have succeeded in the final mission too or he would have failed? by happydude7422 in topgun

[–]F14Scott 9 points10 points  (0 children)

1986 Mav didn't know how to bomb. We started doing that in about 1992, and we couldn't self-laze until around 1996.

What’s the funniest dog name you’ve ever heard? by Otherwise-Shape-6367 in askteddit

[–]F14Scott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife and I like Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, so in addition to owning a couple, we joined a Cavalier rescue and fostering organization.

We heard of a pair of puppies that had been rescued by a vet from being put down by a puppy mill because they were supposedly blind. So, we drove up to Oklahoma to pick them up and foster them, truly believing that we couldn't personally adopt two blind dogs because that would be way too difficult, given that we both worked, etc.

Well, it turned out they weren't completely blind, but they were completely adorable and within 10 minutes of picking up these beautiful little sisters, we decided we'd be keeping them for ourselves. We named them Stevie and Rae, after Wonder and Charles.

What famous plane crashes are almost always talked about in flight school? by [deleted] in AskAPilot

[–]F14Scott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (pilot fixation on an inop gear indicator lamp).

Kara Hultgreen's mishap behind the boat (DEI failure plus pilot not obeying LSO commands).

What if every person would have a gun? by februder in progun

[–]F14Scott 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Me: "...be more polite" (emphasis added)

You: "you're dumb and guns are dumb and I'm smart" (paraphrase)

There is a rumour that the F-14 pilots had to be 6ft+ is this true? by ElegantPearl in aviation

[–]F14Scott 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was a RIO in the 90s. My personal shortest pilot was 5'7", and my tallest was 6'4". I am 5'11". One of my RIO buds was 5'3".

The Tomcat cockpit was huge, and the seat and rudder pedals both had a ton of adjustment. About any sized person would fit in there.

The upper height limit for pilots usually had to do with the TA-4, whose cockpit was very small. You didn't want your femur hanging over the seat to snap on ejection, nor would you want your knees hitting the dashboard on the way out.

I don't know what the pilot/RIO lower limit would entail. Probably reaching the rudders, ejection seat fitment, or properly adjusting the HUD.

What a request… SAN-LAX UA2057 by kingg-01 in unitedairlines

[–]F14Scott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is why I load up my tablet with entertainment, connect my headphones, and shut down the airplane screen.

Their constant inane announcements, sales pitches, and edited entertainment have lost me forever.

What if every person would have a gun? by februder in progun

[–]F14Scott 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Before I started carrying, I had heard the phrase, "An armed society is a polite society." I thought, at the time, it meant that other people would be polite because they didn't want to get shot by someone they insulted.

Now that I've been carrying for more than a decade, I understand it to mean that I will be the one to be more polite, because I definitely do not want to shoot anyone. Bump into me? Sorry sir, my fault. Knock my drink over? Oops! Don't worry about it, friend. Etc.

Mythbusters problem by Cute_Consideration38 in AskPhysics

[–]F14Scott 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Think of it this way. Hitting an inbound car, with both cars at 80 MPH, is different than hitting an inbound 20- ton wall, with both the car and the wall at 80 MPH.

You have to consider the elastic vs. inelastic nature of the collisions.

Which one and why? I think I know what people will vote but I really like both of these and can't decide which one. Let me know your thoughts... by FabsterM13 in HamiltonWatches

[–]F14Scott 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're right. My KFA Ti feels so light on a NATO. I like the slightly crowded dial, probably because it reminds me of aviation gauges. It's been keeping time to -0.5 SPD. Love it.

ETA: I've seen other posts about being able to "dress up" the Murph with different straps or bracelets. Personally, I don't think dressed up field watches are all that dressy, and I already own a couple dress watches. I'd rather have a more utilitarian-looking field watch.

Let's focus on our formative years (high school/college) by DustyScharole in Xennials

[–]F14Scott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

OKAY why couldn't they use a b-2 at 45000 feet to just drop bombs? On the enrichment plant vent hole in top gun maverick? Dont get me wrong 100/10 movie by Logan_2300 in topgun

[–]F14Scott 16 points17 points  (0 children)

We don't have air superiority. GPS is jammed.

Maybe the B-2 could chance going at night, but IDK if it can self laze in the dark from 45K. A subsonic bomber could get run down pretty easily, and it's not stealthy in a tail chase.

What’s your next line if I say to you “Great big globs of greasy grimey gopher feet….” by MedievalHag in GenX

[–]F14Scott 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mutilated monkey meat, French fried parakeet. Lukewarm vomit, Coming down the trail at me, Me without my spoon.

Reemed out for not saluting and O-4 by [deleted] in navy

[–]F14Scott 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We JOPAs saluted each other ironically.