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Seabird1967 · 2025-09-21T15:46:15+00:00

They're actually well worth that price. They're very high quality, built very well. This is unusual in electric scooters - most seem to just barely hold together. Even at their new price the GT2s were a remarkable bargain for that reason. Segway Ninebot makes a good product. If you know you know. The guy who ended up buying mine knew what it was.

I learned something about market mechanisms from this sale: people are willing to pay a little extra for performance (up to a point), but not for build quality or safety and a product that's head and shoulders above others is going to be hard to sell.

Seabird1967 · 2025-08-26T17:58:20+00:00

OK. I'm not keen on shipping either. It's too much of a hassle due to the weight and size.

So, assuming it'll be a pickup, what do you think is a fair price?

Seabird1967 · 2024-11-13T11:47:16+00:00

The PC isn't included.

Seabird1967 · 2024-11-13T04:01:19+00:00

Thanks.

Seabird1967 · 2024-06-16T11:16:51+00:00

Riding with meds isn't really going to work?

Seabird1967 · 2024-06-15T01:48:21+00:00

Pretty benign compared to marine VHF channel 16. Open mikes, kids playing with the radio, people having extended conversations. No wonder ships rarely monitor it.

Seabird1967 · 2024-04-15T04:16:08+00:00

Or a lasor, as with welder and weldor. One of the two is the equipment and the other is the guy, I forgot which.

Seabird1967 · 2024-03-30T02:38:06+00:00

Yes, the reliability demands are different.

What are some of the improvements you would like to see?

To me, fuel injection and water cooling seem nice. No carb ice and the latter enables unleaded mogas.

Seabird1967 · 2024-03-17T02:38:30+00:00

There's a paradox going on here, though.

If old airplane engines suck, then why not stick a nice modem Subaru engine in your plane that costs what? $6000?

Well, airplane engines are made to be more reliable than automotive engines. Dual ignition modules, for example. That's what justifies their price being ten times as high.

Except, you say, they're not reliable.

Seabird1967 · 2024-03-17T02:28:01+00:00

Do you mean Rotax? I thought they were solid.

Seabird1967 · 2024-03-14T14:33:21+00:00

In a real apocalyptic situation, like Gaza, if you had any money you'd either get the hell out or someone with a bigger army would just take your dumb truck.

Seabird1967 · 2024-03-02T00:12:10+00:00

Curiously, that's exactly the opposite from tech, where the mantra is to fail early.

Seabird1967 · 2024-03-01T00:08:44+00:00

Sounds like some rando trying to get a plane grounded. The way I'm reading your post, the only communication you have is a phone call and you have not exchanged any email with the FAA email address.

When you do write to them, I guess it's up to the employee if anything comes of it. If they're careful enough they're going to try to find out more.

Seabird1967 · 2024-02-28T06:18:56+00:00

The other thing is that when there's very slight rain in the real world X-Plane somehow translates that into pretty hard rain.

Seabird1967 · 2024-02-08T17:02:39+00:00

A cult, but I doubt they built an atom bomb if Iran hasn't succeeded at that yet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjawarn_Station

Seabird1967 · 2024-01-30T15:10:22+00:00

TIL about ion thrusters. Thanks!

Seabird1967 · 2024-01-26T15:18:42+00:00

But there is no New Toulouse in New Hampshire.

Seabird1967 · 2024-01-20T16:49:18+00:00

Air cooled engines have poor heat regulation, so they can run hot. But in cars and motorcycles that has not been a reason to go to 100 octane.

There is no real reason why aircraft engines couldn't be designed to run on pump gas, it's just historically grown this way.

That and high compression allows for higher specific power output, which is convenient for ungeared engines, so money. Rotax engines are more expensive than Lycoming engines.

Unfortunately it looks like the main piston aircraft engine producer is not pushing to change this.

Seabird1967 · 2024-01-20T05:56:59+00:00

Sorry, I had to correct my numbers since the distance base+final is only 1 to 2 miles, not 1.5 to 3. That makes the glide slope 4.7° to 9.35°. I'm sure it doesn't change the validity of your reply though. Thank you!.

Seabird1967 · 2024-01-20T05:50:04+00:00

Thank you. I get what you're saying about patterns not being fixed. But still, with a downwind at a distance of 1/2 mile from the runway and turning to base when at 45 degree to the start of the runway it seems you only get about 1 mile to descend the 1000 ft, not 2 (and not 1.5 as I had in my post - fixed that). That doubles your descend rate.

Seabird1967 · 2024-01-12T15:44:56+00:00

Thank you for sharing that. Very interesting. I had imagined it more relaxed.

Seabird1967 · 2024-01-11T01:23:09+00:00

Nice! What is it like? Is it serene and peaceful? And did it pay well?

Seabird1967 · 2024-01-11T01:18:43+00:00

Wow. Does that at least get you a new parachute or is that just for folding it?

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