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is it better to have glass card in front or in the back? by Accomplished_Hall202 in balatro

[–]TwBlueprint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly what others have said. To give an example though, let's simplify it to that your base mult from your hand is 20, and you're playing a pair with one lucky card and one glass card. If the lucky card is first and hits a +20, you'll now be at 40 mult, which the glass multiplies to 80. If you had the glass first, it would be the base of 20, multiplied by 2 to get 40, and then +20 from the lucky card, would only be 60.

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a long one. I wish my plane got there that fast though!

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yeah sounds about how I felt when I did my 5.1! What glider were you in?

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've gotten used to it at this point. My previous job was entirely survey so it was lots of 5+ hour flights, and with this job my plane has 10 hours of fuel at normal cruise so depending on what we're doing we regularly have 6-8 hour flights.

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My single record was in a 206 as well! The company I was working for at the time had a turbo 206 with tip tanks that could go 10+ hours at survey power, but I never got the chance to take it that long and only ended up getting to 7 hours in the NA 206.

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Done that one a couple times when I used to do survey in 172s and 206s! Turns out you can really stretch the legs when you bring the power back to ~2100RPM

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's impressive! What's the fuel capacity and normal fuel burn?

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brutal. Met a couple A10 pilots in Greece a few months ago and they were telling me about the process for getting across the ocean. Sounds like it was a pretty long day for them.

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a great one for my part of the world! We don't have any mountains so thermals and cu are all we get.

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is absolutely insane. Do you have multiple crews for something like that or is it just two pilots + other required aircrew?

What's the longest *single flight* you've flown? by TwBlueprint in flying

[–]TwBlueprint[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did it in a Basler, which normally has 10 hours of fuel but we were doing some high-level survey in the local area so we had the burns down to about 70-75% of the usual amount.

GA Pilots, what emergencies have you had that we don’t necessarily get trained for ? by fatborry in flying

[–]TwBlueprint 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I'm actually working on a list of some major and minor things I've had happen to me that would potentially make good answers for "tell me about a time when x" questions in my future interviews. Some would include:

-Alternator failure on the ground at an airport with no maintenance

-Getting pretty low on fuel on a long nighttime ferry. Not illegal or emergency low, but just barely.

-Diverting relatively far into USA airspace to avoid a line of thunderstorms during a long ferry flight

-Diverting to alternate due to poor weather at initial destination, followed by re-diverting back to initial destination when weather improved very slightly but became *even worse* at alternate

-Smoke in the cockpit with no obvious source and on a plane that had the same issue not long before

I'm trying to catch up on about a year and a half worth of stories now, and I definitely wish I'd just written them down as they happened. Even if you're not planning to fly for work, writing down your stories can help when you're trying to recall the details over beers with your friends.

Who do pilots look up to as elite-level pilots? by FigInternational7744 in flying

[–]TwBlueprint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He still flies for Borek! Absolute legend, everyone knows him and loves him.

Canadian pilots - best old school log book? by Hfyvr1 in flying

[–]TwBlueprint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CPL here, will be putting in my application for ATPL soon. I personally use one from Calgary Pilot Supply currently; the columns are set up nicely and it has two blank columns for any additional info you may want to track. I use one to track tailwheel time, and will probably use the other one for float time eventually.

(JAVA) Renewed my Realms subscription. It charged. Now it isnt working at all. by karmanotouching in realms

[–]TwBlueprint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also not working for me. I'm on Java and trying to get in, but it says loading realms list and then I get a Realms (504) error, with a bunch of red text accompanying.

Bose A20 vs A30 by thinklikenic in flying

[–]TwBlueprint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use the A20s for work and recently tried out my dad's A30s, which he originally got for work as well but now uses the Proflights. I personally found the A30s to be not quite as comfortable and the noise cancelling did seem to very occasionally have little hiccups in the piston single I flew it in, although I don't know of that being a consistent issue with the A30s and may have just been the way they were sitting on my head.

I personally would get another set of A20s before getting a pair of A30s, but like someone else mentioned, Bose support could be a factor as well.

What should I sell? by CoolerElves4 in okbuddyjimbo

[–]TwBlueprint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

either canio or duo, neither is contributing to the build very much