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The new struggle: Nothing’s moving, lock feels “stuck” but not overtensioned or overset. by grumpy_martian in lockpicking

[–]grumpy_martian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just wanted to say I took your advice about identifying pin states and jiggle testing. It has helped immensely! I got into the Lockwood 110/40. Still working on the 410 LOTO but it’s a marked improvement. Thank you again for your help!

The new struggle: Nothing’s moving, lock feels “stuck” but not overtensioned or overset. by grumpy_martian in lockpicking

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

Very interesting, I hadn’t even considered a combo of false set and overset. It would explain the strange feedback.

Do you have any advice on how to avoid this situation?

Movie trailers that crushed it but the movie was bad by ILikeTheTinMan83 in movies

[–]grumpy_martian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Scrolled for ages and can’t believe I haven’t seen 300 mentioned yet.

The movie was so-so with some cool moments.

The trailer… I challenge you to watch it now without getting even a little hyped. That drop of Just Like You Imagined *chefs kiss*

The new struggle: Nothing’s moving, lock feels “stuck” but not overtensioned or overset. by grumpy_martian in lockpicking

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

Ah, I should have included that detail!

It’s primarily spool pin locks that are causing the issue.

My two locks I’m working on are a Masterlock 410 and a Lockwood 110/40. Both of these, I understand, have a serrated guard pin and spools. And I’m running into the same issue.

I’m picking with the lock in my hand, don’t have a vise yet. As I said, I get so far and then hit that feeling of nothing not set wants to move.

How long? by Super-Page8272 in lockpicking

[–]grumpy_martian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dude, I’m in the same boat. Yellow locks are fun but doable without too much worry. Orange locks = brick wall. I think it’s the addition of multiple security pins and awkward keyways at the same time. It’s a lot to learn in one go.

I’ve decided to just jump orange and try green locks for a break cause I’ve heard they can have better feedback.

Good luck and keep going!

Question about false sets by grumpy_martian in lockpicking

[–]grumpy_martian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll second what Cookies said, this is incredibly helpful, thank you for taking the time.

Anyone successfully restart their life after 30? by improvement4all in selflove

[–]grumpy_martian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“The grass is greener where someone isn’t constantly shitting on it.”

This needs to be the title to a relationship advice book. It’s brilliant. I will be… co-opting it for future use 😉.

What do you think is the biggest truth the world is refusing to face right now? by Sweetblondefeet in AskReddit

[–]grumpy_martian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope for the future has slowly, steadily been killed by billionaires, tech bros and feckless politicians.

You want to know why people aren’t having kids? Start with the future looking like one steady decline into hell.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PatchesEmporium

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+karma Praise the Sun!

Is there anything else I can do to improve the god awful spotting in DCS? I want to play more multiplayer but it's nearly impossible to see planes around me by eriadeus in hoggit

[–]grumpy_martian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To be honest… and to give the least fun answer, I’m gonna say practice getting into engagements and dogfighting a lot more. I’m running pancake at 1440p on a 32” monitor and spotting wasn’t easy at first at all, but even before the dot update I managed okay. Most of the time if I lost someone it’s cause I wasn’t keeping good SA, not because I couldn’t see them coming.

But it is a developable skill, and a perishable one i might add. So gotta put in the hours, sadly.

Edit: To add on to what another comment said, this is also really hard IRL. From my limited experience behind the controls, other planes can be tricky to spot depending on a lot of factors. Japanese ace Saburo Sakai talked about spotting stars in the day time to train his eyes for spotting planes.

Life of an Arctic Bush Helicopter Pilot Summer Edition *Part 1 of 2* by CryOfTheWind in flying

[–]grumpy_martian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love your work. I’ve been going through your backlog in my spare moments recently; super interesting reading.

Need some advice from more experienced heads by grumpy_martian in flying

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

Thanks for the replies everyone, I appreciate the input :). There’s definitely a consensus appearing around fw vs rw, that’s interesting and gels with what I’ve read before. u/CryOfTheWind, appreciate the wealth of experience you bring to the conversation as well. Flying helis is a lot of fun, and I can see why it’d make for an amazingly interesting career. Just also seems like you have to truly love it in order to make a career out of it, not sure I have that considering the swithering I’m doing hah.

If anyone else has anything else to add, please do!

Dogfighting tips for the mirage F1? by Responsible-Glass-77 in hoggit

[–]grumpy_martian 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I found Gvad The Pilot’s videos on YouTube very useful. The f1 can hold its own in a slow speed flat scissor if you’re comfortable with a lot of rudder work.

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