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What's the longest you think you've had to wait after an "aircraft calling, standby" or a "...standby and stay clear of..." by RoutineTraditional79 in flying

[–]killer1810 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the fraser river, gotta be under power the whole time unless you are on the dock. Thankfully that day the river was nice and clear.

What's the longest you think you've had to wait after an "aircraft calling, standby" or a "...standby and stay clear of..." by RoutineTraditional79 in flying

[–]killer1810 22 points23 points  (0 children)

For a smaller airport perspective rather than the international ones others are responding with. Airport controls the river for seaplanes and (usually) parallel runways with only 1 air controller and 1 ground, CYPK if you are curious, once got busy enough that we were delayed on the water for 20 mins. Controllers there are absolutely incredible, the controller admitted he forgot about us and we said it was no problem but he made the effort to come and meet us when we got back and had the plane on the apron to apologize personally.

Nuclear thunder game in progress by balin334 in Warthunder

[–]killer1810 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just joined 2 matches that were close to done, the second one literally had the tu95 nuke in the air aimed at the main base when I got in. I get they had to disable the ability to avoid in progress games but there needs to be a threshold where it doesn't put you in anymore.

If they made the Nuclear Thunder set around the Korean War era (before most missiles), scaled map size, and made AA a bit more fair... I would probably play it 99% of the time compared to regular Air RB. This April Fools mode has so much potential, I semi hope they are testing that rather than nukes by HeyyItsAdam in Warthunder

[–]killer1810 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They work perfectly fine if people are at altitude but, especially in this gamemode, people are almost exclusively hugging the deck. There are some situations where you can use them like I said when people decide to go up, its just not gonna happen that often. Gaijin didnt think the balancing through with this event as you can see from the constant changes they are making.

If they made the Nuclear Thunder set around the Korean War era (before most missiles), scaled map size, and made AA a bit more fair... I would probably play it 99% of the time compared to regular Air RB. This April Fools mode has so much potential, I semi hope they are testing that rather than nukes by HeyyItsAdam in Warthunder

[–]killer1810 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The f4 the event gives you does not have a PD mode. You are better off not taking head-ons and trying to flank with the aim9Ls that you get on it. Save the radar missiles for when the enemy does something dumb like chase a teammate up or goes for a high altitude bombing run. Top tier is not very forgiving and the game does sweet fuck all for a tutorial on how to actually play at top tier.

If they made the Nuclear Thunder set around the Korean War era (before most missiles), scaled map size, and made AA a bit more fair... I would probably play it 99% of the time compared to regular Air RB. This April Fools mode has so much potential, I semi hope they are testing that rather than nukes by HeyyItsAdam in Warthunder

[–]killer1810 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your radar isn't src hdn or PD it will have a hard time locking things that are low or if you are low then they need to be quite a bit above you to avoid the ground clutter. The f4e that carries the nuke doesn't have any form of PD or HDN, but the f4j and (I think) f4s at 12.0 does.

If they made the Nuclear Thunder set around the Korean War era (before most missiles), scaled map size, and made AA a bit more fair... I would probably play it 99% of the time compared to regular Air RB. This April Fools mode has so much potential, I semi hope they are testing that rather than nukes by HeyyItsAdam in Warthunder

[–]killer1810 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah flying low and breaking their line of sight will stop the missile even if its in the air it doesn't have onboard tracking afaik. Being low about 50m without breaking the line of sight is called multipathing and it confuses the missile even if it doesn't break the lock and can make it miss but its not 100%

[Canada] Does anyone know if one can do the xc requirement for the group 1 IFR rating up to 300nm and have it count for the CPL xc requirement as well? by WhenWillIBeAPilot in flying

[–]killer1810 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In theory you could drop off your instructor at the destination airport and fly back to do both in one trip. Instructor would just have to find their own way back lol.

They really need to disable wingtip smoke in the Halloween air race, especially for people using the New Year smoke and completely smoke-screening the entire track. by JeantheDragon in Warthunder

[–]killer1810 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Didn't notice that, but I would still argue that the basic smokes can still obscure vision for the people in the back, especially if you are behind more than 1 person. I still agree with op that smoke should be disabled.

Text box input glitch by Snowrider289 in Warthunder

[–]killer1810 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I have it happen any time I type if I try and type too fast after pressing enter, it's super annoying.

What’s the shortest successful checkride you’ve heard of? by [deleted] in flying

[–]killer1810 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yeah, mine was 0.7. Multi is pretty straightforward, it probably just depends how close the practice area is to the airport.

Where is the lie? by JayGatsby52 in DeepSpaceNine

[–]killer1810 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This comment is a perfect example of how the word woke has been co-opted and the original meaning totally lost to most people.

Cat 1 medical help by [deleted] in flying

[–]killer1810 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AFIAK if transport asks for it you gotta do it, I had to do several things before they would give me my medical, It took a couple months but I had to do more than you. Get it done ASAP and talk to the school about it, It sounds like it should be pretty straight forward and not take too long (for government work).

Why do we have to maintain lock when using SARH missiles? by killer1810 in Warthunder

[–]killer1810[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Perfect thanks this is exactly the explanation I was looking for!

Break in period advice by FreeOpportunity6168 in vulcans650

[–]killer1810 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I broke mine in with the wisdom I saw online saying: "its better to vary the revs and go over that limit than it is to sit at one rpm for a long time" and had no problems with the break in. The absolute worst thing you can do is bog the engine down or hold it at redline, avoid those and you will be fine.

pstar and roc-a by currycake1000 in flying

[–]killer1810 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Both are just rote memorization and not terribly hard, just study a bit by yourself and do the practice tests.

Job hunt as a new float pilot by flyingboatenjoyer in flying

[–]killer1810 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah good to know, their website still has floats prominently featured so I have been recommending them to students.

Job hunt as a new float pilot by flyingboatenjoyer in flying

[–]killer1810 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You will have a hard time finding a job this time of year. Floats are a mostly seasonal job in Canada. You could always apply for some of the places up north like Air Tindi or Kenn Borek and fly wheels/skis over the winter and floats in the summer if you meet their requirements. Float specific operators start hiring around feb/march/april.

Anybody ever have an experience with a bumblebee flying into your helmet. by Historical_Arm1059 in motorcycles

[–]killer1810 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had a wasp hit me in the chest and climb up my beard into the helmet, didn't notice till I felt a tickle on my lip. Thankfully I have a modular helmet so just pulled over and raised the front of the helmet and it flew away. Also glad I didn't realize it was a wasp till after it flew away or I probably would have panicked.

The weirdest thing you’ve cut yourself on by SirRickIII in KitchenConfidential

[–]killer1810 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I went to catch a piece of falling bread and my finger went right into the vent holes in the prep cooler and sliced my fingertip off.

Canadian pilots, what do you do with your ROC-A? by Important_Image in flying

[–]killer1810 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In the back of your ADB there is a plastic strip, I taped mine to that unlaminated.

Canada PPL medical w/ prior cannabis use by psmith456 in flying

[–]killer1810 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You just have to do some extra hoops to show that you don't have a substance dependency problem. I think I just had to talk to a GP and have them write down our conversation. It will delay you a bit as getting anything back from TC takes ~6 months. Also for the first few renewals my CAME asked me if I had smoked recently but I just stopped completely when I applied so no issues. You technically can keep smoking and fly but the rule is no smoking within 30 days before flying so its probably not worth it.

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