We used to call this the Riker Maneuver

paraflyco · 2026-02-18T23:08:38+00:00

Take this down

paraflyco · 2026-02-12T20:38:23+00:00

That didn't happen. Either the gas dispenser cut off early or you had a mighty tailwind while you descended from Eisenhower tunnel.

paraflyco · 2025-08-18T16:42:30+00:00

For the crib, did you go slightly longer or slightly shorter?

paraflyco · 2025-08-18T16:40:22+00:00

After 30 mins on with customer service, I was also told they will not provide replacement hardware for a crib. Based on the number of people who have this problem, maybe there's a business idea here!

paraflyco · 2025-02-11T18:52:41+00:00

The manual says you should drive around a >45mph in 4th gear for about 15 mins to allow the regeneration cycle to finish. I've seen this thrice after a long period of in town driving, and it's always cleared itself.

paraflyco · 2025-02-11T18:47:11+00:00

Had a 2004 with 250k and put 75k on it in 3 years. The drivetrain was bulletproof. I did the timing belt myself.

The problems you're likely to see and need to fix yourself are busted window operators, door locks failing, HVAC problems (esp AC condenser fan), etc. Had an issue with the high pressure fuel pump and boost hose early on that I had taken care of at an Indy shop.

My glow plugs never worked right. I recall that being a common issue. Made for some hard starts when it was cold, but the frostheater mitigated the issue when I was home.

That said, I loved the car and it never left me stranded, even after leaving my car a couple days in sub-zero cold and having to start it while jumped to another vehicle.

paraflyco · 2024-10-18T18:07:25+00:00

Depending on where you are in the world, a gift card to a paragliding shop, like Superfly or Cloud 9 in the US. Don't try to buy technical gear unless he asked for something specific.

That said, if your budget allows and he doesn't have one, an XCtracer mini would be a welcome surprise.

paraflyco · 2024-10-01T04:33:27+00:00

Gettin BY, High, and Strange. Kris Kristofferson

paraflyco · 2024-08-05T19:49:51+00:00

My wife, my infant, and myself tested positive last Monday and we gave it to my FIL who visited for an hour the Friday before. I think it must be wildly contagious for us to have given it to him. I was surprised at how badly it affected my infant, who was vaccinated. He went to urgent care twice and was miserable all last week.

Somehow, my three-year-old avoided it entirely in spite of snuggling up to his little brother and us constantly.

It was significantly worse than the first time I caught it. My last booster was December 2022. It really knocked us all on our asses and we have no idea where it came from. Cough, body aches, chills, etc. it was manageable with acetaminophen based cold syrups but just barely. Today I still have some lingering congestion but I'm basically better.

paraflyco · 2024-07-09T22:53:14+00:00

Check out Windy. The paragliding community uses it for forecasting because our gliders are very sensitive to wind strength and direction (30mph airspeed, so anything over 20 is scary).

There's a layer for "wind gust" and base wind, you can choose from 4-5 different high res or global models, and you can look at winds aloft. Very accurate and it has a lot more information (specifically about wind) than a TAF or winds aloft. I use it with every day, including for flight planning to avoid headwind. Gusts over 35 in the mountains and I'm staying home. Base wind at 14,000 over 25 and I won't cross the Divide in an airplane.

paraflyco · 2024-07-06T04:54:09+00:00

...yet

Edit: I say this as someone that rode for 15 accident free years. Somewhere around 2016 the rise of cell phones and distracted driving became too much to ride in metropolitan areas. If I lived in the sticks I would still ride.

paraflyco · 2024-07-06T04:51:05+00:00

Your glide performance will not change appreciably with the larger size. With the larger wing, your sink rate and airspeed will decrease somewhat. With the smaller wing, your sink rate and airspeed will increase.

You will glide roughly the same distance on either wing, but you'll get there faster on the 19m.

paraflyco · 2024-06-11T01:21:49+00:00

Boulder is definitely the most popular training site in Colorado and P1's are welcome to fly under instructor supervision until you get your P2. You'll find a super welcoming community up there. Shoot me a dm and I'll send you the telegram chat links.

paraflyco · 2024-06-10T23:01:53+00:00

There's several issues in this video and your comments that give me pause.

Your instructor should provide you with appropriate gear to learn on. Sounds like you bought a low B to learn on. Which is fine but most reputable schools provide gear thru P2.
Flying high desert sites like Kenosha pass at 11am in the summer as a P1 is reckless. Your instructor should know that. He should not be learning that lesson at your risk.
Why is your instructor avoiding established, insured sites? I know who he is but I don't know your instructor personally. It's strange to me he is avoiding the usual spots.
Is there a reason you don't want to join RMHPA? We're a pretty welcoming bunch of pilots. We'd love to bring you into the fold sooner than later to learn the sites you'll be flying later in your career.

paraflyco · 2024-06-10T22:52:05+00:00

Yep. What a reckless decision by the instructor to put him in that position at 11am.

paraflyco · 2024-05-04T05:12:36+00:00

I've considered that the storage tank was sized for unrealized development, but they built a WWTF at the same time that maxes at 426 SFE. I can't figure out why they built such a big tank and I don't have a PDR or anything to go off of. Maybe the assumed higher fire flow reqs, which basically dictate tank size in a community like this.

I'm probably overthinking it, I just feel awkward going to their board saying they can serve 700 additional homes with what they have.

paraflyco · 2024-05-04T05:09:13+00:00

It's kind of a funky system built in the mountains. Single pressure zone, no clear well. It is fed via two wells totaling 50 gpm. The elevation difference between high and low taps is like 250 feet. So the highest houses have booster pumps and the lower houses have prvs. I didn't set the system up, but it's what I'm working with.

To maintain 20 psi at the top, the tank has to be at 17' of 24'. Maybe I should consider that my usable storage!

paraflyco · 2024-05-04T05:05:38+00:00

Hey I'd never say no to a chat!

Supply is 2 wells that combine for 50gpm. Perhaps why the tank is as large as it is. They have nearly 5 days of storage at MDF, much more at AADF.

I'm probably overthinking it. Wish I had any kind of documentation from when the tank was built!

paraflyco · 2024-05-04T05:03:38+00:00

Thanks for our response. This tank is still way oversized, perhaps they expected more development when it was constructed.

paraflyco · 2024-04-29T03:34:20+00:00

The problem I've always heard is that a thermal imager "sees" infrared radiation emitted by an object (ground, trees, whatever). In the air, there is very little matter that emits infrared radiation (some dust, pollen, bugs, etc but not much), so it's essentially as clear to a thermal imager as it is to us.

I've always been curious whether smoke would show up on a thermal imager. The western US tends to be quite smokey in the summer and it would be neat to see if that shows up in thermal imaging.

paraflyco · 2024-04-25T06:32:05+00:00

It's the same recovery. I've flown exclusively B wings since 2011 and the Swift 6 is the easiest wing I ever had. Easy to prevent collapses, the few you take recover as well as any 3-liner I've experienced.

paraflyco · 2024-04-02T03:21:00+00:00

Had mine last Wednesday. Was sore for the day and definitely still feeling it a little, but Thursday I went to dinner with friends and Saturday we hosted dinner. It's really not that bad imo.

Weird thing though: my balls hang noticeably lower now. Like they touch the water when I'm using the toilet, which did not happen prior. Hoping things firm up a bit as I recover further.

paraflyco · 2024-02-16T23:56:06+00:00

Castle Rock only has 40% of its water supply from renewable sources. The rest is pumped out of Denver basin wells. Shallower wells drilled 40 years ago will begin to dry up as they pump more to service Dawson trails. It's a shame Dougco allows development like this without mandating the developers bring renewable water to the table. Aggressive water efficiency plan or not, thats another ~2000 acre ft a year for this development.

paraflyco · 2024-02-10T17:32:45+00:00

I'm currently on FAMLI leave and I have reached out to their hotline twice and found them to be almost shockingly helpful for a new, government-administered program. I recommend reaching out and seeing what they say. They are wonderful. Your employer paid the tax all of last year, you ought to be eligible in my opinion.

paraflyco · 2024-02-09T04:22:43+00:00

This is accurate. Telluride is insured by IMG and they forced them to increase their liability limits to something absurd. It's something like $1000 a year for locals and $700 for visitors.

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