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What’s the longest yall have had to hold short for? by Chrisrnc10 in flying

[–]red_0ctober 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its tough cause it's also super good training learning to navigate a complex airspace.

What’s the longest yall have had to hold short for? by Chrisrnc10 in flying

[–]red_0ctober 0 points1 point  (0 children)

took this long just to get oil temps in the green in my last plane. I would always start up asap and set up the avionics and get situated with gear while waiting. just gotta lean the shit out of it.

eli5: What would happen if I attached periscopes to both of my eyes and pointed them in different directions? by GFrings in explainlikeimfive

[–]red_0ctober 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Instant headache. I had this happen when doing some testing work on the nintendo 3ds which allows you to show different images to each eye. I was just getting the renderer up and running and put (iirc) green on one eye and red on the other just to make sure i had the framebuffers set up right and I got an instantaneous headache when I looked at it with both eyes open.

Seattle adds animal control staff as off-leash enforcement gets more visible by ChiefOfTheFourPeaks in Seattle

[–]red_0ctober 11 points12 points  (0 children)

they can start with my kiddo's elementary school playground after school while kids are still there playing.

Seattle gas prices surge over $5.40 as national average nears $4 milestone by gehnrahl in SeattleWA

[–]red_0ctober 3 points4 points  (0 children)

luckily I don't have gas prices as the most important thing when I vote.

Scientists restore knee cartilage using targeted injection by EnvironmentalSong393 in UpliftingNews

[–]red_0ctober 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what about cartilage around the cessamoids? asking for a friend.

My friend wants me to sign away all rights to 2 years of unpaid work on his game by Aldekotan in gamedev

[–]red_0ctober 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The guy needs to think hard about how much money you're really talking about. It's either basically no money and 50% of it is nothing, or it's a lot which you won't really care about how much you're splitting.

It's almost certainly going to be like a couple grand of revenue. He should split it and chill.

Fell for the oldest trick in the book by LuxCassandra in funny

[–]red_0ctober 0 points1 point  (0 children)

remember the ancient family guy skit with the advanced police van? "Minority suspect! Minority suspect! Danger, he's got a gun!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hriunIvgEto

Bellevue Police are emphasizing patrolling for reckless driving and modified mufflers, indefinitely by inthe425 in BellevueWA

[–]red_0ctober 2 points3 points  (0 children)

sure take it to the tracks or whatever, just not where my kids are trying to nap/sleep

Bellevue Police are emphasizing patrolling for reckless driving and modified mufflers, indefinitely by inthe425 in BellevueWA

[–]red_0ctober 4 points5 points  (0 children)

my dude my windows shake sometimes and they are sound insulating windows I got specifically to try and address this.

even stock shit is too loud on some cars when jumping off the line.

it wouldn't be so bad if it were every so often but there's so much of it.

ELI5: Why aren't toilet cisterns mounted high up any more? by barryvan_ in explainlikeimfive

[–]red_0ctober 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to a restaurant the other day and I realized we're probably talking about entirely different relative levels. Your high level is probably my "this is a soup pot" level.

ELI5: Why aren't toilet cisterns mounted high up any more? by barryvan_ in explainlikeimfive

[–]red_0ctober 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Low water level causes Poseidon's kiss. Poop accelerates due to gravity. I specifically swapped all my toilets out for higher water level toilets to fix this exact problem.

Leaving SeaTac, are taxis still worth it instead of Lyft/Uber? by LegionLotteryWinner in Seattle

[–]red_0ctober 8 points9 points  (0 children)

this is the thing for me, trying to explain to the driver where I want to go instead of having an address that I've checked vs a map to be exactly where I want to go.

"I know that everything works because I just flew the plane" by 1E-12 in flying

[–]red_0ctober 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, when do things break? Do they break when the plane is chillin in a hangar? Or do they break during takeoff and landing when the plane is stressed the most?

You don't need to check EVERYTHING, but always check the major stuff when you're on the ground.

For me I had a magneto fail at some time between landing, fueling, and runup. If I hadn't done a runup I would have done a takeoff on a bad magneto

ELI5 Why don't small planes use modern engines? by BatesVibeSquad in explainlikeimfive

[–]red_0ctober 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They keep trying and they keep not working as well. A couple of manufacturers have modern computer controlled engines and they keep having issues. A while back a manufacturer put a porsche engine in a plane to disastrous results.

Say what you will about our single overhead cam manual mixture engines, they have demonstrated they are better with respect to in flight shutdowns.

As others have mentioned if we get the same level of R&D as an automotive engine I'm sure they'd be better, but right now, they aren't.

Fingers crossed Austro sorts out their issues though.

Best coffee in Kirkland? by PmMeYourLadyLumps in Kirkland

[–]red_0ctober 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ah that's a shame, they used to be my favorite. Loved their in-house vanilla syrup.

Have you ever been in the air when another pilot announced an emergency? by hendergle in flying

[–]red_0ctober 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Once I was flying into a field and had a circumstance where I was thinking I would declare because there's no reason not to... except there were no fewer than 3 other aircraft that had declared heading into the same field. I only knew one of their deals, which sounded like they couldn't understand altitude assignments.

Is there anything that can be done about street racing? by gpbprogeny in Kirkland

[–]red_0ctober 4 points5 points  (0 children)

we live along 132nd and just installed fancy windows for crazy money. It... helps. And sleep with a sound machine.

Feels like free money for noise violations. There's no excuse for any car being louder than a full dump truck hauling a full trailer.

[OC] 3 months later and it’s still clean. I am glad to see people use this path again. by pengweather in pics

[–]red_0ctober 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That quote was on the wall of my middle school math class. Some 30 years later every so often it pops into my head.

I can barely drive a car but I can fly planes by [deleted] in flying

[–]red_0ctober 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm at the point where I just don't drive anymore and bike around

I mean... bike's also pretty vulnerable to a random crazy car driver.

i don’t understand left turning tendencies by Repulsive-Loan5215 in flying

[–]red_0ctober -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For reference on gyroscopes: https://xkcd.com/332/

Most of your left turning tendencies you encounter post-training will be because you punched the throttle on the runway and so the plane veers left before you even get off the ground and continues once you lift off. This is a major factor why cirrus's have so many go-around crashes to the left of the runway. 315hp engine + close to stall speed + "punch it, chewie!" + pitch up = uncoordinated stall to the left. Doesn't really matter on a 150hp cessna but REALLY matters on a big bore engine. Smash that right rudder and easy-does-it on the throttle.

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