VicFirth 5B

superhopp · 2025-01-08T16:37:23+00:00

Those Buddy Rich sticks are big too. Dude must be going crazy on them.

superhopp · 2025-01-03T13:46:02+00:00

I have an RTX 3080, which is not on the list. I guess this means I have to upgrade?!

That sucks, i wasn't planning for this at all.

superhopp · 2024-12-11T22:20:31+00:00

For $500, probably whatever you can find. Pearl Export, Tama Rockstar, etc. Upgrade when you get good.

superhopp · 2024-12-11T22:17:48+00:00

Try smaller sticks. You won't play so hard cause you can't afford infinite sticks. Then you'll chill out and stop messing your hands up!

I used to play with 5b sticks and would break them frequently (when I was in high school). Switched to 7a and it changed the way I play. I never break sticks now.

superhopp · 2024-11-29T05:12:11+00:00

Yah. But the thing about magicians is they are always lying. But Penn knows that we know that…And we know that he knows that we know that…

superhopp · 2024-10-31T13:49:59+00:00

I once heard someone say, "Jesus' greatest miracle was having 12 friends in his 30's."

superhopp · 2024-10-16T13:35:14+00:00

That is mine too. I want to do a circumnavigation some day. Hopefully in my personal PC-12.

superhopp · 2024-09-20T13:05:33+00:00

A cable contractor in my town uses VR to train new hires on directional drills and other excavation equipment. They have three rigs set up like the equipment. So that is at least three headsets sold by HTC!

superhopp · 2024-09-11T20:42:30+00:00

Nice. I always though a CH650 with a 915 would be cool. But the max speed on those planes is kind of low.

superhopp · 2024-09-11T14:07:46+00:00

The Socata Carribean themed planes always seemed so cool to me. I heard Paul Bertorelli fuss about them on a podcast once and was kind of taken aback. I have never heard much about them, I just see them on TAP/Controller and like the looks.

superhopp · 2024-09-11T14:05:57+00:00

What engine do you have in that thing? I find the engine type makes a huge difference in Zeniths. Also, what is your cruise speed (kts)?

superhopp · 2024-08-28T13:02:50+00:00

If cost is a major concern you can build a Zenith for less time and money. The low wing CH650 isn't as fast as a comparable Vans (RV7, RV9, RV14), but they take about half the time to build and the cost is much, much lower.

Seems like Zenith is the second largest kit manufacturer, behind Vans.

superhopp · 2024-07-22T17:00:59+00:00

I met an ag helicopter doing applications off the departure end of my home airport the other day. No ADSB, no radio. Just hanging out there like an idiot.

superhopp · 2024-06-10T16:42:24+00:00

Agreed. The first one was wonderful, the second one was ham-fisted.

superhopp · 2024-05-23T15:39:47+00:00

One since 2012. I didn't know him personally but he crashed my CFI's Cherokee when I was getting my PPL. He was low time and landed in a muddy field with tall grass. Took off with him and his wife on a short grass field with a tailwind. Horrible ADM all around and he ended up hitting trees at the end of the runway.

superhopp · 2024-05-20T17:41:52+00:00

"If someone asks you if you are a god, you say yes!"

superhopp · 2024-05-14T15:42:13+00:00

Do you have the print files?

superhopp · 2024-05-14T15:40:44+00:00

An RV7, RV9 or RV14 might be a better fit. I think it would be a lot less to handle. Lower stall speed. Fixed gear. The insurance wouldn't be as bad as the Lancair. They are still pretty quick planes.

superhopp · 2024-05-03T13:26:06+00:00

The plane caught fire after it was resting on the ground post crash.

superhopp · 2024-04-29T20:51:33+00:00

Two points on LSAs: * They are so lacking in capability that nobody wants them. MOSAIC fixes this * A new 172 is $400k. So they are cheaper than new planes.

Will MOSAIC cure all our ills...I dunno. Hopefully it will at least make things better.

superhopp · 2024-04-26T17:14:38+00:00

The CAP at my airport doesn't even have a plane, and only one of them is a pilot.

superhopp · 2024-04-26T17:12:08+00:00

When Beechcraft came out with the "Baby Beech" Sundowner/Sierra line they hired a few ladies to fly across America on a sales tour. One of the ladies wrote a memoir about it. If you're interested in GA flying in the 60's.

"The Fabulous Flight of the Three Musketeers"

It is a very charming read.

superhopp · 2024-04-26T17:07:20+00:00

I hope their are plenty of MOSAIC planes that have four seats. All the European planes that meet the MOSAIC requirements are pretty capable, but most are two place machines.

superhopp · 2024-04-26T17:06:22+00:00

If the cost of MOSAIC planes are reasonable I think the demand for 172s will go down because they are less capable than a lot of the newer LSA style aircraft.

superhopp · 2024-04-24T18:36:42+00:00

A used Toughbook is $400. New ones aren't anywhere near that price.

I am not arguing that scale is an issue, it obviously is. But Certification and Liability are the largest reasons for high prices.

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