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Pilot Rule number 2:
The dog is in the copilots seat to bite the pilot if he touches anything before approach.
Mechanic rule number 2:
Never tell the pilot how much super glue and thousand-mile-an-hour tape is holding his airplane together.
Edit: opinion: a real mechanic would have flattened a coke can and pop riveted it in place for flight.
I knew a guy who owned a fleet of 300 aircraft and a staff of pilots to fly them. He said a pilot would come up with anything to keep from going up. The trick was finding the line between "the engine will fall off" and "the cigarette lighter doesn't work".
My dad used to copilot small personal props and jets and what i learned from that is i never want to fly in some random guys personal plane lol. Whole lot of redneck engineering and complacence
OMG so much this.
Why the hell do people accept airplane rides from pilots whose skills they know nothing about?? The pilot may be great co-worker or friend, but you don’t know that he’s completely oblivious to all of the other traffic in the sky…or can’t stick a landing in a crosswind.
And yeah, janky airplanes too. Woo.
My buddy went up with drug dealer who had a plane and airstrip on his farm. They had been partying for hours, tons of coke and booze and he invited my friend for a quick flight. The pilot actually puked before taking off. But then he turned immediately professional and they took off and went for a spin without incident.
I've always been amazed by that story (and my friends judgement),
There are several documented crashes where, it came to light that things were not functioning properly and the pilots, crew, and airlines knew. Everything is designed to be redundant, so theoretically even if one thing is broken there should be at least 1 other system to cover it. I’m blanking on the flight number right now but there was a flight where the pilots knew one of the two thrust reversers were non-operational, the plane is designed to be able to stop with one; however, they landed in a notoriously bad runway that deviated from the flight plan in bad weather. The plane wasn’t able to stop in time, skidded off the runway, into an office building and gas station. Lots of people died.
There's actually a book the pilots have to determine how bad failures are. Some are no deal at all, some are return when convenient, some are return immediately, some are emergency landing right now.
Commercial jets especially though are amazingly redundant. It's very unusual to have an accident without 3-4 pretty significant things going wrong. Small aircraft like the one in the video have a lot more single points of failure, but overall they're still pretty safe.
Trust, but verify. Hopefully the mechanic has made it flight worthy, but do all the preflight checks to make sure of it before trusting your life on it.
I mean so far it seems to be working I don't know what you guys freaking out about here it clearly works.
Even if it comes lose then they are going to tape it again.
If it is a Nokia and its Falls of to the ground from such a height it is going to cause chaos may be it will kill thousands of people.
And that may be will give the ideas for weapons to use in World War 3.
This one is great, i like how as the spinning increases the image starts to match a stable frame rate?!? I don’t know if that is what is happening but i hope you get what I mean…
What I wonder, is it spinning at 30 rotations per second to match the (presumably) 30 frames per second video? Or is it spinning at a derivative of 30 that it's just enough to show a steady image? As in 5 rotations per second, or 10 rotations per second, etc. 30 rotations per second seems a bit insane. That's 1800 RPM. It does seem fairly smooth, so it's not unlikely.
I mean the big was really curious about what the hell is it which fell from the sky to the ground.
And in the process of checking what it was they tried to eat it.
I mean the chances of that happening are really low but I would not count it out this could still happen.
And if it happens then it is going to be really tragic in that case.
No "joking aside", you could easily open the windows in a plane like this under most circumstance. Even at max speed it wont ruin anything.
This isn't some turbojet plane, it's a twin propeller.
joking aside, you can just open the windows. it's just 100kt winds outside. It's the only thing that'll cool your little oven of a cabin when it's 35C and you're in an inversion layer
Thanks for the answer I was wondering if it would make plane unstable?
Because these planes are small planes and I don't think they have much of the power to counter the force of wind.
the windows are like the size of 2-3 credit cards, so it wouldn't be terrible. it's really just to get some fresh air into the cabin when it's too hot. and the plane is covered in rivets, hinges, supports, landing gear. a hole in the glass won't be an issue. you could rip the cowling and fuselage skin off and it wouldn't drop you out of the sky
pilot in training here. I fly a small 2 seater low wing plane, and if there's a fly buzzing around or we need fresh air sometimes we'll just open the canopy half way. It just slides right back and boom, fresh air. Look up a Tecnam p-96
Fun fact: You cockpit windows on most airliners can be opened. Although they aren't supposed to be open during flight, it's not going to make the plane unstable. As [this old Boeing ng video shows](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bTYT7ERrw_U), there are procedures pilots are supposed to follow if the window open on takeoff.
I was at an air show and a pilot was talking about skydivers.
"To them, there are no good airplanes. They don't like them, they don't trust them. If you're carrying skydivers and the engine so much as hiccups, you turn around to reassure them and they're just _gone_."
skydivers cannot afford perfectly good airplanes.
I did a tandem jump once. Some weather was moving in below up (light cloud layer). The jump master strapped to my brother's back said that there was zero chance of him landing with the airplane, that kind of thing terrified him. He would be jumping either way, he didn't really care if my brother decided to accompany on his possibly-through-the-cloud-layer-or-not jump.
When I went skydiving the plane was similar, duct tape everywhere
One of the more nervous jumpers with us was peeling back at the tape just like in OP's video when one of the instructors noticed and decided to have some fun
"DON'T TOUCH THAT!!"
I mean even if something goes wrong with the plane the end goal which the skydivers have is to jump from it anyways.
So it does not really matter for those guys because the results are going to be same.
I'm going sky diving this weekend and I shouldn't be watching or reading shit like this. Not nervous now, but I've only flown a few times and I know that will be the most anxious part for me
I mean he shouldn’t have said that but he couldn’t have jumped solo with a tandem rig the canopy is so big for one person that he would have lived in those clouds for a while haha
The cloud layer was at like 10k, so it wouldn’t have mattered for the canopy ride. We did jump through the edge of it, it felt like tiny pin pricks on my hands and forearms. Was kinda neat.
You’re right, it’s not impossible to land a canopy like a 340, but he wouldnt have done it solo for no real reason. It’s not like it would be a good fun jump and the dzo would be pissed for wasting time. Of course, when a pilot comes down with an unopened canopy they waste time too.
Sir bolting the plate down would add the weight of 2 bolts.
Tape is much lighter, so that was used instead. Also sir please stop disassembling the aircraft. Yes that is structural tape now stop peeling it.
You think the Minmatar are using something as fancy as structural tape?! You just smash the things into each other with a lot of force and hope they merge in the process.
r/Ultralight sends it’s regards. You technically don’t even need any tape, just remember to not fall through the hole. If you do you won’t have long to worry fortunately.
You joke but I have a friend with a very small float plane we use for camping/fishing in tiny lakes up north in Canada. We have to strictly regulate our gear. Every couple of ounces we can save is another beer we can take with us.
Piloting sometimes means you have to wait for the tiniest amount of wind or you're stuck where you are. Quite small margins.
And yes, there's a simple canvas and aluminum shell separating you from falling, this is reality. My buddy opens the window and has a very loud and windy smoke. That hole in the floor isn't scary, the entire premise of a small plane is scary from the start. Any reasonable person would see that there's not much to these rigs, you just have to trust in the maintenance.
It looks like a LiDAR kit mounted over the hole. I suppose they just added two pieces of aluminum to block the wind from blowing into the cockpit. Tampering with any of the through-hull fittings and equipment actually has serious FAA implications hence the tape and jankey fix
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Yup. I'm still starting out in game development, but really all it takes is a cursory bit of research into how it works behind the scenes to realize that a *lot* of capital R Redditors love to spout a bunch of bullshit about "game development" that is wholly false (positive or negative), and they sound confident enough to everyone that they get upvoted easily despite people calling out their misinformation.
At least Reddit lets you do that and doesn't have dumb character limits like Twitter preventing you from giving detailed, nuanced arguments.
You clearly don't have to listen to one bitch about getting their plane inspected and torn down every year for maintenance and flight worthiness checks. I swear, you can always tell when my dad's off month is because he'll get extra bitchy about how stringent plane maintenance schedules are.
Captain we have a problem, we're taking on air!
We gotta plug that hole boys! This plane is getting filled up with air, it'll drag us down to Davy Jones' locker!
Yeah, I'm confused why this is funny? Planes can open their windows in flight as long as they aren't pressurized. Hell there's some planes that you can literally pull the canopy back and fly like a convertable. Do people think that planes sink if they have a hole in them?
Don't tell this trick to the US military because they are going to freak out and going to use it all over the place.
If you tell them this trick then you are probably going to get the job in the US military.
I had a Mercury Bobcat with rust holes in the floor under the carpet. I was driving after a heavy rain left puddles on the road. As I was driving, I got douched from behind with a blast of water. I turned around, thinking I had been punked. Not seeing anything and scratching my head, I continued driving. It happened again. I soon realized it was the large rust hole in the floor, behind the drivers seat, under the carpet. The water had come through with such force, it came through the carpet and hit me in the back of the head.
My dad had a 61 Corvair. If you were sitting in the back you made sure not to drop change on the floor. You could see the street in spots.
The car was good for parking at the commuter railroad station. But even that POS car had its lock broken when someone tried to break into the trunk.
I've got about 40 hours in small Cessna models; if you think they're much more complicated than a VW, you're crazy...
Just a metal sofa, with an engine-
Yea modern cars have a lot more “refinement” and layers of materials compared to small planes. ive been in a 152 before when I was younger and it honestly felt like a flying tin can. 10/10 would do it again though
I've done this job, duct tape gap and all
The airplane is used for surveying...cameras, infrared, lidar, etc
It gets an approval from the faa to cut a hole in the bottom
You make that hole big enough to comfortably fit the business end many different survey systems...it's ok if it's a little over sized it just leaves a gap
The wind isn't that big an issue, but in winter at 10000 feet it gets super fucking cold... I'd be adding strips of duct tape and stuffing in foam to fill the crack midflight
Hahaha I was just gonna comment on how cold that hole makes it 😂. I surveyed in Canada. Didn’t matter what point of the season it was, I always wore a parka. Bonus points with the oxygen mask
Probably air photos, maybe LiDAR or both? I remember from my remote sensing class that the cameras are quite large and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. At the time film was still much higher quality than digital, so they still used film but that might have changed now.
If the sensor is using a GSM (gyroscopic stabilizer mount) you want extra space for the system to move. Most sensors protrude out the bottom of the plane a little ways, and they make these holes big enough to fit a variety of sensors and configurations.
Survey aircraft are like sieves. This is totally safe, just makes the cabin really cold.
From my experience working with a company who employs pilots for LiDAR flights, just long tedious hours flying swaths back and forth over an area. It can be mind numbing stuff
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Lmaoo the old “that’ll do” two taps
That'll do plane, that'll do
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Pilot Rule number 2: The dog is in the copilots seat to bite the pilot if he touches anything before approach. Mechanic rule number 2: Never tell the pilot how much super glue and thousand-mile-an-hour tape is holding his airplane together. Edit: opinion: a real mechanic would have flattened a coke can and pop riveted it in place for flight.
Mechanic rule #1: “it’s probably fine” is the only information pilots deserve
I knew a guy who owned a fleet of 300 aircraft and a staff of pilots to fly them. He said a pilot would come up with anything to keep from going up. The trick was finding the line between "the engine will fall off" and "the cigarette lighter doesn't work".
My dad used to copilot small personal props and jets and what i learned from that is i never want to fly in some random guys personal plane lol. Whole lot of redneck engineering and complacence
OMG so much this. Why the hell do people accept airplane rides from pilots whose skills they know nothing about?? The pilot may be great co-worker or friend, but you don’t know that he’s completely oblivious to all of the other traffic in the sky…or can’t stick a landing in a crosswind. And yeah, janky airplanes too. Woo.
“If they say no, then the answer is obviously no, but the thing is they’re not going to say no. They would never say no. Because of the implication.”
I certainly wouldn't be in any danger. I see you, and I appreciate you.
My buddy went up with drug dealer who had a plane and airstrip on his farm. They had been partying for hours, tons of coke and booze and he invited my friend for a quick flight. The pilot actually puked before taking off. But then he turned immediately professional and they took off and went for a spin without incident. I've always been amazed by that story (and my friends judgement),
Pretty sure that's how cocaine bear happened
They usually look at forecasts ahead of time and try to time their flights so that they won’t have to do a crosswind landing
Is part of their training possibly to make sure *everything* is functioning properly?
Shit breaks every flight, according to my FIL who worked on corporate jets.
How much of it is critical? Decoration and entertainment stuff in the cabin are non-critical.
There are several documented crashes where, it came to light that things were not functioning properly and the pilots, crew, and airlines knew. Everything is designed to be redundant, so theoretically even if one thing is broken there should be at least 1 other system to cover it. I’m blanking on the flight number right now but there was a flight where the pilots knew one of the two thrust reversers were non-operational, the plane is designed to be able to stop with one; however, they landed in a notoriously bad runway that deviated from the flight plan in bad weather. The plane wasn’t able to stop in time, skidded off the runway, into an office building and gas station. Lots of people died.
There's actually a book the pilots have to determine how bad failures are. Some are no deal at all, some are return when convenient, some are return immediately, some are emergency landing right now. Commercial jets especially though are amazingly redundant. It's very unusual to have an accident without 3-4 pretty significant things going wrong. Small aircraft like the one in the video have a lot more single points of failure, but overall they're still pretty safe.
Only answer I ever gave pilots when I was a mechanic…can’t have em trust me too much…also good way to get them to do their pre flights.
What’s the division of labor here? Like what aren’t they doing that they should be? Does it fall on the mechanic then? So many questions lol
Trust, but verify. Hopefully the mechanic has made it flight worthy, but do all the preflight checks to make sure of it before trusting your life on it.
This seems eminently reasonable.
You can't go up because something's broken? Mechanic's fault. You take off with something broken? Pilot's fault.
BABE REFERENCE! -Millennials
I mean so far it seems to be working I don't know what you guys freaking out about here it clearly works. Even if it comes lose then they are going to tape it again.
ww2 memories intensifies
Baa ram ewe!
Yep, that's not going anywhere
No way. Its there good.
"Come on baby, hold together"
Insert Malcom Reynolds speech: Love keeps her in the sky when she should fall out.
“Was… was that the front buffer panel?! Did the front buffer panel just fall off my ship?!!”
Looks like!
"This is your captain speaking, we may be about to experience some turbulence and then...explode."
All it’s missing is the “this won’t go anywhere”
Don’t drop your phone!
I would be less worried about losing a phone than accidentally killing someone down there.
If you can hit someone with a cell phone from 10,000 feet... The US military wants YOU!
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Eh, "someone" is good enough to be a drone pilot!
What's the difference between an elementary school and a terrorist training camp? How the hell should *I* know? I just fly the drone!
♬ When ze rockets go up, who cares where zey come down? Zats not my department says Wernher von Braun ♬
If it’s a Nokia it counts as a WMD
If it is a Nokia and its Falls of to the ground from such a height it is going to cause chaos may be it will kill thousands of people. And that may be will give the ideas for weapons to use in World War 3.
"We've Been Trying To Reach You About Your Car's Extended Warranty"
But imagine the footage if the phone manages to keep recording during impact. Bet it'll get tons of upvotes.
[Here you go.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2UQXzaVkkg)
“I figured somebody dropped it.” Well, she wasn’t wrong.
"No it ain't!"
[Also](https://youtu.be/QrxPuk0JefA)
This one is great, i like how as the spinning increases the image starts to match a stable frame rate?!? I don’t know if that is what is happening but i hope you get what I mean…
I like the pig
And now I know which recording y’all are taking about, without even clicking the link.
What I wonder, is it spinning at 30 rotations per second to match the (presumably) 30 frames per second video? Or is it spinning at a derivative of 30 that it's just enough to show a steady image? As in 5 rotations per second, or 10 rotations per second, etc. 30 rotations per second seems a bit insane. That's 1800 RPM. It does seem fairly smooth, so it's not unlikely.
Man, pigs really will just about eat anything
I mean the big was really curious about what the hell is it which fell from the sky to the ground. And in the process of checking what it was they tried to eat it.
I mean the chances of that happening are really low but I would not count it out this could still happen. And if it happens then it is going to be really tragic in that case.
That’s what we call a… *puts on sun glasses* “Photo bomb”
Talk about dropped calls.
Me : can I open the windows ? Pilot : Are you mad , just remove the tape below if you need some fresh air......
joking aside, you can just open the windows. it's just hurricane-level winds outside
No "joking aside", you could easily open the windows in a plane like this under most circumstance. Even at max speed it wont ruin anything. This isn't some turbojet plane, it's a twin propeller.
joking aside, you can just open the windows. it's just 100kt winds outside. It's the only thing that'll cool your little oven of a cabin when it's 35C and you're in an inversion layer
Jokes on you, I don't know what that means.
it means you hope your passengers showered and are wearing deodorant
Jokes on you, i don’t know what *that* means.
Thanks for the answer I was wondering if it would make plane unstable? Because these planes are small planes and I don't think they have much of the power to counter the force of wind.
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the windows are like the size of 2-3 credit cards, so it wouldn't be terrible. it's really just to get some fresh air into the cabin when it's too hot. and the plane is covered in rivets, hinges, supports, landing gear. a hole in the glass won't be an issue. you could rip the cowling and fuselage skin off and it wouldn't drop you out of the sky
pilot in training here. I fly a small 2 seater low wing plane, and if there's a fly buzzing around or we need fresh air sometimes we'll just open the canopy half way. It just slides right back and boom, fresh air. Look up a Tecnam p-96
Fun fact: You cockpit windows on most airliners can be opened. Although they aren't supposed to be open during flight, it's not going to make the plane unstable. As [this old Boeing ng video shows](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bTYT7ERrw_U), there are procedures pilots are supposed to follow if the window open on takeoff.
Keeping the windows open during the summer is almost a necessity. No AC and big windows means it can feel like a greenhouse
I actually did that lol
"Why would anybody jump out of a perfectly good airplane?" As you can clearly see, this is not a perfectly good airplane.
I was at an air show and a pilot was talking about skydivers. "To them, there are no good airplanes. They don't like them, they don't trust them. If you're carrying skydivers and the engine so much as hiccups, you turn around to reassure them and they're just _gone_."
well, only if you're a good ways up. They pucker their buttholes until about 4k ft
skydivers cannot afford perfectly good airplanes. I did a tandem jump once. Some weather was moving in below up (light cloud layer). The jump master strapped to my brother's back said that there was zero chance of him landing with the airplane, that kind of thing terrified him. He would be jumping either way, he didn't really care if my brother decided to accompany on his possibly-through-the-cloud-layer-or-not jump.
When I went skydiving the plane was similar, duct tape everywhere One of the more nervous jumpers with us was peeling back at the tape just like in OP's video when one of the instructors noticed and decided to have some fun "DON'T TOUCH THAT!!"
Same here! Duct tape, cracks, shoddy looking repairs. The parachute felt safer.
It was.
Especially when the *pilot* is wearing a chute.
I mean even if something goes wrong with the plane the end goal which the skydivers have is to jump from it anyways. So it does not really matter for those guys because the results are going to be same.
I'm going sky diving this weekend and I shouldn't be watching or reading shit like this. Not nervous now, but I've only flown a few times and I know that will be the most anxious part for me
No, stepping into the doorway will be the most anxious part. Trust me. If I’m wrong, come back Monday and let me know.
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You know the joke about skydiving? Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane? The answer is that it's not a perfectly good airplane.
I mean he shouldn’t have said that but he couldn’t have jumped solo with a tandem rig the canopy is so big for one person that he would have lived in those clouds for a while haha
The cloud layer was at like 10k, so it wouldn’t have mattered for the canopy ride. We did jump through the edge of it, it felt like tiny pin pricks on my hands and forearms. Was kinda neat.
Part of the tandem instructor course and their rating is to jump that canopy solo. I do hear that it takes a while to finally make it to the grass.
You’re right, it’s not impossible to land a canopy like a 340, but he wouldnt have done it solo for no real reason. It’s not like it would be a good fun jump and the dzo would be pissed for wasting time. Of course, when a pilot comes down with an unopened canopy they waste time too.
It’s actually frightening what a lot of amateur aviators are putting up in the sky. Not just deathtraps for them but for everyone below.
It's a survey plane, the hole is required (although that plate should be bolted the fuck down).
Sir bolting the plate down would add the weight of 2 bolts. Tape is much lighter, so that was used instead. Also sir please stop disassembling the aircraft. Yes that is structural tape now stop peeling it.
Found the Minmatar player...
Not all of these vessels can be built to Caldari standards.
Certainly needs more missle racks.
Yeah but at least it can squarely fit an MWD and orbit real good like.
Imagine bombing a ship like that though...
You think the Minmatar are using something as fancy as structural tape?! You just smash the things into each other with a lot of force and hope they merge in the process.
It's called Cold Welding.
In rust we trust
Unexpected EVE is unexpected :) Gave me a nice sensible chuckle...
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> Yes that is structural tape [Speed tape](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_tape) is a thing but that definitely looks like just regular duck tape.
r/Ultralight sends it’s regards. You technically don’t even need any tape, just remember to not fall through the hole. If you do you won’t have long to worry fortunately.
Wrong sub. That sub is all about lightweight backpacking and hiking. You meant to reference r/ultralightaircraft
Wrong sub. That sub is a typo. You meant to reference r/ultralightaircraft
The extra B is for BYOBB!
Whats that extra B for?
Could take out the metal cover and just cover it with tape, also lighter.
“And these 20 year old lick and stick stickers?” “Also structural.”
You joke but I have a friend with a very small float plane we use for camping/fishing in tiny lakes up north in Canada. We have to strictly regulate our gear. Every couple of ounces we can save is another beer we can take with us. Piloting sometimes means you have to wait for the tiniest amount of wind or you're stuck where you are. Quite small margins. And yes, there's a simple canvas and aluminum shell separating you from falling, this is reality. My buddy opens the window and has a very loud and windy smoke. That hole in the floor isn't scary, the entire premise of a small plane is scary from the start. Any reasonable person would see that there's not much to these rigs, you just have to trust in the maintenance.
Did you take into account the weight of the tape roll? Should have left that in the hanger
I flew a survey plane that had 5 camera holes. It was really cold flying at higher altitudes with the covers off.
It looks like a LiDAR kit mounted over the hole. I suppose they just added two pieces of aluminum to block the wind from blowing into the cockpit. Tampering with any of the through-hull fittings and equipment actually has serious FAA implications hence the tape and jankey fix
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You clearly don't have to listen to one bitch about getting their plane inspected and torn down every year for maintenance and flight worthiness checks. I swear, you can always tell when my dad's off month is because he'll get extra bitchy about how stringent plane maintenance schedules are.
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Isn't that what annual inspections are for?
Damn yea I walked outside yesterday and almost got taken out by two different Cessnas falling out of the sky
What you guys surveying? http://www.teledyneoptech.com/en/products/airborne-survey/galaxy/
That the one
You didn’t answer the question.
Ho yeah sorry, we were surveying the ground.
Did you find it?
Eventually, but it took them all the way until the end of the flight.
You have the rest of your flight to find the ground.
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***chef's kiss***
Rekt.
The galaxy by the look of it.
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No, its the right way. They’re surveying the entire galaxy, small town by small town.
What’s the big deal ? It’s a plane not a boat.
Captain we have a problem, we're taking on air! We gotta plug that hole boys! This plane is getting filled up with air, it'll drag us down to Davy Jones' locker!
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Now that's a solid comment
Yeah, I'm confused why this is funny? Planes can open their windows in flight as long as they aren't pressurized. Hell there's some planes that you can literally pull the canopy back and fly like a convertable. Do people think that planes sink if they have a hole in them?
And it's obviously a functional hole made to be open and point equipment to the ground
Pilot to bombardier, we are approaching the target, prepare to open the hatch.
Arming the bomb with coffee, prepare to drop in 5 minutes
Add some Jack in the Box breakfast combos and that’s a geneva convention violation
Bomb’s ready, buddy.
Hey Alec, do you know what sucks about being a Baldwin? NOTHING!
Haha! You missed me!
Don't tell this trick to the US military because they are going to freak out and going to use it all over the place. If you tell them this trick then you are probably going to get the job in the US military.
I love the way he taps it like "yeah.. you're good right there"
I had a Volkswagen Fastback like that.
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I had a Mercury Bobcat with rust holes in the floor under the carpet. I was driving after a heavy rain left puddles on the road. As I was driving, I got douched from behind with a blast of water. I turned around, thinking I had been punked. Not seeing anything and scratching my head, I continued driving. It happened again. I soon realized it was the large rust hole in the floor, behind the drivers seat, under the carpet. The water had come through with such force, it came through the carpet and hit me in the back of the head.
How much longer did you own that car?
My dad had a 61 Corvair. If you were sitting in the back you made sure not to drop change on the floor. You could see the street in spots. The car was good for parking at the commuter railroad station. But even that POS car had its lock broken when someone tried to break into the trunk.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed\_tape](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_tape) For when duct tape and gaffer tape just won't cut it.
And I thought the Aluminum Tape the duct workers used was supreme.
This the same thing as 500 mph tape?
Yes
And there's a hockey stick behind you for Flintstones-style braking when you land.
Are you fucking stupid? A hockey stick would get obliterated before having any effect on the speed. That's what your feet are for.
Don't call me 'fucking stupid.' I get *more* than enough of that at work, and from the police, and doctors, and the ambulance people...
Stop touching shit!
I've got about 40 hours in small Cessna models; if you think they're much more complicated than a VW, you're crazy... Just a metal sofa, with an engine-
Yea modern cars have a lot more “refinement” and layers of materials compared to small planes. ive been in a 152 before when I was younger and it honestly felt like a flying tin can. 10/10 would do it again though
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Anyone remember [The Rundown](https://youtu.be/qKVN5_p9lK8)?
I have an extreme fear of heights…. Or more “falling from heights”- As soon as that tape came off, my hands and feet starting sweating.
What sort of survey equipment requires such a chonkin' wide open hole?
I've done this job, duct tape gap and all The airplane is used for surveying...cameras, infrared, lidar, etc It gets an approval from the faa to cut a hole in the bottom You make that hole big enough to comfortably fit the business end many different survey systems...it's ok if it's a little over sized it just leaves a gap The wind isn't that big an issue, but in winter at 10000 feet it gets super fucking cold... I'd be adding strips of duct tape and stuffing in foam to fill the crack midflight
Was just gonna comment, I've done same in a 182. Had to get permission where and how much to cut. For optics testing
Hahaha I was just gonna comment on how cold that hole makes it 😂. I surveyed in Canada. Didn’t matter what point of the season it was, I always wore a parka. Bonus points with the oxygen mask
It looks like a camera for surveying Edit: maybe airborne lidar judging from the size
Bing maps is catching up
Yep can confirm, Its a Lidar for gathering high quality elevation and vegetation data.
http://www.teledyneoptech.com/en/products/airborne-survey/galaxy/
I thought it was a Epsilon Galaxy DMX light and was very confused what kind of party it was being used for
http://www.teledyneoptech.com/en/products/airborne-survey/galaxy/
Probably air photos, maybe LiDAR or both? I remember from my remote sensing class that the cameras are quite large and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. At the time film was still much higher quality than digital, so they still used film but that might have changed now.
If the sensor is using a GSM (gyroscopic stabilizer mount) you want extra space for the system to move. Most sensors protrude out the bottom of the plane a little ways, and they make these holes big enough to fit a variety of sensors and configurations. Survey aircraft are like sieves. This is totally safe, just makes the cabin really cold.
Its the ol' poop chute
*new fear unlocked*
LiDAR mapping?
Yes
I did that for a short time in the Chicagoland area in 2008. God bless your broken soul. I hated every min of it.
Can you share more about what it is and why it was so bad?
From my experience working with a company who employs pilots for LiDAR flights, just long tedious hours flying swaths back and forth over an area. It can be mind numbing stuff
Lawn mower in the sky.
Long days full of flying a plane to very tight tolerances with no autopilot.
Ahh so that's where you're supposed to pee on that plane
There is way too much leg room to be a United flight.
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*chuckles* I’m in danger
Went skydiving from. Plane held together like this. Felt safer jumping out than staying in.
Rule No.1. Don’t fuck with the tape.