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[flatbutt]

no...her mouth is prettier

[Rusty Heap]

Twin drunken beer can BBQ chicks duking it out.

[BE911SC]

Originally Posted by widebody911

1906 earthquake victim. This is out near Point Reyes, northwest of SF.

Random:

[daepp]

Originally Posted by bugstrider

Long EZ, bombing through the hills at 170mph. What a freaking rush

Looking toward the 200 mph mark when it's cleaned up and fared

Please help me with this. I understood that the canard was a superior design due to stability and preventing a stall. Why didn't it catch on? (Full disclosure - I think I asked this before and I can't remember the answer!)

There are several based at my local GA airport. They go up usually on the weekends and when the weather is clearest, so to me they seem like "fun" or "sport" planes rather than simply transportation. A flying 911 of sorts. So why does a guy buy a 172 for $100K unless he needs it for transportation.

Obviously I'm biased, but I love to watch them cruise, and at the little airport diner you can watch them come in, kneel, and disgorge their passengers!

[BE911SC]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

Interesting.
5 beetles.
An Avanti.
A Corvair.
Early 60's Chevrolet pickup.
And what is that behind the phone booth? A Nova?

Re post 67490.

'69 Camaro. No doubt about it. Headlights are farther inboard than the '70 Barracuda.

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by daepp

Please help me with this. I understood that the canard was a superior design due to stability and preventing a stall. Why didn't it catch on? (Full disclosure - I think I asked this before and I can't remember the answer!)

The canard enables achieving a slower stall speed, but it takes longer to recover from.

Don't ever stall a canard at low altitude.

At least this is what I understand, somebody else with actual experience can chime in and correct me if need be.

Velocity Aircraft

[GH85Carrera]

[daepp]

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by jorian

Gina Gershon.

No wonder I had never heard of her.

Gina L. Gershon is an American film, television and stage actress, singer and author. She is known for her roles in the films Cocktail, Showgirls, Bound, Face/Off, The Insider, Demonlover.

I have not seen anything she is in.

[Nostril Cheese]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I have not seen anything she is in.

Go watch Bound. You're welcome.

[GH85Carrera]

[joeblow]

A properly built canard aircraft does not actually ever stall really. The idea is that the front canard wing stalls before the main wing which causes the nose to pitch down automatically which reduces the angle of attack before the main wing reaches a stall.

However like ALL stalls a loss in altitude results in order to convert altitude into speed energy. Most canard aircraft are designed for high speed and as such require more speed to recover from a stalled condition than a conventional aircraft that is designed for less speed. All things being equal the canard is safer, more efficient, and more stable.

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Originally Posted by kach22i

The canard enables achieving a slower stall speed, but it takes longer to recover from.

Don't ever stall a canard at low altitude.

At least this is what I understand, somebody else with actual experience can chime in and correct me if need be.

Velocity Aircraft

[widebody911]

Dumb question - how do those things taxi? Do you have to stick your legs through the bottom and do a Fred Flintstone rollout?

[GH85Carrera]

[joeblow]

Nose gear is retractable and it is common to park them with the nose retracted...presumably to keep them from lifting off in windy conditions.

Originally Posted by widebody911

Dumb question - how do those things taxi? Do you have to stick your legs through the bottom and do a Fred Flintstone rollout?

[flipper35]

[GH85Carrera]

[Baz]

[legion]

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

Twin drunken beer can BBQ chicks duking it out.

That's quite a thigh gap!

[joescoolcustms]