MORE random pics......

[Holger]

Originally Posted by masraum

I suspect it's a reference to the apps (apparently one is named "wishbone") that are all the rage these days where you can take a photo of someone (or video) and make the person look like a deer, dog, whatever

Why would one want that?
People have to much time, clearly.

[kach22i]

Sukhoi branch proposition - Aircraft Comparison - World of Warplanes European official forum





http://www.aviastar.org/air/usa/boeing_x-32.php

The Boeing X-32 was a multi-purpose jet fighter in the Joint Strike Fighter contest. It lost to the Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstrator which was further developed into the F-35 Lightning II.

[kach22i]

http://aviationintel.com/yak-141-freestyle-the-f-35b-was-born-in-moscow/

[GH85Carrera]

Look at all the bullet holes!

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

I think the *idea* is cool - but pilots have told me that the NOTAR has poor tail rotor authority (yaw control) in hot/high situations. And in crosswinds.

I have flown one - mid 90's a friend of mine became a test pilot at the Mesa plant. Since I was the Chief Gov Pilot at the Sikorsky plant at the time and the Blackhawk line was humming along, the Army asked me to help audit the Apache assembly there. Two weeks. My buddy got permission to take me on a maintenance hop as a sand bag.

Hard for me to compare since I only had a hour or so in a regular 500 that I flew with the Maryland National Guard in the late 80's.

It did seem a little less responsive but like anything I got used to it...not HHH or crosswinds that day

[GH85Carrera]

How many other cars can you take to the track and still have a place for the wife to take care of the kids?

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

...mid 90's ... Mesa plant...

And 20 years later, I was flying at Falcon Field... lol
Many days watching the MDs do autorotative practice, and watching the Apache's flying around. That's a nice little airport!

(Plus, they have the Commemorative Air Force museum with P-51s to drool on.)

[GH85Carrera]

[id10t]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

How many other cars can you take to the track and still have a place for the wife to take care of the kids?

When my grandpa first saw the M491 dad had just bought back in '88 he thought the whale tail was a luggage rack ...

[GH85Carrera]

[HHI944]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

I think the *idea* is cool - but pilots have told me that the NOTAR has poor tail rotor authority (yaw control) in hot/high situations. And in crosswinds.

Of course, your tail rotor can't kill and maim as effectively with a NOTAR.

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I don't fly, I just reluctantly ride in them from time to time. What is the point of NOTAR supposed to be?

The first time I saw it flying, I thought the pilot was just a little *****, then I found out that it hurts maneuverability. It was weird, I'm not used to seeing little birds flying in a calm manner....

[GH85Carrera]

[yellowperil]

[GH85Carrera]

[legion]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

In college, the local towing company was notorious for stealing college students cars and ransoming them back. All of the college apartment companies "contracted" (received kickbacks from) this towing company. They were supposed to tow cars only after complaints, but it was well known that they would troll the lots around 4 am and steal any car without a parking sticker--even if you called it in to the towing company and got it cleared. (ESPECIALLY if you called it in to the towing company and got it cleared.)

My wife's car was towed on one of these occasions--despite the fact that we called it in. (Probably because of the fact that we called it in.) The towing company claimed they had no record of our call--too bad for us. This required going to one side of town to pay the ransom (where you waited in a line, 50 victims deep, to pay over $100), and going to the other side of town to get the car--it was an all-morning ordeal.

At the ransom-paying place, there was a lady sitting in the back, smoking, on oxygen. I always hoped that the inevitable would happen.

Not so random:

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by yellowperil

There is a car in that picture?

Random Pic:

[DanielDudley]

I don't see a car in either of those pictures.

[t-tom]

[widgeon13]

[KNS]

Originally Posted by HHI944

I don't fly, I just reluctantly ride in them from time to time. What is the point of NOTAR supposed to be?

The first time I saw it flying, I thought the pilot was just a little *****, then I found out that it hurts maneuverability. It was weird, I'm not used to seeing little birds flying in a calm manner....

The biggest reason for the NOTAR was eliminating the tail rotor, mostly for safety's sake. While it doesn't happen often pilots stick them into bushes and trees. Sometimes when hovering in tight quarters it can be difficult to know what's behind you, especially at night. People on the ground have also inadvertently walked into them. It was supposed to be more efficient too. (it didn't turn out that way).

One of the noisiest things on a helicopter is the tail rotor (some more or less so). The NOTOR is much quieter but McDonnell Douglas also made a four bladed tail rotor that was very quiet.

I think the concept is great. Anything to increase safety and decrease noise is a good thing. It just didn't really catch on. I've never flown one (or a regular 500) but wouldn't mind trying it.