Engine-off into a hole?
Engine-off into a hole?
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: USA
My dear fellow, let me start with an apology for calling you a grasshopper when, by your own admission, you are a squirrel. But I want to set the record straight: your thread was a slam of your examiner for picking a spot for your autorotation deemed unsuitable by you, not a practical question about techniques to hop over holes in mid-slide.
You're right that I'm being paid to sit around all day and surf the net. I do fly a helicopter every now and then though, when someone is in need of a quick ride to the hospital, so it's not like I'm an accountant or a chimney sweep or something. What I was trying to convey to you was a nugget of helpful helicopter advice that may be worth repeating:
When flying, don't let anyone pressure you into doing something you're uncomfortable with.
Believe me, I've learned this and every other lesson the hard way. There isn't a mistake you can make flying a helicopter that I haven't made before you. Just wanted to help you squirrel. Friends?
You're right that I'm being paid to sit around all day and surf the net. I do fly a helicopter every now and then though, when someone is in need of a quick ride to the hospital, so it's not like I'm an accountant or a chimney sweep or something. What I was trying to convey to you was a nugget of helpful helicopter advice that may be worth repeating:
When flying, don't let anyone pressure you into doing something you're uncomfortable with.
Believe me, I've learned this and every other lesson the hard way. There isn't a mistake you can make flying a helicopter that I haven't made before you. Just wanted to help you squirrel. Friends?
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: The Dark Side
Squirrel,
I agree with Rev - there is no technique that will allow you to hop in mid-slide and not make the situation worse - more importantly, it is my experience that some form of external pressure has inevitably been applied to a pilot that has resulted in that pilot going outside his envelope and getting in the !!!! - know your personal limits and stick to them.
GAGS
E86
I agree with Rev - there is no technique that will allow you to hop in mid-slide and not make the situation worse - more importantly, it is my experience that some form of external pressure has inevitably been applied to a pilot that has resulted in that pilot going outside his envelope and getting in the !!!! - know your personal limits and stick to them.
GAGS
E86
Joined: Aug 2000
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From: UK
Flyingsquirrel: you should change your name to flying chicken
First you mask an attempt to moan about someone else putting YOU in an incipient position and then you pull the thread because you can't cope with the responses......crisis, what crisis
First you mask an attempt to moan about someone else putting YOU in an incipient position and then you pull the thread because you can't cope with the responses......crisis, what crisis
Thread Starter
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 820
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From: New York City
Kinda strange. 
When i saw it young Squirrel was posting to say he how he handled a tricky situation real good , then some folk said he shouldn't have gotten himself in that situation in the first place and next time I looked the thread had gone. Looks like I missed the good bits.
When i saw it young Squirrel was posting to say he how he handled a tricky situation real good , then some folk said he shouldn't have gotten himself in that situation in the first place and next time I looked the thread had gone. Looks like I missed the good bits.
