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Maggie’s Funny & awesome pics, vids and memes thread (work safe, no nudity)

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Never got to ride in a helo but is this guy was the pilot Id want to do it on an empty stomach,


I used to hate working on fly in oil and gas sites, just because it was such a pain in the ass. I liked the ride, but hated not being able to take all the tools and parts I was used to packing in my truck. Once in a while we'd get a cool pilot though, and that would make up for it. One trip back to camp in a A-star was pretty awesome, I was riding shotgun and the pilot was going 130mph or so following a winding river, nice and low. The people in the back seat didn't think it was nearly as much fun as I did. Or there was the ex military pilot flying a 206 that always had basically the sound track to any Vietnam war movie blasting in the headsets. Another memorable one was taking of from a small site in an R44 with two of us onboard. It was the end of the day and the pilot figured he'd burned enough fuel he could get off the ground with both of us, ended making a few laps of the clearing to get enough airspeed to get above the trees.
Kristian
 
I think my last 700 crash was about $500 to fix, and it was a really really minor low altitude dumb finger mistake and I hit throttle hold before it went in to minimize damage. The damage was rather minimal actually and didn't need a re-kit, but blades and parts sure add up fast, and I lucked out and didn't damage a $375 14S battery pack.

That didn't discourage me though, I doubled down on the stupidity and expensive crash costs and decided my electric 700s weren't enough financial risk in the air... So I built a turbine 700 that I do aerobatics and "light 3D" with. It's heavier and less powerful than my 700 electric, but sounds way cooler, lol.

Only close call I've had with it is when the clunk fuel lines in the tanks got hard after about 2 years and I didn't realize it, so they weren't able to move around freely and pick up fuel in all orientations. Turbine flamed out while inverted about 3 minutes before my normal low fuel warning; the transmitter started screaming "low EGT" and then "flameout" and then things in the air got really quiet... Managed a successful autorotation with no damage though.

After that close call I now change all the fuel lines once a year... Especially the clunk lines in the tanks.

Large RC aircraft of any kind are an excellent way to turn money into a collection of broken parts on the ground, lol. All it takes is one fat finger mistake or a little mechanical or electronics failure. Still fun though, paying crash costs not so much.

This reminds me, I haven't flown in a while now... Probably should put in some refresher sim time and take them back out to the field.
Yep, forgot about crunching battery packs. Add that to the list for sure.

I want some video of that turbine setup please! Got a YT channel?

I've been getting the urge to get the RC stuff back out myself, maybe I'll get some newer vids. Maybe I'll even annoy the wife with the minis indoors. LOL
 
Hot? Dude, it barely made it to the low 70s today.
Yeah, in fucking February.

It’s actually not necessarily the temperatures. It’s the humidity that I can’t stand