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Where's Tinman been for the last few months?
Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 11:14 pm
by Tinman
My passion: When the weather is mild and the chance of pop-up thunderstorms is low ... I love to fly the friendly skies in my flying machine.
Re: Where's Tinman been for the last few months?
Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 11:32 pm
by GHOSTHUNTER
I'm sure I saw you flying over my back garden. I gave you a big wave...
Ghosty.
Re: Where's Tinman been for the last few months?
Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 12:31 am
by Tinman
GHOSTHUNTER wrote:I'm sure I saw you flying over my back garden. I gave you a big wave...
Ghosty.
Must have been the day I forgot my GPS, LOL. Seriously, one day I did forget to charge the battery in the GPS and I was enjoying putting around so much I lost track of where I was. I had to climb higher and look for something, some landmark I recognized (lake, highway, towns that sort of thing). Once I did that I was mostly back on track, but it took longer to get home than I had planned. Still plenty of fuel left but gone nearly an hour longer than planned. The wife is absolutely convinced I'm going to kill myself in "that thing" as she calls it (and also refuses get in it with me). So far, only one of my friends has gone up with me and when his wife found out he's "not allowed in that thing either" LOL.
Re: Where's Tinman been for the last few months?
Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 1:49 am
by GHOSTHUNTER
Well Joe, it is nice to have so much independance and I am sure ''that thing'' is pretty safe and if there is a problem, it'll be down to pilot error
Ghosty.
Re: Where's Tinman been for the last few months?
Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 1:50 am
by Tinman
GHOSTHUNTER wrote:Well Joe, it is nice to have so much independance and I am sure ''that thing'' is pretty safe and if there is a problem, it'll be down to pilot error
Ghosty.
Kev, thanks for the strong vote of confidence.
See that white thing just to the left of my head (in the photo), that's a parachute for the craft. Hit the panic button and it opens via a charge like an air bag does. In theory, the entire ultra light (pilot and all) does a fairly soft landing. One only hopes not to deploy it over a dense forest or other undesirable terrain. Anyway, that's my "Plan B."
Re: Where's Tinman been for the last few months?
Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 10:47 am
by GHOSTHUNTER
I see it Joe, the container with Three dark stripes around it. If you could compare it to a car, how heavy do you think the craft is, an average Family sedan or something bigger.
Ghosty.
Re: Where's Tinman been for the last few months?
Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 12:40 pm
by misterpop
Hes a Magnificent Man in his Flying Machine and no mistake.....But can you not forum and fly?...
Re: Where's Tinman been for the last few months?
Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 7:24 pm
by motorman
I always thought you had your head in the clouds Joe.
Re: Where's Tinman been for the last few months?
Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 8:46 pm
by zBret
Looks like ya really enjoy that "thing" up up and away !
Always good to have a plan B, hopefully never will have the need for it, but I imagineit gives one a feeling of security knowing its there if ya need it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4zfgwa_E_k
and don't forget..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_8mdH20qTQ
zBret
Re: Where's Tinman been for the last few months?
Posted: Mon May 08, 2017 9:26 pm
by Tinman
