Postin a sticky

Pic is me and my urrplayne. Low and slow is the best way to fly.
I also fly a DeHavilland DHC-2 Beaver and a Robinson R44 Raven semi-regularly.

>>249968
here.
>>249653
>>249655
I have a few hours in an RV-6, and a few minutes in an RV-8. Vans sure makes a solid airplane.

>>249965
I have 70hrs on the TB-20 from when I did my CPL and IR-SE.

Compared to other GA aircraft it feels more heavy, more stable. My first remark on it was that "It feels like flying a ship"
It has great range and power which makes loading more easy, especially when compared to aircraft as the Piper Seneca V.
On the TB-20 you could take 4 people on board and enough fuel to give you an endurance of 3.5 hours and still remain within limits. On the Seneca this was impossible.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Dm8mCzEIU&

>>249868
>>249869
Not GA. Not even at all, anymore.

>>249888
>"You know we have only 2 minutes left to live when that engine fails, don't you?"
Slower airplanes FTW. Everything is a potential landing strip.

>>249662
nice telling what I did

>>249555
This. Takes away their satisfaction of pissing you off, confuses them, and doesn't really escalate the situation.

Or catch up to the m at the next light and discretely throw a handful of roofing nails under their tire. Those big truck tires are expensive!

< Do this face. Act cool and say calmly "You mad bro?".

Nobody in a car will ever take anything you say seriously.

I read a post on a bike forum once about a man who lets out many pronouncements of doom to the driver of a Navigator who was rude to him, and he reported with some satisfaction that the driver roared off with a look of worry on his face that gas would indeed spike in prices and drive him bankrupt. Had I been posting on that forum, I would assure him that no such thought crossed the driver's mind.

I bike more than I drive, but I drive often enough to know that kars are king. Nothing you say as a biker will ever come off as meaningful. The best you could do is make him feel stupid by ignoring him or smiling and waving. The worst is make him angry and encourage him to actually hurt you, which is easily done in a car vs bike situation.

>>249964
>I bike more than I drive, but I drive often enough to know that kars are king. Nothing you say as a biker will ever come off as meaningful. The best you could do is make him feel stupid by ignoring him or smiling and waving. The worst is make him angry and encourage him to actually hurt you, which is easily done in a car vs bike situa

At least in the SF Bay area, drivers are scared shitless of being sued or arrested for swiping a biker so they are really careful.

Everytime I almost get swiped by a careless car I give them the evil eye and they look pretty scared.

>>249954
Wow, I wish I could operate my business at a loss and be heavily subsidized.

You know, I don't actually have a problem with that proposal, Amtrak service is a failure for much of the country.

A couple weeks ago I had to travel from southern Colorado to southern Minnesota and I did some looking at what different modes of transport would cost:

Airline; $400-600 round trip (depending on airline, and how far in advance tickets could be bought), 6 hours one way including the drive to/from airports and waiting.

Car with fair gas mileage: $240 round trip, 16 hour drive one way. (had to go with this, sadly, and another five hours were added to travel time by bad weather on the return trip)

Amtrak: $550 round trip, 1 hour to drive to the nearest station, 19 hours to Chicago, A TWENTY-THREE HOUR WAIT, then another 7 hours to my final destination. The way back would only have a 1 hour layover, so average time would be 39 hours, one way.

>>249955

If you feel that way you should get into the auto industry!

You know,Ohio was going to get a huge amount money to build a Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati high speed real line from the federal gov'ment, but our dumb shit republifag governor elect was like NOPE so now some other state is getting it.

I am butthurt :/

>>249977

California got it.

>>249832
>>249842
>>249871
I helped a friend build one. It is a blast to ride.

It is not at all like a real motorcycle, nor is it like a bicycle. It is just a fun toy.

Protip: it's a toy, if you want real transportation, a small motorcycle would be better.

pic related; my friends motorized bike is almost exactly like this one

Some people have an actual use for them, people using bikes for more than purely personal transportation. Probably most people using them are just lazy and the sort of nerd enamored of technological complication for its own ego-assuaging sake, as opposed to nerds enamored of the right technology as an actual means to making the best tool.

electric free ride bike. Kind of cool but, not sure if this is really better than a lighter downhill bike. The problem with the concept is the weight. 70lbs makes this much less maneuverable than a regular bike.

http://www.stealthelectricbikes.com/electric-bike.html

For me at least, a large part of why I like bikes so much is that they are very simple and straight forward.

A motor and all the attachments would take away most of the fun and would be a nuisance.

>>249975
I agree, my friend and i built a gas bike out of a $45 craigslist bike and an engine bought online for $200. Its entertainment, not a bike

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You are abosolutely right. moot deleted /new/ because its ultimate truth would not be accepted by his judener overlords.

Don't doubt it folks--where there's money, there's bound to be die juden.

Long live /new/

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>>249974
it's .net faggot, not org

>>247559
I fucking love this van

glorious soviet minibus

it doesn't get more awesome than this

>>249940
What is an IA-fag?

>>249941
Too bad the real life version will be more like >>249706

in 4 more years guys!

Trains AND magnets- sounds good to me.

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>>249805
How the hell would you stop that thing without smooshing against the driver's seat?

>>249834

You start braking early...

Chinas 30km one cost 1.4 billion USD

Conventional steel wheel on rail High-Speed Trains are fine
Paris to Lyons 245 miles, TGV takes an hour and 57 minutes
Boston to NYC 230 miles, Accela takes 3 and a half hours

Maglev wont fix the fact America simply refuses to invest in infrastructure.

>>249839
Edinburgh to London: 400 miles in 4 hours flat on a good day, yet a top speed of only 125mph.

Are you even trying, America?

>>249498
I consider shutting down the St. Kilda line and running light rail on the right of way as a bit of cheap substitute

>>249584
lolno

>>249598
erm?
They shut down the St. Kilda Railway in 1987. Been running Trams on it ever since.
Are you a time traveler?
>>249756
Oh true there is the German Tram-Trains, but lets try not to confuse the Americans when they're still trying to grasp the basics.

Unfortunately its the only rail line that goes though middle class areas of LA, so of course no one is going to ride it.

>>249771
Yes, I live in 1985, rental prices are much lower there.