[Rhodes22-list] GPS

[Hank]

Brad,

There is a little truth to the warnings.

Back when the blackhawk first came out, the wires that controlled the
position of the stabilator (the big whale tail in the rear) ran in the same
bundle as the antenna wire for the #2 FM radio.  The Stabilator slew between
a position of 60 degrees down at a hover to 5 degrees up at cruise
(160kts).  Well, one of the early flight tests had the pilots flying along
about 50ft off the ground at cruise speed and they keyed the radio to talk.
This immediately sent the stabilator into a down mode and sent the aircraft
plowing nose first into the ground. Think 10000lb lawn dart.

Needless to say, the wires are now on separate sides of the tailboom.

Hank


On 2/10/06, brad haslett <flybrad at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hank,
>
> The 'Big O' lost credibility with me when she was
> wailing at the Superdome about the atrocities that
> were happening inside (which didn't happen) but then
> she didn't have any credibility to begin with.  I'd
> still marry her for her money however!
>
> I'm heading to the Gulf this morning right after my
> simulator event.  The Benevolent Carpetbaggers need a
> welder and I just purchased a new Hobart 20hp Kohler
> powered unit to deliver today.  I listen to Ole Hank,
> somewhere around channel 16 a good bit.  Driving
> through middle and southern Mississippi its either XM
> or listen to the  obituaries on local FM.
>
> The beauty of the combination of XM and GPS is the
> real time map display of weather.  That would be more
> valuable to me on the boat than navigation and much
> better information than is available on my 580,000
> pound jet.  We're strickly forbidden from carrying our
> own GPS on board a commercial aircraft.  You know that
> warning they always give you about turning off all
> electronic devices because they will interfere with
> the navigation equipment, blah, blah, blah - its BS.
> You could fire up a nuclear reactor and it wouldn't
> affect the steam ship guages I fly with.  But the
> gubment says no!  Go figure.
>
> Brad
>
> --- Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Brad,
> >
> > I'm shocked!  You don't want to get in touch with
> > your feminine side by
> > listening to oprah!
> >
> > I like ch 46, top 20 rock from all eras, and highway
> > 16 country.
> >
> > Hank
> >
> >
> > On 2/10/06, brad haslett <flybrad at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hank,
> > >
> > > That demonstrates how much I listen to Stern.
> > I've
> > > found XM radio about like satelite TV, you wind up
> > > listening to about three or four primary stations
> > and
> > > the rest go unused.  Mine stays about 50% on the
> > adult
> > > rated comedy channel, the rest of the time on
> > classic
> > > rock and roll and news.  XM did bag Oprah this
> > week.
> > > Another channel that will go unused on my watch.
> > >
> > > Brad
> > >
> > > --- Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "...Howard Stern.  By the way, he is exclusive
> > to
> > > > Sirius (only cost them
> > > > > 500
> > > > > million).  Can't get him on XM."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Which is why I bought XM and not Sirius!!
> > > >
> > > > Hank
> > > >
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