Fred in Texas; Sudden air density changes are a bitch that close to the ground. I bet that drone wasn't cheap. Furthermore, I don't think they showed the battery meltdown!
I think that is a BMW Z4 from the early 2000s. Do NOT turn off traction control. About 2008 where I lived, a gent borrowed his sister's new Z4, turned off TC, and hit it hard turning onto a local 4-lane road. Lost it like that and totaled sis's car.
BMWs from before traction control were built so that you could control the slide... *if* you knew how. After traction control they started skimping on that.
#2 - I only ever threw a hand grenade once, in basic at Fort Dix. Instead of hitting the dirt, as instructed, I wanted to see the explosion, so I crouched down with just my eyes and top of my helmet over the berm. A second later I get slammed into the dirt and targeted by a string of profanity by the D.I.
Basic Training 101 - The drill instructor never thinks it's as funny as you do.
8) That drone accidentally flew by Hillary's bathroom window and saw her naked in the shower and could no longer handle life on this world. 9) At first I thought that was a person that was thrown into the water. I wonder if that thing skipped
#2: Me throwing a ball in elementary school. #3: Ends too soon. #8: A fitting end for any consumer drone. I love the totally half-assed attempt at a save too.
Starker here, That's why pilots use Density Altitude charts or calculators. Higher the temperature is the same as higher altitude. It affects maximum load, runway length & rate of climb, also engine power. Helicopters used to fight forest fires have to be much more careful compared to fixed wing.
Anonymous 1:21- Me too! But I went to pop a wheelie and the forks came away from the front tire. It seemed like forever until I hit the pavement, giving my hands a super bad case of road rash. I also hit a road closed sign at the bottom of a hill on my bike. I cut it a bit too close and bit the dust. I can't remember just how badly I was scraped up that time, but no doubt it was bad.
Oof. I never had a front wheel separate from the the fork, but my first 10 speed after outgrowing dirt bikes (about 1986) had the old school curved end handlebars secured by a single long bolt in the top center. That bolt just spontaneously worked loose one day as I was going downhill at a pretty good clip on a road that had been recently chip sealed, a process in which a liquid asphalt emulsion is sprayed on the road surface, then chat type gravel is spread over that, becoming embedded in the liquid asphalt).
Makes for a comparatively cheap way to resurface a road, but not a place you want to loose control and wipe out. Which is precisely what happened when the handlebars no longer had any control over the fork. Luckily I missed much worse damage by kind of "jumping" towards the grass on the side of the road, but still had some road rash. The bike got all phuqed up, though I did manage to get it put back together and usable again after a couple of days.
I will never forget the “ka-chink” sound as my front tire dropped out the forks as I got air over a culvert hump. Still have the scars and chipped teeth.
#1 I always tie or screw the wood block to the joist before I position the jackpost. #3 The gif ended too soon. #6 Should have released the throttle when it started to slide #7 The hardware that comes with build-it-yourself shelves is crap #9 Was the bollard held on by rusted Chinesium bolts? Al_in_Ottawa
#9 Amazing the flying bollard did not kill several
ReplyDeleteIts amazing that the rope didn't snap and do the same thing.
DeleteWhenever a mast was being testsd or lines being load tested we cleared the pier of personnel. WTAF, those lines can cut you right in half.
Delete#8 Stupid is as stupid does.
ReplyDeleteFred in Texas; Sudden air density changes are a bitch that close to the ground. I bet that drone wasn't cheap. Furthermore, I don't think they showed the battery meltdown!
Delete#6: from the already present skid marks, this was a practice session that went bad.
ReplyDeleteI think that is a BMW Z4 from the early 2000s. Do NOT turn off traction control. About 2008 where I lived, a gent borrowed his sister's new Z4, turned off TC, and hit it hard turning onto a local 4-lane road. Lost it like that and totaled sis's car.
DeleteBMWs from before traction control were built so that you could control the slide... *if* you knew how. After traction control they started skimping on that.
DeleteHad a 2001 with the M3 engine. Scary fast. Would swap ends in a heartbeat if you pushed it to hard in a curve.
Delete#2 - I only ever threw a hand grenade once, in basic at Fort Dix. Instead of hitting the dirt, as instructed, I wanted to see the explosion, so I crouched down with just my eyes and top of my helmet over the berm. A second later I get slammed into the dirt and targeted by a string of profanity by the D.I.
ReplyDeleteBasic Training 101 - The drill instructor never thinks it's as funny as you do.
#2 Throws like a chick...
ReplyDeleteRange coach was good and fast. Jeff C in NC
Delete8) That drone accidentally flew by Hillary's bathroom window and saw her naked in the shower and could no longer handle life on this world.
ReplyDelete9) At first I thought that was a person that was thrown into the water.
I wonder if that thing skipped
# 9. That's a strong line to pull that bollard out like that.
ReplyDeleteJD
Dyneema, Amsteel many ropes out perform steel cable, truly incredible..
Delete#2: Me throwing a ball in elementary school.
ReplyDelete#3: Ends too soon.
#8: A fitting end for any consumer drone. I love the totally half-assed attempt at a save too.
#8 hot air is thinner- thus, no lift.
ReplyDeleteSay what?
DeleteIt's true. That's why helicopter's lift capabilities are reduced in hot climates.
DeleteStarker here,
DeleteThat's why pilots use Density Altitude charts or calculators. Higher the temperature is the same as higher altitude. It affects maximum load, runway length & rate of climb, also engine power. Helicopters used to fight forest fires have to be much more careful compared to fixed wing.
the crowd on the dock was very lucky the bollard broke instead of the rope coming loose from the boat and whipping back to the dock.
ReplyDeleteI think it had to be a Kevlar line. They will rip the bollard off the pier (or ship) before they part. When they do part, no snapback.
Delete#3. Had that happen as a young teen on a pedal bike pre-helmet days. No fun for me (still have road rash scarring) and destroyed my bike's forks.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 1:21- Me too! But I went to pop a wheelie and the forks came away from the front tire. It seemed like forever until I hit the pavement, giving my hands a super bad case of road rash.
DeleteI also hit a road closed sign at the bottom of a hill on my bike. I cut it a bit too close and bit the dust. I can't remember just how badly I was scraped up that time, but no doubt it was bad.
Oof. I never had a front wheel separate from the the fork, but my first 10
Deletespeed after outgrowing dirt bikes (about 1986) had the old school curved end handlebars secured by a single long bolt in the top center. That bolt just spontaneously worked loose one day as I was going downhill at a pretty good clip on a road that had been recently chip sealed, a process in which a liquid asphalt emulsion is sprayed on the road surface, then chat type gravel is spread over that, becoming embedded in the liquid asphalt).
Makes for a comparatively cheap way to resurface a road, but not a place you want to loose control and wipe out. Which is precisely what happened when the handlebars no longer had any control over the fork. Luckily I missed much worse damage by kind of "jumping" towards the grass on the side of the road, but still had some road rash. The bike got all phuqed up, though I did manage to get it put back together and usable again after a couple of days.
I will never forget the “ka-chink” sound as my front tire dropped out the forks as I got air over a culvert hump. Still have the scars and chipped teeth.
Delete#1 I always tie or screw the wood block to the joist before I position the jackpost.
ReplyDelete#3 The gif ended too soon.
#6 Should have released the throttle when it started to slide
#7 The hardware that comes with build-it-yourself shelves is crap
#9 Was the bollard held on by rusted Chinesium bolts?
Al_in_Ottawa
#8. A fitting end to those annoying little things
ReplyDelete#10- the honey doing crunches looks like she needs an exercise partner.
ReplyDelete#2 “You are a no-go at this station.” Good save DI!
ReplyDelete#6 Tanks don’t go where cattails grow, and neither do BMWs. Dumbass.
#2- once the pin is pulled, Mr Grenade is no longer your friend. And if the striker slaps home, you have the rest of your life to take cover.
ReplyDelete#2: those holes were obviously dug for just this reason.
ReplyDeleteBeing old, #8 reminds me of the ending to the original Japanese sci-fi flick, "Rodan"
ReplyDelete- WDS