[Meatloaf] My next job. I hope

Thu Aug 29 13:29:06 MDT 2024

On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:43:56 -0400
Dave Daniel <kc0wjn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> 
> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> For great justice.
>  
> It would be even more fun to get a ride in a helo that is deploying
> one of those things!

  As someone who had to travel in them as a condition of employment,
  allow me to state -- "Never board a helicopter if your life is not
  already in danger."	 
> 
> DaveD
> KC0WJN
> 
> Thanks for all the fish.
> ==============================
> All spelling mistakes are the responsibilty of the reader (Rick Renz,
> STK, ca. 1994)
> 
> ==============================
> 
> > On Aug 29, 2024, at 12:29, david shenk <klmoexpo at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> > 
> > All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> > You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> > For great justice.
> > 
> > It would be fun to talk to the pilot.  I’m guessing the extra work
> > load is pretty small.  Looks to me like the hard part would be
> > know/seeing where the blades are.  Might not be too bad once you
> > get the hang of a hanging load.  That seems like a talent.
> > Dropping fire retardant is a pretty precise operation too if it is
> > effective.
> > 
> > David Shenk
> >   
> >> On Aug 29, 2024, at 9:58 AM, Dave Daniel <kc0wjn at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> >> 
> >> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> >> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> >> For great justice.
> >> 
> >> Sounds really complicated (anti-KISS).
> >> 
> >> Flying a helo is complicated enough. I mean, let's just add
> >> another set of controls to the crew's task load.
> >> 
> >> DaveD
> >> KC0WJN
> >> 
> >> Thanks for all the fish.
> >> ==============================
> >> All spelling mistakes are the responsibilty of the reader (Rick
> >> Renz, STK, ca. 1994) ==============================
> >>   
> >>>> On Aug 29, 2024, at 11:52, david shenk <klmoexpo at gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:  
> >>> 
> >>> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> >>> 
> >>> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> >>> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> >>> For great justice.
> >>> 
> >>> Some sort of hydraulic pump.  Probably not from the helicopter
> >>> engine.  Later designs had a turbine engine located down on the
> >>> saw portion which begs the question of how the fuel gets to the
> >>> turbine.  Possibly had a fuel supply on the lower portion so you
> >>> could dump all the weight for better performance in an emergency?
> >>> 
> >>> David Shenk
> >>>   
> >>>>> On Aug 29, 2024, at 9:45 AM, Dave Daniel <kc0wjn at gmail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:  
> >>>> 
> >>>> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> >>>> 
> >>>> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to
> >>>> destruction. You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA
> >>>> HA HA... For great justice.
> >>>> 
> >>>> What powered the hydraulic pump? Some sort of PTO inside the
> >>>> helo?
> >>>> 
> >>>> DaveD
> >>>> KC0WJN
> >>>> 
> >>>> Thanks for all the fish.
> >>>> ==============================
> >>>> All spelling mistakes are the responsibilty of the reader (Rick
> >>>> Renz, STK, ca. 1994) ==============================
> >>>>   
> >>>>>> On Aug 29, 2024, at 11:29, david shenk <klmoexpo at gmail.com>
> >>>>>> wrote:  
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to
> >>>>> destruction. You have no chance to survive make your time. HA
> >>>>> HA HA HA... For great justice.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> A friend of mine worked with the guy that developed that
> >>>>> thing.  At least one person died while using one.  The early
> >>>>> design used hydraulic motors to power the blades.  The hoses
> >>>>> had couplings from the helicopter that were coming disconnected
> >>>>> so someone wired them together.  When they needed to cut the
> >>>>> whole thing loose the hoses didn’t disconnect and the thing
> >>>>> crashed.  There is still a thriving business using them back
> >>>>> east somewhere.  Probably have a dozen or so units but never
> >>>>> sold them to other operators.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> David Shenk
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>>> On Aug 29, 2024, at 8:11 AM, Hale Landis
> >>>>>>> <halelandis at gmail.com> wrote:  
> >>>>>> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to
> >>>>>> destruction. You have no chance to survive make your time. HA
> >>>>>> HA HA HA... For great justice.
> >>>>>> All jobs will be done by AI in 5 years.
> >>>>>>   
> >>>>>>> On 8/29/24 08:03, pt wrote:
> >>>>>>> Nope. Not a pilot. And helicopters are more difficult to fly.
> >>>>>>>  
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
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