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  1. HRM
    At 3 I found a piece of zip cord that someone had affixed a plug to each end. Why? Who knows? My dad taught vocational electronics and had a master electricians license, so perhaps it was some sort of test cord. In any event, I reasoned, preconscious, that the two plugs should be inserted into a duplex outlet. I performed the task and what we now call arc flash resulted. I believe that was the moment I became an EE. Been a great ride ever since...
  2. HRM
    There are three schools of magic. One: State a tautology, then ring the changes on its corollaries; that's philosophy. Two: Record many facts. Try to find a pattern. Then make a wrong guess at the next fact; that's science. Three: Be aware that you live in a malevolent Universe controlled by Murphy's Law, sometimes offset by Brewster's Factor; that's engineering.
  3. HRM
    My guess is that this has to do with actuarial issues. Hard to understand unless you are an actuary.
  4. HRM
    An E has four seats, depending on who sits in the rear They are also Super and built like tanks, but move like Porsche's.
  5. HRM
    I'm just glad he got out of Calcutta. He's doing great.
  6. HRM
    Indeed. That one is a piece of cake compared to the pilot side.
  7. HRM
    Well, not to disturb the idle hangar chat, but Brian is in Calcutta (Kolkata). Hope they don't give him a hard time. He's pretty much crossed the entire subcontinent!
  8. HRM
    When I take my E up into the stratosphere I just do a special hand-waving maneuver that gets the inertia going on those winding weights. Even though no one can hear you scream in space, there is inertia.
  9. HRM
    You just needed the grease of unmentionable expletives. I created quite a few new ones and damned myself to hell for eternity getting that clamp on the pilot's side with the windows intact.
  10. HRM
    I installed a MVP-50 (replaced the UBG-16) a few years back and since then have noticed all sorts of issues. One is alarming CHT's, alerts on vacuum and very aggravating alerts on low fuel. I've concluded that it is all a part of the curse of accurate digital data. I have learned not to rocket up away from the airport and I keep my tanks fuller. As for the vacuum, I think I am going to install a remote select/exit button to ease telling it to shut-up. I still love the damn thing...
  11. HRM
    Real pilots wear this (note wings):
  12. HRM
    Kids and airplanes, what's not to love?
  13. HRM
    Is there a break on insurance if your home base is towered? I believe I had heard that somewhere. (Please, no smart alecks saying that a tower increases liability)
  14. HRM
    Nah, what we've learned, or rather confirmed, is that no matter what the thread Mooniacs will drag it down some off beaten path and beat it to death.
  15. HRM
    Depends. My wife says I behave like a 12 year old, and she's a Middle School teacher. Wisdom...so overrated.
  16. HRM
    Surprisingly? He has nothing to lose except perhaps membership in the UFOs down the road.
  17. HRM
    Mine lay back. That intense Super airflow over them could snap them open if they were the other way!
  18. HRM
    I've always enjoyed the dep/app circus myself, frankly.
  19. HRM
    There's a mite there already, on the floor
  20. HRM
    They are building a tower at KEDC as we speak/write <choose>
  21. HRM
    Amen. A salute to Brian for having incredible courage and fortitude. I have "The Viking Route" to Europe on my bucket list, but what he is doing is just, well, Earhart/Lindy worthy!
  22. HRM
    Just incredible!
  23. HRM
    A very fine looking E and worth it. Enjoy!
  24. HRM
    That's blasphemy....get thee to an MSC.
  25. HRM
    Mine had two. They went away when we installed Bruce Jaegers Spatial Interior. I still have 'em in the hangar for anyone who wants to send me a ridiculous number of AMUs. Well, time for a new placard
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