TerryW

That's a real nice setup but I don't want another rail. After shooting one of my guns without a rail all day my hand isn't as worn out as when I shoot a railed gun a bunch. I guess there isn't much call for lights or light mounts for our M4's. Nobody shoots these at night? lol Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

I can't really find an easy/good light solution for my M4. I was hoping for something as easy as the fore end light like the 870 Surefire light. What have you guys found or used you like on the M4? Not crazy about Surefires fore end for the M4 :-( Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Caster, where is your local store? Tw Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

  Does apple have an app for this?  I'd forget where I put it. lol     I can hide my own Easter eggs..  :rofl:

I kinda like it. I bet it gets lots of double takes. Did you dip it yourself? I have a couple guns I want to dip. Is it durable?

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    I wonder just what torque will feel like in this new design?  I love the V designed motor torque that we have come to know over the years.  Loads of torque and it feels like it's going to roll when you stomp on it..  lol

This is a Fascinating new engine concept.  I love new radical designs, they may change everything as we know it.   Interesting application of axial piston pumping technology applied to reciprocating engine development.      JUST WHEN WE THINK WE CANNOT DO MORE WITH THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE,   SOMETHING NEW TURNS UP!!     HERE

hardknox, that is funny....   Thread creep.  Check this out.  Somebody with lots of time on their hands...lol     Is Gilligan the Devil? Years ago, CBS had a popular little series called "Gilligan's Island". There is, however, a dark secret about this "comedy" you may never have realized. The island is a direct representation of Hell. Nobody on the island wants to be there, yet none are able to leave. Each one of the characters represents one of the 7 deadly sins: Ginger represents LUST - she wears skimpy outfits, is obsessed with her looks, and is a borderline nymphomaniac. Mary Ann represents ENVY - she is jealous of Ginger's beauty. The Professor represents PRIDE - he is an annoying know-it-all. Mr. Howell represents GREED - no explanation needed. Mrs. Howell represents SLOTH - she has never lifted a finger to help on any of their escape plans. The Skipper represents two sins: GLUTTONY - again, no explanation needed and ANGER - he violently hits Gilligan on each show. This leaves Gilligan. Gilligan is the person who put them there. He prevents them from leaving by foiling all of their escape plots. Also, it is HIS island. Therefore, Gilligan is SATAN. Crazy? He does wear red in every episode.

Tanker at this point, you've got a good chance of being right. :-)

    No please don't think that.  I am not an expert but I have sat in the seat for a while.  The kid that authored that article has flying experience but not jet airliner experience. 

Fire = Bad   Fire at altitude = real bad..

hardknox,  I am not frustrated with you, I get frustrated with pilots without airline experience writing as if they know what they are talking about.    There isn't anybody that has ever flown an airliner trained to go to high altitude to put out a fire.  An airplane is made of aluminum.  Fire and aluminum don't mix well.  I have always been trained IF you ever encounter fire in the aircraft you get the mo fo ON THE GROUND, even a road if you have to.  If the Wing Separation light comes on you no longer have a flying machine..  (There really isn't a Wing Separation light)   The author is not a commercial airline pilot.    Also, that pilot says things like,  "I instinctively knew".  No he doesn't, I sure don't and I sit in an airliner for 800 hours a year, every year for the past 26.    I hate when internet experts that write as if they were sitting there...

    Oh ok. Good.... Glad to hear the media is getting that right...  Can you tell I'm not a news guy? lol

    I have no idea how much fuel they left with but in my 17 years flying the 737 I have NEVER taken off with full fuel. So max range could be a moot point.  Their range is going to be based on their fuel load at take off and I doubt, but maybe it was topped off with fuel.

Mine is how I feel some days.  Like when I get to see my wife for more than just a few days!  Or when I am on vacation! 

Take offs are normally calculated for what they call a balanced field take off.  Balanced field take off. <---- I'm short on time or I would have typed that in my language.  We don't always want to take off at full power because it is much harder on the jet engines and when they engines are stressed at T/O power if they are going to fail, that is where it is more likely to happen, at the power reduction after full or very high power take offs. Rotate, V1 and V2 speeds are calculated on runway length, outside air temp, barometric pressure, altitude, wind and weight of the aircraft at take off.

Flying on one engine....     I think I was told by my commercial flight instructor that a twin engine aircraft loses 65% available thrust on one motor.   The 15% extra loss is from drag from the aircraft slipstream isn't as streamlined and carrying a dead motor around.    So, if the boy/boys up front shut one down they really won't save any gas and probably burn more.  Plus a jet engine burns a $hit pot of gas down low.  The 737-700 will burn around 4,400 lbs per hour at the service ceiling of 41,000 feet at .78 mach.  At 4,000 feet it burns around 8,000 lbs an hour at 250 knots .3 mach. Jet fuel weighs 6.7 lbs per gallon. 

    peejman, Pilots are not able to control passenger O2 with an on/off on newer aircraft like the 777.  Passenger O2 comes from individual oxygen generator at each passenger service unit (PSU).   Oxygen generators are like what took that Value Jet airliner down when they caught fire in the cargo compartment.   I don't remember how long the generators lasts but the FAA requires enough O2 to make an emergency decent from max certified altitude to a lower altitude around 10,000 feet.  I am sorry I don't remember all the exact numbers.  But  the bad guys could hang out long enough to put everyone out for good.  :-(

My Mom always told me, "If you can't find anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."    Mr Phelps,                                                                                                                                                                                   .

I finally watched the news yesterday. This story is crazy. Opinion Alert: I think the plane is fine and going to be used for something nefarious and the pilots were in on it. The way the news is reporting is like those two pilots fly together all the time.? Scary scary scary. I hope they find the plane and passengers safe.

    Tanker, me too.  There are some funny Mo Fo's here.  I love the humor. 

Good article.  The part about cell phones about to be approved for use inflight in Europe, I hope that doesn't happen here.  I really don't want to listen to someone 18 rows away talk on their phone.........

The people that scam like this deserve bad things to happen to them....

    I like this one...