"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
05/20/2020 at 15:54 • Filed to: None
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"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
05/20/2020 at 15:54 • Filed to: None | 2
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There are two guys who fly out of KREG who share a hangar with at least four gyrocopters. One of them frequently flies a path that takes him over my house and for years I’ve stepped outside to wave hello when I hear him coming. He usually flies a yellow bird. Last week he was flying something new.
I also happened to have my wife’s D50 handy, so I was able to get better pictures than I can with my iPhone.
After circling my place, he headed north as usual. I happened to catch him waving to someone else on the ground.
I’m putting the big lens on in anticipation of his next flyby. I should be able to get something even better then.
UserNotFound
> TheRealBicycleBuck
05/20/2020 at 16:00 |
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I am always amazed that those things, like, fly.
DipodomysDeserti
> TheRealBicycleBuck
05/20/2020 at 16:01 |
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Saw a guy flying around Phoenix in a powered paraglider last weekend. He was very high up. Seems like a bad idea in the middle of a big city.
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> TheRealBicycleBuck
05/20/2020 at 16:01 |
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I used to joke with a coworker that I was going to buy one of these to commute to work in.
Hmm... I wonder what a gyrocopter costs anyway....
CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
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05/20/2020 at 16:03 |
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They’re pretty cheap, but ICBC rates them as a jumbo jet so it’s gonna be $100 ,0 00 a year to insure.
#BC logic.
user314
> TheRealBicycleBuck
05/20/2020 at 16:05 |
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> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
05/20/2020 at 16:10 |
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Gonna have to pull the ol’ ‘ R egistered in Alberta, just on an extended BC va cation’ gag I guess.
Chariotoflove
> TheRealBicycleBuck
05/20/2020 at 16:14 |
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I would so love to have one of those.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> DipodomysDeserti
05/20/2020 at 16:17 |
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I’ve seen a few flying in my area. One guy flew regularly for a few weeks then I never saw him again. Two paratrikes flew by a few weeks ago. That was the first time I’d seen any in the area.
Legally, with the right equipment (radio, mode-C transponder), a minimum of a sport pilot license, and with permission from air traffic control, a powered paraglider may enter controlled airspace.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> Chariotoflove
05/20/2020 at 16:23 |
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Come to Louisiana for two weeks. We’ll go over to Autogyro of Louisiana. You’ll get your Sport License and I’ll get my autogyro endorsement.
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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
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05/20/2020 at 16:30 |
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lol, I have investigated quite a few “registered in Alberta” files. Trust me, they don’t work out in the end for those people.
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Chariotoflove
> TheRealBicycleBuck
05/20/2020 at 16:30 |
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Oooo! Lemme ask the wife. BRB...
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> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
05/20/2020 at 16:56 |
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Good.
If I have to pay through the nose every month so should they.
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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
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05/20/2020 at 17:07 |
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It tends to be cheap every month with a crippling payment at the end when they have an uninsured loss.
Shane Moore
> Chariotoflove
05/20/2020 at 17:08 |
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Spoiler Alert: She said no....
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Chariotoflove
> Shane Moore
05/20/2020 at 17:11 |
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Hey now! I’m just waiting for the right time. Don’t jinx it.
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> Chariotoflove
05/20/2020 at 18:19 |
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Aren’t they deathtraps? I’d rather have the powered paraglider since I have lots of parachute experience and you can land it with no power.
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Chariotoflove
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
05/20/2020 at 18:26 |
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Oh, I dunno. This guy has been flying them for a while, and he gives it the thumbs up. Who wouldn’t trust that endorsement?
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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> Chariotoflove
05/20/2020 at 18:37 |
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I worked with Aussies for years and they said they use those on huge ranches in Oz, and there are quite a few deaths. Government there says, “with the aircraft responsible for the worst fatality rate per hours flown”
I am very good with a parawing so I would go with that and a rotax backpack motor thing. I think it would feel more like flying anyway. My mom’s friend has been hang gliding for many years, I’m not sure about that either.
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Chariotoflove
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
05/20/2020 at 18:52 |
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For pure fun, it would probably come down to cost. But, I really like the idea of maneuvering, climbing, etc. under my own power.
I wonder if the make jet packs you can strap on a wheelchair.
zipfuel
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05/20/2020 at 21:32 |
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I started my day searching YouTube for anyone who built the
ram
jet tipped helicopter from the old ad
in
popular mechanics. Disappointingly I didn’t
find any fliers
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> zipfuel
05/20/2020 at 22:42 |
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Right next to the ad for the plans to b uild your own hovercraft. Man the dreams those ad’s spawned. ( If not for all of the lame parents standing in our way...)