Ian MacPherson

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@Send_Bunnies The King videos are great! Still remember Martha explaining "bracketing" in the VFR cross country episode! That was in the 90's and they were on VHS tapes back then 😂

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@BrockRiddickIFB 1. Rocket fuel supports its own combustion.
2. It's a reaction engine so the accelerating mass behind creates the thrust.

There are plenty of legitimate questions to ask about the space program but these are not among them.

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@AussieOneVoices Why do they need licensing? Are not background checks enough? Once you are confirmed to be responsible and without criminal history what does it matter how many or what types of arms you own .. you aren't deemed a risk so why bother with the overhead costs?

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@Ozkeptic @BrockRiddickIFB Hahaha! That's pretty true but in this case it was more about illustrating our paranoia about running out of fuel .. in light aviation fuel exhaustion due to poor planning is still in the top three causes of fatalities worldwide ... and it is preventable!!! Doh!

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@BrockRiddickIFB Reaction engines work by burning fuel to create expanding gases that "push against" the closed front of the combustion chamber ... the other end is open so the gas moving rearward creates a reaction force that moves the engine forward. Blow up a balloon and let it go!!

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@GenghisMFKhan Gimme a service manual and I will fix it or die trying! Fixing something consigned to the trash is the greatest buzz of all and often referred to as "The Repairman's Curse" ... but I somehow think skills like these are going to be very useful in the not too distant future...

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@CliffordPoodle It was so obvious

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@jamesphelpsjr @D567091452709 @JackMedia7 That's a straw man argument. I have done PPL training and have 350 hours flight time and many more on sims ... I have a good idea what it takes to work your way up to being g competent enough to fly accurately at normal speeds.

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@jamesphelpsjr @D567091452709 @JackMedia7 Yeah right

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@jamesphelpsjr @D567091452709 @JackMedia7 And it's not "policy" ... it's a stated speed limit above which structural damage to the airframe occurs during manoeuvres per the Operating Handbook published by Boeing ... honestly is this the best argument you have?

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@ericnyaga Ok

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@D567091452709 @EricB30402097 @JackMedia7 OK ... but this is just another in a very long list of things that don't sit right with this story

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@EricB30402097 @D567091452709 @JackMedia7 As a Mechanical Engineer I don't need scripts to make an informed opinion about the nature of structures thanks .. these are my own conclusions given the claimed events.

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@D567091452709 @JackMedia7 Speed of impact does not alter the mode of collapse and rupture which is dependent on relative stiffness of the two structures .. and the speed is often quoted at 500mph but the Pilots Operating Handbook lists 300mph as maximum for that altitude.

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@davidisrael333 @JackMedia7 No ... the speed of impact will only affect the rate at which it collapses not the manner in which the structures of differing stiffness deform. The spilled contents include about 70 passengers, seats, landing hear, luggage, wiring, hydraulics, electrics, avionics and radar.

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@YstradHistory @aviationarchive The leading edge of the blade on one side has more drag than the trailing edge of the other causing it to spin ... airfoil shape creates the lift ... aka an unpowered gyroplane. We trained in something similar that was pulled behind a car down the runway .. it was mental to fly!

[Ian MacPherson @NutCaseFromOz]

@hippyygoat The stuff that doesn't make the 6pm news.