Not sure what this says about the "Highway Patrol Officer"'s abilities as a driver. If he couldn't manage either of those then this new system won't save him.
I have read elsewhere that the retired CHP officer's car (a Lexus) was actually determined to have an improperly installed floormat. It still begs the question of why he didn't put the car in neutral (an option even with automatic transmission).
That Lexus (a rental, not one he was familiar with) had an electronically controlled transmission which could not be overridden by the driver - no option to grind into park, or to coast in neutral, or to choose an inappropriate gear. No physical link between the selector and the tranny.
Also, "break-standing" a car - spinning the rear wheels while keeping the car at a standstill by the power of the front brakes alone - is a world apart from actually stopping a car from a high speed, where the wheel is tearing apart the overheated pad and the brake fluid is boiling. As I recall, his break pads were found to have been destroyed.
Can anyone believe that he wouldn't have been standing on the brake pedal? Has anyone tried stopping their car from maybe 70+, while keeping the gas pedal floored? (I haven't.)
This was a Lancair IVP-TP, the '-TP' meaning that it was turbine powered. 'True' turboprop speed (over 400kt cruise), but I dare say it was a bit over the quarter price point!
Actually, you might be on to something. Anybody know if all the TSA passenger regs apply to pilots of small aircraft?
They do apply if the GA (General Aviation [small planes]) pilots and pax have access to the secured area beyond the checkpoints. If the secured area blocks off GA traffic, then the GA side can be unsecured.
GA and commercial aviation don't mix well in the first place, do to the huge disparities in speed (try to mix them in the traffic pattern) and size (small planes should let at least two minutes pass before passing through a large jet's trail, as there can be a spinning vortex of air which can send the little plane tumbling into the ground).
Of course, GA also includes private jets, whose size/performance makes it more likely to use commercial airports instead of smaller GA fields.
A Silicon Valley notable (Jobs?) was recently stopped overseas (when leaving the country) for carrying illegal throwing stars. The airport was commercial which meant that he had to clear security.
And forget about packing them in your suitcase. Your luggage is accessible on the private plane, so it's all subject to the same limitations as your carry-on bags.
Push-button ignition can be turned off by holding down the button (kind of like with a computer). Push-button ignition doesn't stop you from putting the car in neutral.
No, but a fly-by-wire transmission can prevent you from doing so.
Not to nitpick, but how does:
"...but literally all the features you bitch about are things that I don't want/never would use."
jibe with:
"With iPhone I use everything that comes with it and then some..."
?
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Not sure what this says about the "Highway Patrol Officer"'s abilities as a driver. If he couldn't manage either of those then this new system won't save him.
I have read elsewhere that the retired CHP officer's car (a Lexus) was actually determined to have an improperly installed floormat. It still begs the question of why he didn't put the car in neutral (an option even with automatic transmission).
That Lexus (a rental, not one he was familiar with) had an electronically controlled transmission which could not be overridden by the driver - no option to grind into park, or to coast in neutral, or to choose an inappropriate gear. No physical link between the selector and the tranny.
Also, "break-standing" a car - spinning the rear wheels while keeping the car at a standstill by the power of the front brakes alone - is a world apart from actually stopping a car from a high speed, where the wheel is tearing apart the overheated pad and the brake fluid is boiling. As I recall, his break pads were found to have been destroyed.
Can anyone believe that he wouldn't have been standing on the brake pedal? Has anyone tried stopping their car from maybe 70+, while keeping the gas pedal floored? (I haven't.)
Good luck on that - the Hunter is a subsonic airplane (max. speed ~Mach 0.94).
This was a Lancair IVP-TP, the '-TP' meaning that it was turbine powered. 'True' turboprop speed (over 400kt cruise), but I dare say it was a bit over the quarter price point!
Actually, you might be on to something. Anybody know if all the TSA passenger regs apply to pilots of small aircraft?
They do apply if the GA (General Aviation [small planes]) pilots and pax have access to the secured area beyond the checkpoints. If the secured area blocks off GA traffic, then the GA side can be unsecured.
GA and commercial aviation don't mix well in the first place, do to the huge disparities in speed (try to mix them in the traffic pattern) and size (small planes should let at least two minutes pass before passing through a large jet's trail, as there can be a spinning vortex of air which can send the little plane tumbling into the ground).
Of course, GA also includes private jets, whose size/performance makes it more likely to use commercial airports instead of smaller GA fields.
A Silicon Valley notable (Jobs?) was recently stopped overseas (when leaving the country) for carrying illegal throwing stars. The airport was commercial which meant that he had to clear security.
And forget about packing them in your suitcase. Your luggage is accessible on the private plane, so it's all subject to the same limitations as your carry-on bags.
...off the roof of a building!
Catch It And You Can Keep It!!
-- Firesign Theatre
Nope - from National Lampoon's Radio Dinner album.
Monitoring each load is possible with enough current transformers and host units; the cost would be (for me) prohibitive.
It looks like the current model (1240) will handle around a dozen loads for under $180:
http://www.etherbee.com/BrultechSampleSite/store/product.php?id_product=94
I'll be looking in to it - thanks for the tip!
Push-button ignition can be turned off by holding down the button (kind of like with a computer). Push-button ignition doesn't stop you from putting the car in neutral.
No, but a fly-by-wire transmission can prevent you from doing so.
No, use Eddie Eagle instead:
If you see a gun:
STOP!
Don't Touch.
Leave the Area.
Tell an Adult.
Brought to you by your friendly NRA.
Not to nitpick, but how does: "...but literally all the features you bitch about are things that I don't want/never would use." jibe with: "With iPhone I use everything that comes with it and then some..." ?