January 13, 20251 yr Author Moderator Yay! The UHF antenna is ok as well, because the stainless steel is really flexible... Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
January 14, 20251 yr On 1/12/2025 at 11:21 AM, ViperPilot said: One thing about Snow; it's all about the Moisture content. fluffy powder like snow that you can sweep away easily is much less prone to cause damage as compared to moisture laden 'Sierra Cement' which, as it accumulates, solidifies and becomes much heavier, crushing and snapping anything in its wake... car ports, branches and limbs, etc. Ah, good 'ol Sierra Cement...haven't heard that term in a long time! When I lived up in the San Bernardino mountains I used to ski down the road at Big Bear. Had to keep my ski edges really sharp to get any purchase on that icy rock-hard "snow". My ski bibs had duct tape all over the bottoms where the edges slashed through the fabric. That reminder of my time in Socal brings me to the nasty fires there. Major conflagrations there are nothing new--the Panorama Fire of 1954 burned up the north end of San Berdoo and the mountains to the north, then the 1970 Bear fire hit it again, then the 1980 Panorama Fire again, then the 2003 Old Fire, and then the 2023 Highland Fire, all driven by high and dry Santa Ana winds. The brush accumulates over the course of years, the Santa Ana winds and a spark come together, and the rest is history. That cycle of destruction has been going on for more than 70 years in Socal...this ain't climate change. It's climate reality in that region, and has been at least since the horse and carriage days. @n4gix Hey Bill, we got another polar vortex a-comin'--you're about to see temps in the teens down there again! Cheerio Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
January 14, 20251 yr Author Moderator 7 hours ago, Bob Scott said: @n4gix Hey Bill, we got another polar vortex a-comin'--you're about to see temps in the teens down there again! Yeah, I've been closely monitoring the weather here in Arkansas, as well as Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Tennessee. My landlord James and his daughter and son-in-law completely removed the remains of the canopy off my car this afternoon, which is good timing since I have a VA appointment with my podiatrist at 0800 Thursday morning. The frame did manage to dent the roof just above the B pillar. I'm just delighted that none of the windows were broken! I had been out poking a few gashes in the canopy to allow the ice water to drain out. At a rough guess I estimate the canopy over the hood area had around 40 gallons. Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
January 15, 20251 yr The canopy contraption sort of looks like a Ozark moonshine still ? 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
January 16, 20251 yr Author Moderator On 1/14/2025 at 7:55 PM, Fielder said: The canopy contraption sort of looks like a Ozark moonshine still ? Shhh! Don't tip off the Revenuers please! 🤩 Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
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