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Max twin engine climb at sea level, 1,200 fpm. Truly blistering performance. max single engine climb at sea level 350 fpm. Awe inspiring. Same basic engine, add an intercooler, heavier airplane (pressurized), and while the Rocket folks like to advertise that you'll have the sky to yourself at 20,000', that's not very high,and it's also not very alone. It just means you're putting yourself in a slow airplane in a faster airplane environment where there's a greater chance of getting run over byother traffic. It does offer more options. The skymaster is a light twin; it's not high performance and not really stellar compared to many other light twins. It handles nicely, it's simple, it's relatively efficient, and the view isn't bad. The Rocket is a very hard to deal to beat, given the advertised price, for all the modifications, upgrades, and aircraft, especially given that many singles that don't offer so much go for considerably more. Just don't overestimate what you've got. In aviation, sometimes that hurts. An old friend and co-worker did that recently, and it hurt him and his loved ones a lot. |
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Wow!.....22 years flying fighters for Uncle Sam with 7 combat tours to Iraq and now I'm going to get run over at 20,000 feet while IFR....it's a shame.
Last edited by Red Air Rambo : 11-26-11 at 09:59 AM. |
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I then rolled inverted, opened the smoking window and let loose with my trusty 45...last I saw he was heading down with smoke streaming from the right engine....had my A&P put a Howard 500 image on the cowl next to the sailplane I shot down last week. |
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While you may be impressed with the stellar performance of your aircraft, and while you may have impeccable single engine tactical experience, you're likely a very low time piston pilot, flying a low performance light twin at low speeds at the lowest of the flight levels, and at ideal altitude ranges to be caught in the worst weather, too. I flew Skymasters around a lot of former military pilots, and the only ones that damaged airplanes were...military pilots. Every incident of landing gear damage, every incident of engine mismanagement, etc, were military pilots. Does this mean military pilots are bad pilots? Not really, but generally over-impressed with their own experience, to be sure. A high time military pilot is a low time civil pilot, and a high time turbojet pilot with one hour of piston time is a one hour piston pilot. Don't get too impressed by what you perceive to be the high performance characteristics of your aircraft, or yourself. Such inflated views generally lead to tragedy. |
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Dear Webmaster (not to be confused with Skymaster
Is there a way on the board to filter out all messages from a given poster, but leave the thread ? |
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Guppy-Jeez....I grew up flying pistons with my dad and have always had a plane....why do you sling so much mud? Better yet why go on a Skymaster web site to bash Skymasters? My appoligies to all for the original thread getting hi-jacked....I'm done!
Last edited by Red Air Rambo : 11-29-11 at 10:58 AM. |
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what you wish to read! let the individual decide what they wish to read, respond to or just IGNORE. ignoring a rant makes it disappear;usually all opinions have some merit maybe not much in others eye; but some. |
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Does that mean no, there isn't a way for an individual to block out specific posters? I didn't ask for anyones opinion about what may consitiute censorship. Censorship is when someone else attempt to tell you what you should or shouldn't view, not what you yourself find worthy of viewing.
This thread has deteriorated into what reminds me of articles that appear at times in various aviation magazines about how often-times students are swayed away from aviation because they encounter flight instructors who are so overbearing and obnoxious that they turn people off on the whole industry. Wow, I wonder where they get those kind of ideas ? |
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I have done it in the past. You simply remove the offending post, and the thread remains intact. Watch, my comment about being passed by a Howard is now deleted. While, the quote from that message remains intact. However, as a user, you do not have that ability. |
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