Lollygag Landing Lament
Nah.Mike Blankenhorn - 2014/12/14 06:49:48 UTC
So I really screwed up my landing last Wednesday simply by looking in all the wrong places.
With the usual Grebloville hook-in check...It all started with a virtual no wind launch...
10-1022
...executed just prior to the end of the launch run.
And on my first take I read that as your abrupt stop being precipitated by the bush. But now I see that you ACTUALLY said that AFTER going through the top of the bush your BASETUBE brought you to the abrupt stop. Meaning your basetube with nothing in the way of wheels - which everybody knows are totally useless when you're coming down in a narrow dry riverbed with large rocks strewn all over the place....barely clearing the bushes. Then after a short flight I was over the LZ with enough altitude to let Ken land. But I decided to give it one more 360 and then everything just kept getting worse when I looked ahead instead of my spot. When I turned my head again, realizing I better go on base leg now I did and watched my left wingtip get too close to the little ridge in the wash. Then on final after going through the top of a bush my base tube brought me to an abrupt stop sending me through the control frame and breaking my right elbow in the process.
Let's not forget arrogance and stupidity.So now I am being punished for my inattention...
Bummer dude....with most likely surgery (will know more Monday).
No dislocation, just the piece of bone at the tip broke in half which probably gets me metal hardware. This is simply nothing but irritating as I know better and now it takes me 20min to get dressed and can't do half the stuff I need/want to do.
http://www.shga.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=3840
[TIL] About Tad Eareckson
See if you can't get some help from your testicles.Mike Blankenhorn - 2013/03/12 03:57:34 UTC
Orange County
Suicide is highly under rated, Tad should try it, but no wait he's lost his balls!
I can hardly wait.Hopefully this will all be healed in a couple of months so I can get back to the gym and resume flying again.
Mike Blankenhorn - 2014/12/18 21:51:49 UTC
Of course none of this really happened and I was sh*t faced when I wrote it, so here is how it really went down:
I was riding my "bicycle" to the corner store when I just fell over and broke my elbow. Some say hang gliding is just as safe, I oughta try it one day.
Thank you. I'll add it to my foot landers hall of fame collection.Mike Blankenhorn - 2014/12/28 04:46:18 UTC
Surgery yesterday when I received a metal plate and screws in my elbow. All went perfect according to specialist so I should be back in the air "on bicycle" by spring.
Will post exciting x-ray when I get it.
Hit those spots and get that flare timing perfected.Mike Blankenhorn - 2014/12/29 03:23:59 UTC
Once my elbow is back in flying shape I will spend a few days at Andy Jackson big o loop to work on my landing skills...
The wheels which would've made your narrow-dry-riverbed-with-large-rocks-strewn-all-over-the-place landing incident a nonevent. The wheels which none of you off the scale stupid Grebloville motherfuckers......with wheels...
http://www.shga.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=3840
[TIL] About Tad Eareckson
...has even mentioned 'cause you're too fuckin' busy discussing what you're going to use as a safety mascot.Orion Price - 2013/03/11 15:12:28 UTC
Final bit of troll food, I read about Tad's reputation this morning.
Tad Eareckson is a generally discounted crackpot and internet troll. He doesn't fly and has been perma-banned from most everywhere: .org, oz report and all the local club websites with discussion forums like ours.
He has two main speaking points. 1. All HG landings should be done prone as belly landings using wheels. All other foot landings are suicidal, he will say. He schadenfreudes hard at our accidents and especially fatalities
...returning my wheels to the closet and......before...
Of course you will....returning to Kagel.
As long as I keep my eyes on the numbers I'll be fine...
Nah, you SHOULDN'T have ANY problems after that experience. But do make sure you have your helmet on whenever you're hooked into your glider 'cause Bob got us a new safety regulation and you're still a Two. Also make sure you've got your helmet on just prior to launch whether you're hooked in or not. From my observations I'd say that at that special phase of flight ops you're actually more likely to benefit from the helmet when you're NOT connected to the glider......and that should not be a problem after this experience.
http://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5566/14704620965_ce30a874b7_o.png
...as counterintuitive as that may sound.