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bnt83

bnt83

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:mad2: :incazzato: then :happydance:

At the end of the day we were a whopping 30 minutes shy of having it ready to fly and ran out of daylight. :sigh:


 
Prop-teaser.

or

Missed by just that much.
 
flyingmoose said:
"I think this goes here!"
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Hard to see from that pic but I'm pulling on the safety wire with my hook and trying to come up with a good plan on how I'm gonna safety the fuel pump bolts.
 
I have a hard time with safety wires (Moose will confirm that) and have both hands!!!

I am however determined to become one with the safety pliers.
 
"I swore the DIY youtube video showed the black and white wires nutted together"
 
In this photo, Bob is attempting the redneck way of compression check.
  1. Remove sparkplug
  2. Unzip Pants
  3. Insert Johnson
  4. If if his eyes roll back in his head, there's some good compression.
 
I sure hope my plumber's crack is not showing.
 
bnt83 said:
Hard to see from that pic but I'm pulling on the safety wire with my hook and trying to come up with a good plan on how I'm gonna safety the fuel pump bolts.
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You need a motorized rotating hook for spinning wire.:yes:
 
bnt83 said:
I skipped the rotating wrist due to added complexity and cost. It would come in handy sometimes tho :redface:
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Just curious if you've ever read "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert Heinlein?

"[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]...I have something specialists don't have: my left arm. [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] You see, from elbow down I don't have one. So I have a dozen left arms, each specialized, plus one that feels and looks like flesh. With proper left arm (number-three) and stereo loupe spectacles I could make ultramicrominiature repairs that would save unhooking something and sending it Earthside to factory - for number-three has micromanipulators as fine as those used by neurosurgeons."[/FONT]
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Jim Logajan said:
Just curious if you've ever read "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert Heinlein?

"[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]...I have something specialists don't have: my left arm. [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]You see, from elbow down I don't have one. So I have a dozen left arms, each specialized, plus one that feels and looks like flesh. With proper left arm (number-three) and stereo loupe spectacles I could make ultramicrominiature repairs that would save unhooking something and sending it Earthside to factory - for number-three has micromanipulators as fine as those used by neurosurgeons."[/FONT]
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Don't think I'm going to get tool advice from a science fiction novel.

To say anyone has the control of a neurosurgeon with a prothesis is full of it.
 
bnt83 said:
Don't think I'm going to get tool advice from a science fiction novel.

To say anyone has the control of a neurosurgeon with a prothesis is full of it.
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At this point yes, but thought controlled powered prosthesis are at the very beginning stages of reality now so who knows what the capabilities of the future are.
 
Henning said:
At this point yes, but thought controlled powered prosthesis are at the very beginning stages of reality now so who knows what the capabilities of the future are.
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Without a solid feedback mechanism, it won't happen. All of them require direct line of sight to know whats going on.

Hand transplants still don't even come close to replacing a hand.
 
bnt83 said:
Without a solid feedback mechanism, it won't happen. All of them require direct line of sight to know whats going on.

Hand transplants still don't even come close to replacing a hand.
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Never discount what future technology can hold, feeding back into the brain is not impossible. We are a technologically brilliant species, it's ethics that are our greatest challenge.
 
Henning said:
Never discount what future technology can hold, feeding back into the brain is not impossible. We are a technologically brilliant species, it's ethics that are our greatest challenge.
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There's a difference between lab tech, production tech and what an insurance company will pay for.

The new fancy prosthetic hands suck too. When you realise that the fancy real looking hand is a very poor tool then amputees ditch "trying to blend in" and get a real tool.

I can pick up small objects, hold nuts, bolts, wrenches, and pry on things with this:

http://content.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601061002,00.html
 
bnt83 said:
Don't think I'm going to get tool advice from a science fiction novel.

To say anyone has the control of a neurosurgeon with a prothesis is full of it.
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Wasn't intended as tool advice - Henning's comment reminded me of the book. Heinlein wrote it about 50 years ago and was obviously speculating - and the narrator in the story was on the moon, which had been a lunar penal colony. So right about the time we start shipping undesirables to the moon, prosthetic technology should be suitably advanced to make his statements true. :wink2:
 
Jim Logajan said:
Wasn't intended as tool advice - Henning's comment reminded me of the book. Heinlein wrote it about 50 years ago and was obviously speculating - and the narrator in the story was on the moon, which had been a lunar penal colony. So right about the time we start shipping undesirables to the moon, prosthetic technology should be suitably advanced to make his statements true. :wink2:
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Not seeing it lol. They still sell a lot of body powered prosthetics.


I'd say its as tough to bring new advanced prosthetics to market as certified aircraft. The market is smallish and old patients that have their equippment paid for aren't likely to push for expensive new products that may or may not be any better.

I've tried a 5 digit, individual articulating finger hand that could pre-program shapes and all kinds of things. Neat, but not practical.

I don't expect any Luke Skywalker stuff in my lifetime.


I think growing replacement body parts is the further than prosthetics.
 
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