http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/24/risk-death-planes-and-helicopters/ Conservatism for punks. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:19:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/24/risk-death-planes-and-helicopters/#comment-11856 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:23:48 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/24/risk-death-planes-and-helicopters/#comment-11856 Ended up not doing the helicopter after all -- but did see a very flu-wracked George Carlin apologetically cut short a performance after a mere seventeen minutes. The best moment may have been when he blew his nose, then held up the snot-filled tissue and said: "E-Bay." Ended up not doing the helicopter after all — but did see a very flu-wracked George Carlin apologetically cut short a performance after a mere seventeen minutes. The best moment may have been when he blew his nose, then held up the snot-filled tissue and said: “E-Bay.”

]]> http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/24/risk-death-planes-and-helicopters/#comment-11852 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:25:16 +0000 http://toddseavey.com/2008/02/24/risk-death-planes-and-helicopters/#comment-11852 you can <a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/rc/934c/" rel="nofollow">buy yourself a little helicopter</a> (i gave a pair to my brother and his partner for christmas, and can attest that they do fly, and provide at least fifteen minutes of fun and amusement) of generally the sort you're describing. and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CH-46_Sea_Knight" rel="nofollow">double rotor helos</a> have been around since vietnam, although side-by-side, not stacked (and may still be in military service; i'm not sure as i haven't had much to do with that community in about a decade). ah, the thwump-thwump-thwump of 46s. takes me back. and i have this odd recollection that there was talk of replacing them with a twin-rotor that wasn't stacked or tandem, but offset at opposing angles with rotors interlaced. but i can't find a reference online, so i may be imagining it. you can buy yourself a little helicopter (i gave a pair to my brother and his partner for christmas, and can attest that they do fly, and provide at least fifteen minutes of fun and amusement) of generally the sort you’re describing. and double rotor helos have been around since vietnam, although side-by-side, not stacked (and may still be in military service; i’m not sure as i haven’t had much to do with that community in about a decade). ah, the thwump-thwump-thwump of 46s. takes me back. and i have this odd recollection that there was talk of replacing them with a twin-rotor that wasn’t stacked or tandem, but offset at opposing angles with rotors interlaced. but i can’t find a reference online, so i may be imagining it.

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