The official "why Rottorhead hates Canadians" thread.

[MEANZ06]

[Blademaker]

Originally Posted by Rotorhead

Only by a fraction. They can't drive and block the left lane. I still hold the door for them and treat them with respect because of the way I was brought up. Canadians just really get under my skin. Only second to the French.

And yet.......you work on an aircraft that was co-invented by.....The French.

In 1906, two French brothers, Jacques and Louis Breguet, began experimenting with airfoils for helicopters and in 1907, those experiments resulted in the Gyroplane No.1. Although there is some uncertainty about the dates, sometime between 14 August and 29 September 1907, the Gyroplane No. 1 lifted its pilot up into the air about two feet (0.6 m) for a minute.[5] However, the Gyroplane No. 1 proved to be extremely unsteady and required a man at each corner of the airframe to hold it steady. For this reason, the flights of the Gyroplane No. 1 are considered to be the first manned flight of a helicopter, but not a free or untethered flight.

That same year, fellow French inventor Paul Cornu designed and built a Cornu helicopter that used two 20-foot (6 m) counter-rotating rotors driven by a 24 hp (18 kW) Antoinette engine. On 13 November 1907, it lifted its inventor to 1 foot (0.3 m) and remained aloft for 20 seconds.

On 14 April 1924 Frenchman Etienne Oehmichen set the first helicopter world record recognized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), flying his quadrotor helicopter 360 meters (1,181 ft). On 18 April 1924, Pescara beat Oemichen's record, flying for a distance of 736 meters (nearly a half mile) in 4 minutes and 11 seconds (about 8 mph, 13 km/h), maintaining a height of six feet (1.8 meters).[21] On 4 May, Oehmichen set the first 1 km closed-circuit helicopter flight in 7 minutes 40 seconds with his No. 2 machine.[5][22]

Amusant, n'est-ce pas?

[Mirroredshades]

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

good thing I've had that asshole on ignore for the past year. not even worth a slapl

You talking about RotterDingleberry or me ?

[Kerrmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Mirroredshades

You talking about RotterDingleberry or me ?

isn't our peace treaty still in effect???

[Mirroredshades]

Originally Posted by Kerrmudgeon

isn't our peace treaty still in effect???

As long as you don't test fire a nuke over Joe Louis I won't invade Canada.

[Giraffe (He/Him)]

[Rotorhead]

Originally Posted by Blademaker

And yet.......you work on an aircraft that was co-invented by.....The French.






Amusant, n'est-ce pas?

How so Mr. Expert. I would love to hear this. It's a German aircraft.

[Rotorhead]

Originally Posted by Thomas

You Obviously have too much love for me. I will never post pics again.

[island14]

Originally Posted by Thomas

Niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

[island14]

They say that everyone has their own hell, and what your worse fears are, will be waiting for you when you make it there.

For me I think my Hell would be trapped in a pit full of snakes, and lots of Cobra's

Damnnn I hate Cobra's!


For you Rotor....

You would be naked... trapped in a room full of French Canadians...

[Rotorhead]

Originally Posted by island14

They say that everyone has their own hell, and what your worse fears are, will be waiting for you when you make it there.

For me I think my Hell would be trapped in a pit full of snakes, and lots of Cobra's

Damnnn I hate Cobra's!


For you Rotor....

You would be naked... trapped in a room full of French Canadians...

[Torqaholic]

I guess it's a toss up for me.

On the one hand they aren't required to dim their lights for oncoming freeway traffic and I find that somewhat inconsiderate.

On the other hand you can pass on a double yellow and that rocks as long as you know how to drive. Sure there are lots of memorable close calls but that only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades

[Giraffe (He/Him)]

You Obviously have too much love for me.

Too much? Sounds like a little is OK then?

[Jeff '79]

Originally Posted by Rotorhead

You Obviously have too much love for me. I will never post pics again.

[Giraffe (He/Him)]

I will never post pics again

It doesn't matter. I'm pretty sure we all have what we need.

See!?

[Jeff '79]

Originally Posted by Thomas

It doesn't matter. I'm pretty sure we all have what we need.

See!?

A classic

[jaxgator]

Originally Posted by Thomas

It doesn't matter. I'm pretty sure we all have what we need.

See!?

Way to go Thomas!

[Kerrmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Torqaholic

I guess it's a toss up for me.

On the one hand they aren't required to dim their lights for oncoming freeway traffic and I find that somewhat inconsiderate.

On the other hand you can pass on a double yellow and that rocks as long as you know how to drive. Sure there are lots of memorable close calls but that only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades

I don't know where you get your information, but you're wrong on both accounts. Both of these are tres illegal, and will get you a large fine and points off your license

[Blademaker]

Originally Posted by Rotorhead

How so Mr. Expert. I would love to hear this. It's a German aircraft.

Sure, no problem.

That same year, fellow French inventor Paul Cornu designed and built a Cornu helicopter that used two 20-foot (6 m) counter-rotating rotors driven by a 24 hp (18 kW) Antoinette engine. On 13 November 1907, it lifted its inventor to 1 foot (0.3 m) and remained aloft for 20 seconds. Even though this flight did not surpass the flight of the Gyroplane No. 1, it was reported to be the first truly free flight with a pilot.[n 1] Cornu's helicopter would complete a few more flights and achieve a height of nearly 6.5 feet (2 m), but it proved to be unstable and was abandoned.[5]

Helicopters were developed and built during the first half-century of flight, with the Focke-Wulf Fw 61 being the first operational helicopter in 1936.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter


Very interesting read.....

[NEED-A-VETTE]

Is this the point where we get the ruler out and you measure each other's pee-pees? My bet is that KP wins and Rotor self-immolates as a form of protest.