Ahhh...gotta love Fridays!
Yes...there is the "Jesus nut" on a helicopter, and a "Jesus bolt" in the
rotorhead of a gyroplane, and fixed-wing pilots like to chide us about both. I
like to ask them how things will go if the bolt holding the wing strut on a
Cessna 172 lets go. Then, I remind them that during pre-flight inspection, I
can see mine, and they can't see theirs!
I'm still not sure how helicopters fly at night. How does the ground continue
to repel them when it can no longer see how ugly they are?
This is NOT an off-topic post. It's the first half of a metaphor.
In aviation, we're taught to spend all our pre-flight time checking out the
hardware, when 90% of the problems are pilot error.
Go ahead, say it with me...
In repeaters, we spend all our time up on the mountain in the dark risking
snake bites and mouse-turd-borne diseases, when 90% of the issues are caused by
the users....OK, 99%...
;^)
73,
Paul, AE4KR
----- Original Message -----
From: cruising7...@aol.com
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: the non religious "Jesus Nuts"
The ultimate act of courage in piloting a helicopter is accepting that the
Jesus nut was probably supplied by the lowest bidder.
In a message dated 8/20/2010 2:39:36 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
skipp...@yahoo.com writes:
Re: the non religious "Jesus Nuts"
> They were also called "Jesus nuts" by my coworkers,
I thought a Jesus Nut was atop a helicopter holding things
on or together. If it came off or failed, you normally had
an expedited trip to Jesus if you believe in conventional
religion.
> probably named in a spontaneously outburst by some guy
> who was about to need a tetanus shot.
... if you lost the Jesus Nut on your helicopter, I suspect
you will quickly need more than a tetanus shot.
