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minus-squarebizarroland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up110·3 months agoIf the choice is between being out $1,590 or plummeting to my death in order to save a few hundred bucks, then I’ll just pay the $1,590. They call it the Jesus Nut for a reason.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56arrow-down1·3 months agoBecause it makes Jesus Nut?
minus-squareFilthyShrooms@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up37arrow-down1·3 months agoBecause if it fails, only Jesus can save you
minus-squareWhostosay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoBull honkey, knock the rust off 'er, slap on some grease and she’s good as new
minus-squareTheDoozer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoGot that Alaskan Airframe and Powerplant license, I see.
minus-squarebizarroland@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoSpoken like a true Boeing engineer.
minus-squareWhostosay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoon the radio “We got him, back him and tag him.” Ain’t no whistleblowin goin round here
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·3 months agoThat’s what has me grinning! I’m not replacing a Jesus nut with anything that didn’t come straight from the manufacturer.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·3 months agoI’ve actually flown Robinson helicopters, and there’s no nut that looks like this on the helicopter. So, probably a joke.
minus-squaretux7350@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months agoYeah you just have to deal with mast bumping, as if thats any less worrying.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 months agoMast bumping is such a gentle term for the main rotor just fucking off and the helicopter going from an aircraft to a falling object.
minus-squareRailing5132@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoYou’ve flown Robinson? Willingly? And lived? Brave soul.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoGood news is, that part ain’t getting off the ground. Bad news is, the rotor might get kinda fast first
If the choice is between being out $1,590 or plummeting to my death in order to save a few hundred bucks, then I’ll just pay the $1,590.
They call it the Jesus Nut for a reason.
Because it makes Jesus Nut?
Because if it fails, only Jesus can save you
Bull honkey, knock the rust off 'er, slap on some grease and she’s good as new
Got that Alaskan Airframe and Powerplant license, I see.
I reckon that’s right pardner
Spoken like a true Boeing engineer.
on the radio “We got him, back him and tag him.”
Ain’t no whistleblowin goin round here
That’s what has me grinning! I’m not replacing a Jesus nut with anything that didn’t come straight from the manufacturer.
I’ve actually flown Robinson helicopters, and there’s no nut that looks like this on the helicopter.
So, probably a joke.
Yeah you just have to deal with mast bumping, as if thats any less worrying.
Mast bumping is such a gentle term for the main rotor just fucking off and the helicopter going from an aircraft to a falling object.
You’ve flown Robinson?
Willingly?
And lived? Brave soul.
Good news is, that part ain’t getting off the ground. Bad news is, the rotor might get kinda fast first