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Subject: Hermes Goes Ballistic...
From: b <rrdd3939@aol.com>
To: rrdd3939 <rrdd3939@aol.com>
Sent: Thu, May 30, 2013 9:17 am
Subject: Hermes Goes Ballistic...
The planned Hermes/Urania Joint Parts 3 & 4 have been
placed on hold. Why? They are holding each other and don't wish
to be disturbed!
Preface One: Our King-God was a philanderer who had a
preference for Goddesses, nymphs and mortals alike. He even
fathered children with humans, including, Hercules. Hera, his
wife, decided to follow him around in a scheme to keep him from
the nymphs. Zeus got nymph Echo to engage Hera in conversation
so that he could pursue the other nymphs. This ruse succeeded
for awhile until Hera got wise to it. In her wrath, she punished
chatterer Echo by compelling her to wander the earth forever;
unable to speak until someone else spoke first, nor to remain
silent when someone else had spoken, and then only to repeat
that which had been said. She suffered unrequited love with
Narcissus (who only loved you-know-who). In sadness, the
poor nymph pined away until nothing remained of her but her
voice. It is her voice that we hear coming back to us in certain
places. This returning sound is named after the lovelorn and
lonely nymph. (CJ: "When Momus told me this story, we laughed
and laughed and laughed; our sense of humor being strange.").
(Do you remember when we were famous for our extra-long
preface (s) at www.rickcmtsite.blogspot.com - of course, you are
- rhetorical question).
Preface Two: We all know what a 'fly-by-night' individual or company
is. Originally, it meant a witch, one who, as popularly supposed,
actually mounted her broom at midnight and went off on her round
of appointments ( including stealing infants or to meet secretly with
the devil himself for less than holy activities (some of which many
today find acceptable.
(You're welcome to supply your own appropriate preface; we're very
democratic here).
HERMES GOING BALLISTIC
by Richard DePersio and Citizen Journalist
(Part of Tri-fecta*)
(Hermes: "I'm finished and I'm back...You are well-advised to read or
reread the articles at qp on air flight and space flight, especially, for Part
Two of this article) --- or not. Who cares if you do - rhetorical question).
Some ballistic missiles reach space and are considered sub-orbital.
BMs (what are you thinking, that's, disgusting!) are classified by range:
Battlefield (up to 60 miles) and tactical; short-range ballistic missiles;
long-range; ICBMs (4,000 miles or greater).
We wondered for many years why we couldn't have conventionally-tipped
ICBMs, perhaps, even retro-fitting, if feasible, conventionally-tip for nuclear-
tip as we reduce nuclear warheads in compliance with arms treaties;
otherwise new type ICBM would be dictated
We just learned that Gates stated in 2010 that we have been secretly
developing such missiles to be launched from subs. We want mobile land-
based for we contend that the Air Force should dominate in our military
strategies. Would anyone be surprised if Air Force is doing just that.
Take 'secret' Air Force 37b. Air force denies larger manned-version is
under-development.
(Hermes: "Too bad Echo couldn't fly in the air and space like me. We
could have had fun. Forget you 100-mile High Club! Commercial
airliners fly at a cruising altitude of between 6 and 8 miles. {Why 100
mile club?} Echo, I can go much higher! Although, not as high as Priapus -
the BIG show-off!").
"Stick and Rudder" (see our review below): "A pilot must judge things
less by the eye and more by his other senses than the ground man.
(Hermes: "Poor Echo was a ground woman")...The pilot needs this
sense of buoyancy" the sense of lift and a feel for his angle of attack.
"..he can always sense whether he is doing right or wrong largely by the
feel of the controls."
Early planes didn't have many instruments, some didn't even have
radios and so you flew by the 'seat-of-your-pants': using all senses,
including, ass to estimate wind speed, outside temperature, overall condition
of plane, etc. (Hermes: "The only way to fly!").
Before digital computers, the yoke or control wheel was
connected to airplane control surfaces by cables which were difficult to
install - these were mechanical links. (Hermes: "Look, visitors to comsat,
do you see any mechanical parts on me!")
Fly-by wire*: with the computer in the loop, there is no need for
mechanical connections. Pilot inputs command, computer translates into
an electrical signal, wires to various actuators, signal is converted into a
mechanical action - example: elevator moves. (late '60s; without mechanical
back-up in early '70s). (Hermes: "I say: to Hades with computers. Some
people think that they will be as smart as Gods/Goddesses some day.
Taurus shit!).
Pilot doesn't feel resistance and pressure on joystick. Pilots want the
mechanical feedback. It's bone of contention between pilots and designers
(physicists and engineers) who often don't see things alike, including, the
nature of flight. One airline manufacturer, will others follow, has developed
springs which are controlled by the computer system and give pilots the same
feel - though artificial - of the old mechanical linkages. This means that the
stick force and balance can be tuned by software. The designer argues: this is
extra hardware and thus weight (which means more fuel which is expensive)
just to make the pilot more comfortable. The pilot contends: his having this
capability makes flight safer.
There is less and less for the pilot to do --- and more and more avionics and
computer systems. It has began to infiltrate private piloting - zapping out much
of the fun!
Major airliners have a flight management computer for commercial transports
with which a pilot can preprogram the flight from take-off to landing and never
have to touch the controls!
What will happen to the glamour of being a pilot? Pilots are well-known for
picking up a lot of girls, especially, in bars after he reveals his occupation. Some
non-pilot-guys use the line "I'm a pilot" to get tail and we don't mean the tail
of an airplane!
You're in a plane now --- you too Hermes, rest your shoes!...To be Continued...
*The first pure electronic aircraft with no mechanical back-up system was the
Apollo Lunar Landing Research Vehicle which was first flown in '64.
Read one or two --- why not three, after all, you're a winner.
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