Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 4hthat's the advantage, yeah. it's a pretty substantial one, honestly. having non-centerline thrust can be a major stability risk, especially for non-professionals. Vmc roll → unrecoverable spin has killed a lot of light twin pilots. 010
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 5hthese things are loud as hell, i assume because the prop wash from the front mixes with the prop wash from the back? all i know is every time the local one took off at the flight school it was like a trombone being played by a bandsaw 220
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 5hwas thinking wow that's a pretty flat landing but i guess you have to land flat in a Skymaster so you don't bonk the butt prop. you really gotta watch out for prop bonk, especially on the butt 161
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026told my gf "i had to scoot the worms over" (long story) and now i'm singing "the worrrrrrm scoot / is a little ol' scoot where / we can make some compost" 140
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026lol it's tank top, short shorts, and no shoes over here 010
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I'm doing Andy Dufresne after crawling out of the sewer pipe rn 130
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026David Neelman, founder of JetBlue: "I have an easier time planning a 20-aircraft fleet than I do paying the light bill." 0101
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Ah sorry, that's my "every question on the internet is being asked by someone holding a baseball bat with nails in it" reflex 210
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026no joke, i've traded chores with other ADHD folks and it actually worked 130
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I don't know about this one in particular but storms from the Gulf sometimes have enough oomph to get all the way to the midwest before dissipating. Wild stuff. 110
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026when prescription strength ibuprofen + coffee don't stop the headache <<<<<<<<< 100
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026incidentally ESH is, in my view, the most difficult concept for people to grasp in many situations where E very clearly SH 010
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It's from r/AmITheAsshole. Three possible judgments: - YTA (you're the asshole) - NTA (not the asshole) - ESH (everybody sucks here) 210
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026i seriously need the sun to shut the fuck up. yes i live in socal, no i don't know why i chose to live here 140
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026i haven't! just skimmed it briefly but i wonder how this relates (or doesn't) to PTP 110
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026love too record time-series data from multiple sources whose clocks are poorly synced and whose latencies differ by many seconds 260
Thorn @coelliptic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026i mean yeah they're definitely... decorative. i really really like his jigs though! 010