Emile Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, USNRET said: issue one was the pulley diameters ? Haha; thought you Navy guys knew blocks/tackle/pulleys Pulley diameter is irrelevant ... number of loops determines reduction of "length" (and resulting force "increase"). They have extremely small lightweight plastic pulleys at HD ... with fishing line it should (haha) work with a tennis ball. 5pm ... Cheers, Emile 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1290 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) Chalk mark??? Paint a mark on the wall for each driver! Who cares!!! Or is it truly rocket science? Kinda fun thunkin on it and watching the comments... Thanks @mangofirst Yup, time to pull the cork Emile! Edited August 12, 2018 by Dave1290 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 4 minutes ago, Emile said: Haha; thought you Navy guys knew blocks/tackle/pulleys Pulley diameter is irrelevant ... number of loops determines reduction of "length" (and resulting force "increase"). They have extremely small lightweight plastic pulleys at HD ... with fishing line it should (haha) work with a tennis ball. 5pm ... Cheers, Emile Since I live in an extremely corrosive environment I question anything that has to move / rotate. Did I tell you that I was a Navy aircrewman and never learned that Navy shipboard stuff? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 9 minutes ago, Dave1290 said: Chalk mark??? Paint a mark on the wall for each driver! Who cares!!! Or is it truly rocket science? Kinda fun thunkin on it and watching the comments... Thanks @mangofirst Yup, time to pull the cork Emile! Walls are covered by movable crap. Funny about the marks / alignment as when we did practice mining in a particular place in Washington state we put grease pencil markings on the co-pilot’s window. When that aligned with a certain red barn and we were at exactly 300 kts it was time to release. Screw the nav aids. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1290 Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 5 minutes ago, USNRET said: Walls are covered by movable crap. Funny about the marks / alignment as when we did practice mining in a particular place in Washington state we put grease pencil markings on the co-pilot’s window. When that aligned with a certain red barn and we were at exactly 300 kts it was time to release. Screw the nav aids. I KNEW there was an underlying reason you didn't jump on that idea!!! No chalk, no paint, no grease pencil... See the rake handle son? That's where you stop, I stop at the spade handle... Course someone would switch what was where, which wouldn't be good... 😂 😂 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 Had to maintain 300 kts at 200’. Opening bomb bay doors created drag and you slowed down. Now if you set power to maintain 300 kts with engine anti-ice ON (10% power loss) you could open bomb bay and turn anti-ice off to compensate without having to jockey power levers searching for speed. Took a few thousand hours in aircraft model to learn those repeatable tricks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Emile said: Haha; thought you Navy guys knew blocks/tackle/pulleys Pulley diameter is irrelevant ... number of loops determines reduction of "length" (and resulting force "increase"). They have extremely small lightweight plastic pulleys at HD ... with fishing line it should (haha) work with a tennis ball. 5pm ... Cheers, Emile I didn't want to go there knowing pulleys would be too complicated for a navy guy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 You guys have to be kidding me. Just open your eyes to see where the door is. JJK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted August 12, 2018 Share Posted August 12, 2018 Dang.....glad I don't have a garage😏 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 23 minutes ago, JJkizak said: You guys have to be kidding me. Just open your eyes to see where the door is. JJK Pretty had to park in exact spot while looking backwards thru the moon roof to see where the door is and why would I care where the door is? I want to know where the CAR is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiva Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Problem and instant solution. Nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 Duh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USNRET Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 36 minutes ago, CECAA850 said: Duh. As noted above, tried those and at that spot is where I have to rotate the zero turn mower and they kept moving (glued) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 15 minutes ago, USNRET said: As noted above, tried those and at that spot is where I have to rotate the zero turn mower and they kept moving (glued) Concrete anchors 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1290 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 I'm starting to "feel it!" 😂 😂 😂 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder with Impairment Among Adults Of adults with OCD in the past year, degree of impairment ranged from mild to severe, as shown in Figure 2. Impairment was determined by scores on the Sheehan Disability Scale. Among adults with OCD, approximately one half (50.6%) had had serious impairment.1 Another 34.8% of adults with OCD had moderate impairment, and 14.6% had mild impairment.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 15 hours ago, USNRET said: Pretty had to park in exact spot while looking backwards thru the moon roof to see where the door is and why would I care where the door is? I want to know where the CAR is. My uncle uses a 4 x 4 anchored to the floor toward the back of the garage which kind of lets you know when to stop the car in the same spot every time. You might say that there are no loose ends with this method. JJK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 20 hours ago, USNRET said: Thought of that as my initial only option but issue one was the pulley diameters ?? to set ratio and then the need to overcome pulley axle friction with a light (weighted) ball. Without looking at this too much, the pulleys should be the same size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 21 hours ago, USNRET said: I am good at identifying potential issues but suck at solutions I got this one. Have your wife pull up in the driveway just short of the garage door. Activate remote to raise the garage door Get out cell phone Have her call you You come out and park the car in the garage for her Foolproof and works every time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 I wouldn't be too sure of the foolproof part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 The washer/stop was a smart idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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