Comments on: Inside the AMXD http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:46:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Stark http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2460 Wed, 21 May 2008 02:41:25 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2460 Hehe... well... no. I am not Ironman. I'm just not the hero type. :P And Stark has been my online moniker since before the WWW ever existed... and it had nothing to do with comic books. It started as more of a reputation I had as a youngster for being StarkRavingMad - but that gets to be a chore to type so it shrank to Stark. Which is good because age has mellowed me and I'm no longer raving mad. Mad, probably - Raving, not usually. Hehe… well… no. I am not Ironman. I’m just not the hero type. :P

And Stark has been my online moniker since before the WWW ever existed… and it had nothing to do with comic books. It started as more of a reputation I had as a youngster for being StarkRavingMad - but that gets to be a chore to type so it shrank to Stark. Which is good because age has mellowed me and I’m no longer raving mad. Mad, probably - Raving, not usually.

]]> by: dazzawul http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2459 Tue, 20 May 2008 11:44:45 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2459 Stark? as in.. -the- Tony Stark? so I guess youve got new ideas for the next iteration of the suit :P Stark? as in.. -the- Tony Stark? so I guess youve got new ideas for the next iteration of the suit :P

]]> by: Stark http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2458 Tue, 20 May 2008 03:51:16 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2458 I think the "blue hole must be at lowest point" item is due to the hose outlet for the pump unit being located there. If you don't get that hole in the right spot you get to sit in your own pee for the rest of the flight. Not fun. I suppose, if you are a skilled pilot, you could apply the appropraite flight manuevers to place the pee where the hole is but that seems like alot more work than just making sure it's at the low point to begin with. I think the “blue hole must be at lowest point” item is due to the hose outlet for the pump unit being located there. If you don’t get that hole in the right spot you get to sit in your own pee for the rest of the flight. Not fun. I suppose, if you are a skilled pilot, you could apply the appropraite flight manuevers to place the pee where the hole is but that seems like alot more work than just making sure it’s at the low point to begin with.

]]> by: moetop http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2457 Tue, 20 May 2008 00:56:40 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2457 Uhhh This part sounds scary. (Page 18 highlighted in yellow ;) "Make sure when seated in the ejection seat, the blue hole is located at the lowest point. This is crucial for the AMXD® System to function properly. It is very important that this be determined and tested on the ground, prior to flight." Having to use the ejection seat and having your underwear or some body part ripped off because you did not put it on correctly would not be fun. Uhhh This part sounds scary. (Page 18 highlighted in yellow ;)

“Make sure when seated in the ejection seat, the blue hole is located at the lowest point. This is crucial for the AMXD® System to function properly. It is very important that this be determined and tested on the ground, prior to flight.”

Having to use the ejection seat and having your underwear or some body part ripped off because you did not put it on correctly would not be fun.

]]> by: dazzawul http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2456 Mon, 19 May 2008 13:42:24 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2456 Something tells me the chairforce would get a significant "discount" for buying them in bulk :P That or they'd buy one, reverse engineer it, realise it isnt that complex a device and start outfitting the pilots with a cheaper version. And unfunk youre onto something there.. maybe someone should work on a stillsuit for soldiers deployed in arid areas? it'd certainly be a hit. Something tells me the chairforce would get a significant “discount” for buying them in bulk :P

That or they’d buy one, reverse engineer it, realise it isnt that complex a device and start outfitting the pilots with a cheaper version.

And unfunk youre onto something there.. maybe someone should work on a stillsuit for soldiers deployed in arid areas? it’d certainly be a hit.

]]> by: UnderLord http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2455 Mon, 19 May 2008 09:48:29 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2455 Like to see the movie? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iya1SnijuKI Like to see the movie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iya1SnijuKI

]]> by: reyalp http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2454 Mon, 19 May 2008 07:23:49 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2454 Rather more expensive than the civilian equivalent from <a href="http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pspages/liljohn.php" rel="nofollow">aircraft spruce</a>. Humor aside, this actually seems pretty reasonable to me. Maybe not $2000 worth, but there's a real requirement for something more than a bottle, and it isn't entirely trivial. Rather more expensive than the civilian equivalent from aircraft spruce.

Humor aside, this actually seems pretty reasonable to me. Maybe not $2000 worth, but there’s a real requirement for something more than a bottle, and it isn’t entirely trivial.

]]> by: magetoo http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2453 Mon, 19 May 2008 04:34:09 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2453 Don't worry, we can expect to see a cheap clone of this in the "USB gadgets" cathe...gory of ThinkGeek in a few months. Don’t worry, we can expect to see a cheap clone of this in the “USB gadgets” cathe…gory of ThinkGeek in a few months.

]]> by: unfunk http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2452 Mon, 19 May 2008 03:10:28 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2008/05/18/inside-the-amxd/#comment-2452 for $2k, it'd want to be a bloody stillsuit, rather than this bottle-with-an-lcd-readout... for $2k, it’d want to be a bloody stillsuit, rather than this bottle-with-an-lcd-readout…

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