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For anyone else like me who was curious as to the utility of having a fire extinguisher on one's person when deliberately crashing the plane, the speculation is
by smiley1437 4y ago
For anyone else like me who was curious as to the utility of having a fire extinguisher on one's person when deliberately crashing the plane, the speculation is that
1. It would be useful to fight fire at the wreckage if attempting a recovery of the go-pro footage from the plane
2. To limit a bush fire from spreading (and national park blowback) around the wreckage, although those tiny extinguishers would probably do diddly-squat if a bush fire actually started
- bombcar 4y agoI don’t get the logistics involved - how can you jump from a plane safely and still have it crash near enough you can hike to it? Better to use the extinguishers as extra thrust for a wing suit.
- jacquesm 4y ago
- noitpmeder 4y agoBest to always assume people comment in good faith.
- jacquesm 4y agoI do but this account has come to my attention a couple of times by now and I'm considering pinging a higher power. "Better to use the extinguishers as extra thrust for a wing suit." does not read like something a reasonable person would inject as a contribution to the conversation.
- lolc 4y agoUsing fire extinguishers for thrust is a joke about the futility of carrying them to extinguish a bush fire. That's how I read it anyway.
- _carbyau_ 4y agoMeh, starting from: 1. Fight forest fire. 2. thrust for wingsuit Given how useless they'd be at 1. I suspect they would be more useful at 2. Not very useful in either case however...
- stirfish 4y agoIf the options are do something useless, or do something useless that looks cool, doing the cool thing is strictly better.
- salawat 4y ago...Legally speaking, that would not be the case, as you're giving the prosecution ammo for proving premeditation. Someone who actually just had something happen to them probably would not be carrying two fire extinguishers that they suddenly had an epiphany and realized they could use as a thrust source. Our legal system is absolutely perfect for ensuring that "cool" will almost always get couched as "reckless and wanton disregard". This does however, push the calculus in favor of, "if you're going to do it, get the most out of it".
- scoot 4y ago> this account has come to my attention a couple of times by now As yours has mine. > and I'm considering pinging a higher power. Delusions of grandeur.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 4y agoI too would assume that a plane would typically crash (significantly) further away than the distance that you can typically travel in a parachute, unless it was put in a straight nosedive.
- kuhewa 4y agoIf the plane is set to bank slightly it will just do a loop or three on the way down with a manageable radius
- salawat 4y agoIF winds and drafts remain favorable. Which is something one can't guarantee from outside the plane. Also, it's much easier to ensure a safe crash site when you're only doing the calculations in one axis, which a nose down, straight in trajectory would have offered. But that wouldn't have made good cinema would it?
- kuhewa 4y agoI feel like you might be underestimating the difficulty of setting up nose down dive and then bailing out successfully, but I'm not pilot. It would have made great cinema, it would just not have looked like an accidental bailout which was the whole point.
- noitpmeder 4y agoIf you control the flight path of the plane before ditching it should be possible to pick the relative point of impact. And most (all?) parachutes allow the capability for the operator to control direction of flight and (relative) rate of descent. Considering the stunt he pulled it seems he was confident he could do both.
- arlcode 4y agoThat's another thing that anyone with anyone flying experience immediately pointed out as fishy. The skydiving equipment he wears is very bulky but steerable and allows for a safe landing. There also is a backup. Actual emergency parachutes (e.g. as used by glider pilots) are much thinner, cannot be steered and only guarantee "survival" (expect a broken leg)
- spookthesunset 4y agoWhich, by the way, is another incongruity. The dude had a highly maneuverable parachute and yet somehow lands in a bunch of prickly bushes. He had ample time to find a much better landing site that would ensure a speedy recovery.
- Titan2189 4y agoThe plane is slightly banking, so it's just flying circles slowly spiraling downwards from his point of ejection
- spaetzleesser 4y agoThis area is mountainous with very steep hills and deep valleys. If you stay close to the height of the mountain tops the plane won’t get very far.