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Aug 12, 2015 13:42:07 GMT
Post by mydogspa on Aug 12, 2015 13:42:07 GMT
Ooh, I can help out with that one,
I love it!!! Two observations though: 1. It's entirely too coherent and well written to be mistaken for EL James' work! 2. Wasn't Charlie Tango supposed to be an EC135? I have no desire to spend any money supporting this franchise, but I'll admit I'm kind of curious as to how the whole "crashing the helicopter and hitchhiking home" will be presented ... I'm sure it will somehow manage to be totally anticlimactic like everything else in the series! Oh crap, how did I miss that? I could have sworn it was a single-engine AS350. The EC135 makes it a twin (2 engine), so even if there was a fire in one the other could be used to land safely without having to transition to autorotation. Granted, the ES135 fire checklist calls to shut down the affected engine but also says to land immediately if the fire light remains on, as soon as practical if it turns off. So what's-his-name (Jack?) would have to rig the failure such that 1) the engine catches fire after 2+ hours of flight after an uneventful flight from Seattle to Oregon with a normal landing and subsequent takeoff, and 2) rig the fire to continue after the fuel to the affected engine was shut off. Jack's so dumb he's brilliant. Ditto Grey. With an ES135 he'd have ample power from the remaining engine to find a landing spot,maneuver under power to it, and set it down. Then for the story to be valid Grey would have to crash the ship such that 1) N124CT could be rebuilt in the next book (i.e, the damage would have to be relatively minor), yet 2) NOT trigger the ELT beacon in the tail, while 3) damaging the ELT and all the other radios such they could not be used to call for help, while 4) Leaving Ros and Grey completely uninjured and hale enough to hike for 6 hours. I gotta work on that. There's no way I can think of to make that all happen. Thanks for the heads up on the 'copter model. I apologize to any who were upset.
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Aug 12, 2015 15:37:19 GMT
Post by lastfrontier on Aug 12, 2015 15:37:19 GMT
I love it!!! Two observations though: 1. It's entirely too coherent and well written to be mistaken for EL James' work! 2. Wasn't Charlie Tango supposed to be an EC135? I have no desire to spend any money supporting this franchise, but I'll admit I'm kind of curious as to how the whole "crashing the helicopter and hitchhiking home" will be presented ... I'm sure it will somehow manage to be totally anticlimactic like everything else in the series! Oh crap, how did I miss that? I could have sworn it was a single-engine AS350. The EC135 makes it a twin (2 engine), so even if there was a fire in one the other could be used to land safely without having to transition to autorotation. Granted, the ES135 fire checklist calls to shut down the affected engine but also says to land immediately if the fire light remains on, as soon as practical if it turns off. So what's-his-name (Jack?) would have to rig the failure such that 1) the engine catches fire after 2+ hours of flight after an uneventful flight from Seattle to Oregon with a normal landing and subsequent takeoff, and 2) rig the fire to continue after the fuel to the affected engine was shut off. Jack's so dumb he's brilliant. Ditto Grey. With an ES135 he'd have ample power from the remaining engine to find a landing spot,maneuver under power to it, and set it down. Then for the story to be valid Grey would have to crash the ship such that 1) N124CT could be rebuilt in the next book (i.e, the damage would have to be relatively minor), yet 2) NOT trigger the ELT beacon in the tail, while 3) damaging the ELT and all the other radios such they could not be used to call for help, while 4) Leaving Ros and Grey completely uninjured and hale enough to hike for 6 hours. I gotta work on that. There's no way I can think of to make that all happen. Thanks for the heads up on the 'copter model. I apologize to any who were upset. Not upset in the least ... Just pointing out that Grey would have, in fact, had a second engine to work with during his little mishap. And actually, your version is far more interesting because having him successfully execute an autorotation makes the whole "he's such an awesome pilot!" thing a little more believable. I'm sure that the specifics of how Jack sabotaged the engine will be glossed over (although it's not surprising that Grey didn't pick up on it before it caused an accident, since we already know he doesn't preflight his own aircraft)... I can understand an author tweaking specifics expecting the reader to suspend disbelief to some extent to make for a more interesting story, but James just seems to not bother with research at all.
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Aug 12, 2015 23:50:56 GMT
Post by blowpop on Aug 12, 2015 23:50:56 GMT
Before I click that, let me hazard a guess: It will be summed up by "Well, we crashed with the helicopter and then hiked home through the woods." I mean, she can't write an original scene with genuine suspense, can she? That would so not go with the rest of that book! Oh damn it... it's in the next book, not in Grey. Now I'm fairly disappointed... Well that too. But it's pdfs of books.
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