dowmagik Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 if you were a real man you'd just paddle out to the island Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnitzel Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT ! could be fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_gacy Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 .....a 3 hour tour........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRUNKEN-ASSHOLE-ONER Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 You don't have an option that says "you're an idiot and you're going to die in the first flight", so I'm not voting. At least take some type of flying lessons for that shit first. I'm also probably not going to read through this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHDS Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 wouldn't a sea plane bobbing in the ocean capsize just as easily as an actual boat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geomat Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 yes , flying a fixed wing is actually pretty easy, the only tricky bit is landing, of course it's dangerous but fuck, you're flying go and do an intro flight somewhere, it's cheap and well worth it, i've done a few cause, choppers are the shit but they won't let me do proper training due to my mental history.. and play the simulator, it's actually got some cool float simulation in it too.. and it won't take long to travel 20 miles in the air and best of all the journey is the destination Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xoXox Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 if you were a real man you'd just paddle out to the island :lol: yeah for 20 miles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SickDrinker Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 hovercraft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Break '92 Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Get a better boat that won't capsize so easily. One good gust of wind the wrong way into those waves and your ass could end up upside down and you'd get fucked up bad. It could also be awesome. You'd just better have a radio if shit gets hectic. I agree with MAR about taking instruction first. Im sure that thing acts very differently than a regular small aircraft especially in strong winds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 I think it would be cooler to own the plane but upgrading your boat for the money is a much smarter move. Not sure of the specs on that plane but I'd think it would cost more for general upkeep than a boat. My vote goes to getting a better boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenPeroxide Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Attach a canoe to the bottom of that plane. Problem solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morton Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 I still think that getting a real plane is the way to go. Opens up a lot more than scootin out to the island and if CR could drop 20k on the phony plane why not just go all out get trained as a pilot and buy a used plane for 50k. My girls dad has a plane and teaches people how to fly, on Memorial Day weekend he flew us out to a spot on the other side of the state. 40 min in the air sure beats 8 hours in traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tavaruawon Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 ^this is the honesty im looking for. but keep in mind, a boat is out of the question in the days i want to go surf because its too rough. FYI- the islands are roughly 20 miles off shore. Welp, if the swell is up, and the water is rough, chances are the weather is not going to be too great. Thinking mostly of higher winds and how they would effect that janky little thing. A boat is still a better idea. Get a bigger, more seaworthy vessel. Where do you live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Any other day I'd be all for someone spending 30k on a kit plane and flying it, but for 30k you could buy a boat that's faster than the plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ask4about2me Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 i hear those ultra lights can fuck up really easily in high winds,and there are also a lot of regulations on those things i.e. you cant fly over a group of people,cant fly over neighborhoods,etc. but really,get the fucking plane,i think itd be pretty fucking cool to have regardless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ask4about2me Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 and btw,what kind of job do you have that you can just drop 30 large on something that "might" work. whatever it is,let me know,because i dont have $30 to play with,much less $30000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 BIGGER BOAT! Really, if you're dead set on going out on rough days I would say you'd only really enter the safe zone w/ something like a 20ft Boston Whaler. Gotta love those unsinkable hulls... (also something w/ a motor than can average 20mph rather than 10mph). At least 5 times a year we go dive a ledge that's 35 miles offshore in a 19ft boat with no added bouyancy but we try to pick the nice days. Hasn't always been totally successful but we made it home without help. One of the trips I didn't go on ended with a 35m tow back to shore (some starter/battery issue). Thank God for SeaTow, $100 a year is dirt cheap. I don't think they have SeaTow or anything like it for powered hang gliders. Keep in mind that I grew up on the water and aside from power boats I also have quite a bit of offshore sailing experience, 3 years I did the N.O. to P'cola race and many shorter (single day) inshore/offshore races in the Gulf and Atlantic. Plus thousands of hours of inshore racing on small boats. But... I'm not a pilot. However... One of my close friends has been an airframe mech. at his uncle's seaplane base for over a decade. He's got his pilot's license and seaplane rating (and a 1949 Taylorcraft). The base only has one plane that is even allowed to touch the salt but they do quite a bit of salt water instruction. I've spent a bunch of time hanging out with the instructors and various pilots that come through the base and I can tell you that even the pilots of bigger sea planes are kind of sketchy about landing on any cresting waves over 4ft or swells over 6ft. The leeward side of the island or a protected cove are the first options every time if possible so that's not some sort of magic bullet by any means. One dude I know has even flipped (tail over nose) a Widgeon off Martha's Vineyard once and he said it was only 2-3ft that day but he caught a weird bounce... This is a Widgeon: No matter what you do, the first thing to buy is an Epirb... then BIGGER BOAT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stresssack Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I know how windy it is when there are waves on the gulf coast so, flying a hyperlight is asking for a darwin award IMHO. As for taking the boat, Contender ftw.Cruise at 45 knots with gps and radar. . Even this is a terrible idea without boat experience,vhs radio, gps, weather forecasts, life jackets with reflective tape, EPIRB, AT LEAST TWO bilge pumps not including back ups, because being on a boat thats taking on water in the middle of the gulf isnt fun.....trust me. When things go wrong on the water they go way wrong in a hurry, and there might another person around to help for 100 square miles. If the conditions were right I would be down for this, but its all in the details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 i'd do it looks fun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystemFailure Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 This Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ButtMiester Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Youll land in water if you crash so youll be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindle Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 get one of those real fast speed boats that was popular with cocaine importers in the mid 80s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangles Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 This seems like a bad idea all around. Boat it. voted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i eat babies Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 why not just boat to these islands when the sea is calm, then explore, camp etc until the sea is back to crazy and you can surf it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ink face Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 is the plane gonna be big enough to carry your surfboard,cooler and whatever else you're gonna want to bring out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CONCRETE RIVER Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 yes, surfboards are very light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango 24 Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 are you going alone or with a friend? if it's alone you would have to be nuts to fly that thing. you friend would also be crazy to get into that thing with someone at the controls who has no training for emergency situations. boat for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ink face Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 yes, surfboards are very light. nah i know they're light, i was more talking about room on the plane for them and the other stuff you'd wanna bring. just cause making a bunch of trips out to the island to get your stuff out there and back kinda ruins the practicality of the plane, also what would gas be like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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