ML take if ever I saw one.

There’s really people out there called Weinersmith, huh?

Helicopters can autorotate, meaning fly without power, and the Jetranger from my understanding has quite good autorotation characteristics.

If this was simply a power failure, they should have been able to land just fine.

This was an extremely high hour machine, 13,000 on the airframe and 26,000 on the engine. Not sure if that’s significant, but it’s definitely interesting.

I suspect they’re just seeing big bull deer or a Wapiti.

I think I’ve heard about this dude, he’s basically a benign version of a conspiracy theorist.

I’m very much on the same page, pics or it didn’t happen. If there really was a moose population, there would be prints, poo, antlers, or some other evidence.

Instead, we have a number of sightings, almost always by people from areas where moose live, but no photos.

And I believe the fact it always seems to be Americans or Canadians is significant, perhaps they’re more likely to think moose when they see a shape, rather than a NZer, who would assume it was a deer?

And everyone else on that frequency, which would have been a few people if this was broadcast on 16.

Ouch. How many units do you have in service?

The weather forecast that Inreach offers is also excellent, hopefully there will be a way to replicate that over cell service.

We’ll find out, I guess.

There is something funny about him just bypassing them, to be honest.

Steering it wasn’t the issue, it was how to actually take control from the autopilot.

Except it was a different failure mode to what they were concerned about.

Third incident, this is the second major fuck up in recent time.

And I was on the boat for the first one.

The title is actually pretty close, it sounds like nobody knew how the helm system worked, nobody had been trained, and people were frantically pressing buttons trying to get control back.

Also, the vessel was doing freight only crossings and taking the long way across the strait via outer Queen Charlotte sound, because Kiwirail didn’t trust the boat, in particular the transmission.

I’m sailing across the strait Saturday, wish me luck!

That system sounds like a bit of a nightmare to use. And worse to turn off.

https://www.relive.cc/view/vevWmKKJpy6

This was the south coast cleanup trip.

My legs hurt. Amazing scenery though.

Someone’s loaned me a mountain bike, I’ve been out after work a few times this week. I’m saving up to buy my own one soon.

https://www.relive.cc/view/vrqowLwAjKq

Also, I’ll be helping with the south coast cleanup tomorrow, cleaning up Taputearanga island with the Wellington sea kayak network.

There’s a parking machine on Dixon Street where someone has busted the solar panel, I wonder if it was the same person?