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    Protective screen

    Was reading manual which recommended not to put protective screen on the tourchscreen of 650D. Kind of worried that without screen protective it may scratch the tourchscreen. Any comment?
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    Swiss Army Umbrella, where to find?

    Auto extend and open and semi auto for closing.
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    Swiss Army Umbrella, where to find?

    OK, the umbrella just went kaput, just after a few months. Try to google for Aurora Umbrella and even call them but their number have been changed. Anyone got numbers to call?
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    Mechanical Watch Repair

    Ya, the shop seem to be close all the time and when they do open it's very late, noon or something. TS, glad u got ur watch fixed.
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    Mechanical Watch Repair

    Try calling JW http://www.jwwatch.com/
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    Apache helicopter crash landed in Woodlands

    Wow! Twin air bleed valve failure, that's rare.
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    Apache helicopter crash landed in Woodlands

    Clean weather condition? Air density, cross wind, etc these are also factors in acheiving a good landing. Is the video of Autorotation film on actual e-cases? or training? There are hard landing where u might not see and might not tell the diff. Won't say AH64 is different, all the...
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    Apache helicopter crash landed in Woodlands

    Being an ex-aviation(rotary wing), I can tell u that's is a very good landing, it's not perfect but in that situation, that can be said to be the best. Yes, even in my earlier post I also mentioned that a proper landing would be "everything a ok" but given the situation, saving his own and the...
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    Apache helicopter crash landed in Woodlands

    If u drive ur car and the engine stalled without reason. U save urself and passenger but damaged the car beyond repair, is it ur fault?
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    Apache helicopter crash landed in Woodlands

    There's a saying any landing u can get away with is a good landing. Lets remember, the most valuable assets here are the pilots not the equipment.
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    Apache helicopter crash landed in Woodlands

    Definately not. During the last minute of the auto rotation, pilot need to pull the collective level to increas angle of attack for the rotor blades and cyclic level to flare the heli(like in a normal landing nose up). When not done properly, the tail boom will hit the ground first and hence...
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    Apache helicopter crash landed in Woodlands

    The function of the tail rotor is to compensate for the counter torque. The main rotor spinning counter clockwise will induce a clockwise reaction force. Without tail rotor, there's no control and no auto rotation. Helicopter cannot glide and most do not have chute to eject so autorotation is...
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    D7000 discussion thread

    how would the 18-200 perform in in door shots compare to 18-105?
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    4 hours lay over in Hong Kong

    take the train/MTR go to Qingyi shopping center.
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    Here comes the K-5, and K-r too...

    what happens if pre-order exceed demand?
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