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speedysailor
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 Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:44 am Post subject: Glass boards on high altitude flights |
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| Can you fly commercial jets with old glass boards that don't have vent screws without worry of them exploding? |
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pueno
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:20 am Post subject: Re: Glass boards on high altitude flights |
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| seedysailor wrote: | | Can you fly commercial jets with old glass boards that don't have vent screws without worry of them exploding? |
Oh, boy. Can you fly without your head exploding? |
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isobars
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:32 am Post subject: |
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His neck has a pair of screws. One is a vent screw, the other is a port through which he accesses his 78 persona. See http://tinyurl.com/2a8c5lw .
Mike \m/ |
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jesusjones
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| Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2010 9:03 pm Post subject: I can |
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Really!  |
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coboardhead
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| Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:42 am Post subject: |
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Sounds like a great question for one of the glass builders.
Try Gary at Cascade.
His new boards do not have vents - I have 3.
Never any problems with going over the passes (12,000 ft.) in my area.
My friends have had manufactured boards delaminate when left closed. |
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gwandsh
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| Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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So this seems like a legit (if somewhat cliche) question. Based on the responses, folks feel this is a troll?
I am not forum-savvy enough to see the obvious I guess. What is the "troll clue" here? |
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cgoudie1
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| Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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It's the author that's casting a shadow over the question.
But, the answer is, it's not an issue with glass boards, at least
I've never had one fail, and I used to send them on airlines
all the time before 9/11.
-Craig
| gwandsh wrote: | So this seems like a legit (if somewhat cliche) question. Based on the responses, folks feel this is a troll?
I am not forum-savvy enough to see the obvious I guess. What is the "troll clue" here? |
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jesusjones
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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Oh; I thought you meant like Dale Cook? oooops
Can you fly commercial jets with old glass boards that don't have vent screws without worry of them exploding? |
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DanWeiss
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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| jesusjones wrote: | Oh; I thought you meant like Dale Cook? oooops
Can you fly commercial jets with old glass boards that don't have vent screws without worry of them exploding? |
Glass boards lacking vent screws are almost always employ closed-cell foam. Closed-cell foam is a lot more stable and rigid than open-cell foam and will resist gas expansion that might otherwise destroy a styro-board.
Fly boards, fly. |
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NEsailor
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| Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | So this seems like a legit (if somewhat cliche) question. Based on the responses, folks feel this is a troll?
I am not forum-savvy enough to see the obvious I guess. What is the "troll clue" here? |
If you follow the forum and look at his past posts you would realize the author is the forum resident troll. He even posted this question twice. If you know him you would think he really meant explosion on an airplane.
See the link below to his other post and look at how people interpret it. He posts for attention and uses many different alias' to try to fool everyone.
http://www.iwindsurf.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20918 |
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