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From: Douglas Anderson (dnt dock.net)
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| Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2020 10:58:46 -0700 (PDT) | |
Heh heh – ah knows what you mean. I think I am reverting back to my first car . . . a 1955 Buick Century with the ever fine “Dynaflow” transmission. One top gear only, inherently inefficient, and shiftless. Now where was I . . . . .? Doug From: Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> As I get older, I'm in granny gear more often. On Saturday, March 28, 2020, 10:24:44 AM PDT, Douglas Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote: Interesting Rick. I recall a story from a guy who modestly called himself “the Maestro” of 356 Porsches, Harry Pellow. An MIT grad in nuclear physics, or something, working with a company to produce one of the early US nuclear reactors. Their concept didn’t win so he was cut loose. Quite a guy – SO in one of his writings he discusses the slow motion phenomenon you mentioned. While riding his motor cycle he got dumped off at speed and landed on his ass. Hmmmm he thinks to himself, still going about the same speed he was while on his bike - now what? It was then he notices, while sitting upright blasting down the highway on his leather covered ass, that he’s headed towards some parked cars BUT if he drags his gloved hand palm down on the pavement he can steer himself – and that’s what he did. Left, right – until he stopped. He estimates his total trip time was seconds though he was able to gasp the situation and come up with a solution and implement it. Just as you stated. I guess we may have that capacity to do it all the time – with the right training. However maybe the brain forces us to drop down to cruise instead of running at redline all the time to save energy and wear on the gears. Just a thought. Cheers Doug From: Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> It's something they talked about in the physiological aspect of high performance flying. Your brain senses the criticality of the moment and goes into a "flight or fight" mode. It de-prioritizes your peripheral vision and expands your cone of focus. That's something you can't do consciously. For some there can be what seems a slowing of time. Doug, try this - from 15ft away, look at a clock on a wall. You can easily read the time. Now stare at a spot on the wall 10 feet away from the clock. You still can see the clock, but can't read the time. In times of high stress, you will not only read the time but the memory of that time will be locked into memory... but you won't be aware of the other two walls in the room, the ceiling or the floor. If you shift your focus, you can unlock the "fight or flight" and return to "so called" normal. I still remember the tail number of my first ACM training adversary. Couldn't tell you the weather conditions if my life depended on it. On Saturday, March 28, 2020, 7:55:24 AM PDT, Douglas Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote: True true. When we were racing (never over 160) it was like driving on the freeway – all of us together in a pack, snaking along the black asphalt . . . . UNTIL something happened to a car in front of us or beside us – then it was like ZAP and all that slow motion stuff went by fast as a mouse trap springs. Peripheral vision goes first. Is that neurological or concentration? Bet it’s the same driving an F4. Cheers Doug From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+dnt=dock.net [at] ferrarilist.com> On Behalf Of Rick Moseley Harsh words... painfully true. The faster you go, the faster things go wrong. And you NEVER want to be the first to the scene of the crash. On Saturday, March 28, 2020, 7:01:55 AM PDT, Clarence Romero Jr. <clyderomerof4 [at] gmail.com> wrote: No Scottie Flying something like what you are talking about will kill you Flying is self cleansing! We have a saying Doctors bury their mistakes Lawyers appeal their mistakes Pilots die with their mistakes! You can be an ok pilot for a while Then it catches up with you If your not proficient in IFR flying You might as well commit suicide Ask the Kennedy kid who did just that with his light plane years back
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- Re: It’s insane now, (continued)
- Re: It’s insane now Rick Moseley, March 28 2020
- Re: It’s insane now Clarence Romero Jr., March 28 2020
- Re: It’s insane now Douglas Anderson, March 28 2020
- Re: It’s insane now Rick Moseley, March 28 2020
- Re: It’s insane now Douglas Anderson, March 28 2020
- Re: It’s insane now Luke Graves, March 28 2020
- Re: It’s insane now Douglas Anderson, March 28 2020
- Re: It’s insane now Clarence Romero Jr., March 28 2020
- Re: It’s insane now Luke Graves, March 28 2020
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