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  • NNNN Posts: 25,235 Senior Member
    That is the beauty of living in the wild west.
  • Farm Boy DeuceFarm Boy Deuce Posts: 6,083 Senior Member
    At least it's a dry heat.


    Like being in the broiler.
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  • gatorgator Posts: 1,746 Senior Member
    At least it's a dry heat.


    Like being in the broiler.
    Only 8° humidity.........there's more moisture in a 2x4 at Home Depot........not here though.

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  • NNNN Posts: 25,235 Senior Member
    Yeah, that is dangerous
    your sweating and it is drying faster than you sweat it out.

    Drink more water than you think you need.

    But, you knew that.
  • gatorgator Posts: 1,746 Senior Member
    NN wrote: »
    Yeah, that is dangerous
    your sweating and it is drying faster than you sweat it out.

    Drink more water than you think you need.

    But, you knew that.
    Working on my third gallon today.

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  • NNNN Posts: 25,235 Senior Member
    Oh yeah
    it is still day there
  • NNNN Posts: 25,235 Senior Member
    Clean and I did mall walking today since we were up there anyway.
  • gatorgator Posts: 1,746 Senior Member
    118° in Phx today tied the record that was set for this date last year.

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  • BAMAAKBAMAAK Posts: 4,484 Senior Member
    cpj wrote: »
    Bleh. No thanks.
    But, humidity DOES make all the difference. Is 112 close to the temperature of hell? Yes. But at least it ain't muggy.

    No that would be bullhead city when its 120+.
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  • gatorgator Posts: 1,746 Senior Member
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    Last year in Parker Az.

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  • Big ChiefBig Chief Posts: 32,995 Senior Member
    Too hot for some jets to take off. This model can't over 118 degrees............never really thought about that aspect of a planes design where thin hot air would be a safety consideration with some models. Canadian made.

    Been in plenty in the desert that do work just fine in very hot climates.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/nation-now/2017/06/19/its-so-hot-phoenix-they-cant-fly-planes/410766001/
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  • Dr. dbDr. db Posts: 1,541 Senior Member
    Big Chief wrote: »
    Too hot for some jets to take off. This model can't over 118 degrees............never really thought about that aspect of a planes design where thin hot air would be a safety consideration with some models. Canadian made.

    Been in plenty in the desert that do work just fine in very hot climates.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/nation-now/2017/06/19/its-so-hot-phoenix-they-cant-fly-planes/410766001/


    Used to hear about civilian aviators making a mistake at Lake Tahoe. They would fly in maybe in the evening when it was cooler and try to take off after vacation maybe a little later than planned, maybe a little more loaded and if it was hot enough with low humidity, boom they are beyond the effective ceiling of the airplane. The pilot was supposed to check a sign on the runway but didn't. NN will tell me if I'm wrong cause I don't ever know what I'm doing I just operate on theory.
  • TeachTeach Posts: 18,428 Senior Member
    It doesn't necessarily have to involve hot weather or low humidity- - - - -an incorrect estimate of gross weight can cause problems, too. About 75 of us boarded a KC-135 at Clark AB Phillippines after a typhoon evac, and everybody was estimating a little light on the weight of souvenirs, wood carvings, etc. that he was bringing onboard. The pilot used up all the runway and a little of the overrun before he finally got the thing flying! We got a long, profanity-laced lecture on aerodynamics over the intercom all the way back to Okinawa!
    Jerry
  • zorbazorba Posts: 25,280 Senior Member
    Teach wrote: »
    We got a long, profanity-laced lecture on aerodynamics over the intercom all the way back to Okinawa!

    With that distance, y'all could have gotten your doctorate on the subject by the time you got there!
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  • gatorgator Posts: 1,746 Senior Member
    We had a guy get hit in the head with a forklift yesterday and couldn't get a helicopter because of the heat so he had to take a ground ambulance.

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  • JerryBobCoJerryBobCo Posts: 8,227 Senior Member
    But it's a dry heat. :yikes:
    Jerry

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  • NNNN Posts: 25,235 Senior Member
    Dr. db wrote: »
    Used to hear about civilian aviators making a mistake at Lake Tahoe. They would fly in maybe in the evening when it was cooler and try to take off after vacation maybe a little later than planned, maybe a little more loaded and if it was hot enough with low humidity, boom they are beyond the effective ceiling of the airplane. The pilot was supposed to check a sign on the runway but didn't. NN will tell me if I'm wrong cause I don't ever know what I'm doing I just operate on theory.

    Your right.

    It is an issue for all aircraft, when you get elevation and or hot air above optimum conditions.

    The simplest way to put it is any thing that reduces the density of the atmosphere [air] will reduce the lift that can be generated by the air passing over the wing.

    Sometimes you can overcome the problem with a longer runway provided the aircraft can get fast enough to create the lift necessary to get airborne and above any obstructions at the end of the runway. Sometimes you can reduce A/C weight and go somewhere close and get more fuel or you can reduce payload as stated above.

    The operating manual for the A/C should have charts and graphs to determine the go no go runway length required for these issues.

    You, also, have to use the charts to determine how much runway you need to stop in case you can not get the T/O speed required by that point.
  • NNNN Posts: 25,235 Senior Member
    Sometimes when we flew out of Yuma or Nellis when it was as hot as talked about here it was bearable with the canopy open; but,
    when we closed the canopy for take off, it would be almost unbearable in the minute or two it took to get positioned on the runway for T/O.
    The A/C would start cooling the cockpit about halfway down the runway.
  • tennmiketennmike Posts: 27,457 Senior Member
    NN wrote: »
    Sometimes when we flew out of Yuma or Nellis when it was as hot as talked about here it was bearable with the canopy open; but,
    when we closed the canopy for take off, it would be almost unbearable in the minute or two it took to get positioned on the runway for T/O.
    The A/C would start cooling the cockpit about halfway down the runway.

    Friend of mine in nuke power, a Senior Reactor Operator, was the navigator-and-other-stuff in an A-6 Intruder. He said that he always hoped the steam pressure was a little bit high on the catapult; didn't want to go swimming! He was tall, like you, and busted his knees up in an ejection from a cat shot that didn't quite get them up to speed. Said it was in the Med off the African coast during the summer. Probably not enough lift for the heat.
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  • NNNN Posts: 25,235 Senior Member
    tennmike wrote: »
    Friend of mine in nuke power, a Senior Reactor Operator, was the navigator-and-other-stuff in an A-6 Intruder. He said that he always hoped the steam pressure was a little bit high on the catapult; didn't want to go swimming! He was tall, like you, and busted his knees up in an ejection from a cat shot that didn't quite get them up to speed. Said it was in the Med off the African coast during the summer. Probably not enough lift for the heat.

    I expect so
    A-6---EA-6A&B settle a little below the flight deck on a cat shot.

    Would be nice to have an afterburner
  • snake284snake284 Posts: 22,429 Senior Member
    gator wrote: »
    Working on my third gallon today.

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    It's good for you, keeps the bad guys out of your blood and tissues. Down Side- You damn near get a heat stroke.
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  • Vic's ViewpointVic's Viewpoint Posts: 1,221 Senior Member
    gator wrote: »
    118° in Phx today tied the record that was set for this date last year.

    Just saw on the news, new record for Phx, 122 degrees. Lordy........

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  • horselipshorselips Posts: 3,628 Senior Member
    115 here in Tucson today. No biggie. Just crank on the A/C and get naked. Cheers.
  • tennmiketennmike Posts: 27,457 Senior Member
    gator wrote: »
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    Last year in Parker Az.

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    Where is the temperature sensor located? Heat off all that concrete and asphalt can skew the temperature a LOT. Blacktop roads can get near 200° on a hot day.

    Anyway, that's a huge chunk of desert from Texas to SoCal. It's supposed to be hot! :roll2:
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  • 6EQUJ5 - WOW!6EQUJ5 - WOW! Posts: 482 Member
    Seen it hit 120 in Phoenix back in the late 80s. No thanks.
  • NNNN Posts: 25,235 Senior Member
    SIGgal wrote: »
    No thank you, it reached 88 degrees here and it's humid as hell. Thank God for natures air conditioning lol[Ipatalk
    No thanks, too many people here have been being caught it rip tides, a few deaths, also.
  • gatorgator Posts: 1,746 Senior Member
    Still hot......115° with 7% humidity

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  • tennmiketennmike Posts: 27,457 Senior Member
    NN wrote: »
    No thanks, too many people here have been being caught it rip tides, a few deaths, also.

    People in rip tides panic, and drown. What I was taught, and what I've read since then, is to not fight it. Just tread water and go with the flow. It dissipates after a distance and you can just tread water in the meantime. At the end where it gives out, slowly swim to shore. If you fight a rip tide you're gonna buy the farm.
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  • zorbazorba Posts: 25,280 Senior Member
    tennmike wrote: »
    People in rip tides panic, and drown. What I was taught, and what I've read since then, is to not fight it. Just tread water and go with the flow. It dissipates after a distance and you can just tread water in the meantime. At the end where it gives out, slowly swim to shore. If you fight a rip tide you're gonna buy the farm.

    Then there's Monastery Beach near Carmel, Ca. Rip tides and a vicious undertow. Locals call it "Mortuary Beach"...
    -Zorba, "The Veiled Male"

    "If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
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  • JayJay Posts: 4,629 Senior Member
    Topped off at 111 degrees here today and 8% humidity. It's 108 out right now.

    Supposed to "cool off" back into the mid-upper 90's for the weekend and chances for a few showers.
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