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Post by Crazy Horse on May 25, 2013 15:48:09 GMT 1
Soft heart, hard exterior.  |
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Post by iandhunt on May 26, 2013 7:33:08 GMT 1
Soft center, hard candy shell?
Great, now I am hungry.
You need to quit making excuses and get out and fly your d**n plane! It is getting lonely....just waiting to feel the breeze travel through its rubber bands.....
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Post by Crazy Horse on May 26, 2013 9:27:43 GMT 1
Yes, the aircraft is getting to feel rather housebound.
The scary thing is when its servo's twitch and there is no battery connected. Be afraid, be very afraid.......
No excuses being made old chap, jolly difficult to do a lot with an arm in plaster. The simulator is being used though, I can now crash at will.
When I do get out again I will definitely take fly's advice about flight checks, I am as rusty as can be. (Not literally of course).
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Post by Crazy Horse on Jun 5, 2013 10:28:17 GMT 1
Well, Good news, at least for me! I have got a date for my knee operation, it will be in just over two weeks time. I managed to convince the surgeon that it would be OK even though my arm will still be in plaster! Hoorah! Of course, I will be on crutches for a while. So.... I might just get well enough to fly in about three months time. I shall try and maintain fitness by eating copious quantities of MARMITE on toast.  |
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Post by renard80 on Jun 5, 2013 13:21:33 GMT 1
"Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man. Crazy Horse will be that man. Better than he was before. Better...stronger...faster."
A word of caution, CH: although they can work miracles, I think you're being over-ambitious by hoping "I might just get well enough to fly . . ." That ability has eluded man since the dawn of time.
Good luck, matey.
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Post by Crazy Horse on Jun 6, 2013 12:02:54 GMT 1
I feel rather in the situation of HMS Victory and its repairs/replacements. How much of Crazy Horse is really original and genuine? Well quite a bit actually. I have permanent "wing struts" bonded internally to my left shoulder and upper arm which is the equivalent possibly of a carbon fibre rod modification. The left leg has bone strengthening below the knee (broken tib and fib) some years ago, equivalent to epoxy resin repair. Left achilles repaired, equivalent of good quality tape. Right hand has screws bolting all together, again, carbon fibre rod? Left knee will have some small internal pieces removed together with large cyst, (modifications with new sharp blade). All in all, most of me is still the original. All I have to do when this all finishes is to check my C of G before imbibing celebratory falling down fluid. The surgeon assures me I shall be able to fly, his only concern is whether my motor is of sufficient power to ROG or if I might need to be launched. (Please Toff, none of your amusing comments)  Thanks for your good wishes Renard. |
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Post by Crazy Horse on Jun 19, 2013 11:59:10 GMT 1
Well fellow forumites and Marmite lovers, knee operation should go ahead tomorrow (Thursday).
Wish me well if you would be so kind gentlemen.
Happy flying and I wish you all calm days!
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jklong03
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Post by jklong03 on Jun 19, 2013 12:19:11 GMT 1
Best of luck CH!
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Post by iandhunt on Jun 19, 2013 17:34:34 GMT 1
Good luck....I just hope you don't become MORE constantly tired and spaced out all the time.....
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Post by Crazy Horse on Jun 19, 2013 18:55:19 GMT 1
Thank you gentlemen, just be afraid of my next posts, be very afraid.
You are the best, all of you, that have encouraged me, wished me well and just been fine bantering companions, long may it all continue.
I am reliably informed that I need to eat two rounds of MARMITE on toast before I am declared sensible enough to leave hospital. Seems all good to me!
Bring the yeasty stuff on!!
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Post by renard80 on Jun 19, 2013 22:57:33 GMT 1
Hope it's not too late at night to wish you well tomorrow. I've been taking advantage of this unusually calm day to fly morning, afternoon and late into the evening. Great, about time we had some decent flying weather! I sincerely hope that you will soon be able to do similar. Non illegitimo carborundum! |
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Post by renard80 on Jun 24, 2013 0:27:39 GMT 1
Hi there, CH! I've been away to the coast for the weekend (where, incidentally, we watched some windsurfers zipping across the sea, enjoying the gale force winds, and realised that they pray for strong wind to enjoy their sport while we are hoping for just the opposite! ) Anyway, got back late tonight and noticed that you are posting again. So, you survived the surgeon's knife! Welcome back, hope all went well. |
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Post by Crazy Horse on Jun 24, 2013 11:32:35 GMT 1
Ah, Renard, mon ami! Yes, one has survived the butcher! I have a superbly long scar on the inside of my knee nearly 5 inches in length (125mm to those who don't use old money). I know, I am only boasting about my war wounds. The cyst that I had which was about the size of an orange showing on the outside, (I am not talking satsuma here, more a Jaffa) was apparently just the tip of the iceberg so to speak. It was very deep and took more than an hour or so to remove, that is after the earlier keyhole surgery to sort out the meniscus, etc. What larks, eh, Pip! The cause of all this bad weather can only be the fault of these foolish windsurfer type chaps, their collective prayers seem to be overpowering the wishes of Super Cub owners. I therefore strongly suggest that at a mutually agreed time for us all, that we send a collective prayer for calm days, weeks, months and even years! That should see the blighters off! |
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