The Useless Posts Thread

It is just barely visible at the edge of the new insert. I will always know it is there though, perhaps I will look at it tomorrow and come up with something creative. Stupid John.

 

Well I know you UPT guys are pretty smart when it comes to tacomas and lifts....so I am about to buy a lift. The one thing I am trying to decide on is if I should wait. I can afford the adjustable shocks, aal, and 1/4 spacer. However I can't buy the 500 dollars worth for new uca's. Should I wait to buy everything at once? I am not planning on using the oem uca again at all. So would it be okay to wait for them to wear out and then buy new Total Chaos UCAs.

 

hmm...

 

I ran the first 20k of my lift with stock UCAs with no adverse affects... there was some "wandering" in the steering but that's about it...

It's easier to replace everything one time, but not a necessity... I'd say don't worry about it - upgrade the UCAs later.

 

Thanks guys. UPTers knows best!

 

hells ya!

 

I put the spacers on last summer and have some wandering and bump steer. Nothing severe. I plan on doing a proper lift and UCA's as soon as I sell some of the other toys. PM Chris4x4 he might have more insight.

 

Pretty boring around here.

 

^^
yup... apparently Chad, Will, and Jeff are needed for conversation...

 

Funny, they thought the same thing about you during your hiatus.

 

This is a cool ass picture:

 

lmao... the obviously made up for it...

 

That they did. Chad is gunning for your #1 Useless Post title.

 

The landing approach using runway 13 at Kai Tak was spectacular and world-famous. To land on runway 13, an aircraft first took a descent heading northeast. The aircraft would pass over the crowded harbour, and then the very densely populated areas on Western Kowloon. This leg of the approach was guided by an IGS (Instrument Guidance System, a modified ILS) after 1974.
Upon reaching a small hill marked with a checkerboard in red and white, used as a visual reference point on the final approach (in addition to the middle marker on the Instrument Guidance System), the pilot needed to make a 47° visual right turn to line up with the runway and complete the final leg. The aircraft would be just two nautical miles (3.7 km) from touchdown, at a height of less than 1,000 feet (300 m) when the turn was made. Typically the plane would enter the final right turn at the height of about 650 feet (200 m) and exit it at the height of 140 feet (43 m) to line up with the runway. This manoeuver has become widely known in the piloting community as the "Hong Kong Turn".
Landing the runway 13 approach was already difficult with normal crosswinds since even if the wind direction was constant, it was changing relative to the aeroplane when the 47° visual right turn is being made. The landing would become even more challenging when crosswinds from the northeast were strong and gusty during typhoons. The mountain range northeast of the airport also makes wind vary greatly in both speed and direction; thus, varying the lift of the aeroplane. From a spectator's point of view, watching large Boeing 747s banking at low altitudes and taking big crab angles during their final approaches was quite thrilling. Despite the difficulty, it was nonetheless used most of the time due to the prevailing wind direction in Hong Kong.

 

yup... another very famous approach

 

Both some scary stuff!

 

That's some cool shit mang.. .

 

my approaches aren't nearly as fun as that...

 

I think i would prefer any of those approaches from the comfort of my seat after several cocktails.