5 Jul
2011
5 Jul
'11
3:07 p.m.
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From: "Ethan Dicks" <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Titan IV Missile Test
Equipment
in the arctic that have a valve on them so they don't
crush
On Sat, 2 Jul
2011, Nick Allen wrote:
> The military even has air-insulated
> boots for use > your
feet when you're flying.
The nickname for them is "Bunny Boots"
- they look like white Micky
Mouse boots and the valve is a source of
noob
hazing (you tell someone
new that they have to get the glycol
changed
out in their new boots
and send them to the motor pool/vehicle
maintenance facility, where
everyone knows the joke...hilarity
ensues).
If you forget to open the valve prior to take-off, they
get darn
uncomfortable at altitude, and there's so much
pressure that
the valve
sticks (I tried it once intentionally, to see how much
they
swelled
up, and I didn't last until cruising altitude).
-ethan
Why a valve and not a hole? Surely if it had holes you wouldn't
need to
worry about opening it? Or are there times when you need the valve
closed?
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
5 Jul
5 Jul
8:57 p.m.
On 07/05/2011 06:07 PM, Andrew Burton wrote:
Water exposure comes to mind.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
If you forget
to open the valve prior to take-off, they
get darn
uncomfortable at altitude, and there's so
much pressure that
the valve
sticks (I tried it once intentionally, to see how
much they
swelled
up, and I didn't last until cruising
altitude).
Why a valve and not a hole? Surely if it had holes you wouldn't
need to
worry about opening it? Or are there times when you need the valve
closed? 
9:20 p.m.
On Tue, 5 Jul 2011, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 07/05/2011 06:07 PM, Andrew Burton wrote:
Water exposure comes to mind.
More importantly, if the hole was open when you're stomping around then
air would leave every time you put weight on that foot and come back in
when you took weight off of it, partly defeating the purpose of the air
insulation. Walking on air has its downsides though: you have all the
grace of someone walking around on giant, heavy marshmallows.
Alexey
If you
forget to open the valve prior to take-off, they
get darn
uncomfortable at altitude, and there's so
much pressure that
the valve
sticks (I tried it once intentionally, to see how
much they
swelled
up, and I didn't last until cruising
altitude).
Why a valve and not a hole? Surely if it had holes you wouldn't
need to
worry about opening it? Or are there times when you need the valve
closed?
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