Just goes to show you how much of an idiot you really are. I said i probabley could fly a plane if need be (life of death situation) And thats not a bob cat in that pic its a Case.
Nope case has diffrent controles. The forward and backward and sideto side motion is done with peddels. on a bobcat its done with the levers.
On a case the auger or whatever is hooked up to it is ran with the levers. Bob cat's are ran with the peddels. I'v operated both. personaly bob cats are easyer to use and more reliable. There both like big moving hydrolic prumps either way. the engine doesn not power the wheels at all it just turns a pump.
Just goes to show you how much of an idiot you really are. I said i probabley could fly a plane if need be (life of death situation) And thats not a bob cat in that pic its a Case.
Couple things.
1. I have no idea what you are talking about. I wasn't talking to you, I was serious. Flying a plane is easy peasy. I have a friend who took a crash course (no pun intended) at the local community college. It was like $50 for 4 hours of classroom training. Now he is a fighter pilot for Japan. I'll PM Charlie, he can back me up on how little training it takes to fly a plane.
2. You never said anywhere anything about it being a life or death situation.
3. You're right. One skidsteer controls the bucket with the pedals and steering is in the joysticks. The other one is opposite, TOTALLY different controls. My fault. Either way, its irrelevant because like I said skidsteers are very hard to operate. As are cranes and backhoes.
Just for reference, here is a pic of the last backhoe I operated:
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MidEngineManiac Member
Posts: 29566 From: Some unacceptable view Registered: Feb 2007
..............It was like $50 for 4 hours of classroom training. Now he is a fighter pilot for Japan. .............
ROTFFLMAO !!!!!!!!........Was an hour of that training on how to drink the ceremonial tea ?
Actually, several COPA (canadian version of AOPA) flights used to run spousal training courses...the idea was about 10 hours of ground school and 5 hours with an instructor (then practice and more practice with the spouse) would give non-flyer spouses the skills to get the plane (mostly cessna and piper singles) down in one piece in the event of an emergency with the pilot. It kinda worked well. I saw some of the landings, and they werent pretty, but the machine came down, stayed down (most times) and was usable again...and of course a lot of times it DID spark an interest to improve the skills, even if they werent interested in getting any tickets.
Dunno if they still do it, but I thought it was a good idea.
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Nov 9th, 2010
Marvin McInnis Member
Posts: 11599 From: ~ Kansas City, USA Registered: Apr 2002
I said i probabley could fly a plane if need be (life of death situation)
No! What you said was:
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i'm sure i could fly a plane no problem ... i have a gift.
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Originally posted by brandon87gt:
I have a friend who took a crash course (no pun intended) at the local community college. It was like $50 for 4 hours of classroom training. Now he is a fighter pilot for Japan.]
It is true that all great journeys begin with a single step, but they require many more to reach the final goal. Your friend's journey is no exception.
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1. I have no idea what you oare talking about. I wasn't talking to you, I was serious. Flying a plane is easy peasy. I have a friend who took a crash course (no pun intended) at the local community college. It was like $50 for 4 hours of classroom training. Now he is a fighter pilot for Japan. I'll PM Charlie, he can back me up on how little training it takes to fly a plane.
So has your friend actually landed one yet? I understand that Japanese fighter pilots earned a reputation for making landings that no one walked away from.
I admit my joke was kind of vague. Actually 'Charlie' wasn't part of the joke. He is a member of our local club and this website and is a airline pilot and I'm sure he could tell us much training they have to go through and continue to go through as pilots. I'm gonna say it's a lot.
I'm glad a few people got my joke as out there as it may have been. I was hoping MEM's comment would make it a little more clear.
Just for future reference, I'm a pretty sarcastic person.
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nosrac Member
Posts: 3520 From: Euless, TX, US Registered: Jan 2005
In the Case skidsteers I have operated, everything including the bucket is controlled by the hand levers. Most Bobcats control the bucket with foot pedals but I believe they have an option for them to be controlled like a Case. I've operated a Gehl that was a pain in my ass, it was an older model so I don't know if they are still built this way but the right lever controlled all of the motion (including steering) of the skidsteer, turning was achieved by twisting the lever. The left lever controlled the bucket, if I recall correctly, twist clockwise to dump and vice versa.
Personally I prefer the was Case's are controlled, my feet don't have enough finesse in them to do anything smoothly in a Bobcat.
Come to think of it, our Mustang skidsteer at work uses the foot controls while my neighbor's Mustang uses the hand levers but has the foot controls there...I wonder if that is something that can be switched back and forth at the owners discretion?
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fierofool Member
Posts: 12955 From: Auburn, Georgia USA Registered: Jan 2002
Come to think of it, our Mustang skidsteer at work uses the foot controls while my neighbor's Mustang uses the hand levers but has the foot controls there...I wonder if that is something that can be switched back and forth at the owners discretion?
Not to get this totally off topic but I know from some of the manufacturers you can order the skidsteer with controls of your choosing. So how the controls work exactly on a specific skidsteer is kind of a moot point because they can be changed or ordered differently.
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Rallaster Member
Posts: 9105 From: Indy southside, IN Registered: Jul 2009
That's exactly the look I'm going for in my new Fiero cockpit!
That ^^
I'm going to put as many gauges and switches as I can fit in mine when I redo the interior. I'll be the only one that can drive it because there'll be 5 switches to get the thing to run...
And chances are, it's not even going to be tasteful, just crammed gauges and switches. I'll modify the overhead maplight housing for switches if I have to.
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Nov 10th, 2010
Boondawg Member
Posts: 38235 From: Displaced Alaskan Registered: Jun 2003
On the notion that if you can drive one, you can fly the other.
Dude, look at the pic of the backhoe controls I posted. Tell me that doesn't look at least as intimidating (if not more) as the pic of the airplane cockpit.
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pokeyfiero Member
Posts: 16228 From: Free America! Registered: Dec 2003
Dude, look at the pic of the backhoe controls I posted. Tell me that doesn't look at least as intimidating (if not more) as the pic of the airplane cockpit.
You guys are killing me here! LOL!!!!!!
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dn69141 Member
Posts: 448 From: Sidney Nebraska Registered: Feb 2010
Nope case has diffrent controles. The forward and backward and sideto side motion is done with peddels. on a bobcat its done with the levers.
On a case the auger or whatever is hooked up to it is ran with the levers. Bob cat's are ran with the peddels. I'v operated both. personaly bob cats are easyer to use and more reliable. There both like big moving hydrolic prumps either way. the engine doesn not power the wheels at all it just turns a pump.
I have actually ran a bobcat where the levers control the wheels and the foot controls the bucket/forks- yet I have also operated a newer bobcat that you could disable the foot controls completely and just use the levers for everything. So actually it would depend on the type and year of the bobcat you were operating for that statement to be true...
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Originally posted by Ramsespride: Amazingly I know what almost each of the gauges is for so if we are on the same plane and the pilot and co pilot happen to get food poisoning, know that you are in good hands
