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Re: Kobe Bryant
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:02 pm
by ShockDiamonds
Blimey Dinny, can you put a mascara warning on that one?
Re: Kobe Bryant
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:19 pm
by dinny_g
I’m not a massive basketball fan but my boy is so it’s part of our household
For reasons I can’t quite fathom, this has hit me really hard...
Re: Kobe Bryant
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:29 pm
by Coaster1
dinny_g wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2020 7:19 pm
I’m not a massive basketball fan but my boy is so it’s part of our household
For reasons I can’t quite fathom, this has hit me really hard...
I used to play (school/college/ local league etc).
Didn’t use to like Kobe as I grew up watching Michael Jordan, but Kobe developed to be one of the all time greats; an ambassador to the game globally (he was the face of World Cup in China last year) and a champion of women sports (cos of his daughters’ influence).
Basketball obviously is only a minor sport in this country but even Talksport radio had an one hour special on Sunday as soon as the news was confirmed.
Re: Kobe Bryant
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 1:33 pm
by PaulJ
tim wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2020 1:56 pm
Helicopters wil glide - the spinning rotor disc acts like a wing. Obvs not as far as a plane but it's not strictly engine out drop like a stone. Tail rotor failure is another issue altogether mind.
I've auto-rotated a chopper, it was fun. Although to be fair I did have the knowledge the engine was still going it it started to be less fun.
In any case, a tragic situation. I noted on twatter last night some people were complaining about the outpourings of grief because <insert their favourite sports person death> wasn't as widely publicised as this person they'd never heard of.
I hate people.
Some years ago at work (R-R Aerospace division) I was told that most helicopter crashes were as a result of transmission failures which jam the rotors resulting in immediate decent. Don't know if this still holds true, but RIP to all concerned.