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Full bladder on X country
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:56 pm
by extra300s
I wondered what you guys do when you are on a x country and your bladder is so full your eyes starts to water. This happend to me on my first x country. Do not know why it is that I have to take a leak every hour when I am training. Someone said it is the cold, me thinks it might be to much excitement, nervs, cold all in one.
Luckily we flew over the beach so I could ask the instructor if we could do a quick landing on the be@ch. But what if one is over terrain where a safe and smooth landing spot is not to close.
Any suggestions
Re: Full bladder on X country
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:00 pm
by Tumbleweed
Liquid management almost part of pre-flight. Only gonna happen a few times.
Re: Full bladder on X country
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:19 pm
by slysi
Pampers???
Re: Full bladder on X country
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:23 pm
by Tailspin
Re: Full bladder on X country
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:28 pm
by extra300s
Re: Full bladder on X country
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:40 pm
by GR8-DAD
If you've seen the movie "Dumm and dummer" - you'll know what to do....
Re: Full bladder on X country
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:42 pm
by Grumpy
Re: Full bladder on X country
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:45 pm
by extra300s
GR8-DAD wrote:If you've seen the movie "Dumm and dummer" - you'll know what to do....
ja, I thought of that one GR8-DAD!
Just going to be difficult opening the flight suit, then unzipping your pants, then finding the mamba (remember this happens most when it is leeu koud - net kop en maanhare) whilst still controlling the wing!
Re: Full bladder on X country
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:56 pm
by AndyG
There was a product on the market that had an attachment into a bag filled with an absorbing gel. You can guess where the attachment goes!
Personally i try to limit the liquid intake pre flying.
Ricky De Agrela and co on Freedom Flight were often flying 6 hrs without a P break and they limited the intake of fluids before flight.
Knuip Vas
Re: Full bladder on X country
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:58 pm
by slysi
Grumpy wrote:
Try Huggies then
or cuddles
Re: Full bladder on X country
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:00 pm
by slysi
Re: Full bladder on X country
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:07 pm
by AndyG
Deleted, offensive - Morph
Re: Full bladder on X country
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:11 pm
by Splinter
Land on any safe gravel road and do your thing! Tell the farmer its fertilizer! Know a pilot that tried p-ing out of a bare micro... it ended up on his pax (wife's) visor!
Needless to say he got himself the nickname pispot!
Re: Full bladder on X country
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:14 pm
by Trikenut
A 500ml coke bottle! Do your thing and then empty it out the side onto some old lady doing her washing!
Re: Full bladder on X country
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:28 pm
by AndyG
The ones with the attachment we had at our airfield years ago. Never seen them again. The hangmat can be purchased at any supermarket or pharmacy. Ask your wife/girlfriend, she can advise you on the different product names
They do after all advertise the things with someone pouring a galss of water in them 