(12-15-2018, 09:52 AM)robkelk Wrote: From what I understand (and have seen of similar buildings as the Ottawa-Montreal train passes by them), the apartment in Montreal is larger than the apartments in LA and Ottawa put together. No worries about how large or small a place is - we can find more displacees to fill it if necessary.

(12-16-2018, 12:02 AM)Norgarth Wrote: Thinking about it, while I'm unsure on residents, There are numerous buildings in a wide variety of sizes just within walking distance of my house.

older manors that have 4 or 6 units, smaller Apt buildings with 12 or 16 units, and a larger complex converted from a whiskey distillery storage building, as well as more standard apartment buildings around town.

(12-16-2018, 12:02 AM)Norgarth Wrote: Hmm an idea for residents occurs to me.  Salem is going to be a major Villain, have Team RWBY/JNPR been stuck anywhere?
Though trying to explain that Faunus and Dust don't exist here could be a pain.  Depending on relatively when they are from, we could even have some happy (if confused) reunions with Pyrha and Penny.
... Canada's weapons/firearms laws would take some adjusting to as well ...  

(12-16-2018, 12:04 PM)robkelk Wrote: Or maybe not, now that I've taken a look at Google's aerial photos of Douglass Gardens Apartments. Judging by those photos, it looks to me like the complex has 150 × 1-bedroom units and 36 × 2-bedroom units. (If my estimate is off, it'll be on the low side; I'm assuming four units per building.) Sure, we could fill that big a place, but only with a lot of displacees showing up.

We could say that Phantomhive only purchased the eastern part of the complex (the section laid out to fit in a triangle), which looks to me to have 58 × 1-bedroom units and 12 × 2-bedroom units -- still a large number, but more manageable.

EDIT: Either way, the on-site manager gets a 2-bedroom place - you need an office, after all.

(12-16-2018, 12:16 PM)robkelk Wrote:

(12-16-2018, 12:02 AM)Norgarth Wrote: Thinking about it, while I'm unsure on residents, There are numerous buildings in a wide variety of sizes just within walking distance of my house.

older manors that have 4 or 6 units, smaller Apt buildings with 12 or 16 units, and a larger complex converted from a whiskey distillery storage building, as well as more standard apartment buildings around town.

My SI started out with a 12-unit place, and ended up needing to expand it a bit... but you might have a more stable number of residents. If I were re-starting, I'd go with a 16-unit place.

That converted distillery warehouse looks mighty nice, though - assuming you can find 65 displacees to fill it (leaving one one-bedroom place for the manager).

FAA Rules re: Ultralight Aircraft

Flying Under Ultralight Rules (FAR Part 103)

• Recreational flight limited to single seaters weighing less than 254 lbs
  
• Any category, class or type of vehicle permitted (i.e. airplane, trike, powered parachute)
  

[The] FAA has chosen not to promulgate Federal regulations regarding pilot certification, vehicle certification, and vehicle registration, preferring that the ultralight community assume the initiative for the development of these important safety programs. The ultralight community has taken positive action and developed programs almost two decades ago gaining FAA approval for their implementation.

FAA further states, "...it should be emphasized that the individual ultralight operator's support and compliance with national self-regulation programs is essential to the FAA's continued policy of allowing industry self-regulation in these areas."

Vehicle Requirements
FAA does not require ultralights to have any proof of airworthiness. It is the responsibility of the owner to make sure the ultralight is safe to fly. Publications such as the "Federal Ultralight Resource Guide" and the "Amateur Built Aircraft and Ultralight Flight Testing Handbook", available in the USUA Flying Store, provide explanations of how FAA defines an ultralight. These publications cover all phases of preparation and of flight testing for newly constructed non-production aircraft.

Ultralight vehicle registration is available through USUA. Download a registration application from the Forms section.

Pilot/Instructor Requirements
FAA does not certify ultralight-specific pilot knowledge and proficiency, but it expects pilots to complete training under an FAA-recognized program. By earning your ultralight pilot wings, this confirms your ultralight-specific knowledge and proficiency. Ultralight pilot flight instruction time averages 10 to 15 hours, prior to solo flight. A current list of FAA-recognized USUA flight instructors can be found in our instructor list.

Source: https://www.usua.org/Rules/ruleandregs.htm

(12-20-2018, 12:25 AM)Black Aeronaut Wrote: EDIT:
...Oh wait.  This is up in Canada.  Rob, what's the rules like up yonder in the Frozen North?

(12-15-2018, 03:29 PM)Labster Wrote: Huh, Bob's in New Jersey.  Why is the phrase "oscillation overthruster" coming to mind?

(12-20-2018, 08:42 AM)robkelk Wrote:

(12-20-2018, 12:25 AM)Black Aeronaut Wrote: EDIT:
...Oh wait.  This is up in Canada.  Rob, what's the rules like up yonder in the Frozen North?

I know there's a separate private pilot's license for ultralights (anybody with a commercial aircraft license can fly one), but I don't know the rules for the vehicle itself. I'll check this evening.

(12-19-2018, 07:40 PM)robkelk Wrote: Hey, Brent, here's something that you might want to look at. Or not. (I haven't had a chance to look at it myself; I'm just going by the name.)

Bob Wrote:Heh.  If you want to pull in Buckaroo Banzai, I certainly won't object, but I suspect Buckaroo would strike out on his own as soon as possible and have a fortune within in a year.

As for why it's coming to mind, well...  A lot of it is set in New Brunswick (although we don't have palm trees near the county jail, regardless of what the movie thinks).  And depending on your source, the Banzai compound was in the city, too.  The club(s) that Artie's Artery was based on are long gone, sadly, engulfed and destroyed by The Hospital That Ate New Brunswick.

(12-21-2018, 07:49 PM)robkelk Wrote: Okay, I've updated the page for Bob's place (including adding an appropriate quote).

Now for Norgarth's place. Before I commit anything, please confirm: the displacees include Mahoromatic, Fraggle Rock, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Stargate SG-1, X-Men Evolution, and Mr. Bean?

(12-20-2018, 12:34 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote:

(12-15-2018, 03:29 PM)Labster Wrote: Huh, Bob's in New Jersey.  Why is the phrase "oscillation overthruster" coming to mind?

Heh.  If you want to pull in Buckaroo Banzai, I certainly won't object, but I suspect Buckaroo would strike out on his own as soon as possible and have a fortune within in a year.

As for why it's coming to mind, well...  A lot of it is set in New Brunswick (although we don't have palm trees near the county jail, regardless of what the movie thinks).  And depending on your source, the Banzai compound was in the city, too.  The club(s) that Artie's Artery was based on are long gone, sadly, engulfed and destroyed by The Hospital That Ate New Brunswick.

(12-22-2018, 05:08 AM)Labster Wrote: I have been wondering, on a metaphysical level, if there are certain universes that can't be dumped into ours.  We've been using a computer metaphor, but take the metaphor/location from The Magician's Nephew.  If you imagine it to be a flood in that Wood Between the Worlds, then little bits of water (story) all get dumped together into the Metacontinuity.  But well, some universes just aren't there any more.  Charn is gone by the end of the book, and Narnia is created in its place.  And by the end of the next book, Narnia is gone too (#spoilers).  Is there something about the timestream on how recently something has been written in our universe that makes it "available" to us?  Just for note, the oldest character we've written about so far is HAL-9000.

(12-22-2018, 10:01 PM)Black Aeronaut Wrote: The idea is that the tenants are given to the managers that are intimately familiar with the source material they appear in.

Thus it could have been a tossup between Rob and myself over who got Usagi and Company.