[quote]figure out what’s broken[/quote]
Welcome to my life. I recently figured out that the condensor on my right mag
was breaking down above 150F. You really don't want to know, what I had to
do, to learn that.
"Lycomings Made Him Feel Stupid"
Told the wife to put that on my tombstone, after I die in an accident.
Did you know that an aviation condensor - just a stupid .25uF capacitor - costs
[u]16x[/u] what one for my 350 Camaro currently costs?
I miss Billy Gordon. He could have figured out and fixed that in 10 minutes. Took
me fucking months. I remember working on Todd's (Goldman Sachs partner) T-6,
we took the cover off a mag, and parts fell out. "There's the problem, genius", Billy
said. He was always good for my ego. I remember flying wing surface form acro
on him, me with with one magneto and no microphone. Great stick. Him, not me.
In my lifetime, I have had the privilege of working with many brilliant engineers,
mechanics and pilots. Tried to learn as much as I could, from each one of them,
which these days is considered pretty stupid.
Never thought I would live this long.
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Dry Spell
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Slick Goodlin
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[quote author=Colonel Sanders link=topic=9837.msg28301#msg28301 date=1563164383]
[quote]figure out what’s broken[/quote]
Welcome to my life.
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I guess if it was easy it wouldn’t be special.
Last time I went to start the old truck the engine was locked tight. Like, ‘I could have stood on the crank handle without budging it,’ tight. I put it in gear and rocked it free but there’s still a reason it was locked in the first place. Probably a bolt head or something roaming free in the transmission which leaves me eager to get it diagnosed but dreading the diagnosis, you know?
[quote]figure out what’s broken[/quote]
Welcome to my life.
[/quote]
I guess if it was easy it wouldn’t be special.
Last time I went to start the old truck the engine was locked tight. Like, ‘I could have stood on the crank handle without budging it,’ tight. I put it in gear and rocked it free but there’s still a reason it was locked in the first place. Probably a bolt head or something roaming free in the transmission which leaves me eager to get it diagnosed but dreading the diagnosis, you know?
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David MacRay
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There is a Volkwagon club here that had a little show. A friendly guy there started a chat with me. He also owned a Camaro that was off site. All three bolts on the cam sheared. I never heard of that before. He figured he should have used new ones but we had not thought about it before.
Made me think of the colonel saying he likes to only use bolts one time. Excellent demonstration of the merits of that concept. New timing set deserves new bolts.
Made me think of the colonel saying he likes to only use bolts one time. Excellent demonstration of the merits of that concept. New timing set deserves new bolts.
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Colonel
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Ok.
First thing: every time you remove internal star lock washers,
replace them with new. They are cheap. Keep a stock of common
sizes. This is really important. Sometimes, magnetos fall off engines -
you don't want that to happen.
Second thing: fiber nuts. They have wonderful vibration resistance -
actually better than metal stop nuts, which have more street cred, esp
in hot applications - but you MUST replace them when they lose their
grip. Some people say to discard them every time. I wish. But when
you don't, [u]over 100 people die at Reno[/u] when a P-51 loses it's trim tab
and drives into the crowd, because a reused, worn fiber nut backed off.
Third thing: Young's Modulus. Elastic vs Plastic deformation. Any bolt
which has plastically deformed during it's torquing, needs to be replaced.
[img]http://wiki.dtonline.org/images/thumb/6 ... Graph1.png[/img]
Yes, steel is wonderfully plastic, but even it has it's limits, as it work hardens
and will break. Don't do that.
I know I'm stupid, but respect your fasteners, if you want to live.
First thing: every time you remove internal star lock washers,
replace them with new. They are cheap. Keep a stock of common
sizes. This is really important. Sometimes, magnetos fall off engines -
you don't want that to happen.
Second thing: fiber nuts. They have wonderful vibration resistance -
actually better than metal stop nuts, which have more street cred, esp
in hot applications - but you MUST replace them when they lose their
grip. Some people say to discard them every time. I wish. But when
you don't, [u]over 100 people die at Reno[/u] when a P-51 loses it's trim tab
and drives into the crowd, because a reused, worn fiber nut backed off.
Third thing: Young's Modulus. Elastic vs Plastic deformation. Any bolt
which has plastically deformed during it's torquing, needs to be replaced.
[img]http://wiki.dtonline.org/images/thumb/6 ... Graph1.png[/img]
Yes, steel is wonderfully plastic, but even it has it's limits, as it work hardens
and will break. Don't do that.
I know I'm stupid, but respect your fasteners, if you want to live.
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David MacRay
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I'm married. My will to live may have entered the plastic stage.
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Slick Goodlin
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[quote author=JW Scud link=topic=9837.msg28297#msg28297 date=1563148295]
Doing the same thing, two months.
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I dunno about you, I’m enjoying the sim a lot more than I expected but I’m equally eager for it to be over.
Doing the same thing, two months.
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I dunno about you, I’m enjoying the sim a lot more than I expected but I’m equally eager for it to be over.
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Colonel
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I hate sims more than you can imagine. They are the Great Satan.
Regardless of the visuals and hydraulics, they simply do not provide the actual
motion that a real aircraft does, which I rely upon to stay alive.
They literally make me want to vomit. Evil inventions,
that train you to die.
Regardless of the visuals and hydraulics, they simply do not provide the actual
motion that a real aircraft does, which I rely upon to stay alive.
They literally make me want to vomit. Evil inventions,
that train you to die.
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Nark1
Yup me too. The only time I’ve ever come close to losing it, was low vis taxiing. Had to look down and inside.
Sims serve their purpose.
This was a rudder hardcover, because the FO (his upset demo training) didn’t know their was these things you can rest your feet on.
Sims serve their purpose.
This was a rudder hardcover, because the FO (his upset demo training) didn’t know their was these things you can rest your feet on.
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Colonel
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Lots of brown up top, like over the top of an aileron roll.
You can finally answer the age-old question: when you
are inverted on the ILS, do the needles reverse like on
a BC without HSI?
Not sure anyone does BC or NDB approaches any more,
but they used to be a thing.
You can finally answer the age-old question: when you
are inverted on the ILS, do the needles reverse like on
a BC without HSI?
Not sure anyone does BC or NDB approaches any more,
but they used to be a thing.
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Colonel
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Nark: Dear old Dad liked your panel - was nostalgic for him.
[quote]Sight picture in F104 after weapon release escaping blast effect on full afterburner[/quote]
That's an "over-the-shoulder" nuclear bomb toss during a 1/2 cuban-8,
which may very well involve doing [u]aerobatics in cloud[/u]. Hope no one tells
the Kings of Canadian Aviationâ„¢ in Tower C.
https://theavgeeks.com/2019/02/11/canad ... 1964-1972/
[quote]the Canadian pilots proved to be highly skilled, usually hitting each navigational waypoint within 10 seconds of the plan.
Once fully operational in the nuclear strike role, the 1 Canadian Air Division was responsible for 20 per cent of the 4th Allied Tactical Air Force’s nuclear muscle[/quote]
Shit pilots, according to TC Inspectors.
[quote]Sight picture in F104 after weapon release escaping blast effect on full afterburner[/quote]
That's an "over-the-shoulder" nuclear bomb toss during a 1/2 cuban-8,
which may very well involve doing [u]aerobatics in cloud[/u]. Hope no one tells
the Kings of Canadian Aviationâ„¢ in Tower C.
https://theavgeeks.com/2019/02/11/canad ... 1964-1972/
[quote]the Canadian pilots proved to be highly skilled, usually hitting each navigational waypoint within 10 seconds of the plan.
Once fully operational in the nuclear strike role, the 1 Canadian Air Division was responsible for 20 per cent of the 4th Allied Tactical Air Force’s nuclear muscle[/quote]
Shit pilots, according to TC Inspectors.