planedriver

A mate of mine posted me this today, which I found very enjoyable and informative.

Hope you do too.

Name of aircraft would be the Five Litre Ten Cylinder Jabiru Photoshop. .

Or the "Ipullyoupushyerbastard337"

Looks sexy though, but now allow 28ltrs per hr downhill.

Geez, thought the Jabbie was noisy enough with one engine. No reg number so I'm guessing experimental and not yet flown.

Many moons ago, I use to have a Red- X "Lubro-Charger" filled with Red-X. (Upper cylinder lubicant).

Prior to shutting down the engine, you'd hit the button, and 2cc of upper cylinder would be squirted into the inlet manifold, leaving an oily film on the cylinder walls to prevent wear on start-ups.

I thought it it was great at the time and swore by it for years, but as the years roll by, and the young-uns know the answers, i'll wait to be advised by those that know:cheezy grin:

Don't forget when the motors at fast idle, if you lift the pin under the dashpot more than about an eighth of an inch and the motor falters and quits, it's running too lean.

I still have a Gunsens Colorplug which I bought decades ago in the UK.

For those that have never heard of such a thing, it's basically a sparkplug with a glass top and you can see the colour of the combustion flame within the engine while it's running. If the mixture is right, it burns with a blue flame like a bunsen burner. Too rich and it runs with a yellow flame, too weak and it's light blue with whitish flashes from the sparks.

I used to tune my Mini Coopers that way before racing or rallies, in conjunction with a Gunsens Carb-Balancer to make sure both carbies were properly balanced.

Don't care if it's ancient technology, believe me it works a treat. Used it with racing go-carts as well.

Having over the years seen many aircraft just sit in hangers for "God knows how long" between flights, but obviously still with fuel in their tanks. I was wondering whether additives such as StaBil and similar products, would be beneficial additives to put in aircraft fuel, to prevent it going stale if the aircraft only has occasional use.

I know with my boats if they've gone for many months without use, the fuel tends to go off.

Many outboard motor manufacturers actually recommend it, and I was wondering if aero-engine manufacturers are the same.

Having just spotted that Dr Harry in the latest Sport Pilot mag, is up for errection (chinese term). I was wondering whether this thread was the appropriate place to enquire what I can do about my "Fluffy"? After all, it's aviation related.

She tends to gnaw at the new tires on my aircraft, and pee's on the wheel splats making it slippery and dangerous to get in and out.

This is surely a simple behavioural problem which should easilly be overcome.

If he has any hopes of being elected? surely he'd have to be come up with a few answers.

I had been wondering whether a few squirts of dioxidine and allidine under her tail would overcome the problem?

those with red hair, and instead don a Jacky Stewart hat to look like a cover for "Andy Cap" in the latest mag to encourage the masses. But as Gradma say's, "at my age you just have to show a bit of gratitude for anything offered. 12inch front men are nothing but a figment of their own imagination. Trust me, i've spent many an overnight at fly-ins, and believe me when I say------------even if they're 4 stripers---

.......... that "from what is indicated by the flight suit, 91.2 looks about right for Lottie, plus I had a text from the Capsicum Factory girls who also confirmed that Madge is .........

sometimes a trifle confused with the metric system, and dosen't know a millimetre from a centimetre, to the poor girls disapointment.

G'day Tony and welcome.

A recent flight in an Airvan from Frazer Island amazed me how many of those big bities can be spotted from the air, as you'd know.

Look forward to hearing more from you.

I'll wait. Nev

Nah! I give up.

Good observation, Planey. I think alcohol was invented to enable ugly people to get some sex. Doesn't help them do justice to it though..Do you know what Dingo Ugly means? General question. Nev

I'm waiting with baited breath to be enlightened by you, while the wine rack awaits a few donations from sympathisers:tongue in cheek:.

You really are a very very terrible man Igor.. 19 doesn't go into 59 anyhow. You have to deal with "whole" numbers. nev

The Wife Came Home Early From Work And Found Her Husband In Bedroom Making Love To A Very Attractive Young Woman.

She Cried: “You Are A Disrespectful Pig! How Dare You Do This To Me — A Faithful Wife, The Mother Of Your Children! I’m Leaving You. I Want A Divorce Right Away!”

Husband Replied: “Hang On Just A Minute Love So At Least I Can Tell You What Happened.”

She Sobbed: “Fine, Go Ahead, But They’ll Be The Last Words You’ll Say To Me!”

And The Husband Began –

Well, I Was Getting Into The Car To Drive Home, And This Young Lady Here Asked Me For A Lift..

She Looked So Down And Out And Defenceless That I Took Pity On Her And Let Her Into The Car.

I Noticed That She Was Very Thin, Not Well Dressed And Very Dirty. She Told Me That She Hadn’t Eaten For Three Days.

So, In My Compassion, I Brought Her Home And Warmed Up The Enchiladas I Made For You Last Night, The Ones You Wouldn’t Eat Because You’re Afraid You’ll Put On Weight.

Since She Needed A Good Clean-Up, I Suggested A Shower, And While She Was Doing That, I Noticed Her Clothes Were Dirty And Full Of Holes, So I Threw Them Away.

Then, As She Needed Clothes, I Gave Her The Designer Jeans That You Have Had For A Few Years, But Don’t Wear Because You Say They Are Too Tight.I Also Gave Her The Underwear That Was Your Anniversary Present, Which You Don’t Wear Because I Don’t Have Good Taste.

I Found The Sexy Blouse My Sister Gave You For Christmas That You Don’t Wear Just To Annoy Her, And I Also Donated Those Boots You Bought At The Expensive Boutique And Don’t Wear Because Someone At Work Has A Pair The Same.

The Husband Took A Quick Breath And Continued: “She Was So Grateful For My Understanding And Help That As I Walked Her To The Door, She Turned To Me With Tears In Her Eyes And Said,

“Please … Do You Have Anything Else That Your Wife Doesn’t Use?“

Was Bill G in the right hand seat for the Bulldog's first flight?

I was just returning from a run along the south coast and around The Isle of Wight with a business friend (when I should really have been working at a conference) and he pointed it out to me while returning to park the aircraft. We then watched in awe as it went up like a homesick angel compared to what we were flying in.

Hi Planedriver!I should not mention the Terrier here as the thread is regarding Wayne's wages. However, it will be a good diversion

The Terrier is here has had a few changes., however getting close to airborn.

 

In the early days, I was talking to a LAME he asked if I had checked the symmetry, that started 12 month away from the project as I went and learnt aircraft physics, geometry etc. etc.. After all that, a lot of parts were remade, even the wings had a 8degree difference in the incidence, now that was fix, I won though. With all those fixes there was a great deal of time wasted. There is more, I took all the analogue instruments out and have gone to a Levil system glass cokpit. When I was snipping the wire away from the analogue I remembered all the grief the wiring of those things generated (all gone), now new grief - sender units and calibration, for saving of a heap of weight.

 

Even under the cowling had a make over:- the engine was breathing unfiltered hot air had to change that, the fuel filter/bowl/pump was sitting on the fire wall, under safety that had to be replumbed hence it has been a long road.

 

If I keep going I will end up with a novel.

 

Regards

 

Keith Page

Good luck.

Now back to topic.

Sorry Guys.

There is something else we agree upon.We think Jab 230s are OK.

Will win you over yet.

 

Regards

 

Keith Page

Welcome James, now your taking me back half a century, I saw the first Bulldog making it's maiden flight at Shoreham back in god knows when, probably 68, 69ish. Nice little plane with lots of grunt.

:welcome:to our forums

Good luck with the IR.

Keep us posted.

We finally sold the Gazelle. Onto our next project which is the restoration of a 1964 Ford thunderbird. Sue & I d fun doing the Gazelle so thought we would try our hand at this.

Just dig deep Sue, and look out those old bobby socks. Don't let John pinch all your nice underware for polishing the duco though.

Sad, but probably true.

You can't become too complacent with those thing's and need to maintain a good distance.

In a shallow dive travelling at probably 70-80 MPH, they can be almost as dangerous as a flying chain-saw, if not flown correctly.

This is the first case that I personally have heard of, which has had such dire consequenses, but it has now no doubt gone viral, so we can only hope that others learn from it.

This is a real sad end to what should have been a fun day flying.

Take care guys.

A US father watched as his 19-year-old son was fatally scalped by his own remote-control helicopter.

Roman Pirozek Jr was killed this morning after he lost control of the 2.7kg flying machine and it flew into his head, slicing off a large piece of his skull.

The teen was a remote-control helicopter enthusiast who was vice-president of the local hobby club and posted many of his tricks on YouTube.

“He was known to be aggressive in his flying and often executed tricks,” a law enforcement official told the Wall Street Journal.

A video posted online shows the teen performing tricks with the helicopter, with the machine narrowly missing his head.

The helicopter’s blade is almost one-and-half metres and revolves 2,000 times in a minute.

Mr Pirozek’s neighbour, 68-year-old Victor Tammaso, said the teen had become interested in remote control helicopters through his father.

"It was his father’s hobby and he picked it from him. His father must be destroyed," the neighbour said.

Just going on an article about the Air America front company they used.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_America_(airline)

 

Thanks Marty, that was interesting.

 

A few months back I had a holiday in Ballina. The Coach driver Annie from Ballina/Byron tours was an absolute mine of information and had also studied the Tyabb fiasco in depth. She was grateful for the loan of my Sport Pilot mag which I had with me, to add to her local knowledge of what went on.

 

She was a mine of information on the subject, which (stuff the rest) I found absolutely facinating . The others can enjoy the talks on growing coffee, etc.

 

One views the lovely scenery when on tour, but can easily drive past the historic murky past, without even having a clue of what went on.

makes me think of the fantastic story Norm Sanders wrote in sport pilot in relation to the history of my home strip Tyagrah, The entire stirp was ploughed through the swamps as a drug running strip just out of some fairly serious towns! not sure what month the issue was but well worth a read!

It was in back in the April 2013 edition, pages 24 & 25.