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Japanese scientists have created a camera with a shutter speed so fast, they can now photograph a woman with her mouth shut.

A boy asks his granny, 'Have you seen my pills, they were labelled LSD?'

Granny replies, f**k the pills, have you seen the dragons in the kitchen?!

Little Billy asks his dad for a telly in his room. Dad reluctantly agrees. Next day Billy comes downstairs and asks, 'Dad, what's love juice?'

Dad looks horrified and tells Billy all about sex.

Billy just sat there with his mouth open in amazement.

Dad says, 'So what were you watching?'

Billy says, ' Wimbledon .'

A woman standing nude in front of a mirror says to her husband, I look horrible, I feel fat & ugly, pay me a compliment.'

He replies, 'Your eyesight is perfect.'

Wife gets naked & asks hubby, 'What turns you on more, my pretty face or my sexy body?'

Hubby looks her up & down and replies, 'Your sense of humour!

An elderly couple is attending Mass.

About halfway through, the wife leans over and says to her husband, 'I just let out a silent ****; what do you think I should do?'

He replies, 'Put a new battery in your hearing aid.'

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Love the new Avatar, Dex!

Clever, I did get a laugh, but even as a long-term republican I find myself defending the "grumpy old woman" referred to here. She has worked exhaustingly long days for far more than a working life, and somehow continues to stay sane after a life lived in a fish bowl. Give the lady a break.

Hello 4aplat, there are a few Jodels in Oz (see the yahoo Jodel forum). My D9 is powered by Jab 22A3178.

Thanks for the update, Michael. A very important project for all RAA. What progress has been made on the ground? I believe there is a site selected; Who owns it? is it suitable for landing as yet? Does zoning allow use by RAA aircraft? The ideal would be for actual use of the site to begin soon and for improvements to be added as permission and finance allow...

Keep up the good work.

Regards,

Lyle

Augmented exhaust

My two bob's worth: I have a hydraulic 2.2 in my little Jodel D9. I experimented with augmented exhausts and have found the cooling excellent, even with tiny intakes. If it gets too warm in summer I can easily enlarge the intake area.

All engine gasses exit into the low pressure area above the wing leading edge. The suction created in flight is considerable, but even on the ground the CHT's and oil temps are acceptable. I did find that the trumpet-shaped ejector raised exhaust noise to uncomfortable levels. I then removed the mixer and ejector assemblies, saving 3kg. The howl is now gone and I found the reduction in thrust to be only about 3%.

http://naca.central.cranfield.ac.uk/reports/1945/naca-report-818.pdf

One advantage of this old design is the reduced risk of shock cooling.

I too was awestruck by this innovative craft and would love to know more about it's performance and limitations. Perhaps it's short length was dictated by the necessity for road trailering rather than ideal aerodynamics. I'd love to see the design developed further.

Lyle

Tried out my iPhone 4 for the first time in flight today. A major reason for buying the unit is the many navigation applications available. Since I prefer to read a paper map, I don't at the moment need a full-featured aviation GPS receiver; I just need a reliable second source of altitude, speed and location. The App "GPS" cost a whopping $1.16 and tells me all this plus a few useful statistics about the last flight. This came in handy today when the old battery failed mid flight and I lost all the wired-in instruments. It's easier to read than the display on my old GPS. So far the altitude and location readings have been within a poofteenth of my altimeter and the surveyed data for the airport, but the speed and compass headings have not been as impressive. It's claimed the iPhone 4 has a 12-channel GPS receiver, but I found that mine is lost without a mobile signal.

Regards,

Lyle

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Wow, thanks Winsor68, that's flying at it's most beautiful. Many of us have fond memories of beginning in this wonderful old craft, and being able to push the envelope further than RAAus aircraft are allowed. After a half century of faithful service most Blanics are now past this sort of treatment.

Thanks for the memories

A woman sitting in an Adelaide Pub suddenly began to cough.

After a few seconds it became apparent that she was in real distress,

and two locals, Bluey and Bazza sitting at the next table turned to look at her.

Ken ya swaller? asked Bluey

The woman signalled 'No!', desperately shaking her head.

Kin ya breathe?' asked Bazza. The woman shook her head No!!!

With that, Bluey walked behind her, lifted up the back of her dress,

yanked down her knickers and ran his tongue up and down the crack of

her bum.

This outrage shocked the woman into such a violent spasm that the obstruction flew out of her mouth and she began to breathe again.

Bluey swaggered back to his table and took a deep swig of his Fosters.

Bazza said in admiration 'Ya know Bluey, I'd heard of that bloody

Hind Lick Manoeuvre, but that's the first time I ever seen somebody do it.'

I am only speaking from my limited experience. As I mentioned, I tested several attachment methods on a spare rib. I pre-drilled all holes; the pop rivets caused no splitting, but tiny screws did. After the application of covering tape the pop rivets resulted in the lowest profile. I tested drilling out rivets and its seems no harder that removing screws or tape. This aircraft is experimental, so I experimented.

People cannot believe how inexpensive it is to register an RAAus aircraft. Compared to other sports this is peanuts. We are blessed to have a good organisation, which is more dependent on goodwill and high morale than regulation and fees. Let's support those who give their time to run this operation.

Just to throw a spanner in the works... why stitch at all? I tried to learn the damn knots and practiced on a spare rib, then gave up. I made a test panel using strews and washers, stitches and ordinary pop rivets and washers. The pop rivets caused least rib splitting and were the lowest profile, as well as the easiest, and they're pretty easy to drill out if need be...

I have an aerosol extinguisher mounted in my cockpit and plumbed thru to a spot upwind of the fuel lines in the engine bay. Weighs c.800g; made in Tasmania, but factory is now closed down. I shake up the contents regularly to extend its life until I can find a replacement.

I was raised on this story (my home district is my pen name)

My Dad once manned the Tick Gate at Mt Lindesay, next to which is an obelisk commemorating the crash and the heroism of the survivors.

I am a member of the NSW VRA (Volunteer Rescue Association) and the story of the stuff-ups during the search for the overdue Stinson is a lesson to us all. As a result of the loss of this aircraft and the Southern Cloud during the same era, Australia started to develop an aviation weather and safety system.

Stinson Wreck

What little is left of the Stinson wreck is still fascinating. On my visit in c. 1985, about 6 metres up in a youngish tree nearby was embedded a piece of the structure- welded steel tubing similar to a bicycle frame.

Amazing because:

• it's protruding from the the uphill side of the tree (the opposite side to that from which the aircraft is likely to have arrived)

• the tree is too small/young to have been there in the 1930's.

The only explanation I can offer is that it was impaled on the downhill side a large tree. Later a young sapling grew up in the space cleared in the canopy by the impact, surrounding part of the projecting steel structure. The large tree later died, rotted enough for the steel to pull free when, eventually, the big old tree fell down. There is little evidence of the original large tree, save for an unusual absence of large trees in that part of the canopy.

The crash site has a poignant plaque and the remains of engines and undercarriage- Undercarriage fork intact, complete with steel axle and wheel bearings, but there is no trace of rubber or wheel- it may have been magnesium and burned away completely.

Walking in from the northern side takes only a couple of hours.

Lyle

Thank you for your suggestion, Old Man Emu. Perhaps you should read all that I have posted before making any assumptions. Yes, I have blown high pressure thru my pitot and static lines, but no, I was not dumb enough to have had them connected to the instrument at the time.

Yes, I have gently blown air from my mouth via a manometer into the pitot port, and it verified instrument reading as 3% fast.

Yes, I have a pretty fair appreciation of the difference between Indicated, Calibrated and True Airspeed. I have been flying quite safely without any ASI, relying on feel, attitude and my GPS, and always staying well above stall speed.

All I really need is to know how far above actual stall speed I am when in the landing phase.

A properly-calibrated ASI would be best, but first I have to ensure the external plumbing is OK. Understand?

One mm only.

Thanks for your input, Spriteah, but I have tried it with static line disconnected;

it reads about 20Kt fast. That was an improvement. (I flew it for weeks with the static line connected, but no ASI reading throughout the flight envelope.) After I plugged the front of the static probe, it's spot-on at altitude, but near the ground (where it's really needed) it reads only about 12 kt fast. Perhaps I will fly lots of test squares to compare readings with GPS and establish where on the ASI the reliable stall speed is.

My Jodel D9 was never designed to be easily dismantled, so the aircraft carrier and associated modifications to the plane took a few years. It was worth it- folds in 15 minutes or so, ready to tow home to store in secure container, saving hangar fees.

I modified my choke as per instructions from the late "The Bushman". Now my tiny little 120 cca battery starts my new Jab 2.2

ASI is now working

My ASI is now working. After I followed the suggestion of Facthunter to remove the static line, the ASI worked, but read c.20Kt too fast. I blew the static line clear and reconnected it. The ASI still read ziltch in flight.

It finally dawned on me that the static probe shouldn't have air rammed in the open front end, just like the pitot. (None of the internet sources had mentioned the actual design of the probe.)

I just plugged the front of the static probe, to prevent any pitot-like entry pressure. The ASI now agrees with the GPS on averages of 4-way runs at 4,500ft, but is still c.12Kt fast near the ground.

How do you correct instrument error without pulling it apart?

If I open out the two tiny holes each side of the probes will I get a more accurate reading?

Lyle

It's a bit late for me to thank the man himself, but I'd like to tell you all that I carried out the 5-minute modification that Jim Chase ("The Bushman") described to me in a detailed email.

My Jabiru engine had been a dog to start - it has never started on a cold morning without a booster pack. Although fitted with only a tiny little 3kg Decca lawn mower battery (rated at only 120 CCA) this morning it fired up first go!

Thank you Jim wherever you are- you will be remembered.

Lyle Passfield

I have been informed of the sudden passing of Jim Chase, while in Darwin on Sunday 13th June 2010.

A great loss to the aviation community and our forum in particular. He was helping me with cold starting my Jab. A very helpful and knowledgable person.

Lyle