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......following an upward curve or in a downward free-fall path - just like bull when he pulled back on the stick right after the 582 catastrophic engine failure at 2500' (a record altitude for bull, by the way), and the Jackaroo was heading for the ground like a badly aimed dart at the Darraweit Guim Hotel darts night, and getting ready to turn the Jackaroo into a Knackaroo, when......

Motospray Quickstrip Paint Remover will remove 2 pack paints without damaging the likes of Aluminium sheeting. There are many road vehicles that utilise aluminium panels (Landrovers and Rangerovers were first, but numerous brands have followed), so the problems of stripping paint from aluminium is not confined to aircraft - although it's patently obvious you must not damage aluminium panels on aircraft in any way.

Thus, using power abrasion to remove paint from aircraft panels is the least desirable method, particularly for thin aluminium sheeting - and be very aware of the danger of abrading rivet heads.

A lot of good advice in this old thread, particularly from Guest ozzie ....

.......Nazeem Dalit. Nazeem knew a lot about telephony, having been deeply involved in the installation of the NBN in Australia. However, his 457 visa expired, and he had to return to Mumbai, much to his disappointment, as he enjoyed his time in Australia, learning first-hand about telecommunications and the transport systems of Australia - mostly by digging pits for the NBN, and by driving taxis in his off time.

However, once he returned to Mumbai, he had to do something urgently to earn money, so he set up Nazeem's Call Centre, which not only handled important customers such as Turbine Telecommunications & Marketing, it also provided a useful service in re-routing scam callers from other parts of India to Australia.

However, there came the fateful day when a scam call routed through Nazeems shopfront, went straight through to the HQ of the AFP. Commissioner Bloggs answered it, and said..........

There were an awful lot of Allied aircraft fired on by Allied gunners with itchy trigger fingers. The Americans were amongst the worst offenders.

I have multiple issues of U.S.-issued, WW2 "Recognition Journal" large booklets, with intensive descriptions of the multitude of Allied and Axis aircraft, their profiles and features - to enable American military men to better and more quickly recognise the aircraft flying towards them, or overhead of them.

It must have been a nightmare for anti-aircraft gunners, trying to make split-second decisions in poor visibility conditions, because they knew, if they mistook an enemy aircraft for a friendly one, they would likely be dead in seconds.

The Recognition Journals not only dealt with aircraft recognition, they also dealt with recognition of every other piece of enemy armament, from tanks to vehicles to submarines.

https://wartimepress.com/product-category/united-states/magazines-united-states/army-magazines-united-states/recognition-journal/

......writing hard to see unless you used a special pen - which was available from Trackbine Office Supplies and Printing and Imaging Services.

It's not widely known that TOSPIS (what a great acronym!) was involved in photographing and recording everything to do with the Roswell Canberra crash incident.

Unfortunately, due to the poor quality of the office supplies and imaging equipment of the day (no thanks to you, Kodak!), the results of all the Roswell incident recording - both written and photographic, turned out rather poorly, and the resultant blurry images and poorly written records (no thanks to American Writing Paper Co and Papermate!), led to a multitude of conspiracy theories and wild claims of aliens, that linger to this day.

The ensuing uproar over the poor records and images with regard to Roswell, led OT on a mission to improve the quality of paper and imaging equipment available at that time. This led to TOSPIS launching takeover bids for major European & British producers of fine office supplies, such as Biro and the Frogmore Paper Mill - as well as lens and imaging companies Nikon, Leica and Zeiss, and Fuji Xerox.

Not all the takeover bids were successful, but the bids by TOSPIS shook up these industries, gave TOSPIS major representation on the boards, and made these operators lift their game. 
 

This led to a vast improvement in writing materials and products, and the fine imaging equipment available today - thus ensuring that if another event like Roswell happens again in the future, TOSPIS will be right there with its products, ensuring that the latest unknown aerial crash event will never be as poorly-recorded as Roswell, again. 

In line with TOSPIS's aims and desires, the next major aviation event in Tasmania will be recorded..........

Spacey is talking about Cornelia Fort, who was a private flying instructor based at Pearl Harbor in 1941 - and the Interstate Cadet she was tutoring a student in, on that fateful day, Dec 7, 1941, was shot down by Zeros as she ran into the attacking Japanese force, right as they bombed Pearl Harbor. 

Cornelia Fort successfully landed the damaged Cadet, and she and her pupil survived the attack, and she went on to become a member of the WAFS (Womens Auxiliary Ferry Service).

But she was killed in March 1943, when another pilot struck her aircraft on a ferry flight from Long Beach, California, to Dallas, Texas.

The other pilot managed to land his aircraft and survived, Cornelia Forts aircraft was so severely damaged, with six feet of the leading edge of the wing missing, she was unable to stop it spinning into the ground.

Amazingly, her famous Pearl Harbor Cadet survived WW2, and was discovered by aviation enthusiasts, and restored to flying condition.

https://warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/wwii-events/interstate-cadet.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Fort

Interestingly, Honda see fit to utilise many automotive  components in their outboard engines. With their biggest outboard engine, a 250HP V6, the crankshaft, connecting rods, pistons, camshafts, and valvetrain are all "derived" from their automotive 3.5L Honda Odyssey engine.

But the block and heads are different castings for the outboard, because the engine operates vertically, and has to cope with salt water. So the heads and block get an anodic film coating and sacrificial anodes for corrosion control.

In addition, the rings are specially-designed marine rings that control the higher amounts of oil that end up in the cylinders of the vertical marine engine.

https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a33610119/the-engine-youre-driving-might-live-a-cooler-life-on-the-water/

.....he often has trouble starting, too. He's like an old Rotax 582, I have to encourage him to start, and once he starts, I have to encourage him to keep going!"

Meantimes, a major aviation investigation was initiated by several authorities, as to how and why a pilot had stopped his aircraft, just short of some fluctus clouds.

"We can't have recreational pilots doing this stopping in the air, all the time!", exclaimed the investigation leader, Wing Commander Nelson J Bigglesworth (Ret.), as he held a investigation conference.

"The entire premise of aviation governance is based around the belief, that once an aircraft takes off, it keeps moving! We can't have stationary aircraft in the sky everywhere, that's the equivalent of stopping on a freeway! It's just not allowable!"

"I'd like to offer a solution", said OT, who was attending the conference as an interested party. "Trackbine Industries Inc has an excellent range of parked equipment conspicuity devices, which come from our long and extensive history of supplying products for mining machinery, to make them more visible.

You've probably seen our large range of reflective fluoro conspicuity tapes, they stand out unbelievably well in poor visibility conditions, such as fog, low cloud, high cloud, and even smoke, and volcanic ash clouds. We'd be happy to supply a quote to retrofit all aircraft that have the ability to stop short of clouds, to greatly increase the safety levels of aviation.

Imagine, an Airbus driver could spot a parked Twister at FL30 from 8NM away and take evasive action, thus preventing that common and terrible, new aviation disaster - a rear-ender!"

"Thank you, Mr OT", said WC Bigglesworth. "Your suggestion is outstanding, and your offer is extremely generous, and I will make a recommendation that all........

Nothing's impossible. How about a Volvo powered by a 300HP Evinrude V8? Of course, the idea came to these blokes when they were drunk.

https://www.whichcar.com.au/features/two-stroke-marine-v8-powered-volvo-amazon-video

.....keep going, up and up, as the Twister roared away happily. But the Rev spotted some strange-looking clouds. He consulted his meteorological handbook. Yes, there they were - fluctus clouds. "I wonder why they called them that?", he mused, as he got closer and closer to them. 

Meantimes, Turbo, bull and Cappy were on the ground, watching. "He's going to fly straight into those fluctus clouds!", cried bull. "He'll be flucked for sure, then!", said Cappy sagely - "And what's more......

I find a liberal amount of French chalk (talc) on tubes greatly assists in wheel and tyre assembly - and the talc also reduces friction and chafing between tyre and tube.

OT is indicating that it's partly because the partition of this thread, from partying about in aircraft, to making up sentences based around particular words, that he has decided he will become an impartial party to the proceedings, and let the relevant department controlling the NES, sort out the deviation from participation in a continuing story about aviation.

In addition, there are particular grievances that OT is nursing, relating to particlples that have no right to be used in the NES, marking a major departure from the entire previous storyline, which was centred around partygoers and participants in staged shows involving multipart plays. Meanwhile, back at the Gumly RSL, those particular parties involved in repartee were.......

It doesn't appear to be a Stearman exactly, but the design is certainly in the right era and range of aircraft type.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-stearman-aircraft-control-1874014531

This one looks to be closer in design - a 1918 Curtiss Jenny Canuck (JN-4C) control stick.

https://www.aviationart.com/products/curtiss-jenny-canuck-original-1918-wwi-wooden-control-stick

If it is a control column, the exceptionally simple design and shape, and the fact it's made largely from wood, would seem to indicate it could be more WW1 to early 1930's, rather than 1940's.

Either that, or it's from a very basic, light-weight, kit-build or home-build aircraft of the 1920's and 1930's. 

With my style of luck, the instant I landed the drone on the water, a Great White would spring up out of nowhere, and take a massive bite out of it!! 

I can see where they would be good for shark-spotting around ocean swimming areas, though.

It doesn't always work that way, unfortunately. Quite a number of years ago, a mate who was 6' 4" in the old measurements, and a solidly built rugby player, caught two hoods breaking into his wifes BMW in the driveway, in the wee small hours. 

He leapt out of bed, grabbed the pair by their long hair, and was all set to bang their heads together, when everything went black. A third hood was hiding in the bushes behind him, and laid him out with a solid length of wood laid across his skull.

He spent a couple of days in hospital recovering, and the thieves still took the BMW. He got very wary of confronting thugs after that episode.

I have not used Glasurit 68 specifically - but I have used other very similar German 2 pack paints. Note that Glasurit 68 is a 2 pack specifically designed for commercial vehicles and commercial vehicle bodies.

Accordingly, it will be a very durable paint - but it will likely be a thicker coating paint when finished, as compared to specific aviation paints.

I note the tech specs quote a 40 to 60 micron film build thickness, but no final thickness indication.

I don't know how the final thickness of Glasurit 68 compares to specific aircraft paints, but I wouldn't be surprised to find the specific aircraft paints are designed to have a thinner level of coating.

I note that in one Boeing document, Boeing quote their aircraft paint thickness as "3.5 to 5 mil" (89 to 127 micron).

As well as durability, a good coating thickness is desirable for commercial vehicles, the paint weight is not considered in this designed application.

Glasurit is a product of BASF and made in Germany, and the name is highly respected. I have never had any problems using the German 2 pack paints. But you may want to ask the Glasurit dealer/agent if they have specific aircraft paints.

https://tech-info.glasurit.com/en_UK/CV_VOC/924-68.pdf

If a paint system is "water-borne", it's water-based. There's no combination of solvent-based and water-based paint systems. The water-based paint systems wax long and lyrical about the vastly increased safety of water-based paints - which is an admirable feature - but any water-based paint system has to have equal durability to any solvent-based paint system, to be advantageous.

I have yet to find a vehicle, equipment or machinery finish in a water based paint that equals the durability of a solvent-based paint. But I have not used Stewart System paints.

However, I will admit, in my experience with house paints, the water-based exterior paint in the form of Dulux Weathershield, is exceptionally durable. It forms an almost plastic-like coating, which is good for 12 or 15 years in exterior applications.

It's the only water-based paint I've ever found with highly acceptable durability in outdoor conditions. The Stewart System appears to be a highly refined paint system with acceptable durability. High UV resistance, and resistance to cracking with movement, have to be high on the list of primary requirements with any paint that has to endure outdoor conditions.

I was told well over 40 years ago by a well-informed person who had spent some considerable time in the U.S., that every factory in the U.S. was either set up for manufacturing in metric, or could convert to metric at the drop of a hat.

But the U.S. Govt refused to convert the entire country to metric, stating that to do so, would not only cause widespread confusion amongst the general population - but that the impost of converting to metric, for small "Mom and Pop" businesses, was more than they could stand. The Govt claimed there would be enormous and unacceptable waste, as all imperial measuring equipment would have to be discarded and everything from signage to containers would have to be replaced.

The simple fact is, the vast majority of large U.S. businesses today already manufacture in metric, because it integrates with computerisation so much easier. And their containers are quite often labelled with metric and imperial measurements.

I believe there is simply a large number of Americans who wield substantial political power, who are totally opposed to anything that smells of French origin, and who are 100% resistant to measurement change.

During WW2, Packard altered all the Rolls-Royce Merlin blueprints to decimal inches, from the British fractions, because that was the system that U.S. engineering used in that era, and it worked much better for scaling of blueprints, and for mass production processes.

Even today, decimal inches and decimal feet are still used in American surveying and measuring. It simply eases engineering calculations, and is basically a nod to metric measure.

The water-based paints on cars are absolute crap. I'm in the process of reconditioning a 2010 Ford Ranger (PK model) cab-chassis.  It's an ex-country-council vehicle that's spent all its time outdoors.  The original (water-based) paint is so aged and chalky, I'm having to give the vehicle a complete respray. Guess what's going on it? Yep, a nice straightforward 2 pack. I've already done all the panels from the firewall forward (mudguards, bonnet, bumper), and the difference in finish is incredible.

My 2013 Hilux traytop is suffering paint chalkiness and dullness, the same as the Ranger.  The water-based factory paints are all cost-saving and meeting lower levels of factory emissions and waste. Give me a solvent-based paint anytime!

You certainly do have to be very careful with the 2-pack application.  The hardener is methyl-isocyanate, an organic cyanide compound which is highly toxic if ingested in any manner (breathing or contact with skin).

The stuff causes liver and kidney cancers and various other cancers as well. It's the chemical that was released in the 1984 Bhopal Union Carbide disaster, which disaster has resulted in at least 15,000 deaths.

However, using the proper PPE, and following the manufacturers recommendations, using and applying 2-pack is no more dangerous than handling any other toxic product which requires care in handling.

....then, he suddenly realised, to his horror, that Parliament House had suffered more damage from the earthquake than Westgate Bridge had. He rushed to Parliament House to inspect the damage, only to find Turbine Demolitions were already inspecting the job, readying for a quote.

"Who called you?", Dan demanded. "I got a call from some anti-vax, construction trades protesters", said Turbo. "They asked me to arrange a quote for the demo of this place, and it had to be done quickly - even more so, if you were still in your office when it was being done, and they......

It's not going to happen when you have 330 million Americans who believe the inch/lb measurement system is superior to anything the French dreamed up!! 

.....a major investment in an Indian-origin ride-share service, which was having problems with its drivers thinking they were flying an aircraft, when they were just driving a Kia. This led to a major exodus of passengers from the service and the shares went into freefall. Cappy said......

There's one major difference with the Ho Chi Minh intersection - they're all down to 5-10kmh, so they can steer around each other easily. Not so easy to do with approach speeds of 300 to 1000 kmh, as in aircraft in flight.

The SpaceX mission didn't have to cope with hundreds of other missions on intersecting paths at rocket speeds, that's where the problems develop.

I think you will find that the advances in AI in the next few years will be so staggering, that AI will become "the human" in control of autonomous vehicles.

Simply relying on sensors to move people from A to B safely - whether through the air, or along the ground, is fraught with large amounts of danger.

The autonomous mining trucks and excavators live and work in a totally controlled environment, and if danger is sensed, everything is brought to a halt.

In addition, humans are still involved in autonomous mining operations, watching with cameras and computer screens from a remote location..

I'm guessing there have been some major disasters in the autonomous mining scene, but the results were not publicly released, thanks to very tight mining company regulations that see employees sacked on the spot, for even just taking photos.