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    I MISSED the Crosswind aspect of it. I have Many Mates who flew into ONE WAY strips In PNG in Bristol Freighters. (often Called "Frighteners) which Came from Pakistan after WW2. to TAA. IF they parked sideways near the top of the Hill, the BIG front doors would Jamb when the fuselage distorted. Bristol sleeve Valve Engines same as SEA Furies Had..Nev
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    Landing up a considerable slope May require FULL Power and enough extra speed to Perform an Abrupt flare. Nev
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    The suitability is in the design. Depends on what Purpose it's designed for. Not Necessarily the Brand Name. Nev
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    It's Probably an ACME thread form. You could roll an aluminium (thin section) on a former of Mild steel. I reckon you'd find something used in Industrial Chemicals. There is Probably a standard. Nylon is fine. Bugger to machine. Nev
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    How can you guarantee that? Quite good Air cleaners are Made for Aircraft but Many use Practically Nothing. Sand Storms will stuff Most aero engines. Depends where you Operate. Nev
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    They only keep out Grasshoppers, washers and spanners. You can see through them. Flame traps would be Metallic. Nev
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    I'm NOT Interested in a pissing competition with you, Moneybox. I believe PREVENTION is Better than Calamity. Long fast hot trips can dislodge sludge and cause filter By Pass. I don't believe in the Casual approach particularly with Aircraft. It's Not some thing I would Encourage. You can Be JOE COOL and I'll be Check Everything Nev. OK?
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    Pure Magic is it? A BELIEF A Religion?. It works till it doesn't. The Gazelle has a Heat Knob. Maybe it's just for Pretending. Anyhow I ALWAYS insisted the student made sure it was FULLY cold at the same time the throttle was fully open every Time. Leaving carb Heat ON WILL significantly Reduce POWER but It's needed to ensure EFFECTIVE results. Proper Application is Before reducing Power on Descent and DON'T DO long descents without Power. Normal stuff, Don't forget you can get Carb ice in 30 + degree Ambient air. The carb works Like a refrigerator. Rapid atomisation of a liquid and the Air expands adiabatically. and cools. Physics that Cannot be wished away. The heated Manifold in the cars was for Idling in traffic and Pollution. Same reason you were fitting TOO Hot plugs to Many Cars. None of this CAR thing HAS anything to do with Aeroplanes. It's just Muddying the Waters. Nev
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    Not My Point. How do you handle a gust or tilt. THINK about it. IF you didn't disengage the torque to the rotor you'd Be out of Control immediately You are using the grip on the ground and you HAVE to Bounce it into the Air and HOPE. I would NOT Be using that technique. It was just showing OFF and DANGEROUS. Nev
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    Moneybox, Don't Worry Mate. I think WE are Just different. I'm a Bit fanatical about how engines are running and cared for. AS an example I would not have driven your van across the Nullabor without changing the Oils and filter in case the sludge got stirred up, as can happen and wreck the Motor . Vans are often driven by anyone who generally doesn't give a stuff about them and My Mechanic mates tell of Operators WHO don't Service Vehicles, Councils, Taxi owners Vans etc to save Money . ALSO some fool mucking around with the Airbox Of a Plane I flew made it use 23 Litres/hr instead of the Usual 16 Liters which it had Previously operated at. I thought it had developed a Fuel Leak. I'm just Not as trusting as you are from experience in engine recondition and seeing the effect of neglect and Bad work and design on things and also on Planes Putting MY life at risk. Some Participants Have a rather cavalier Attitude to Maintenance and I don't Like it. Maybe that's why I've NEVER Hurt anyone or Damaged a Plane. "She'll Be right" Is NOT ME. Never will Be. It's an aeroplane Not a Game. and I've had plenty of associates kill them selves or get seriously injured Predictably. Nev
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    I could NEVER work out what you did with the DUCK. Maybe I will find out Next Quakker Night? I canardly wait. There's LOTS of them land on My New DAM. The OLD one re furbished. 6 Meters deep In the Middle. Nev
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    Well It's an easy way out. The Pilot is at the scene of the (Assumed) CRIME. Saves wasting time thinking about other Possibilities.. As soon as a Plane is Involved in something the Lawyers Get excited. Nev
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    You haven't taken aboard all the Points I Made either. It's Less efficient and Harder on the engine. You go for efficiency in other areas. Why NOT this one? Is it Because I Brought it up? Nev
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    It has Rotor Spin up but I can't see How a Lift off without cyclic can have the control required to safely translate to forward flight. Nev
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    I'm eFing wasting my time. You haven't listened to a word, Getting away with it doesn't mean it's the Best . There are Laid down figures to Meet, Turbo'd and Injected Models should be OK and there's Plenty of Heat/ Vaporisation issues with that fuel system and carb type/Location already. Nev
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    Anyhow you are Losing POWER and May have other Problems IF you heat it all the time. I must have EXPLAINED THAT at Least 4 times. Its Pretty basic stuff.. I don't CARE who made the airbox It's irrelevant, It's a bad idea. to have HOT air all the time . Cars etc run better in cool air as it's MORE dense. Nev
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    Not funny. .IF you want to make a joke of things do it in the correct section and stop wasting MY time for ONE. It's NOT easy to write this stuff. and surely SOME one will benefit from this. Icing STILL Causes Crashes. Not ALL Rotax installations are the same. Unqualified People fiddle with Airboxes and under Cowl Temps vary considerably. Floats sink In HOT Fuel and the Motor can flood as a result. Don't make a Virtue out of Ignorance. Knowing what is going on can never be a burden. I fully covered your Comment in the explanation. Having hot air all the time is not without Problems. It is NOT the answer. Nev
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    I notice that has French Letters on the Label. and there's a Picture of a Cannard, which Looks like Huey Louey or Dewey. Interesting about the extra strength One way. Same with Marine Ply I believe. Nev
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    Still Being done. Forklift Hydraulics are usually too Jerky for the Precision required. At one time I had a Forklift qualification. Improves your car Parking skills too. Nev
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    I've Landed in Cairns and Port Moresby In Rain so Heavy you would NOT believe any Plane could FLY in it and the engines keep going. Heavy rain also causes a Downburst effect, Particularly if it is Localised. Expect to need a LOT More Power and don't get Below slope.. Nev
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    Perhaps there is enough fuel. Perhaps the axle nuts have been adjusted right. Perhaps the gear is down. Perhaps that Plane is the ONE you want to be On. People don't say "Perhaps" around Planes where I'm Involved. Also the thing about de icing IT MUST Be PROVEN to Be effective. Whether there's icing doesn't depend on the brand Name of the engine The entire Installation is part of the deal.. IF Normal is Hot enough to make it Impossible to occur. then you are Losing Power and economy engine getting Less Dense Fuel Mixture IS Less Power than you Might think/hope you Have. In some cases the engine May tend to Overheat or detonate as well. 2 things cause temp around the Carburettor to reduce. The Lowering of the Pressure (Adiabatic expansion at the venturi. dashpot, throttle Butterfly) and evaporation/ vaporisation of the Liquid fuel . If it ends up below 0 C and there's some Moisture in the Air, you WILL get icing. Nev
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    Cooling and sealing and the Opposite rotating direction BLOCK is achieved through GEARS. These tend to fight each other in an arrangement like this. Adding more Modules is suspect also above 2. The 8 cyl Jab was discontinued .The 4 row Radials were unreliable. Torsional Vibration with LONG shafts with a lot of flywheels The three onto ONE pin Conrods are Not likely to be a LONG life item with a double Fork and Blade set up and caged rollers in a Long hardened steel Bush imposing sheer Loads. Short with Bad Load paths and sharp corners with the Conrod design. . IT Will RUN and Its neatly Built. I think the front wheel driven Radial engined Bike is a Megola, but it's engine is a fairly conventional Side valve design with the engine rotating within the wheel and geared to it. The Trick with it was getting the Fuel Mixture to the engine. The rotating engine aided the cooling the same as in the Planes. Called "Windage". Nev
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    That's a fair while ago.. Nev
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    You have More chance with Large Commercial Planes than Many other things. Nev
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    Perhaps is an unfortunate word in this situation? Nev
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