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Yeah well [they] try to avoid the front and stay well away when it's running. That's safe enough, right?
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It's the perfect mix of "awesome" and "Darwin award".
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Jul 26, 2012 23:53
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Hahahahaha oh my god! British men in sheds, there is nothing like it. You can tell the spirit by the text in his blog. It basically goes "oh looks like a difficult job but we'll just have to crack on and get the job done" about something utterly insane. Wonderfully insane! Aeronautically insane! He speaks about the "characteristic clack clack sound" of blade flappers, I suppose those are the ones that sound like a spun bearing when it winds down. Anyone know what they are and do?
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Jul 26, 2012 23:54
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Ola posted:Hahahahaha oh my god! British men in sheds, there is nothing like it. You can tell the spirit by the text in his blog. It basically goes "oh looks like a difficult job but we'll just have to crack on and get the job done" about something utterly insane. Wonderfully insane! Aeronautically insane! When the engine is turning at low speed, the fan blades are fairly loose in the hub, causing them to rattle around in the hub. Adding to that, the mid-span "snubbers", which maintaining blade spacing in many engines, will rattle off their neighboring blades at low speeds. The clearances aren't an issue at normal engine speeds, as the fan blades will stretch enough that any of the tolerances in the hub will disappear. There are other things that can make noises like that in jet engines, such as sprag clutches on certain equipment, but they'd be more noticeable on smaller engines.
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Jul 27, 2012 00:18
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Whoa. So everything is sort of loose-y-goose-y when it's windmilling in the breeze but tightens up to a swiss watch as it spins up?
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Jul 27, 2012 01:15
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Ola posted:Hahahahaha oh my god! British men in sheds, there is nothing like it. You can tell the spirit by the text in his blog. It basically goes "oh looks like a difficult job but we'll just have to crack on and get the job done" about something utterly insane. Wonderfully insane! Aeronautically insane! quote:A quick fix followed by a tea-break and we’re ready for another run. You don't say.
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Jul 27, 2012 01:38
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What an excellent read. It really seems like there is nothing that can not be completed with a suitable shed and enough cups of tea. He needs to move on to some sort of directional mount so that he can use it as a leaf / small animal blower.
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Jul 27, 2012 02:15
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meltie posted:This guy is bloody crackers Ok, this is kinda cool, but really what is the point of owning and running this thing. He must be smoking crack.
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Jul 27, 2012 02:29
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I figure he could sell it to a third world airline for some dollars, maybe build a mobile stand and take it around to fairs and stuff. Swap it into a 240sx. Lots of options really. I'm curious about the long-term maintenance, stuff that requires major overhauls. What is his game plan there.. E: Jet version of the Gee Bee
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Jul 27, 2012 02:35
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revmoo posted:I figure he could sell it to a third world airline for some dollars, maybe build a mobile stand and take it around to fairs and stuff. Swap it into a 240sx. Lots of options really. RB211 is still in use all over... 747-200, -300, -400 and the 757 all use it. Parts are pretty easy to find right now.
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Jul 27, 2012 02:51
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Kilonum posted:RB211 is still in use all over... 747-200, -300, -400 and the 757 all use it. Parts are pretty easy to find right now. The RB-211 -524 and -535, yes, but not the -22. There isn't a whole lot in common between the -22 and any other engine in the RB-211 family. It would be like saying you could fix an LS3 with parts from Ed Cole's small-block prototype. That said, you could buy -22s all day long for not much more than scrap price, as there really isn't any application for them today.
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Jul 27, 2012 03:53
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leica posted:but really what is the point of owning and running this thing Some people collect stamps, some people enjoy gardening...
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meltie posted:This guy is bloody crackers Calling a tristar a 'jumbo jet' *rage* Seriously though, you can afford to restore and operate a RB211 but not a few feet of chicken wire or something to act as a protective barrier over the intake?
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Ola posted:Whoa. So everything is sort of loose-y-goose-y when it's windmilling in the breeze but tightens up to a swiss watch as it spins up? More or less, exactly. http://www.youtube.com/user/agentjayz Watch this guys videos.
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Jul 27, 2012 15:02
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SybilVimes posted:Calling a tristar a 'jumbo jet' *rage* A lot of people use "jumbo jet" as a generic term for any widebody airliner.
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Kilonum posted:A lot of people use "jumbo jet" as a generic term for any widebody airliner. I know, and it makes me rage every damned time.
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I know precious little about airliners. What, exactly, makes a jumbo jet a jumbo jet?
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SybilVimes posted:I know, and it makes me rage every damned time. Prolly should get over it, or answer this: So is the 747SP a jumbo jet, answer carefully.
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Jul 27, 2012 16:26
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Cygni posted:Prolly should get over it, or answer this: I always thought that "Jumbo-jet" was a sort of slangy/informal term for wide body airliners. I had always heard the 747 was the "original jumbo jet." Really though the 747SP is a caricature of a 747 anyway.
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CroatianAlzheimers posted:I know precious little about airliners. What, exactly, makes a jumbo jet a jumbo jet? Originally, it referred to the the planes proposed for the competition that eventually led to the C-5. Boeing's proposal did not get picked, but they built the 474 alongside/out of that. Essentially, planes the next step larger and more efficient from the planes of the mid-60s. The name stuck to the 474 very well, but has also been applied to the DC-10, L-1011, and A330/340. Using a similarly rigorous procedure for standardizing definitions, the A380 has been called a 'super-jumbo' becasue its bigger than the 747
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Is that running?! 
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Nostalgia4Infinity posted:Is that running?! Sort of. That shot was when its spinning down.
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Jumbo Jet always meant 747 to me. But i'm a guy who works at an airport and still can't tell planes by Airbus and Boeing apart so its not like my oppinion is worth that much...
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Jul 27, 2012 23:30
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At some point it reaches "Anything bigger than a Comet", so I can't say I worry about it too much. But it's telling that if someone says "Jumbo jet", I think of a 747.
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Ola posted:Some people collect stamps, some people enjoy gardening... Those plebians and their reasonable mundane hobbies 
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Day 1 of the Elmendorf Airshow. There was nothing crazy to report. It was special needs day as well so I got mostly well-behaved kids who asked intelligent questions and said thank you. It's all down hill from here.
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HeyEng posted:Day 1 of the Elmendorf Airshow. There was nothing crazy to report. It was special needs day as well so I got mostly well-behaved kids who asked intelligent questions and said thank you. It's all down hill from here. Just remember, it could always be worse...you could be the poor suckers who got sent down here with the two AGRS jets from up north. I'd bet they get at least 11 kajillion questions about WHAT'S THAT THEM OBUMMER DOIN TAKIN OUR AIRCRAFTS OUTTA THIS HERE FINE STATE MY COUSIN WORKS UP THAT WAY IN FAIRBANKS WHYS THEM WASH-ING-TOON LIBRULS TRYIN TO TAKE ER JERBS????? If those guys are smart they'll just spend the entire day getting hammered somewhere way the gently caress away from their jets. They are going to be like a lightning rod for stupid, even more so than the average airshow static. And I saw the F-22 demo rehearsing yesterday...I've seen it before but god drat, all other things about that jet aside I'm pretty sure it flies through some form of magic and deal with the devil maybe that explains why it keeps trying to kill its pilots?  , because it certainly wasn't obeying any laws of aerodynamics during that demonstration.
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iyaayas01 posted:Just remember, it could always be worse...you could be the poor suckers who got sent down here with the two AGRS jets from up north. I'd bet they get at least 11 kajillion questions about WHAT'S THAT THEM OBUMMER DOIN TAKIN OUR AIRCRAFTS OUTTA THIS HERE FINE STATE MY COUSIN WORKS UP THAT WAY IN FAIRBANKS WHYS THEM WASH-ING-TOON LIBRULS TRYIN TO TAKE ER JERBS????? Yea, it really did. I was sitting in the jet leaning out of the co-pilot window being like, "I am watching a stealth fighter fall backwards and it's totally on purpose.
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Previa_fun posted:I always thought that "Jumbo-jet" was a sort of slangy/informal term for wide body airliners. I had always heard the 747 was the "original jumbo jet." Really though the 747SP is a caricature of a 747 anyway. Hey, they may look funny but show some respect. Back in the day a pilot I know was doing a shake-down flight on an SP (no pax/cargo, super light weight) and he and the pilot looked at each other, said "gently caress it" and put the hammer down just to see what would happen. They hit about M = 0.98 with plenty of throttle left before they decided that it had gone from "gently caress yeah!" fun to "oh gently caress!" fun and that they had better back off. A 747-SP would probably break the sound barrier if you can find a pilot with a deathwish. Captain Postal fucked around with this message at 08:06 on Jul 28, 2012 |
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Captain Postal posted:Hey, they may look funny but show some respect. Back in the day a pilot I know was doing a shake-down flight on an SP (no pax/cargo, super light weight) and he and the pilot looked at each other, said "gently caress it" and put the hammer down just to see what would happen. They hit about M = 0.98 with plenty of throttle left before they decided that it had gone from "gently caress yeah!" fun to "oh gently caress!" fun and that they had better back off. It looks like some unwilling Air China pilot may have already been there. http://everything2.com/user/archiewood/writeups/airliners+that+have+gone+supersonic+and+survived There isn't too many interviews or indepth tracking about the AC Flight 006, but the SuperSonic Douglass DC-8 interview has a couple fascinating tid-bits. Guy basically dove a DC-8 into a M1.01 dive where he couldn't use the control surfaces, and the plane was working without slats for takeoff because of some damage on the ramp. 
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Somehow both soothing and exhilarating. I could watch this all day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxkt2vx9EOQ&hd=1 Hugh G. Rectum fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Jul 28, 2012 |
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Jul 28, 2012 13:52
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Found this in a random image dump. Sadly, there were no more images or any details. Simply gorgeous. 
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There's a whole series of those on the Google Life Archive under the title "Life on Midway". Here's another.
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Awesome, thanks. I want to be the guy in the back, just chillin' with the canopy open, taking in the view. EDIT: Back to engine chat with this great Kodachrome from Shorpy.com 
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Regardless of your stance on the Raptor or not, it photographs well. Here's a few photos from my day at the airshow where I should've worked more and not hosed off with my camera. I'll post other planes later.     Click for embiggened.
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Here's my really lovely cell phone picture of the really cool thing I got to do at Oshkosh. I was able to get in a B-25 for some other photographs we were taking at night. I'm working on getting them to post.
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This was rather...incongruous. incongruousfootball by RReiheld, on Flickr I think we can all agree that the Rafale is the most Futbol of the 4.5 generation euro-canards.
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I'm pretty sure that's not a Rafale but a Gripen. Which doesn't really make the picture any less incongruous.
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parrhesia posted:I'm pretty sure that's not a Rafale but a Gripen. Which doesn't really make the picture any less incongruous. Exactly so. They used the wrong wrong airplane.
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