SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Post the picture of it. I'd like to see photos of your Ercoupe.
What Annoyed You Today?
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MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
Yeah, I already posted one, sometime. Not sure which thread. Here is another:
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Now that's the right color for an aeroplane! Have you considered red and white horizontal stripes on the rudders to go with those fancy propellor tips?
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
What a beaut! <damn you>
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Jealousy doesn't suit you. It fits me like a glove, though.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
Actually the older copy of the FAA standards says you are supposed to paint the tips of the prop both front and back. After all you could walk into one from behind, too. But I do not like the idea of an orange, yellow, or white circle in front of the windshield. So I'll leave the back just flat black.
I am considering painting the leading edges of the wing red, as a means of fighting corrosion. The early ones did some of that, although they had fabric covered wings and thus had to paint them something. Looked good, too.
I am considering painting the leading edges of the wing red, as a means of fighting corrosion. The early ones did some of that, although they had fabric covered wings and thus had to paint them something. Looked good, too.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
That looks really nice! Now add some red dot stars and we're talking.
MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
ME annoyed me today. I am not very good at safety wiring bolts and screws. I safety wired the prop bolts today and, like usual, I have to be satisfied with safety wire actually being installed, probably not put on backwards, and that I did not run out of band aides to stem the blood flow from the cuts. I am in favor of the safety wiring practice but not very good at it. When an A&P looks at my safety wiring he usually does not say a word but just strips it out and does it himself, kind of like you would not fuss at a two year old for filling his pockets with mud or painting the family cat. What would be the point?
Back in the late 1980's a USAF officer with the ATF SPO said that the SPO director and Deputy SPO director decided to get some practical experience and went out and changed the engine on an F-15. Perhaps that was commendable, but as a result of that they vowed it was henceforth a policy for the ATF program that NO SAFETY WIRE would be used. Now, both those guys were no doubt far worse at safety wiring than I am, and as a result of their own incompetence directed the stuff be eliminated. Given that the F-22 cost something like 10 quadtrillion bucks each and I have to wonder how much of that was because two ham-fisted untrained manager types did not like getting their fingers stuck with stainless steel wire.
And yes, I painted the cat.
Back in the late 1980's a USAF officer with the ATF SPO said that the SPO director and Deputy SPO director decided to get some practical experience and went out and changed the engine on an F-15. Perhaps that was commendable, but as a result of that they vowed it was henceforth a policy for the ATF program that NO SAFETY WIRE would be used. Now, both those guys were no doubt far worse at safety wiring than I am, and as a result of their own incompetence directed the stuff be eliminated. Given that the F-22 cost something like 10 quadtrillion bucks each and I have to wonder how much of that was because two ham-fisted untrained manager types did not like getting their fingers stuck with stainless steel wire.
And yes, I painted the cat.
Ah good old safety wire. Even as an A&P I was not satisfied with mine all the time.
MiTasol
1st Lieutenant
and more than once in an awkward location I did it backwards and had to redo it.
I wonder why that never happens when the task is easy?
I wonder why that never happens when the task is easy?
Looking at the weather report for next week when I get to Vegas.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Bring a sweater.
cvairwerks
Staff Sergeant
Mlflyer: Switch to Safe-T-Cable, yeah, it's more expensive, but less of a hassle for a lot of installations. It's all we use on one program. We've even got approved standards for using it to replace cotter keys on certain types of installations.
Got banned from Alternatehistoryforum for correcting a user about a website that is being accused of some mean stuff online.
I did not defend, nor endorse it, just corrected some info,that was enough for being banned from it.
I feel annoyed but not surprised, the site has gone very politically charged and some great users had already either being banned or left.
I'm looking for good alternatives, i do not know many.
I did not defend, nor endorse it, just corrected some info,that was enough for being banned from it.
I feel annoyed but not surprised, the site has gone very politically charged and some great users had already either being banned or left.
I'm looking for good alternatives, i do not know many.
fubar57
General
I've browsed a few what-if sites and they all seem to end up the same; everyone else is wrong and no one is right. I'd rather stay in reality
Bucksnort101
2nd Lieutenant
Computers!!!
Not all What-if sites are like that I can assure you. For instance, Beyond the Sprues (which is mostly about modelling and related) is certainly not.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
There once was a thread about the P-39.....................
at6
1st Sergeant
Please don't remind us. It might come back from the dead.
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
I'm waiting for the rest of the limerick.
