AirTalk.org Aviation discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Air Scooter a Farce??? Goto page 1, 2, 3 ... 409, 410, 411  Next          AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Aviators (General Discussions) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message server Guest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:33 pm    Post subject: Air Scooter a Farce??? [ message unavailable ] Back to top Allen Guest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Air Scooter a Farce??? "Bob Moore" <rmoore16 (AT) tampabay (DOT) rr.com> wrote in message news:Xns97D46164F1262rmoore16tampabayrrco (AT) 65 (DOT) 32.5.122... Quote: Flyingmonk wrote "If they're smart" they'd design in the ability to autorotate or have power redondancy. Well...you corrected Gig's "their", but being a fixed wing pilot, I'm not sure what this "power redondancy" is in rotary wing talk. :-) By having two, three or four engines like the Nolan brother's or the Gen 4. Yes, I know what "redunancy" means, how about "redonancy"? :-) Bob But.....do either of you know what "redundancy" is? allen Back to top Gig 601XL Builder Guest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Air Scooter a Farce??? "Allen" <ha_smith57 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:kPhfg.88685$H71.84760 (AT) newssvr13 (DOT) news.prodigy.com... Quote: "Bob Moore" <rmoore16 (AT) tampabay (DOT) rr.com> wrote in message news:Xns97D46164F1262rmoore16tampabayrrco (AT) 65 (DOT) 32.5.122... Flyingmonk wrote "If they're smart" they'd design in the ability to autorotate or have power redondancy. Well...you corrected Gig's "their", but being a fixed wing pilot, I'm not sure what this "power redondancy" is in rotary wing talk. :-) By having two, three or four engines like the Nolan brother's or the Gen 4. Yes, I know what "redunancy" means, how about "redonancy"? :-) Bob But.....do either of you know what "redundancy" is? allen And this is why it is a bad idea to give people grief for typos in a newsgroup. Back to top Skywise Guest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Careless Linemen John Ousterhout <Juliet-Oscar-Hotel-Uniform (AT) ousterhout (DOT) net> wrote in news:8k7fg.755756$084.747941@attbi_s22: Quote: Montblack wrote: Actually, in Oregon, it IS against the law to fuel your own airplane. Can't fuel your own car either. An exemption was passed for Aircraft Self-Service gas. But autos must still wait for an attendant to fill their vehicle. Self-service fas has been disapproved by the voters several times. It makes no sense to me, but (we) Oregonians pride ourselves in being different. Being lazy bums that can't pump their own gas isn't much to be proud of. (speaking generally, not to you specifcally) Brian -- http://www.skywise711.com - Lasers, Seismology, Astronomy, Skepticism Seismic FAQ: http://www.skywise711.com/SeismicFAQ/SeismicFAQ.html Quake "predictions": http://www.skywise711.com/quakes/EQDB/index.html Sed quis custodiet ipsos Custodes? Back to top Guest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Good use for old radial egines? Gentleman, Gentleman, let's get our facts straight even though this seems like a bad joke! Some might get confused! A radial engine is a recipocating engine used long ago in WWI and WWII. The cylinders are spaced equidistant around the periphery of a circle with the crank in the center. All cylinders via pistons/rods are attached to the centrally located crankshaft. At the end of the crankshaft, the propellor was attached. A current day rotary engine is in no relation to a radial engine. In a rotary engine, the rotor serves as the cranshaft/pistons/rods of the conventional recipocating engine (i.e. V8, V6, straight 6, radial, and inline 4 cylinders). The rotor rotates like a cranshaft within a stationary housing like the conventional cylinder block. In either engine, the vibrations or harmonics are damped out through weighted counter-balances or dampers. The dampers resist torsional vibrations and the counter-balances resist eccentric vibrations. Thus, vibrational harmonics are kept to a minimum through these devices. Harmonics do still exist but are very small and manageable. Fluid filled torsional dampers further reduce harmonics through the viscous fluid as opposed to elastomeric dampers. Now, did anyone learn anything! anybody43 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote: Quote: Is it a radial or a rotary?!!!! Most definitely a radial. A rotary is the Wangle (SP?) engine as in the Mazda cars True, however in the context of a radial engine, a rotary is like a radial except that the crank is bolted to the aeroplane/motorcycle and the cylinders to the propeller/whatever. This seemed more exciting in a motorbike and therefore surely more desireable? I suspect that rotary engines preceeded radials and I am pretty sure that for example the WW1 Sopwith Camel used a rotary. Googling has turned up what may be a rotary engined motorbike from a while back (1920s). http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/m/me/megola.htm http://www.cybermotorcycle.com/euro/brands/megola.htm Unfortunately it appears to be safely ensconsed within the front wheel. Not very exciting? Well, steering may prove to be exciting? Back to top Larry Dighera Guest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Air Scooter a Farce??? On Wed, 31 May 2006 13:34:15 GMT, Bob Moore <rmoore16 (AT) tampabay (DOT) rr.com> wrote in <Xns97D46164F1262rmoore16tampabayrrco (AT) 65 (DOT) 32.5.122>:: Quote: By having two, three or four engines like the Nolan brother's or the Gen 4. Yes, I know what "redunancy" means, how about "redonancy"? "Redonancy" means you're 2,3 or 4 times as likely to have an engine quit. Back to top Guest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Airbus to Expand Cockpit Automation John wrote: Quote: European jet maker Airbus is taking an unprecedented step to expand cockpit automation: onboard computers that will automatically maneuver jetliners to avoid midair collisions, without any pilot input. Known for its pioneering use of computers and software to push the automation envelope, this time Airbus has decided to cross a new threshold in replacing pilot decisions with computer commands. For the first time, flight crews of Airbus planes will be instructed and trained to rely on autopilots in most cases to escape an impending crash with another airborne aircraft. Currently, all commercial pilots are required to instantly disconnect the autopilot when they get an alert of such an emergency, and manually put their plane into a climb or descent to avoid the other aircraft. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114868117828864620-pgHVZtbrCV92Vgn8zgwXom60Hgg_20070527.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top or http://tinyurl.com/lnlky Yep, evolution: Scarebus Scarierbus Scariestbus Whats the difference between an A320 and a chainsaw? About 100 trees a minute. (see the A320 autoland video if you don't get it) :) Back to top Peter R. Guest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Spotting Traffic Andrew Gideon <ag7337 (AT) gideon (DOT) org> wrote: Quote: Where did AC write that TIS will be around for a while? It seems like the Next Big Thing for traffic is ADS-B. The article was titled, "Airborne Traffic Alerting: TIS Still the One to Beat," and a sidebar titled, "Why TIS is Still a Good Bet." These articles were in the November 2005 (volume 35, Number 11) issue of _Aviation Consumer_. Send me a working email address for a return gift in the form of some random words that, if viewed under certain lighting conditions, approximately resemble these articles, if you are interested. pjricc @ gmail . com -- Peter Back to top Andrew Gideon Guest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Spotting Traffic On Tue, 02 May 2006 08:17:26 -0400, Peter R. wrote: Quote: Ron Lee <nospamronlee (AT) pcisys (DOT) net> wrote: That assumes that this system will be around a while. Seems like it or something like it is not long for this world so buying equipment to use it may not be worth it. The authors of _Aviation Consumer_ seem to disagree but no matter; I don't really expect Paul to take my suggestion seriously anyway. Where did AC write that TIS will be around for a while? It seems like the Next Big Thing for traffic is ADS-B. We're bouncing this around for our club aircraft now. TIS has wider coverage today, but we're concerned about its longevity. If we'd a failed transponder, the incremental cost for a mode S transponder would be small enough that we'd do it. But to throw out a perfectly good mode C transponder for something that will be replaced in a relatively short time seems inefficient. - Andrew Back to top Jay Honeck Guest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Self Serve Fuel Warning Quote: Not at all. The difference between paying out .25 percent and charging 5% is 4.75. The different between not paying out .25 percent and charging 5% is ... 5%, a difference of only .25%, nothing to get rich on. Flawed logic. The difference between NOT reaping (raping?) the float on preauthorizations, and *having* it, is 4.75%. (Or more.) Not a bad return on money that doesn't belong to them in the first place. Remember, when a purchase is preauth'd on a debit card, YOU don't have the money (as the customer), nor do I (as the business). That money is in "limbo" -- where only the bank can use it to their heart's content. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Back to top Maule Driver Guest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Careless Linemen Everything you said + the only way to completely avoid such stuff is to insist on doing it yourself. As a taildragger guy, I long ago realized that if I didn't take care of all ramp movements that the 'new guy' would end up puncturing my fabric or worse. Heck, at larger airports I often seem to be the first taildragger they've seen. e.g. "hey, you know our tow bar doesn't fit on that" "yep, that's why I have to taxi it over to the weeds covered tie downs" Mortimer Schnerd, RN wrote: Quote: Kyle Boatright wrote: How do the rest of you deal with careless linemen? The kind who scratch your airplane or chip the paint because they are either careless or have not been properly trained on how to avoid damaging aircraft when refueling 'em. I've done my share of ramp ratting and I'll remind you the FBO isn't paying that guy enough to live on. OTOH, most of the guys on the ramp like aviation and wouldn't knowingly damage an aircraft. I'd say education would be the answer you're looking for. I congratulate you on keeping your temper. What many people never seem to consider is what motivates others. When somebody shows me their ass, I tend to look for ways to pay them back. When somebody's nice to me and I've screwed up, I look for ways to make it up to them. You definitely want to be in the latter category. Back to top Brian Guest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:11 pm    Post subject: Re: HELP:Aeronca Champ or J3 Cub V speed? Gee, I recall that when I got checked out in the J-4 the speeds were Climb 50 Cruise 50 Approach 50 get scared if over 60 or less than 40. :) Brian Cub Driver wrote: Quote: On 30 May 2006 07:23:58 -0700, gouxin (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote: Does anyone have a handy operation manual to check out either Aeronca 7AC Champ or J3 Cub's V speed? Thank you very much. Of course there is no operation manual for the J-3, but here are the figures given me in ground school: Cruise 73 mph Top 83 mph Stall 39 mph Best glide 50 mph Green arc 39-90 mph (of course, neither is there any green arc!) Yellow arc 90-122 mph Red line 122 mph That said, I would *never* fly a 60-year-old Cub at 122 mph! -- all the best, Dan Ford email: usenet AT danford DOT net Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com Back to top Robert M. Gary Guest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:37 pm    Post subject: Re: re:Why didn't the Cessna 337 make it? Seems like a couple people took off and forgot to start the rear motor. -Robert PP-DQA wrote: Quote: My instructor has over 100 hrs on the Skymaster, and he always said that the problem with the Skymaster crashes were untrained piltos who didn't take imemdiate actions when needed. He mentioned the Synchrophaser gauge, that would show you which engine was doing the work. IT either pointed forward or aft, so looking at it, you'd know which engine is not working. He also mentioned that to keep the aft engine cool he would run up the aft engine after running the front, then shut it off, taxi with front engine on, and start the aft when he is rady for take off before entering the runway. It's common practice for many airlines, so it shoudln't be a problem for a properly trained Skymaster pilot... Back to top LWG Guest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Careless Linemen One of the funniest moments I've had at a gas station was watching a car full of people pull up to a self-serve pump (in Maryland). The two men and two women got out of the car, and circled the pump like the hominids in "2001" circling the monolith. One of the guys came up and asked me how to use the pump, and I showed them. The guy looked at me and said apologetically, "We're from Jersey." I thought at first he was confessing to being stupid, and then I remembered.... "Gig 601XL Builder" <wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net> wrote in message news:127r68qfv465c41 (AT) news (DOT) supernews.com... Quote: "John Ousterhout" <Juliet-Oscar-Hotel-Uniform (AT) ousterhout (DOT) net> wrote in message news:8k7fg.755756$084.747941@attbi_s22... An exemption was passed for Aircraft Self-Service gas. But autos must still wait for an attendant to fill their vehicle. Self-service fas has been disapproved by the voters several times. It makes no sense to me, but (we) Oregonians pride ourselves in being different. - John Ousterhout - Well loose the pride. You're like New Jersey. Back to top Gerry Caron Guest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 11:30 pm    Post subject: Re: Airbus to Expand Cockpit Automation <deanwil (AT) msn (DOT) com> wrote in message news:1149106258.262577.73160 (AT) c74g2000cwc (DOT) googlegroups.com... Quote: Whats the difference between an A320 and a chainsaw? About 100 trees a minute. (see the A320 autoland video if you don't get it) Or: What's the difference between a Cri-Cri and an A320? 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