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Radial Engine Light Sport AircraftBy lex, on July 28th, 2010
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I’m a jet jock from the day I got my wings but nothing is sweeter sounding than a robust piston engine. Loved the sound of the Merlings used in the U boats at SeaFair back in the day of real boats and real engines.
Sorry, the quote is from CDR Bill Hayden who commanded VF-32 from Apr. 81 to Jul.82. Not sure what is happening to my brain lately. VX has an excuse; I have none.
That comment should have been posted under my COC quote under “Class Act”. Guess Tanquerey has the same effect as 5 star Hatian rum consumed by some who comment here.
That’s a good reason to switch to Bombay all by itself
But Byron, you drink in moderation. VX and I don’t.
I keep hearing about that bar, but I’ve never been to the Moderation. Must be a nice place since so many people claim they drink there.
I get moderation about as often as VX does, and I don’t even drink!
Let’s pool our resources and establish a bar with that name. We can have VX challenge all comers to drinking contest.
Would I get all the Pepsi I could drink? I bet I could drink VX under teh table.
If there are bars called “The Office” surely there can be bars called “Moderation.” I eschew spirits for the sake of my kidneys (I tend to fail to measure properly after I’ve had a few) and must stick to the cheapest beer due to my economic situation. However, as Lenin said, “quantity has a quality all its own.”
Arnold Palmers for this ne’er-do-well.
If there are bars called “The Office” surely there can be bars called “Moderation.” I eschew spirits for the sake of my kidneys (I tend to fail to measure properly after I’ve had a few) and must stick to the cheapest beer due to my economic situation. However, as Lenin said, “quantity has a quality all its own.”
(grins) I have taken a fair number of pottery classes, as a serious thing not the usual “I need a not too hard class.” Learned firing, some glaze calculation (pretty serious chemistry involved there) and clay formulation (again, some serious chemistry). I learned to calibrate my drinking vessels. BUT (you knew that word would come up, didn’t you) once at the end of the semester I got a mug out of the kiln and went straight to an end of semester party for us geology majors. I looked at the mug and thought “Hmmm….looks to be about 18 oz, if I have two beers an hour, I can get and maintain a fairly pleasant buzz.” About 5 hours later I was staggering the 800 yards to my home, which was only about 200 yards away from the party, down an unlit street on a moonless night. Fortunately no traffic on that side street.
In the morning, after prying my eyes open, and scraped the socks and saddle blankets of the voisko off my tongue, I went and calibrated that mug. It wasn’t 18 oz. Nor was it 20. It held 28 oz (to about half an inch from the rim).
Radials use too much oil. I’m not sure of the reason for it, but I don’t like to roll up to a fuel pump and say “check the gas and fill up the oil.”
Heh… Reminds me of the time I asked the owner of the T-6 what it would cost to rent it for an hour. His reply, “You couldn’t afford the oil…”
Think of it as making sure that the engine never has to run with stale oil. Keeps it fresh.
I had a truck like that once. Changed the oil filter every so often, but rest got changed weekly as we drove far and wide.
This is why reading General McChrystal’s speech just warmed my cockles. You see, he too owned a Chevrolet Vega at one time. The man obviously knows where to find the cheapest oil, in case lots.
You only start to worry about a round engine if it DOESN’T have oil dripping out it it, because. . . .THAT MEANS IT’S OUT OF OIL!!!!
Kind of like Jeeps. They don’t leak, they mark their territory.
Hey! I resemble that remark! (At least my old ’72 does. The new one, not so much).
Somehow the glass panel just doesn’t seem to fit. I felt the same way about the new glass cockpit Waco.
Not that I wouldn’t want one.
I’m with you, Wilko. Somehow that cockpit just doesn’t “look right” after viewing the exterior. “Cognitive dissonance” is the phrase that comes to mind…
I visited the Tillamook Air Museum today. For you round-engine fans, there’s a pic of an R-4360 somewhere in this mess:
http://tinyurl.com/24db9et
There’s a bunch of other warbird pics as well, including, to my astonishment, an AM-1 Mauler.
Hmm, you shouldn’t have been
w/r, SJS
SJS, while I FAITHFULLY read FdF, you can cut me a bit of slack for not remembering every word of what you wrote in 2006, can’t you?
(As the son of a long time AD driver, my first inclination was to spit on the thing…)
Wow! She’s a beauty!
speaking of round engines, I came across this website. http://www.zoche.de/index.html
diesel radial! I did some net surfing and apparently they have been working on this for 15 years. Wonder if it will be produced?
I wonder what the oil consumption is and if the vibration really is low enough not to kill constant speed props.
I don’t want to divert any of the more serious threads, but wanted to pass this on:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)—Jack Tatum seemed proud of his nickname: “Assassin.”
The moniker stuck with the former Oakland Raiders safety even after his playing days—and it’s one that strikes an odd chord considering how Tatum is tied to one of the more tragic moments in the game’s history.
Tatum was one of the hardest hitters in the NFL, a Pro Bowler who intimidated opposing players with bone-jarring tackles that helped make his Raiders one of the toughest teams of its era.
He’s also a player who will always be remembered for a hard hit in a preseason game that left New England Patriots receiver Darryl Stingley paralyzed from the neck down.
Tatum died Tuesday at age 61 in an Oakland hospital. The cause was a massive heart attack, according to friend and former Ohio State teammate John Hicks. Tatum had battled diabetes and other health problems for years, Hicks said.
Well, carp! He was so young.
I’ll be glad when Christ returns and puts an end to disease and death. Even so Come Lord Jesus!
I’m with you.
Just learned, a year after the fact, that Tred Barta was struck down with a crippling stroke and a rare cancer at the same time. After a year or so, ‘He Who Will Not Quit’ seems to be making progress of sorts.
I saw it in person. Nice looking rig.
This was my first OSH. I loved it.
That is one cool little airplane! I have seen some pics of Fisher’s Celebrity with the same engine. I got my first listen to round piston engines as a boy in Helena, MT. The TBM/TBF fire bombers were at the airport during the fire season. As were Catalinas, Ford Tri-Motors, Travel Airs and other such wonderful flying machines.
At Edwards AFB, where I work, on occasion there is a T-6/SNJ/Harvard that shows up on occasion for use at the Test Pilot School. Hard to really tell from the line I work on. The more things change, the more they stay the same.