I want to build the most EVIL plane EVER !!!

The only thing that could have saved the mini, is if it had been powered by
Corvair. It would have been a great machine, then.


Interesting that you mention a Corvair. I used to work with an ex-Army
guy that bought a complete (-engine) Korean-era Bell helicopter in a
crates, packed for long-term storage. He wasn't a pilot, but was a
pretty good mechanic. He built the helicopter, took a lesson, put on a
football helmet, and then crashed it in the trees. He's lucky he didn't
kill himself.

"anon" wrote

Interesting that you mention a Corvair. I used to work with an ex-Army
guy that bought a complete (-engine) Korean-era Bell helicopter in a
crates, packed for long-term storage.

And that relates to Corvair, how?

I didn't follow.
--
Jim in NC

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"Morgans" wrote:

"anon" wrote

Interesting that you mention a Corvair. I used to work with an ex-Army
guy that bought a complete (-engine) Korean-era Bell helicopter in a
crates, packed for long-term storage.

And that relates to Corvair, how?

I'll take a guess...
"UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED", by Ralph Nader

"john smith" wrote

I'll take a guess...
"UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED", by Ralph Nader

I knew that was coming.

What people do not widely know, is that he printed a retraction, saying that
the problems were fixed, '63 and later. It had to do with the fact that the
rear axles only had one U-joint, at the transaxle. After they put in two
per side, and made the wheels travel straight up and down, they were fine.

Bonus points. What rear engine air cooled engine car never put the two
extra U-joints per side in, and in some parts of the world, are still
produced that way?
--
Jim in NC

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"Morgans" wrote:

"john smith" wrote

I'll take a guess...
"UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED", by Ralph Nader

I knew that was coming.

What people do not widely know, is that he printed a retraction, saying that
the problems were fixed, '63 and later. It had to do with the fact that the
rear axles only had one U-joint, at the transaxle. After they put in two
per side, and made the wheels travel straight up and down, they were fine.

Bonus points. What rear engine air cooled engine car never put the two
extra U-joints per side in, and in some parts of the world, are still
produced that way?

The situation is more complicated than you make it sound.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling 4 feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

"Alan Baker" wrote

The situation is more complicated than you make it sound.

Not much. Yes, I could have talked about parallelagram suspension, and
mentioned sway bars, but the basic idea got across with the "straight up and
down" comment, I think.

Or are you talking about the fact that the owner had to be smart enough to
look at the inflation chart on the inside of the glove compartment lid, if
big print, and follow the differential air pressure for front vs. rear.

Or the fact that the pushrod tube O-rings had to be replaced once in a
while, to keep oil from leaking on the cooling fins and making carbon
monoxide. Duh? If your heater smells like burned oil, does anyone think it
would be a good idea to fix it?

There were many other cars of the period, and since then, that were far
worse machines than the Corvair. How about the rolling over Ford SUV's, or
exploding Pinto's? Nader got the consumer movement going, by abusing a
target, and sensationalizing it. Period.

Then there has been the Chevy truck gas tanks that they had to rig to catch
fire for the sake of filmed TV crash tests. Don't tell me that the consumer
movement and the media are always correct, and just. Nader was the first.

I gotta let this go. I feel my blood pressure going up, far too high! g
--
Jim in NC

("Morgans" wrote)
I gotta let this go. I feel my blood pressure going up, far too high! g


Like your blood vessels are going to explode, resulting in you rolling over
....in the corner?

Is it too late to 'recall' Jim?


Montblack :-)
"It's better to burn out than it is to rust ......Hey hey, my my"

VW?
Harold
KD5SAK


"Morgans" wrote in message
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"john smith" wrote

I'll take a guess...
"UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED", by Ralph Nader

I knew that was coming.

What people do not widely know, is that he printed a retraction, saying
that the problems were fixed, '63 and later. It had to do with the fact
that the rear axles only had one U-joint, at the transaxle. After they
put in two per side, and made the wheels travel straight up and down, they
were fine.

Bonus points. What rear engine air cooled engine car never put the two
extra U-joints per side in, and in some parts of the world, are still
produced that way?
--
Jim in NC

"kd5sak" wrote in message
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VW?

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner!!!

It wasn't a very hard question, but you got it! How come Nader didn't write
a book about them. The Corvair was three times as crashworthy as a VW Bug,
too.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:


"kd5sak" wrote in message
. com...
VW?

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner!!!

It wasn't a very hard question, but you got it! How come Nader didn't
write
a book about them. The Corvair was three times as crashworthy as a VW
Bug, too.
About 2 or 3 weeks ago the final VW Type 1 engined vehicle left the assembly
line in South America (Brazil I think). They still used it in the 'Bus' So
new cases were still available on the open market. That will probably end
shortly.
John