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Old September 13th 16, 10:05 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_5_]
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On Sat, 10 Sep 2016 22:47:06 +0000, Gav Goudie wrote:

Or one or more DU bushes are worn inside the wings.

DU?

Ask Streifender for advice, replacing them isn't too big a deal.
http://www.streifly.de/home-e.htm

Will do. Thanks.



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Old September 29th 17, 07:39 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bob Kuykendall
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On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 2:06:01 PM UTC-7, Martin Gregorie wrote:

DU?


Please, Herr Gregorie, I hardly know you.

But seriously, I was wondering that myself. The last time I heard of DU in the context of materials, it was the _depleted uranium_ used for 30mm cannon shells of the A10 Warthog and the mass balances in early Boeing jetliners.

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Old September 30th 17, 07:27 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Friday, September 29, 2017 at 8:39:27 PM UTC+2, Bob Kuykendall wrote:
On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 2:06:01 PM UTC-7, Martin Gregorie wrote:

DU?


Please, Herr Gregorie, I hardly know you.

But seriously, I was wondering that myself. The last time I heard of DU in the context of materials, it was the _depleted uranium_ used for 30mm cannon shells of the A10 Warthog and the mass balances in early Boeing jetliners.

--Bob K.


Bob,

DU is a brand name or type designation of a bushing made by IGUS.

Uli

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Old September 30th 17, 11:48 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_5_]
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On Fri, 29 Sep 2017 11:39:26 -0700, Bob Kuykendall wrote:

On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 2:06:01 PM UTC-7, Martin Gregorie
wrote:

DU?


Please, Herr Gregorie, I hardly know you.

Hi Bob,

I've just back from a club expedition to Eden Soaring, where I had fun
ridge running with my Libelle on the Pennines around Cross Fell. We had
three good days despite the prevailing S - SSE wind and the inevitable
messy result of many sheep camping overnight on the airfield.

However, I don't remember mentioning DU (could it have been a mis-
spelling?) in connection with a Libelle and all earlier posts in this
thread have now been eaten by the Chronophage so I can't see the context.

My brakes are currently as silky smooth as they've ever been, largely
thanks to judicious application of a medium viscosity machine oil to the
airbrake bearings in the wing root.

But seriously, I was wondering that myself. The last time I heard of DU
in the context of materials, it was the _depleted uranium_ used for 30mm
cannon shells of the A10 Warthog and the mass balances in early Boeing
jetliners.

Same here, though I didn't know about the Boeing mass balances, and lets
not even mention the rectangular lumps of iron in the nose of a Slingsby
Vega.


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