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"Larry Smith" wrote in message ... [Urbie flushed] larsen-tools" wrote: "schlump" ??? I though the word was "schlub" (kind of a dumb slob who can't get out of his own way) .... does anyone here really know? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ [flushed again] Which reminds me. Back in my days of naive and imperturbable enthusiasm I used to pester Len Niemi, an aeronautical engineer, with all kinds of questions about how to do this and that to an airplane to clean it up, reduce the flat plate drag, make it go at just under the speed of sound on 85 HP, and reduce the stall speed to 10 knots. I can see his wry grin right now.* He would always say in response to my proposal to add slots or slats or gap seals or wheelpants, "Oh yeah, that will make it go .0017 miles per hour faster." *He's dead now and was one in a million. Shortly after he complained to some of us that he had lost his ability to innovate, he came down with brain cancer and shortly died. What a treasure of knowledge that man was! Would we had somebody posting in RAH who could give good advice, rather than the locker room skunks like BYB. So I beg pardon of Marc LeFebvre, who did ask a legitimate question. Marc, Mike Arnold's tapes are the best source I know for tweaking an airplane (a plastic one especially) for speed and efficiency, and Arnold has a bibliography of all the great aerodynamicists he consulted. Bon Voyage. *********************** "Successfully pass a course in statistical analysis and you may begin to see the light. The odds of your one shot conversion performing remotely close to time proven aircraft engines is slim to none unless you have a few hundred thousand dollars laying around and some bright engineers willing to baby sit your R&D until the worst of the bugs are ironed out." ---BYB, who fancies himself an authority at English, skunking up the English language. |
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Once again I'm reminded why I don't bother to post here much anymore. Since
you gave no indication of ever having met, corresponded, or owning a set of Cozy plans (like I have) there was no way of detecting your version of sarcasm. It came off as simply being another one of your brainless comments. Oh, and on the Techumseh, I was wrong, it has an oil pump. I was right, however, that canting it in the direction talked about by the questioner would still allow the oil to sit in the cylinder and remove the oil from being a useful item unless grossly overfilled. But thanks for being predictable anyway. How long did it take you to find my mistake? I found it the next day, but since it didn't change the opinion I gave on the mounting angle being a bad thing, I never thought about it again. John Stricker "Larry Smith" wrote in message ... I was being sarcastic, and you're a literal-minded schlump. Merry Christmas, however, and happy new year to you and a hope you resolve to learn more about Tecumseh engines. |
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RR Urban
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Forget whatever it is... Doesn't matter. Larry makes up **** as he goes and is his own ultimate authority.... Or have you not noticed how much of a 'one man band' he is? Barnyard BOb -- Used to see airport bums just like him, sitting around holding down the FBO couch, speculating about everything, dreaming about flying while the real prime-time lawyers rolled around in their brand new barrons and late-model P-210's. All those guys though, took a heavy toll on the local fleet. Why is it doctors and lawyers can't fly? ;-) pacplyer if butheads could fly, this place would be an airport! |
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"John Stricker" wrote in message ... Once again I'm reminded why I don't bother to post here much anymore. Admit you took a poke and got poked back, Stickler. And then you sent your illiterate toadie BYB in to throw poo. |
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"pacplyer" wrote in message om... RR Urban +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Forget whatever it is... Doesn't matter. Larry makes up **** as he goes and is his own ultimate authority.... Or have you not noticed how much of a 'one man band' he is? Barnyard BOb -- Used to see airport bums just like him, sitting around holding down the FBO couch, speculating about everything, dreaming about flying while the real prime-time lawyers rolled around in their brand new barrons and late-model P-210's. All those guys though, took a heavy toll on the local fleet. Why is it doctors and lawyers can't fly? ;-) pacplyer Hey, Packie, I never was one of those Baron-typecast lawyers and haven't practiced in years. Yesterday I took the Taylorcraft out in the wind and stalled it and put it into incipient spins, buzzed the hawks, boiled the water out of the oil, chased the deer out of the bushes, tried out the new sod runway thrice, and flew about the sunny blue skies in utter ecstasy. Except for that raging Taylorcraft, the airport was silent. Later on I did get the pleasure of hand-propping an IO-360 Lycoming. On the otherwise abandoned ramp full of airplanes, a couple were having trouble getting their Musketeer started. The starter would turn but not engage. The backseat of the aircraft was covered with colorful packages with ribbons, so I asked where they were headed. Going to Tampa to see the grandkids, somebody said. I didn't particularly want to but I handpropped the thing. Two days ago two of us took up the 172 we had spent months restoring and began the process of getting the rings to seat in the chromed cylinders. When I reach the airport in my car and open the door I hit the ground running. This airport is a center of bustling activity. It is blessed with at least four active shops, shared tools, good will, excellent camaraderie, and a gaggle of A&P's. Plus a large fleet of airplanes, including homebuilts. In a couple of weeks the FBO manager and I are putting on a chili cookoff. A midwinter's thaw, we call it. We are renowned cooks. You can come and see what cockeyed opinions you have. I'll put an extra habanero pepper in your chili. Don't come surly. We're a happy bunch. Are you building an airplane? |
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"John Stricker" wrote in message ... Once again I'm reminded why I don't bother to post here much anymore. John Stricker When I first started posting here several years ago, I never even thought about blocking senders. Today, I have found blocking a "few" people improves the signal to noise ratio, enough, that it makes things tolerable once again. As a famous commercial once said, "try it, you'll like it". :-) -- Jim in NC |
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shakes head, walks away
There are about 10 people I miss from here dating back long before you ever heard of rah. Good thing the telephone and private emails still work. John Stricker "Larry Smith" wrote in message ... "John Stricker" wrote in message ... Once again I'm reminded why I don't bother to post here much anymore. Admit you took a poke and got poked back, Stickler. And then you sent your illiterate toadie BYB in to throw poo. |
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"John Stricker" wrote in message ... shakes head, walks away There are about 10 people I miss from here dating back long before you ever heard of rah. In other words if you don't have seniority (or didn't drink rotgut with us at Pinkneyville) you're not admitted to our clique. Well, look John, I like being friendly but when slapped I slap back. Besides, I was lurking here in the late nineties. You slapped first, right out of the blue and were wrong besides. Was O-Ring also in your little clique? He's into that snotty stuff too, slapping and then not expecting to get slapped back. And it looks like if you're going to call someone's hand, you'd have your facts correct. You two and that creepy old mazooran remind me of the schoolyard bully who goes around throwing sand in everybody's face. One day he throws sand in the wrong face and gets whupped. Then he goes crying to the teacher whining how he's been savagely attacked. You just come along to our little chili cookoff and we'll slip an extra habanero into yours too. Which reminds me. Today after reveling over our triumph with one 172, I began negotiating for another one and it looks like I got another hobby horse needing a top and a paint job. The plastic project is in the garage downstairs. Welp, we just had the duckiest day at KFQD, sun shining, people laughing, kids playing (one of them riding up and down the taxiways in a one-wheel bike) and I flew over and buzzed the fuddydudds at ZERO alpha 7 where the N wind was blowing like hell. Gosh, what a sunny day, and everybody, unlike this mordant NG, was delightfully happy. WTF is wrong with you, John? Can't you be a happy boy? And, btw, most of those Tecumsehs do not have oil pumps. But I still had to slap you around a little for having come along and thrown sand. Good thing the telephone and private emails still work. Ah, hell, mine don't and she who must be obeyed is always on the phone. Guess I'll give in and go cellular. John the Stickler Lighten up a little, Stickler. "Larry Smith" wrote in message ... "John Stricker" wrote in message ... Once again I'm reminded why I don't bother to post here much anymore. Admit you took a poke and got poked back, Stickler. And then you sent your illiterate toadie BYB in to throw poo. |
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