pmccarthy Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 At 25 LPH it would be 36,000 litres. They flew over a truck which pumped up the fuel. Probably dropped the poo bag on a string! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 19 minutes ago, pmccarthy said: At 25 LPH it would be 36,000 litres. They flew over a truck which pumped up the fuel. Probably dropped the poo bag on a string! Depends if they liked the truck driver or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff_H Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 They had a truck run on a loved highway. They had a rope and winch to bring fuel oil food. They said that there was a well fertilised area of the woods. They fitted the aircraft with additional fuel tanks and fuel pumps. A cabin system for adding oil and a cabin arrangement to change oil filters. It's a long but fascinating read. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon Canary Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 On 21/9/2023 at 5:37 PM, Old Koreelah said: An hour ago I was down the paddock cutting firewood. Instead of ordinary earmuffs, I like to use a noise-cancelling pair streaming whatever music exites me at the moment. Right in the middle of the drum solo in Innardadavita this young stud was interrupted by a commercial break, specifically targeted at men in my age group: an ad for incontinence underpants. That track is so long, maybe they thought you needed a pee break half way through ?? By the way, the track was meant to be called “In a garden of Eden’, but when they phoned through the name of the track to the record company, it was misheard. Just in case you needed a bit of music trivia…….while you’re taking a leak. 😜 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 15 hours ago, Geoff_H said: They had a truck run on a loved highway. They had a rope and winch to bring fuel oil food. They said that there was a well fertilised area of the woods. They fitted the aircraft with additional fuel tanks and fuel pumps. A cabin system for adding oil and a cabin arrangement to change oil filters. It's a long but fascinating read. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Guess it'd be important to do that on a stretch of road which didn't have any overpasses... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon Canary Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) How on earth do you change an oil filter ‘on the fly’ ? Now there’s a challenge !! Edited September 26, 2023 by Carbon Canary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff_H Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 They piped the oil system into the cockpit. Put a 'y' in the piping two oil filters with valving. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carbon Canary Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 That’s clever ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 We " Mitsubishi Delica " owner's often put an extra oil filter in , as the factory one is in a " dangerous " position, right above a bolt shank , so easily pierced. . One filter or two kits , with little difference in the price or fitting. spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFguy Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 hey what happened to my thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 I think it's gone. You can't pee long on anything UNO. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBob Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, RFguy said: hey what happened to my thread It wandered off into the weeds...........possibly for a pee??? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 ' I only went for a tinkle ' . And the discussion was about " changing filters " . Oh sheet , I crapped there again . LoL spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFguy Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 so, back to Broken hill this weekend. armed with a bigger bottle. Seems I was very lucky last time to have a tail wind both directions (east to west, west to east). I see now , there's about a 2 day window in 7 of east to west winds. Quite interesting what goes on at different altitudes, at least in the models. al least coming back, I will have 30 kts behind me...maybe more . that will make up for the 10-15 kts headwind outbound. 105k indicated will be just that in ground.... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Some of us who fly slow old bug smashers get very excited by ground speeds in three digits. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Back to the original topic. Items like this are available to solve the problem. Not unlike what persons who have had their bladder removed. I am one. The urinary tract is diverted to an opening in the side of your lower abdomen, and an artificial bladder is attached with an adhesive plate to your belly. This is easily emptied at regular intervals. I have one of these 24/7. However, when sleeping, there is no way of knowing when it fills, and therefore can leak. The answer is a larger bag on a tube which attaches to a valve at the bottom of the prosthetic bladder. Connect up and open the valve when going to bed and you are in business. The leg bag on the photo below is similar to the night bag. The second photo shows a urostomy pouch in situ. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnieM Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 The Travel John semes to be designed for exactly this situation; https://www.platinumhealthsupply.com.au/products/traveljohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFguy Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share Posted October 2, 2023 So, improved technique on the weekend's trip to Broken Hill. Didnt pee on myself. Pee into bottle, then decant into larger master bottle. Although at BH, I needed a drink on the ground and took a swig from the wrong bottle. wont do that again. I hadnt decanted the 2nd pee. from in-situ to master bottle. To prevent that , ont he return I immediately decanted the in-situ bottle. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 I've been on the pxss in Broken Hill many times. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 I recall a bloke say a particular wine tasted like camels piss, But I'm not able to verify that with any authority. . Broken Hill certainly had plenty of PUBS.. Once a year they have a St Patricks Day race carnival and you could have a Plate of Yabbies and a 1/2 bottle of Champers for 8$. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFguy Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 Nice airport, good tiedown points (lots of them), nice aero club people. Did my usual 120KTAS each way@ 31.5 lph.... Rex was changing a turbine in a saab in the hot sun..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planedriver Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Maybe this is the answer to some of your problems! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurfBikeFly Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 On 02/10/2023 at 4:09 PM, BurnieM said: The Travel John semes to be designed for exactly this situation; https://www.platinumhealthsupply.com.au/products/traveljohn I've used the travel john, worked great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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