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Where the internet is concerned, there is a huge difference between knowing everything and having read everything about any particular subject.

Sounds like some wisdom you would read on the internet, oh the irony

 

I have an injun or 2 of my own unique designs coming along soon enough so you will be able to make your own judgements of whether or not I know shite from clay.

 

First batch of parts arrived today and just 24 hours ago made an agreement for the fuel system, happy as Larry today

 

 

Not Helpful, Informative, Optimistic or Creative, just good old fashioned Sarcastic, where is that sarcastic button when you need it?

Actually it was factual response to the sarcastic off topic quip that had no place in this thread which you must have missed, so here it is again, I'll even highlight it for you so you don't miss it this time ...

 

Made in China.

.. hope that helps.

 

Next time I'll simply report it, my mistake.

 

 

Oh no, someone on the internetz doesn't like me

 

Mahle in Germany Nigusil is a patented metal alloy created by Moto Guzzi for motorcycle cylinder liners. The name is an acronym for Nickel-Guzzi-Silicon.

Mahle invented nikasil plating and the process though it is true some companies have patented their own alloy blend for the lining but the process was still invented by Mahle. Feel free to link Guzzi's patent btw. By the way, years after Mahle patented it and Porsche were racing with it, Guzzi were still using chrome plated bores They may or may not have well been the first motorcycle company to use it but they were by far not the first engine company to use it. You did know General Motors had mass production engines in 1971 using Nikisal didn't you?

 

from someone who appears to know all about everything.

It's one of the downsides of being able to read.

 

 

I have to think the nose would have bent back, caught air and been initially overtaken by the airframe had that been real?

 

Made in China.

You misunderstand, the thread topic is American F15's not where Jabiru engine parts are made.

 

 

Someone owes me 2 minutes of my life.

 

 

Ah-hem .... Richard Pearse thanks!

Meh, he wasn't American so he doesn't count.

 

Look at the latest lithium batteries and compare them to the best of the nickel-cadmium units of twenty years ago.?

Theres a reason why NC still sell at multiples of thousands to every lithium.

 

The next generation of batteries is going to be better but I don't know what form they will take.?

So along with all the others who say this in this thread and all over the internet and to give balance, I take the right to say that "just around the corner" there is a new ICE coming that has 200hp, uses a litre of fuel every 10 hours and fits into my pocket

 

 

You've had a better run than me then, my experience would be the opposite, maybe 2 or 3 electrical problems causing stoppage (in 30+ years), one of those (a fuel pump on a bike) also resulting in burnt valves and blown head gaskets. I've had big ends let go, both roller and plain bearings, valve rockers break, valve stems, valve seats, thermostats (mechanical), coolant hoses, coolant pumps (again mechanical), fuel starvation from water or foreign matter, cam chains and cam belts.

Umm, just a thought, get a new mechanic or change up a gear?

 

No British cars or bikes for me, a girlfriend once had one, turned me right off them.

Wow, she must have been ugly!

 

 

Funniest thread around!

 

I'd Sioux the bastards!OME

I thinked the Cherokee did get Sioux'd!

 

Hope the pilot avoided a wounded knee.

 

 

Oh, noice one Keith.

 

 

Think of all the other savings. no more oil, filters, spark plugs, leads, points, caps, thermostats, coolant, cracked coolers and exhausts, carby syncing, valve gear and head twiddling and expense of having someone fit it all.

You guys create your own paradox, you live in the past then you complain about it

 

Guys, it's 2013, engines are no longer evil

 

points.

points? points?? POINTS???

 

 

I've been 'inconvenienced' more than 50 times in nearly 40 years of flying, mostly in the early days of ultralights but also about ten times in helicopters (even three times in turbines, but not due to engine stoppage) and GA planes,

Bloody hell, did I say yet?

 

 

That's good news because I see things such as the airport (which I was at 2 months ago) as a part of a town's character that shouldn't be lost.

 

Annoys me how many facilities are lost even though they have been there forever and people buy and build housing closer and closer knowing full bloody well that it's there then complian about it and make moves to get rid of it.

 

 

But is that really so different from the regular engine stoppages that happen in aviation, and motoring come to that, when they 'inexplicably' run out of fuel? And carby icing, ignition failures, break crankshafts, sticky valves, blow an oil line, burst a coolant hose. I've had every one of them, except running out of fuel, cause me forced landings and a lot more besides.

Remind me not to go flying with you!

 

I don't quite know how to answer that HITC, I've been preparing engines all my life for rally cars and motocross bikes mainly and had a hell of a good run, can't remember a single failure that wasn't electrical, ie; fuel pumps a couple of times and batteries coming loose out of their mounts on rough roads along with the odd wire connection that usually breaks off at the terminal (which taught me early on not to solder them).

 

Carby icing I don't know about honestly so I bow to you guy's greater knowledge there, lets hope my EFI and a warm throttle body design resolves that issue hey.

 

By the way, I'm only debating that electric vehicles aren't bulletproof as suggested.

 

when they 'inexplicably' run out of fuel? .

I just looked it up in my Wife's dictionary and apparently 'inexplicably' means the stupid husband that didn't fill the car up even though I've been driving it for a week ... the exact situation just 2 months ago!

 

 

It's no misconception that the moving parts fail. Internal combustion has high temperatures, causing erosion, stretch & wear, millions of high load cycles.

So you're saying you own a British car?

 

Well millions of us get into our cars daily without even a nanoseconds thought as to if we will get to our destination or not and that apathy comes from over 100 years, trillions of miles and multi billions of dollars of development, I'm satisfied and confident.

 

but most electric motors will run for years

Yes electric motors will run for years and years and years and years and years and years and years but they bloody well stop every single time electricity doesn't reach them - controllers fail, batteries short, cells die, terminals get corroded, wiring overheats etc, none of the stuff that moves is the stuff that fails.

 

Every single electric motor stopped in our factory last week as did every electric motor in every factory surrounding us when they turned the juice off to replace some old insulators down the street a bit.

 

There is more to an electric vehicle than just the incredibly, unbelievably, outstandingly reliable motor.

 

 

The simplicity, internal combustion engines are quite complex to achieve what they do, an electric motor has one moving part.

Thanks for your reply.

 

Ironically I am sitting here waiting for electricians to come and tear into my walls and remove/repair/replace the wiring to the rear half of my house as it has shorted out inside the wall (roof got flooded recently) - my house has no moving parts but it stopped!

 

There seems to be a misconception that moving parts are bad, most of you drive modern'ish cars with thousands of moving parts yet they just keep going and going don't they and when they stop do you know what the majority of the issues are?

 

Something electrical.

 

 

but I look forward to it when it happens. .

May I ask why please?

 

 

Hydrogen fuel cells are the go.....hydrogen in, and electricity out. They have been working on them for some time now. http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2008/q2/080403a_nr.html

Right back at ya ....

 

http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/bmw-s-hydrogen-7-not-as-green-as-it-seems-a-448648.html

 

 

Just because it's not possible right now does not mean it's not possible very soon.

Well how can I argue with that?

 

I believe that the many many years that this has been going on for and the obscene amounts of money, of yours and my money by the way, justifies my cynical stance on the matter.

 

My information is there won't be anything worthwhile until 2020 and I firmly believe that the advances in diesel engines will push that a lot further back as well.

 

If you think I'm anti electric you would also be wrong, let me tell you why. My main city of Chengdu (where the Pandas are) has a total ban of petrol motorcycles within the 3rd outer ring road. I often sit outside next to the busiest road in Chengdu with a few friends and the peacefulness (relative to sitting next to a major city road) with thousands of electric bikes wizzing past is wonderful not to mention the immediate air quality*.

 

*All of Chengdu's buses, taxis and nearly all delivery vans are on natural gas. There's also no cars generally older than 10 years and all of them are at least Euro 3 and no modifications to cars are allowed at all so no dickheads with loud exhausts etc. - and best of all, no Hardley Davidsons.

 

 

20 years ago and cringeworthy to this day, was no where to hide either, urrrrr.....

 

 

Well I am looking forward to seeing what Bex is offering, if what he has is cheaper and as safe to fly as what we have now,

Hi David,

 

Thanks for the encouragement, I have found Flyers to be more encouraging and generally more receptive to each other than a few other fields I have been involved with. If I seem a bit snappy sometimes I assure you it's just a carry over from those other fields and I'm trying hard to change!

 

I don't have $100k or more to throw at a new plane,

Well who does Mate, that's a chunk of change to anybody for a hobby and quite unreasonable for the average bloke.

 

I'll have announcements of what's going on at the end of the month.

 

 

Awkward..... ;)

Used to have a smoking hot young lass come to my workshop for her service work over time. One day she rocks up and an older looking women who gets out of the car and who had similar facial features which prompted me to ask if it was her Mum - it was her 2 year younger sister .....

 

 

If the engine/alternator fails at any time during the flight, you still have 20 mins of battery power to fly to a safe landing place. This means you don't need an engine that is 'aircraft spec', so cheap auto conversions, motorcycle engines etc could be utilised.

Thoughts?

Basically sound thoughts but you wouldn't run a single system because the failures are most commonly controllers, leads, terminals and battery cell failure from overheating.

 

 

You said " Your RC power trains are simply not scaleable. "

Yes I did and sticking with it, I did not say electric motors were not scaleable as you replied.

 

we are seeing some very well funded companies now look at electric power trains

 

it seems inevitable that they will be overcome in the near future.

You guys do know how long this has been spun for don't you? Google something like "new battery tech just around the corner..." or similar and see just how many years it's been going on for.

 

I have spent on and off the last 5 or so years looking for a viable 'new energy' product to manufacturer, it doesn't exist nor is it soon to. China is understandably desperate to lower their reliance on coal and would throw trillions at the right product, it ain't happening. If BYD China, the world's largest battery manufacturer as well as a major car manufacturer can't do it , nobody can.

 

The increments of development are minute and only fine tuning of what we already know and have and no one has yet resolved the cost issue.

 

 

..........not if it is made of unobtainium.

As I mentioned, Coke (and Pepsi) in cans is quite popular here now so mineral resources is a cinch!

 

 

Ouch! Sure makes a mess.

Yup and the planes got damaged too!

 

You know what the last thing was that went through those birds minds .....