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The vegetation in that Tiger country is so dense, and the country is so full of ravines and gullies, you could be standing on top of the wreckage, and still not see it. It will take many more years and possibly new search equipment that can find metals buried deep in the vegetation, before its found. The footprint of an aircraft that has speared into thick vegetation can be quite small. My BIL is a retired senior police officer and he was sent out to check a country highway for a reported crashed vehicle. He and a colleague spent considerable time searching the roadsides in a police vehicle, and the adjoining bush, for the reported crashed vehicle, but found nothing. Then, several days later, other searchers found the vehicle with the deceased driver still in it. The marks left by the vehicle as it left the road were barely visible, and the vehicle speared into thick scrub, and was essentially hidden from view, except for anyone within a few metres of the crash site, and on foot. BIL was reprimanded over his failure to find the vehicle, but I don't think he should have been, he really should have been given a bigger search team, more equipment (including aerial search equipment), and more time. It's not the first time crashed cars haven't been found for days - so imagine the effort required to find an aircraft speared into a gully or ravine in Tiger country, where you can get lost, just stepping off tracks.

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......was appalled to find that the Rooter was still in his yard, and that no-one wanted to transport it. All the transport operators claimed that DG was way off the beaten track, had a bad reputation for vehicles getting shot up indiscriminately, and the roads were nothing less than.......

There's some interesting measurements on landing gear loads of the XB-70 in the NASA technical report, below. Yes, the XB-70 was a huge aircraft, but the measured drag loads on the landing gear trucks at touchdown, were very substantial. Pages 11 and 12 show the graphs, lbs on the left, Newtons on the right. NASA measured the landing gear loads in every direction. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19680026601/downloads/19680026601.pdf

So MB, your theme song now, is that old Kenny Rogers song, "You picked a Bad Time to Leave Me, Loose Wheel!"? 😄

.....he spotted a "new product" name the "Super Rabbit Rooter". This item was an OT invention, an improved version of Robert Le Tourneaus Rooter of 1931. It's not sure now if CT was entranced by the name or by the machines ability to destroy rabbit warrens on an industrial scale. With the 6 cans of Swan Lager downed in a little under the 15 mins he talked animatedly with the Onetrak salesman, CT was emboldened. He pulled out his Samsung S23 and paid for it on the spot with his Google Wallet (CT might be from DG, but he's right up with the latest digital technology), and the Rooter was his. All that was required now was arranging the delivery date. CT needed to think about this, his appointments calendar was pretty full, what with aircraft events, golf tournaments, aerial rabbit-popping competitions, international airport management, and............

.....as OT pointed out the ripper tyne was made of PLASTIC! "Those XXXX'ing Chinese are at it again!!", he exclaimed. "I've had enough of this Chinese trickery!" - and he reached for his phone and dialled up a number in his phone contacts. "Herro!" said a Chinese voice, and OT replied, "Hello, Xi, you tricky old bxxxxxd!! What are you up to now, besides ripping off Westerners with your cheap imitation manufactured products!! I mean to say, it's bad enough packaging your ripper tynes as genuine Cat parts, and even painting them the exact correct colour, and even using the same part numbers! - but to make them out of PLASTIC, is just straining our friendship waay too much!!" "Lissen, OT, you old bxxxxxd!! (Note to NES readers - OT and Xi were mates from way back, ever since they did a big mining JV, based in Hong Kong, and extracting rare earth minerals out of Mongolia), you better stop spouting lubbish on that Leck Flying forum, telling everyone about our chleap and nasty Chinese products! This is not good for our countries relationships, you might cause a diplomatic rift! - and maybe you could even spend some time inside one of our fine le-education camps, until you see the Chinese point of view!!" OT swallowed hard. XI wasn't to be trifled with, OT remembered what happened to the people who opposed the mining operations, they were all rounded up at the protest, by some tough-looking Chinese all dressed in black, and the protestors weren't seen again. "It's O.K.", said OT, trying to smooth things over. "We just have a few little problems here with some of your products, and you just have to make sure you jail a few more of your corrupt managers!" "Ahh-Ha!", said XI, "Jail!! - Yes, I like the sound of that word, especially when it comes to dealing with recalcitrants who don't follow Chinese point of view!! By the way, speaking of recalcitrants, how's that Turbo XXXX doing? The last time I heard from him, he was trying to crack into Chinese cat farming, but I soon cut the............

...... and which ends up completely rooted. However, there were questions from OT that CT needed to answer. "Why do you need 3 x D7 rippers?". "Have you got a D7?" What's the serial number and and model?" "Is it turboed or naturally aspirated?" "Air-con cabin or open ROPS?" CT was a bit flustered by the barrage of questions. To him, a D7 was a D7 and ever since he got the D7 to sort out the DG rabbits once and for all, he didn't think about things like the questions OT posed. In fact, he'd bought the D7 without realising it didn't even have a ripper - a vital component when it comes to ripping up rabbit warrens - and CT went to sleep at night dreaming about ripping up rabbit warrens, and listening to the squeals of dying rabbits. So now, he had a conundrum. He found out he needed ripper tynes, but then he realised he didn't have a ripper, to which he needed to fit them. But after talking again with OT, who knew a bloke who knew a supplier, who knew the whereabouts of a D7 ripper, CT was on track again to sort out those pesky rabbits, and it was only going to be a matter of time, money and organisation, before he could......

Bex's revolutionary, world-beating aircraft design, is still in the investor rip-off stage. 😄

Well, it looks like the Chinese apologist is back. I can show you any number of Chinese "quality" products here that are basically landfill after a short period of time. And when you say "specced" by Australians, does that mean the Australian purchasers get to control the quality of the material going into the end product? I think not, and "quality fade" is a uniquely Chinese product description - produced by a Western manager who worked in Chinese manufacturing for 20 years. Profit without regard to quality drives all Chinese operations, and not for nothing is the accent regularly on Chinese sayings, that always include the words, "gold" and "treasure".

I can remember when Alan Bond owned an airship, and they drove it from Sydney to Perth (you can't really say it flies", I reckon - although the CAA controlled its movements!). I think it was a pretty slow trip! - it only did a bit over 90kmh. I can remember sighting it floating past our mining lease just off the Coolgardie-Norseman Rd, 60kms N of Norseman, at a relatively low altitude. They were obviously using IFR to navigate, because they were basically following Hwy One! My memory is a bit hazy, but I seem to recall the trip was done about the same time, or maybe a little earlier, as the 1988 Bi-Centennial Balloon Race, which ran from Perth to Sydney. The Bond Airship was stationed in Sydney in 1987 and drew a lot of complaints about engine noise, invasion of privacy, and upsetting all the local dogs.

......billy goats into his hut for reasons unknown - but it seemed rather revealing that the Hindi was later seen with a curry food cart in the backstreets of Kabul, selling a very, very spicy dish, with mysterious content and ingredients, that Cappy actually purchased one night, when he was tired and hungry after a long day up the Khyber with Turbo - and this then led to a disastrous and serious inflammation of his...........

Yeah, I was wondering how many pax they were going to cram into a 16 foot supersonic rocket. I think Turbo's on the money, let's see the full-size version before we start crowing. Anyone can send a toy rocket into space.

Police are eternally suspicious and any event involving major loss, major injuries and deaths will often be considered a potential crime scene and placed under restrictions for evidence gathering, until it can be proven that no suspicious circumstances exist or evidence-gathering is complete. If you have a house fire, even one which is obviously accidental, expect interrogation by the police as part of the trauma and investigation.

The dreadful European freight/postage costs will kill the deal. The only gain is, you can acquire them VAT-free as an overseas purchaser. But the transport cost will blow you away.

What a joke, talk about rort of the century! Just eight cup-shaped rubber pads and eight cupped, pressed washers. They're worth about $200 in total. See a rubber mount manufacturer, they will more than likely be able to knock them up for you. There's nothing special about the mountings, they're as simple as they come. Their correct technical name is centre fixing isolators, have a chat to Mackay Industrial (Derwent Industries). The main thing that needs to be established is the Duro (Durometer measure) grade of the rubber. The Duro governs the rubber hardness/softness and it's important the correct Duro is used for the application. Too soft and the rubber will chew out, too hard and too much vibration is transferred to the frame/fuselage/chassis. 06. Centre Fixing Isolators – Derwent Industries DERWENTINDUSTRIES.COM.AU

.....known to be fond of kickbacks as regards free air tickets (some long-overdue avref), and to this end, Cappy went out of his way to acquire a number of free business-class seats to well-known holiday destinations, where said judges could frolic with the barely-clad native women, without fear of bringing their office into disrepute. In fact, one judge was so enamoured of the "local talent", he was found with his trousers.............

I've never seen too many young men who didn't think they were invincible - especially when it came to driving something with an engine in it.

.....an offence against the order of Nature, which meant that the offence was moved to the Supreme Court, where it could be dealt with under more appropriate legislation, which was..........

If you want to cut a piece of rubber with a knife more easily, you wet it down thoroughly.

With all the information provided, especially relating to the total engine hours, I'd expect the problem is related to an intermittent fuel flow blockage. The inlet hose problem is indicative of age-related problems. Floating debris in fuel tanks will cause intermittent blockage, the inner lining on hoses separates, and can either peel back and create flow restriction, or simply bubble away from the join between inner and outer materials, and thereby partly block the line. I've seen a tiny circular metal remnant from hole punching, slip into a fuel line out of the tank, and then act like a butterfly valve. Gun it, and the fuel flow went to near zero. Ease off the throttle, and the fuel flowed. It took a piece of wire shoved down the fuel line to remove the piece of metal.

Correct link in Turbo's post is here.... https://electricmotorglider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CV-Carb-Web.pdf

Russian disruption operatives checking to see what kind of damage they could do to British aviation? The Russians have already been caught placing incendiary devices on cargo aircraft, with the intention of creating serious damage and loss of life to Western/NATO countries, who they believe are conducting war on Russia. There has never been a more dangerous time for Western aviation than the present, with an angry and embittered Russia intent on creating havoc amongst its "enemies".

.....immediately saw the losses mounting at DG International, and promptly investigated the possibility of re-purposing the vast amount of DG rabbit warrens into underground runways. Despite his intensive knowledge of rabbit numbers, behaviour and warren locations, CT was blown away when his warren investigations returned indications that the rabbits had already moved enough dirt to make 3 underground runways at DG - just with a little extra excavation work. As the rabbits are masters at excavation, on a par with highly qualified miners, CT was intrigued to find that all that was needed was the removal of a number of pillars, and not only would there be room for 3 underground runways, all with different orientation - but there would also be room for an underground airport hotel, a DFO, several major retailers, plus extensive warehousing abilities, as well. CT couldn't believe the figures, even though he went over them and re-checked them again, several times. It was just amazing, the numbers were out of...........

But it's not just one wheel, Skippy, it's between 6 and 20 wheels. Ever tried to give a fast spin to a wheel on a hub, say a truck wheel (comparative size) and noted how much effort it took? The amount of energy required to spin up a stationary set of wheels (and hubs - in total, a sizeable amount of weight) would be very substantial. You can notice the retarding effect in your passenger seat when you hit the runway.