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It's not a good idea to overfill petrol containers beyond their stated capacity, as some airspace is needed to counter fuel expansion and contraction with major ambient temperature changes.

Steam boilers have killed thousands of people since they were first invented. The worst Maritime disaster that America has ever endured, was the explosion of the boilers on the sidewheeler steamboat, Sultana, in 1865. A reported 1,169 people died in the Sultana disaster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_boiler_explosions I STR a figure of around a total of 18,000 Americans alone were killed in railway boiler explosions, from the early 1800's to the mid-1950's. Loco men got caught out regularly with low water levels, stopped-up sight gauges, faulty pressure gauges, faulty safety valves, and faulty boiler inspections.

The whole story below, on Ted Pritchard. A bloke who could have been a billionaire, if only someone with serious money had financed him. There have been plenty of people like him, whose ideas withered on the vine, because they didn't have a bank and unlimited funding behind them - unlike Clessie Cummins. https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/the-australian-designed-car-built-to-steamroll-the-establishment/

I went aboard the HARS Connie when she was in Kununurra in the late 1990's. What a fantastic effort that was, to restore that machine! One of the Q engineers told me about the vast amounts of pigeon poop that they had to dig out of the nose behind the instrument panel! He said he couldn't believe that pigeons could fill up an area like that with such a volume of poop.

The blokes name was Ted Pritchard.

Upon sighting this amazing piece of work, why am I getting this overwhelming urge to make up a rude limerick, using words such as your location, "carving", "wood" and "stick"?

The Omega is 99% hypermarketing and glitzy video formatting and 1% practical, useful design. It will "fall by the wayside" along with all the others like it, who all promised breathless gains in engine design.

Nev, would that be because you prefer to drive noisy, rattley, old vintage motorbikes?

(Unfortunately - and ruining the Captains fabulous story - OT has to report he contracted the dreaded COVID whilst on a break on the Gold Coast. I guess there is some sand there, but I didn't get much chance to dig in it! .... )

They are extremely cunning and sophisticated scammers. The scammers get smoother every year - but the end game is simply to part you from your money, and give you nothing in return. Don't worry, despite myself being pretty savvy and old enough to know better - I've just been scammed out of $744 by scammers posing as a trucking transport provider. They were listed on Freightseek and provided an ABN, a Malvern Vic address, an Australian landline number - and they even provided me with a genuine TNT consignment note!! But the whole operation was a cunning scam, the con note was the job simply booked, and the job never actually carried through. The Malvern address was simply a rented "business address", the landline was never answered, and the bloke who called me, called from a "private number", so I couldn't call him back. The ABN belonged to another transport company with a slightly different name. I should have known when the scammer called me at 8:00PM with an Indian accent. But so many businesses have "offshored" their admin, you can never really know if they are genuine overseas admin, or scammers posing as admin. This is Paramotors scam website - smoothly structured, well written in good English, great photos - and ALL FAKE!! https://paramotorengines.com/12-aircraft-engine The photo of the Jabiru engines wrapped in plastic has been stolen from this blog, below - always do a Google "image search" when checking for scams. The original image is almost always found in a Google image search. http://airqueensland.blogspot.com/2015/11/jabiru-aircraft-and-engines-part-2.html

SCAM! ....... SCAM ....... SCAM!! You should KNOW, that any deal that looks TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE .... is always a SCAM!! Jabiru have posted an alert about these same scammers offering Gen 4 engines on the cheap!! BE WARNED!! https://jabiru.net.au/

....Piper that had only been lightly grazed by a B747. "It's the bargain of the decade!", cried CT. "Those wing spars will straighten out O.K., I'll give them to Peter the Panel Beater, the best bloke around DG for straightening bent metal! He'll have them looking like new in a matter of days, and I'll ensure he only uses the minimum amount of body filler!" "But what about the airworthiness inspection?" inquired Cappy. "This isn't your average DG, rabbit-shooting Morris Minor, we're looking at here! This is a ........... (OT offers his apologies to Cappy for neglecting the NES in recent times. OT has been ill with the dreaded COVID, but he didn't get the finest hospital treatment, as bull did - and neither did he get the goodies from the hospital cafe, that bull has been bragging about. OT had to be content with a few pills, and the occasional cup of tea, and a biscuit. Such is life.)

These containers are not officially marked as fuel containers under Australian Standard AS/NZS 2906:2001, and they're not recommended for use as fuel containers. They simply don't meet the fuel container standards, which cover a lot of areas, including temperature and pressure resistance, and the type of allowable chemicals used in their construction. Just because the containers are resistant to ag chemical attack, doesn't mean to say they're capable of resisting the attack of the multiple hydrocarbon solvents in fuels. They're likely to degrade more rapidly due to their single-use design. The use of these containers may affect any potential insurance claim, if assessors found they were being used to transport fuel.

"SAPOL" protocols means the section of the Stuart Hwy being used as the airstrip was closed to traffic for the duration of aircraft use, and it was officially no longer a public road or highway while it was closed. I'd expect any crosswinds would be a concern in this case - even with a widened highway pavement area, it's still a narrow target to land on, as compared to a normal airstrip. I couldn't imagine too many emergency circumstances where they'd need to land the Pilatus jet to pick up casualties - unless it was a major bus accident. But bus travel is nothing like it used to be, you're struggling to find a viable long-distance bus service today. Greyhound is only a shadow of what they used to be.

Is it possible to acquire a wiring diagram from the seller or manufacturer of the regulator? The better electrical units often provide a wiring diagram in the box.

The alternator looks suspiciously like this one (below) on eBay - a generic "mini" 70 amp alternator. The cover plate is held on with standard 6mm flanged-head automotive screws, usually supplied with a Phillips screwdriver recess in the head, as well as a 10mm hex head - as 440032 says. You can usually find these screws in the "Champion", "handy packs" rotating stands, at your local automotive parts supplier. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/284451375074 The bolt is actually a standard SEMS panel fastener, I buy them in lots of 25 to 50 at a time from JNS Fasteners, you always seem to need them. https://www.jnsfasteners.com.au/collections/bolts-and-fasteners

The aircraft has been recovered, and fortunately, with its condition, it's likely the source of the engine stoppage will be found. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-21/wreckage-removed-of-light-plane-that-crashed-leighton-beach/102250564

......yrannosaurus Rex's are cute, and that a Diprodonasaurus Rex is merely a figment of Turbo's over-active imagination, because a Diprodonasaurus Rex doesn't actually exist! - just like that movie Vastatosaurus Rex! Cappy went on - "The film that the Tongs sold to CASA, came from the same studios that made King Kong, so nothing to fear there! What we do have to fear though, is if a CASA operative actually finds an accidentally expired licence amongst us! The fear and trembling that results from......

Skippy - The stuff you want is called VCI - "Vapour Corrosion Inhibitor" or Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor". CORTEC make a wide range of these chemicals, and they're very effective. They come in spray cans and in bulk containers. You can select your CORTEC product from a wide variety of VCI's that are designed to protect every single type of thing - from the insides of cardboard boxes, to the insides of engines. You can even buy CORTEC corrosion-proofing shrink films, to completely wrap your components, or even a complete aircraft, in! I've seen these products used to protect "high-dollar value" mining machines for years, left out in the open, without any deterioration! https://www.cortecpackaging.com/product/vpci-126-hp-uv-shrink-film/ https://www.cortecvci.com/how-vci-works/ https://www.cortecvci.com/products/vpci-metalworking-products/vpci-337-waterborne-corrosion-inhibitor/

Many silicon sealants contain acetic acid which etches aluminium, so it pays to avoid these types. They can be recognised by their vinegar-like smell (acetic acid) when curing. It's preferable to use a neutral-cure industrial silicone sealant/adhesive where metals are involved. Silastic works well on glass and plastics, because the acid etch assists in adhesion. I have a preference for a good-quality polyurethane sealant/adhesive, which still stays flexible when cured. Bostik make a good range of these types. Be aware that aluminium wire has a very high tendency to fracture with vibration over a period - so if used, it must be well secured, and it can't be used in positions when regular flexing happens, such as between engine and frame.

I think lot of us are unaware of the massive strides made in the engineering fields as regards automotive engine internal designs and materials in the last 30 years. The changes are subtle but constant. 1. There has been a massive concerted effort to reduce friction inside modern engines. The efforts have been led by advanced computerised design and calculations. The newest lower-friction engine designs have been aided by a wide range of new oil additives, which are being produced regularly. These new oil additives aid in increased power output. 2. Along with the above, there have been major advances in reducing the weight of reciprocating components. Small gains here add up to lower stresses and lower bearing loads. Once again, computerisation with major new design programmes have led to the ability to produce improved results that formerly took years of redesign and testing. 3. Major advances in metal coatings has led to substantially lower levels of friction. New piston coatings and Diamond-like Carbon coatings (DLC's) have led to much slippierer pistons, and the DLC coatings have vastly increased the life of sliding components such as valves, and injectors. 4. Subtle changes to engine designs such as offset cylinders, new alloys, and processes such as sintered metal alloys, fibre-reinforced metals, new low-friction ring designs, and even major improvements to induction designs have all led to modern engines becoming a lot more powerful for their size, with no decrease in lifespan. The simple fact remains that automotive engine design has improved so much in the last 30 or so years, that most engine reconditioners have disappeared, and vehicles die from electrical failure today, rather than engine failure, as it used to be. Meantimes, most of the aviation engine industry still lives in the 1960's as regards design and technological improvements.

As one with enduring sceptical view of explanations given by people who have been instigators of crashes, one has to query how he can recall a fine detail such as catching threads of a jacket in a trim tab, led to the crash - but he has no memory of the crash itself? As I recall, he was reported as conducting a "beat-up" of the relatives farm house during the crash event, and the low flying at that point was totally unnecessary.

Ahhh, O.K - apologies for my error, that clarifies things substantially.

A total of 14 feedback reports, with 13 of them from the one buyer/user, isn't exactly a balanced level of feedback.

There's an old saying that is very true - "Lawyers are the people who referee the fight, and keep the purse!"