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    My First model aero engine was a FROG and it was smooth enough as it was. Nev
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    Yeah you wouldn't paint a Prime Mover with anything else. I used ACRAN when it first came out. Nearly as hard as bath tub glazing. I'd HATE to REPAINT a small metal skinned aeroplane that had it on it, though. You can still get acrylic. My Twin Comanche had it. The Original Paint. Some colours FADE more than others. It's the Pigment. Anything with much RED in it will fade. Nev
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    Yes I wouldn't GO there. You are running through reduction gears and a cam face thing. It must be getting a work out . IF you've ever heard an engine running with a slightly loose flywheel, you will get the idea. Nev
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    After stopping Yes. Heat always rises when a gas is involved. "Convection". Carburettors Ideally will Not be above the engine.. A small Lightweight electric fan may be one solution. After landing a downwind taxi is common.. With radials the very high head temps travel to the crankcases and cause high temps that may affect things like oil seals and electrics.. Nev
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    That's odd. At low revs the forces are low.( V squared law.). There's not much flywheel effect in light components. Perhaps the extra weight helps there.. I'm for balancing the sections by themselves not the entire show. THAT way you know nothing's far off. I've been doing balancing for ages, professionally. The vibrations you don't feel are the TORSIONAL ones and they can be destructive especially with longer thinner crankshafts and places where you have something ACTING like a flywheel at each end. Any vibration that wasn't there before should be regarded as a warning and in many planes with vibration measuring devices would require an in flight shut down. Nev
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    Did you toe the wheels out a bit? I'd go along with that. Nev
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    What, like apricot seeds? Where did I suggests spraying without a Mask? 2 Pack also needs a spray booth and ventilation. It's not supposed to be used by people who don't have the correct equipment. It's also very hard to strip, sand and repair. Nev
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    65 is fine. Nev
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    It will get plenty of chips as well. A plane doesn't want thick coats of paint. It's too heavy. 2 pack has cyanide in it. You need masks and ventilation. Nev
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    It's an accepted practice to remove Old oxidised and faded paint to restore a good surface. OF Course there's a limit to the process when you wear through the colour. Waxes preserve the surface . You don't have to "Cut"it ever time you do it. Some washing detergents leave some wax on the surface.. The sun's rays are hard on rubber Plastics Paint wood and your skin. The plane should be out of the weather preferably. Dust contains chemicals too. . IF you don't look after stuff it will rapidly degrade especially IF you are near the sea or an Industrial atmosphere.
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    re Planes... I Can't recall or find engine BAY. It's Cowled or in a Pod or just held by Engine Mount(s), or direct to a Pylon. Nev
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    IF I was ABANDONNING the Aircraft I wouldn't be wasting time sitting there and jamming the radio frequency for everyone else. It's supposed to be radiotelephony NOT some code.
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    Machinery is only too big when it's Parked near your House AND in the Burbs.. Once they are running they only use fuel when worked hard. Nev
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    A dirt strip with significantly sized rocks anywhere on it is going to mess up your plane. You'd also have to sweep a sealed one occasionally or check it. Looks like a Job for Life to me. Nev
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    The risk you would expose other road users to should be considered also. Same as a beach landing you wouldn't want to kill surfers just so you went OK. THE COURT's will take a grim view of that. The point I'm trying to emphasise is that roads have a lot of hazards you might not consider fully in the first instance. With a slow stall speed plane being into wind is of much more benefit than if you are flying a Bonanza. Some planes ANY OFF Aerodrome landing is really unlikely to end up well. YOU still do your best with the situation you are in and maintain control as long as possible. Nev
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    You will need a grader to look after it. You can get one to tow behind a Tractor working on the linkage AND (importantly) having some way of accurately raising and angling the blade and it's own flanged steel wheels at the rear.. Nev
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    PTT can also mean Press to TEST. Nev. .
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    I'm only referring to the Abbreviated capital letters symbols. Holding the transmit button just makes that frequency useless locally. Nev
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    I've seen them building farm dams by professionals where they have to be sealed with a CLAY layer or they leak I'd raise that runway and put a slight crown on it and mix something special in the top surface. . Fortunately it will never grow grass on it, but will be dusty and geta few prop, nosewheel strut. and Paint nicks. Forget a run up Bay. . Work on it after the right amount of rain has fallen on it . nev
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    Looks harder than it is. When you use it you will get familiar with it. Nev
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    It can mask things you should take notice of. nev
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    Fibre glass I believe. Plenty built them themselves. A few gained a bit of weight. ( the PLANES). They also survive Prangs well compared to a lot of other stuff and CAN Nearly always BE REPAIRED. Nev
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    What about a Drott Skid Shovel? Nev
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    The trip above was about 1982 and the Plane was a DC9-20 Operating a scheduled service Perth Pt Hedland Darwin. depart PH at about 2230 local time. Going back a bit, C-54/ DC 4s were introduce hereabout 1950 and Qantas , Ansett and TAA had them. They left here at the end of 1968 They have Full 3 axis autopilot with hydraulic servos, but not pressurised. The DC-6 was a bigger development of the DC4. Pressurised, faster cruising at higher Levels and with more range. We flew the DC4 with a crew of two Pilots and the DC-6 has a flight engineer as well. Nev
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    The overhang has to be considered in places with more rainfall. Nev
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