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  1. Marty_d
    Bits of my plane are from crashed or written off aircraft. Doesn't worry me in the slightest.
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    Ah, forgot this one - crossing our bridge. Pity about the branch in the way.
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    It's not a matter of having a phone that can only do 3g, in many areas of Australia you can only GET 3g service. No matter if your phone is 4g or even 5g.
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    Big day today! My plane has moved home (temporarily). Neighbours of ours about 300m up the road have a large shed which I helped concrete the floor of. It's 11m x 9m so big enough to set up the plane and mount the wings, install the flaperons, test the fuel system, etc etc. So on to the car trailer today - this is the first time the plane's been fully out of the shed. Moved the fuselage first, then used a queen-size inflatable mattress on the car trailer to bring the wings up one at a time. I locked the elevators by securing the stick and the rudder by means of a couple of angled bits of aluminium bolted together through the rear tie-down point. Mind you I didn't go above 30km/h anyway.
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    We're in a mobile dead spot - a lot of the time my phone only connects to 3g. Which is a bugger, I really don't want to buy a new one.
  6. Marty_d
    That wing folding mechanism looks complicated and heavy too. Cars and planes are different machines for different purposes. As Danny mentioned a rotorcraft is a different proposition but will never drive on the road in any case.
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    That's what I was going to do, but I wanted to be able to leave the cradles on the wing and lift them onto the wing stands. The front supports are printed to the same profile as the leading edge (6mm bigger to allow for the foam rubber) so hopefully they won't impact the wing. It's certainly far easier to move the wings around on the cradle, even lifting them (ie not on the castored trolley) as you have somewhere to grip. They're only 20kg but without handholds they're bloody difficult to shift around, especially by yourself.
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    This is something I should have done a long time ago, even before I built the wings. (Mind you I didn't have a 3d printer back then, but there'd be ways of doing it the old-fashioned wood way!) I've made 2 wooden cradles for the wings, which have printed plastic LE shape to support the LE of the wing and clamps at the back to keep the TE secure. On the bottom of the cradles are steel L's with a bolt through. The cradles and clamps have 6mm self adhesive foam rubber on all surfaces touching the wings. The cradles can be sat vertically, as shown in the pics, on a wheeled dolly which has a vertical post that the bolts go through. They can also be sat at the top of some wing stands that I've also made (haven't got a pic as they're stored under the plane at the moment) with the same bolts. These stands comprise some heavy duty tripod stands from a drum kit (from the tip shop) combined with 2" diameter aluminium tube.
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    There's a climate change thread over in Social Australia where denialists can have their say.
  10. Marty_d
    The article says one option is to have the glider land with the plane, still on the tow rope! Sure...
  11. Marty_d
    The Airbus Beluga was based on an existing A300. This looks like a completely new aircraft (there's certainly nothing in the world like it now) so you'd think there'd be a large amount of development work.
  12. Marty_d
    You quickly zip-line to the glider and break away.
  13. Marty_d
    Bit misleading - "delivers" implies that it is currently delivering, whereas "in the concept stage and may be flying in 5 years" should be described as "may deliver".
  14. Marty_d
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-26/qantas-flight-lands-in-perth-after-engine-shut-down-bang-heard/103632442 Engine out on descent into Perth last night. Passengers report hearing a loud bang.
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    Fighter

    Marty_d posted a movie in General Movies

    Top IAF aviators come together in the face of imminent danger, to form Air Dragons. Fighter unfolds their camaraderie, brotherhood and battles, internal and external.
  16. Marty_d
    You leave the net up, works the same way as an aircraft carrier...
  17. Marty_d
    End of the day, everybody lived.
  18. Marty_d
    True, but it sounds like the other aircraft weren't being very communicative.
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    B-36 Flight Deck.jpg

    Marty_d commented on red750's gallery image in Warbirds and Vintage

    B-36 Flight Deck.jpg
    Got everything apart from a compass and intercom thanks Planey!
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    B-36 Flight Deck.jpg

    Marty_d commented on red750's gallery image in Warbirds and Vintage

    B-36 Flight Deck.jpg
    Imagine finding the short in that lot.
  21. Marty_d
    Because the chances are the build quality would be the same as piloted ones.
  22. Marty_d
    Imagine the door coming off an SST at hypersonic speeds.
  23. Marty_d
    I did think of calling the thread "Another passenger jet in the Hudson!" but thought that may be in poor taste.
  24. Marty_d
    Might have been sanding with sand blasters. Who knows - as a static display the paintwork's not going to be going anywhere at mach 2.
  25. Marty_d
    Must have been a sight for New Yorkers. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/14/concorde-completes-final-journey-along-hudson-river-in-new-york
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