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Arnie Shwartzeneger came along and the Terminator was the new kid on the block.
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turn some water into wine and party the night away.
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the fatted calf was out back burning on the spit.
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which at the moment was unravelling at an alarming rate."Strewth!! Me pants will end up on the floor in no time if I dont fix that thread shortly" cried Ian. "I cant go wandering all about the Forum with me duds around me ankles. They have enough trouble concentrating on the new choices without me distracting em" But Turbo was blissfully unaware of Ians dilema as he was still deep in thought about computer terms and his inability to grasp the meaning of............
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A good laugh all the same.:clap2::rilla:
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family that have more then the required number of fingers and toes............
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untill I tried flying behind a rotaryaxe. I should have been using a Hirth like those wonderfull Toowoomba pilots and I wouldnt have needed to nibble nobbies nuts, I would have still had mine in hand.Ohhhhhh groaned Elrato, to have such a machine for my own.No longer would I suffer the humiliation of sprinkling fairy dust about my head before each flight. Maybe Pete could make me an Honourary Toowoombian or Cliftinite and My life would be complete. If only.......
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said that when he showed them his HIRTH(may the force be with you) powered Ugly Duckling MII, they were lost for words. A good way to silence them old son. A pity it dosent actually fly yet. Just wait till its in the air, those southerners will be silenced for good!!!!
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Mexicans and run everything on tequila.
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as well as guide you poor unfortunate rotaryaxe users in the way of the HIRTH. May the Force be with you.
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I'll be blowed, thought Pete as he sat at the laptop looking at where the NES had stagnated due to a comment about a household cleaning tool. Maybee I should have said it was a Bird....a Plane.... a....... but no! That was already done in the Superman stories. So what was actually out there? The Truth? But was'nt that already sort out in the X Files. Pete sat, his mind all hazy, or was that just the fumes eminating from the workshop? WHAT WAS OUT THERE???? Fear was starting to make itself felt! But fear of what? FEAR OF WHAT IS OUT THERE! Just what is it that has Pete leaving stains in his underclothes and a pool of sweat gathering on the floor beaneath his feet???
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Joining Al tubes
Pilot Pete replied to Old Koreelah's topic in Aircraft Building and Design Discussion
Why not slip a piece of solid material in the smaller tube,slide the larger over and fix with 2 bolts 90 deg apart. -
Joining Al tubes
Pilot Pete replied to Old Koreelah's topic in Aircraft Building and Design Discussion
Try resizing the photo. Right click on the photo you want to upload, click on edit, click on resize in the paint program, click on pixals, and change to about 640 x 480 for a portrait photo or the other way round for a landscape orientated photo. When you close that program say yes to saving the photo. It will now be useable to upload into the forum. -
Whats wrong in asking? I now have my own aircraft that was given to me for free, all because I dared to ask. There is a Biblical quote that says "You have not because you ask not". Hey Tommo, I have seen you fly and would have no problem in letting you fly my plane if it was sitting around gathering dust. If something isnt getting used they tend to need work on them to get operational again. Ageing fuel,spiders,bugs,dust,and decay all seem to attack anything left sitting around unused.How many times have we tried to use something only to find it wont work. "Strewth"we say, this worked last time I used it. "But when was that?"your better half asks. "6 mths, 12 mths ago?" The most expensive items such as electronics all seem to suffer from sitting around unused. Hey Tommo, maybe you could charge people to fly their planes for them a couple of times a year to keep things from seizing up.But knowing you, providing this service for free is more in your character.
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its the latest model broomstick. I havent had the pleasure of seeing one in action since the last Harry Potter movie.
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Test flying a new plane
Pilot Pete replied to fly_tornado's topic in Aircraft Building and Design Discussion
If you are worried about the undercarriage,there are two things to try. 1:- Go on a diet:roflmao:, and 2:- look at changing to a 4130 leg as per the drifters. They cop a hiding during flight training. -
Rick-P, being a pusher type aircraft it would pitch up on engine out.
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Where would he go on an engine out?
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I've invested in a packet of ginger. I'll see how that goes.
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After waiting for years to fly I suppose I have lost sight of the main reason for doing this, and that is for the fun and joy of it. But still , flying at 60 kts in an open aircraft bouncing around at3000 ft is going to take a bit of getting used to.
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I noticed that I am fairly jittery and sweaty so nerves are pretty bad:yikes:
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Rolling left and right arround the axis using ailerons and rudders trying to learn not to let the nose swing arround.
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As mentioned in another thread, I was air sick:yuck: on my last training flight. Up untill then I have been fine. Does anyone have a remedy for this ailment that has worked for them?
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Had 2 flights this morning and am not ashamed to say that I almost had my brekky in my visor at the end of the second flight. Had originally hoped to get three sessions in but Trevor left it at 2. The Drifter will be down for its 100 hourly and the othjer drifter is not in service yet this saturday so it looks like my next flight will be next tuesday. I might have a bag in a pocket next time just in case. I'm now up to 1.4 hours and chompin at the bit.
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Flying with Trevor at this stage. Plane is not registered at this time but you are quite welcome to check it out. I'm going to take the fabric off the fuselage and give it a through going over and make sure all is as it should be.I hope to have it up by the end of the year.