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And the same bloke probably assembles Zhonsen engines (or Zongsheng, or whatever name it is, this month), in his off-hours, when he's not scaring bus passengers out of their wits!

....throwing off her burka as often as she could, which resulted in practically all the blokes losing interest in her straight away, once they could see what she really looked like. But OT was made of sterner stuff, and knew that looks weren't everything, and especially when Shirley's Dad held a 4% shareholding in Saudi Aramco. It was just so easy to utilise Shirley to find out when the next OPEC meeting was going to held, and by how much the oil price was going to be ramped up. As a result of this valuable information, OT bought up a sizeable volume of oil futures, and when the..........

Skippy, let me know when you find a comprehensive service manual, written and illustrated in excellent English, for your Chinese manufactured product - which product has continued to use the same brand name and logo for 30, 40 or 50 years - and maybe then I'll change my mind.

You can very quickly find the reputation and standing of Chinese manufactured products in the used equipment market. I deal with vast amounts of industrial equipment, everything from tractors, to forklifts, to gensets, to electric motors, to pumps, to workshop equipment. The Chinese products turn up in auction yards by the truckload - broken down, suffering from catastrophic failures, suffering from bad design, suffering from quality failures, and suffering from a lack of support and parts, that stops them from being rapidly repaired and put back into use. They bring low prices at auction, as against "brand name" Western or Japanese products that are highly sought after by purchasers looking for viable used equipment. Even the Chinese built, "Western brand name" products fail far more quickly than the Western-built products. Chinese-built Cummins engines ventilate blocks fairly regularly with conrods. Stamford and Le Roy alternators made in China regularly turn up used, with "fried" electrical or electronic components - and often at low hours. It's well known that all the Chinese electronic genset control panels have a reliability rate that makes East German Trabants look like the pinnacle of reliability. The Chinese still have a fair way to go, to establish durability and reliability, in their manufactured products.

The principles correct name is the "désaxé Principle" and it can be designed into an engine via crankshaft offset of the cylinder bores, or by gudgeon (wrist) pin offset. To produce a simple comparison, imagine a bicycle crank. When the pedal is at 12:00 o'clock, it's hard to start pedalling. When the crank is at 1:00 o'clock, it's a lot easier to start pedalling, because the angle of the pressure stroke has improved. The désaxé Principle was known about in the earliest era of steam engines, and the word is not a particular Frenchmans name, it is a French word that translates loosely as "nutcase", or "off-centre". So it refers to the conrods positioning at the start of the power stroke. No offset in either bores or gudgeon placement in the piston results in "cold idle clatter" as the piston rocks in the bore with excessive clearance, prior to becoming fully warmed up. Henry Ford insisted that his first V8 automotive engine in his 1932 cars, was to have piston offset, to improve performance. Jabiru probably erred seriously in using VN Commodore pistons in an aircraft engine, as GM's (or GMH's) aims would be based around far different requirements to Jabirus aims, with cost-savings and ease of manufacture being GM's major priorities. But the cost of designing and manufacturing specialised pistons for the Jabiru engines would more than likely have been far too expensive for Jabiru, with the relatively low production numbers required.

The words "product quality and product support" are not compatible with Chinese-built products. The Chinese totally fail to understand Western countries mindset, as regards the requirements for build quality, traceable manufacturing points, manuals that are well written in accurate English, parts supply that is guaranteed, and adequate factory backing. The Chinese fail to understand the principles behind the Western "name brand and image", whereby a manufacturer establishes their name, their company image, and their logo, firmly in buyers minds and backs it with complete customer support. The Chinese are happy to indulge in regular name and brand changes, manufacturing being done in numerous unrelated factories, that all have different aims, and levels of build quality. There is a vast reliance on ISO 9002 amongst the Chinese manufacturers as gold recognition some kind of Western build quality standard. Not a lot of people understand that ISO 9002 (since replaced by ISO 9001:2015) still doesn't guarantee Western build quality - the standard merely ensures there's a written paper trail covering manufacturing processes. ISO standards do not guarantee that employees have the necessary skills and training to carry out their technically skilled jobs. We all know that the Chinese happily reposition peasants, from fields into factories as a standard process for continued employment or compensation for their agricultural land being taken for manufacturing. We know that many of these peasants have little by way of manufacturing training and skills, they're used for "simple assembly tasks" - but "simple assembly tasks" in factories require skills and mechanical insight, that many Chinese peasants lack. Until Chinese industry comes to terms with Western processes and training skills levels, and a complete understanding of what Western buyers basic needs are, as regards durability and complete customer support, they will always come second in the build quality and reliability stakes.

I was under the impression that the core aim of all pilot training, is to avoid panic when upsets occur, and to avoid the ensuing disastrous mistakes, that panic would bring about.

You're confusing insurance policies with a coronial inquiry. Telling lies to a coroner does not affect insurance payouts. The original mistake was issuing an RPC against CASA requirements. That was not a criminal act in itself, it was misinterpretation or error, which is covered under the policy holders insurance. The problems started when a cover-up was initiated to hide the error or misinterpretation of the regulations.

Blueadventures, I have never found a product yet where the manufacturers warranty applies from installation date. It always applies from purchase date. It's false economy to keep perishable components on a shelf, on the basis they "might be required one day". Murphys Law says the day you pull that part down from the shelf to use it, after having stored it for some time, you find the item is U/S because of aging. 6 mths is the maximum you should store parts/components that contain perishable constituents.

Not necessarily a true and correct statement. Public Liability insurance covers negligence of the policy holder. Insurance payouts may be refused, only if criminal acts are found to have occurred, or false declarations were made by the policy holder when the policy was issued.

Another similar one on eBay, with similar hand-etched markings. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266636543203 And another one below that was recently sold, with the description stating the hand-etched numbers are a "store reference" number. https://www.oldnautibits.com/stock_php/infopage.php?catalogue=AIT&stocknumber=6635&frompage=share

The referral for potential legal action by the DPP, by the Coroner in this Mt Beauty case, is to see whether the actions of one particular member of the board of RA-Aus indulged in criminal behaviour that warrants charges and a trial. The DPP has to consider the merits of the case, and whether there is any chance of success. A referral to the DPP does not necessarily mean charges will be laid. The courts are full at the best of times, and the merits of the case need to be weighed, as to its outcome, and whether it's in the public interest and benefit. IF a charge (or charges) are proceeded with, and a case mounted and the defendant is found guilty, then the costs and penalties would normally be borne only by the defendant, not the organisation he/she works for. I would expect that for the outcome of any legal decision that lays blame and costs and penalties on the entire organisation, then the prosecution would have to prove that there was a concerted and planned effort by the entire board (or a majority of the board) to indulge in criminal or obstructive behaviour that impeded a coronial inquiry. In my personal opinion, I struggle to see how the entire RA-Aus organisation could be held accountable for the actions of one board member, if that board member is found guilty of criminal behaviour.

It could've come from one of the RAAF's Hawker Demons? They crashed on a regular basis in the 1930's, the RR Kestrel appears to have been somewhat unreliable. Interestingly, the Demons had Kestrel engines that came with engine serial numbers that started with a K, followed by 4 numbers. http://adf-serials.com.au/CMS/index.php/raaf2/2a1

eBay Aviation Supplies is your friend for this kind of stuff! 😄 https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_nkw=electrical+pin+tools

He's stuck in reverse gear!! 😄