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    Yeah fact Hunter, that's what surprises me. When could you get your commercial licence? 150 hours or something? I think maybe if she had just pursued that instead to better herself, this may not have happened. Presumably a bit less rubber stamping for CPL. I know two guys who got CPL just to better their flying skills- no intention of flying for a living. To her credit, you see in one of her videos that she fires one of her instructors because he was basically just taking over all the time, meaning she wasn't really learning anything. Because she had so many videos up, Juan showed she seemed out of her depth with the Beechcraft. She was maybe overconfident. I've always been the reverse, big lack of confidence. Somewhere between the two of us is the ideal.
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    You may have shown it before, but what sort of heat shields have you got between the carby bowl and the exhaust? My plane hasn't flown yet, but I suspect my heat shields, which are just stainless steel will pretty much only work well while flying- it's directly absorbing heat from the exhaust and then moving air is taking that away from the shield. I have a feeling my carbs are going to to get quite toasty once landed and parked. If so I'll probably try and attach something to it to insulate better.
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    I didn't notice it mentioned here, so thought I'd post. When you look at this vid, and the follow up he did later, one of the big takeaways for me is that a series of instructors seem to have failed. I believe she had 400 hours flying, which is way more than me, but I feel I am more proficient. Tragic that her father died with her. Because she was doing it for YouTube, she had a number of cameras on board, so a good chance at least one will be recoverable (only the SD card needs to still function). That's going to be both informative and harrowing for the investigators.
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    By and large talk of baffles etc is academic on many Rotax installs since they seem to be doing fine 'naked'. I have however seen at least one set up with fibreglass shrouding similar to the tinware on the big boy air cooled engines. I could have sworn it was an Aeroprakt Foxbat but I'm not seeing that when looking on the line. Ibob, my engine has the same sensor locations. Initially I had wired the front sensor as that seemed easier to wire at the time. But it was suggested to me that will always show cooler and so it's better to hook up to the rear sensor. Now I'm thinking I may emulate bluesadventures set up and hook them both up to a switch 🙂
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    That's a neat idea! I have one spare switch on my instrument panel, maybe that's what it'll be for 😎 Of course it's designated differently right now 😁
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    You seem more upset than me about it. So you are saying there are a lot of young PEOPLE flying airliners these days. That's great.
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    What I mean is that if you have a VH registered aeronca champ it gets a full investigation in a crash via casa. If it was a 24 rego, nothing. Same plane.
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    It doesn't..I'm sure I'm actually on your side. But if one person is saying 30 seems a bit young to be a 787 captain, then what is the point of your post? No one was disparaging female pilots
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    Not that you would want to be in this situation, but how will that affect accident investigation if you change your aircraft from GA to Group G?
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    Why would you need to post a picture? I think most of us are on top of the concept of '30'
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    It's the age, not the sex that fact Hunter is questioning
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    And helicopter pilot.
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    Of course the boys and their ricers were all about the noise. I remember when blow off valves WEREN'T illegal, I saw an ad in a ricer magazine for a blow off valve proudly stating theirs was 25% louder than the competition 😄. At least they weren't hiding why bogans would install them!
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    Well, like I say, most of its flying now would be low, where you wouldn't normally use the turbo. My original concern was basically that it might be hard to have a 100% working warbird if you couldn't maintain the turbo. As you see in the pics I posted, it's a not insignificant part of the aircraft. I guess even more so for the P38 since it is a visible part of the airframe. It seems the answer to my question really is that if the turbo isn't working, they just don't use it.
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    I suspect people are just going to fly them sans turbo from the sounds of it. The up shot I suppose is you might be able to gain a few hp by simplifying the exhaust AND inlet by permanently removing the turbo. A bit of extra horse at low level would be just what the doctor ordered for an aircraft mostly flown at low altitudes at air shows 😎
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    More on what's happening with current WW2 aircraft. This page tells me there are only 3 P47s flying with a working turbo. https://www.worldwariiaviation.org/aircraft/republic-p47-thunderbolt First I thought that supported what I was taking about. But then elsewhere I read there are only 4 P47s left flying! So then I thought, well 75% isn't a bad rate. But I'm back to where I started- that it is getting problematic. If you've spent millions restoring a war bird, it seems to me you wouldn't stop at the turbo, unless you just can't replace it.
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    I thought it was more about pressure? In any case, the distance would help the air going back to the engine cool, on top of the intercooler. You see this with the P38 as well. Just doesn't seem to be easy to get it all up close the front. Unlike a car with its relatively wide front end.
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    And this I guess is at the crux of my question - machinery that needs special alloys because of high velocity and temperature don't seem to me to be able last for a very long time, especially since they would be glowing red hot during normal operation. During the war it didn't matter but for 80 year old restored aircraft spare turbo chargers must be like hens teeth. And they're frikken HUGE! Hence my musing that heavy earth moving machinery might supply something adaptable. But even then, when you look at the plumbing of a P47, there doesn't seem to be much wiggle room 🤔
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    Bloody hell! Thank goodness for jets!
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    Good point. It was mostly about pressure altitude right? I guess the turbo would hardly be used at all in airshow settings. I remember seeing a lockhead constellation in Darwin, maybe late 90s early 2000s. From Arizona, flying around the world. Those turbos are geared back to the crankshaft or something aren't they for take off power? Something weird anyway. Those turbos would get a good workout I would imagine
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    You mean swift supplies? I will check them out 🙂 https://www.swiftsupplies.com.au/
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    I need to replace some bits in my undercarriage made of this. Yes, my build has sat around so long they need replacing 😄 Can anyone post a link to some 5mm sheeting I can buy in Australia?
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    I'm not talking about WAS. I'm talking about IS. All those war birds you see at air shows that run turbo chargers, surely it couldn't be the original?
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    Been on my mind awhile. in general, turbos are pretty high wearing machinery. If you have a P47, surely the original turbo charger wouldn't be serviceable. But unlike a lot of other machinery, you wouldn't knock up new parts in a machine shop. So whats happening there? Still lots of NOS to be had? Or adapting something modern from earth moving equipment etc?
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