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  1. Pinecone
    Are you really that jealous???
  2. Pinecone
    Nope, not in my case.
  3. Pinecone
    When you change the RPM you change the amount of air moving through the engine. More RPM, more air.
  4. Pinecone
    I flew the A-10. Back in the day when 500 feet was high altitude for us.
  5. Pinecone
    Hmm, I flew a lot of hours in jets without any autopilot at all.
  6. Pinecone
    Again, the problem is doing studies on low doses to anything is to: 1) Find a sufficient size population with documented low dose. Not only documented that they have a low dose exposure, but the amount of exposure. 2) Fine a sufficient size population with a documented zero dose. And then, make sure that there is no other possible exposure that could give you the same results. Correlation does not mean causation.
  7. Pinecone
    It is documented in children with poor diets.
  8. Pinecone
    If there is a race track nearby, there are ethanol free race gas also. It lasts much better than the normal pump gas
  9. Pinecone
    The Russian helicopters do have ejection seats. They have explosive disconnects on the blades, so they depart, then you eject. Like the canopy on a fixed wing, except in most cases you can safely eject through the canopy. Not so safe with blades still attached.
  10. Pinecone
    Yes. And the chute stays in the seat, so less stuff to carry to/from the aircraft. You just put on the harness.
  11. Pinecone
    I understand that they are talking about the paint pens. And it should be controllable. But hex chrome is NASTY. But it works well.
  12. Pinecone
    If the MicroKit one, you need to upgrade to the 200-C. It checks the gear switch.
  13. Pinecone
    If a number of people change their own oil, look at a waste oil heater. My FBO shop has one. No cost to dispose of used oil, and heats the hangar. Whatever you run in your hangar to heat, other than electric, mount a CO alarm to make sure.
  14. Pinecone
    There is a setting for this in the 830 Page 58, Engine Constant https://www.jpinstruments.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/PG-EDM-730_830_851_740-Rev-F-TB2.pdf They show a default setting of 14.9, which is in the ball park for many NA engines. There is also a setting for Horsepower Constant on Page 50. That seems to be for ROP
  15. Pinecone
    I just had the 200-C installed also. I did not do the GPS hook. But first landing was SWEET.
  16. Pinecone
    Traditional wheel weights are hardened with antimony and a tiny bit of tin. The stick on ones used with alloy wheels are pretty much pure lead. And then to totally screw you up, the make zinc clip on weights. They are larger for the same weight. Luckily zinc melts at a higher temperature and is less dense. So if you control your temperature to stay below the zinc melting point, the zinc ones float to the top where you can scoop them off. Along with the steel clips. If you screw up and melt a zinc one in your pot of lead, you will screw it up for most uses.
  17. Pinecone
    That's because fixed wing helmets look cooler. And I have personally stress tested a fixed wing helmet and it did a fine job of protecting my head. And the newer ones have a more shock absorbing liner. As for legacy, the A-10 is same vintage (within a year) of the F-16 and F/A-18, and only the F-22 and F=-35 are newer. And about the same intro date as the M20J.
  18. Pinecone
    Nope. T-37 and T-38 had a normal belt over each shoulder. Attached to buckle in lap belt in center of lap. The A-10 connected to the parachute harness. You shoulder belts were also the parachute risers. Lap belt was a single lap belt. In the AT-38B and A-10A, we had an additional connection to the survival kit, but that only connected you to it.
  19. Pinecone
    Yeah, but Hex chrome is VERY nasty. I recommend supplied air when working around it where could be airborne. FYI, my profession is occupational health and safety.
  20. Pinecone
    The problem is, the weights that are cracking and subject to the SB are not all lead. It seems it is a slug in some other metal outer part. I don't know if the slug is lead or the outer part is lead. With the two metals in contact, you can get galvanic corrosion and when lead corrodes, it expands. And it appears to me, that the expansion of the lead is leading to the cracking.
  21. Pinecone
    If you are into BMWs you will like my play car. 1995 BMW M3 LTW.
  22. Pinecone
    Funny that people worry about the lead in the fuel and then use a product with hexavalent chromium. MUCH more nasty.
  23. Pinecone
    What did you race? I ran Spec Racer Ford in the 2000s. I need to get the car upgraded to Gen 3 specs. SCCA requires belts to be changed every 5 years.
  24. Pinecone
    Yes, At or Below you aborted. MSing while "working"
  25. Pinecone
    It seems that 13.7 is the number for most turbo engines. If you want to be a bit more precise, I have seen it stated as 13.75 There is a place in the JPI 830 to set this.
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