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Any aviation guys out there, You might like this |
porsche-tom |
Aug 27 2016, 04:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 140 Joined: 7-March 13 From: jensen beach fl Member No.: 15,626 Region Association: None |
The spider is real a red back spider a guy in Australia collects them and makes shift knobs . Customredback.com .he might take requests
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Tom_T |
Aug 27 2016, 04:08 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
I've been collecting WWII bomber gauges for my project.... Rob - that would be cool to mount something from a B-24 in your Dad's car! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) You could probably modify an old 914 ashtray with a VDO 2 Gauge Mount over where the dash buffer piece goes onto the ashtray for an easily put back to stock mount for 1-2 gauges from the B24 like your Dad flew. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
Vysoc |
Aug 27 2016, 04:17 PM
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Vysoc Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 27-August 09 From: Young Harris, Georgia Member No.: 10,737 Region Association: South East States |
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mb911 |
Aug 27 2016, 04:46 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,812 Joined: 2-January 09 From: Burlington wi Member No.: 9,892 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Very cool.. I remember a 66 912 my dad once had that came with a altimeter .. It was factory installed.
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EdwardBlume |
Aug 27 2016, 04:50 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California |
I've been collecting WWII bomber gauges for my project.... Rob - that would be cool to mount something from a B-24 in your Dad's car! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) You could probably modify an old 914 ashtray with a VDO 2 Gauge Mount over where the dash buffer piece goes onto the ashtray for an easily put back to stock mount for 1-2 gauges from the B24 like your Dad flew. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// Exactly. It would be great to find a yoke as well.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) |
oakdalecurtis |
Aug 27 2016, 04:51 PM
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Oakdalecurtis Group: Members Posts: 1,323 Joined: 5-June 15 From: Oakdale, Ca Member No.: 18,802 Region Association: Central California |
A little off the path, but Stoli Russian Vodka used to campaign a pair of MIG jets painted in Stoli Red for advertising. When we saw the two Stoli MIGS at the Reno Air Races years ago, the two jets looked sharp from a distance. But if you got up close and looked down along the fuselage, their metal body panels looked like they were hammered out individually on an anvil with a sledge hammer. (Maybe they were). The MIG body panels were so bumpy from one to the next that it made our USA jets look like they were machined out of a single billet of steel. I think Ivan's strategy has always been quantity over quality. But I guess the bumps helped the airflow over the MIGS, as they flew beautifully!
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Tom_T |
Aug 27 2016, 05:12 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
Very cool.. I remember a 66 912 my dad once had that came with a altimeter .. It was factory installed. That probably came in handy to re-jet the carbs if you lived or went to high altitude mountain areas often! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
Tom_T |
Aug 27 2016, 05:21 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
A little off the path, but Stoli Russian Vodka used to campaign a pair of MIG jets painted in Stoli Red for advertising. When we saw the two Stoli MIGS at the Reno Air Races years ago, the two jets looked sharp from a distance. But if you got up close and looked down along the fuselage, their metal body panels looked like they were hammered out individually on an anvil with a sledge hammer. (Maybe they were). The MIG body panels were so bumpy from one to the next that it made our USA jets look like they were machined out of a single billet of steel. I think Ivan's strategy has always been quantity over quality. But I guess the bumps helped the airflow over the MIGS, as they flew beautifully! Actually Curtis, from what an old Korean War F-86 pilot I knew had said (now deceased), it was that lesser build quality wrinkled skin that gave our slicker aerodynamically F-86 Sabre Jets an edge over those MIG-15s - as well as the use of the full unit stabilators (replaced the earlier fixed horizontal stabilizers with elevators) on the later F-86s resolving the dive & high speed maneuverability problem. Yes, they were more crudely semi-hand made aircraft, at lower cost than any of ours of that era. I think that the actor Michael Dorn who played Worf on Startrek TNG has/had a later MIG (17 or a trainer IIRC) which he flew, & was at some of the Miramar NAS/MCAS air shows with it back in the 90's. Cool Pic! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
oakdalecurtis |
Aug 28 2016, 09:13 PM
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Oakdalecurtis Group: Members Posts: 1,323 Joined: 5-June 15 From: Oakdale, Ca Member No.: 18,802 Region Association: Central California |
A little off the path, but Stoli Russian Vodka used to campaign a pair of MIG jets painted in Stoli Red for advertising. When we saw the two Stoli MIGS at the Reno Air Races years ago, the two jets looked sharp from a distance. But if you got up close and looked down along the fuselage, their metal body panels looked like they were hammered out individually on an anvil with a sledge hammer. (Maybe they were). The MIG body panels were so bumpy from one to the next that it made our USA jets look like they were machined out of a single billet of steel. I think Ivan's strategy has always been quantity over quality. But I guess the bumps helped the airflow over the MIGS, as they flew beautifully! Actually Curtis, from what an old Korean War F-86 pilot I knew had said (now deceased), it was that lesser build quality wrinkled skin that gave our slicker aerodynamically F-86 Sabre Jets an edge over those MIG-15s - as well as the use of the full unit stabilators (replaced the earlier fixed horizontal stabilizers with elevators) on the later F-86s resolving the dive & high speed maneuverability problem. Yes, they were more crudely semi-hand made aircraft, at lower cost than any of ours of that era. I think that the actor Michael Dorn who played Worf on Startrek TNG has/had a later MIG (17 or a trainer IIRC) which he flew, & was at some of the Miramar NAS/MCAS air shows with it back in the 90's. Cool Pic! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// Hi Tom, I agree, but the wrinkled skin might act like dimples on a golf ball, but not compared to our slick hardware. I think you could buy used Russian MIGs for very cheap, the cost was to maintain and fly them. |
Elliot Cannon |
Aug 28 2016, 10:01 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None |
Last year I saw a 747 clock on ebay. It came from N502UP. I thought it looked familiar so I checked back in my log book and I had flown that very airplane. Like a dummy I didn't buy it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I've seen the MIG clocks sometimes on ebay as well. UPS eh? Must have been nice flying cargo instead of passengers. A package can't complain when you drop on to the runway (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Uuuumm. Drop WHAT on the runway?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
Elliot Cannon |
Aug 28 2016, 10:04 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None |
An interesting thing about the MIG. You can see a broad white stripe painted on the instrument panel. If the airplane went into a spin, you were to place the control stick over that stripe. And hope for the best. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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Tom_T |
Aug 29 2016, 01:50 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
I think you could buy used Russian MIGs for very cheap, the cost was to maintain and fly them. Well not for the Russians, Chinese & other "Red" countries - they probably still have warehouses full of parts over there, & they were made "rough & ready" to be maintained & repaired on dirt strips with minimal facilities. Kinda like the AK47 of the air - not so pretty but works most of the time & cheap/easy to repair - compared to our higher tech & tighter tolerances stuff. Geez, their "lesser allies" were still flying them at the time of the break-up! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
oakdalecurtis |
Aug 29 2016, 01:56 PM
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Oakdalecurtis Group: Members Posts: 1,323 Joined: 5-June 15 From: Oakdale, Ca Member No.: 18,802 Region Association: Central California |
I think you could buy used Russian MIGs for very cheap, the cost was to maintain and fly them. Well not for the Russians, Chinese & other "Red" countries - they probably still have warehouses full of parts over there, & they were made "rough & ready" to be maintained & repaired on dirt strips with minimal facilities. Kinda like the AK47 of the air - not so pretty but works most of the time & cheap/easy to repair - compared to our higher tech & tighter tolerances stuff. Geez, their "lesser allies" were still flying them at the time of the break-up! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// Hey Tom, isn't part of Ivan's strategy always been quantity over quality, whether it's men or machines? |
Tom_T |
Aug 29 2016, 02:18 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
Hey Tom, isn't part of Ivan's strategy always been quantity over quality, whether it's men or machines? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Masses of T34s stopped Hitler's Blitzkrieg on the Steppes - & before that, they just threw millions of people at them! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
Dave_Darling |
Aug 29 2016, 02:30 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,981 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
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