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If that's a high enough speed bridge I bet some people did. My first thought was "oh holy gently caress." Did that pylon suddenly drop or was it gradual? edit: content for ants 
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8ender posted:First thing I thought was wether or not my car could jump that Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not you could that they didn't stop to think if you should.
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Sep 1, 2014 16:49
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kastein posted:One of my least favorite sounds is that of a bolt or socket dropping down through the engine bay, bouncing in a few random directions, and then... not hearing it hit the ground. Edit: A fellow aerospace fastener manufacturer, who shall remain nameless, got in serious trouble for not following a packaging spec. Their box split, and the open-bagged parts (several hundred) tinkled down an up-ended turbine like the world's most expensive windchime. 
InitialDave fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Sep 1, 2014 |
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Sep 1, 2014 18:18
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InitialDave posted:Tools are friends, not FOD! It's beautiful, in a way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wKPTWXD2Z0
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NoWake fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Sep 2, 2014 |
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Sep 1, 2014 18:39
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Seat Safety Switch posted:It's beautiful, in a way. That's right up there with the Japanese earthquake warning chime for things that sound pleasant but actually mean horrible things have happened.
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Sep 1, 2014 19:38
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Less mechanical, more digital: Presumably some kind of diagnostic mode.
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Sep 1, 2014 20:50
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Diesel is the debil!!!
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Sep 1, 2014 20:54
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Javid posted:Less mechanical, more digital: Hope your car takes regular!
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Sep 1, 2014 20:58
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Eh, even the 92 is a good deal for around here. e: fun fact -- the gas right now is, normalized to contemporary purchasing power, the most expensive it's ever been in the USA, including times like the Great Depression and the '70s oil crisis. The cheapest gas in history, again by purchasing power, was in Clinton's second term. Way to go, Dubya. Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 21:22 on Sep 1, 2014 |
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Sep 1, 2014 21:18
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I'm really looking forward to coming to the US to just be able to drive around without giving a poo poo about fuel economy. When you've done low-teens mpg at $8.50 for a US gallon, it still seems stupid-cheap.
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Sep 1, 2014 21:46
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:Hope your car takes regular! It does now.
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InitialDave posted:I'm really looking forward to coming to the US to just be able to drive around without giving a poo poo about fuel economy. When you've done low-teens mpg at $8.50 for a US gallon, it still seems stupid-cheap. My car gets 15-20mpg. Life is expensive right now. To put it into perspective, for the amount of money I'd spent on fuel in the last 6 months, I could have bought, taxed, insured, and fuelled a second (more economical) car for the same number of miles. But where's the fun in that?
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Sep 1, 2014 22:34
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I was about to say something dumb about octane ratings in the US, then I remembered that you measure it differently from how Europe does and that 90 US octane is about equivalent to 95 here. 
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Sep 1, 2014 23:03
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Wasabi the J posted:quoting this for future updates. An ex co-worker of mine once lost a ratchet (I think). He screamed about how he could not trust anyone, someone was stealing his poo poo, etc. a week later, a car he had worked on came in on a flatbed, steering was locked up. Jammed in the steering of that vehicle was the ratchet.
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Sep 1, 2014 23:46
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Platystemon posted:It does now. Remember when "Regular" fuel was actually an important distinction? 
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xzzy posted:Remember when "Regular" fuel was actually an important distinction? Mmm, lead....
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Tactical Bonnet posted:If that's a high enough speed bridge I bet some people did. That's the Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge in Green Bay, WI. Chemical contamination in the soil caused the concrete to basically fail and the sag was indeed sudden. The bridge carries I-43 so it's likely a 55 mph zone there. This happened last fall, repairs are already completed
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xzzy posted:Remember when "Regular" fuel was actually an important distinction? I still say "fill it up with regular" when I go to a full-service gas station, and I haven't gotten leaded gas once!  Kind of like how a manual transmission is still called a "standard" even though, what, at least nine out of ten cars on the road have automatics?
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Someone dropped off their Kia Soul for a flat repair today... Looks like they need a new tire, let's see what's insi.....  Oh dear. Luckily it just glanced off the rim. Then I get home today intending to cut the grass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJS421ooK2g Yeah, not happening today.
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Sep 2, 2014 01:54
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Is that spraying gas into the air filter box? 
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Sep 2, 2014 02:23
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Can you even buy leaded gas anywhere in the U.S.?
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Sep 2, 2014 03:27
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Godholio posted:Is that spraying gas into the air filter box? Yup, that's gas
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Sep 2, 2014 03:32
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QuarkMartial posted:Can you even buy leaded gas anywhere in the U.S.? Race gas.
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Sep 2, 2014 03:37
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Not too sure, but I don't think so. They still sell lead additives though. *e* Normal leaded gas anyways.
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QuarkMartial posted:Can you even buy leaded gas anywhere in the U.S.? Avgas. It ain't cheap.
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Phanatic posted:Avgas. It ain't cheap. Avgas is leaded? gently caress me. It totally is. I can't believe that TEL is still used in anything these days, that's pretty disgusting given the health (and, you know, howling phantod craziness) issues it causes.
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sofullofhate posted:Avgas is leaded? The availability of leaded avgas is decreasing very quickly as demand for it goes down. The compression ratios that aviation engines run at, and the designs of older engines, require TEL; there aren't any good replacements for the purposes of gasoline aviation engines. Lots of new stuff is designed to run on road gas, to decrease operating costs and environmental impact.
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Sep 2, 2014 05:15
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EightBit posted:and the designs of older engines Worth noting that a lot of the airplanes you see out there are old. Like, a lot of the high-wing Cessnas you see around were built in the 1950s and 60s.
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X-posting from the Benz thread, but...Noeland posted:So I may have killed an OM617 tonight. Going down the highway at 65 mph in the 300SD and I start losing power. Thinking "oh great, my ALDA backed out again" so I give it a little more throttle to see if I can maintain power or if I have to stop on the side of the road to readjust the ALDA. No sooner than I push it a little more does the RPM start bleeding down and the temp gauge starts rocketing. Oil gauge still at 3 bar, then the engine is down to 0, then at 1 bar. I coast to the side of the road, pop the hood and hop out. Open it up to see a very shiny black engine compartment. Oil everywhere, I find the source as the oil cooler inlet/oil pump outlet hose. The rubber hose popped out of the steel line crimped connection and had proceeded to happily drain my engine of its much needed engine oil. Can't be too sure, but I'd be willing to bet my rod bearings are toast. Any thoughts?
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Replace the hose and put new oil (edit: and filter, duh) in. Look at the condition of your old oil, consider sending it for testing before starting the engine. If I remember correctly, Blackstone knows what rod bearing material looks like and will tell you on their report. Start the engine and see how it runs?
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Sep 2, 2014 06:58
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Expect it to take 2-3 weeks for results, I just had a sample done.
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Regardless of OM617 engine status, I'm tire of daily driving a beater Benz. Since I now make more than $9/hr I've finally got a good enough reason to buy an E46. If blackstone results come back in the clear, I will also have that winter project I've been looking for.
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If the results come back and it's bad news, please continue to run the engine anyway so as to provide appropriate content for this thread.
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EightBit posted:The availability of leaded avgas is decreasing very quickly as demand for it goes down. The compression ratios that aviation engines run at, and the designs of older engines, require TEL; there aren't any good replacements for the purposes of gasoline aviation engines. Lots of new stuff is designed to run on road gas, to decrease operating costs and environmental impact. 100LL has a really odd market. Basically, only about 30% of the AVGAS-burning fleet requires a 100 octane fuel, whereas the other 70% of the fleet would be fine running on ethanol free 93 octane or something similar. (Most GA piston engines were/are certified to run on 80/87 leaded (dyed red) AVGAS. They burn 100LL because it's easily available.) Problem is, that third of the fleet that NEEDS 100LL, is 70% of the annual 100LL consumption. Many older radials are already running at reduced power settings in order to even be able to run on 100LL (originally certified with 115/145 leaded,) and the unleaded 100+ octane replacement fuels are generally hilariously expensive, often costing double 100LL, per gallon. Mogas in the states is a non-starter nowadays, because of the chance of ethanol contamination (gently caress big-corn,) means that a single mistaken fill-up can ruin your entire fuel system, possibly including your fuel bladders and/or tank sealant. Cornfuel killed mogas STCs dead. Most of the rest of the world doesn't even have AVGAS available, since GA isn't nearly as prevalent elsewhere, which means that it's mostly a uniquely US-centric problem, which also limits the market, and therefore the R&D capital available to replace 100LL. It sucks. 
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Sagebrush posted:Worth noting that a lot of the airplanes you see out there are old. Like, a lot of the high-wing Cessnas you see around were built in the 1950s and 60s. And there's a conservatism in airplane engine designs for obvious reasons. It might take only a few % of rated output to keep a car cruising on the highway for hours, the same isn't true of something that needs to stay airborne.
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MrYenko posted:100LL has a really odd market. Basically, only about 30% of the AVGAS-burning fleet requires a 100 octane fuel, whereas the other 70% of the fleet would be fine running on ethanol free 93 octane or something similar. (Most GA piston engines were/are certified to run on 80/87 leaded (dyed red) AVGAS. They burn 100LL because it's easily available.) We have easily obtained avgas here in NZ. My boss would use it in his old v8 holden; the majority of prop aircraft at the local airfield run on it.
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Slavvy posted:We have easily obtained avgas here in NZ. My boss would use it in his old v8 holden; the majority of prop aircraft at the local airfield run on it. I was perhaps a bit cynical in saying most of the world. First-world countries tend to have distribution networks for it, but in quite a few places where you desperately need aviation access, it's not available. (Read: most of Africa and the impoverished and remote parts of South America.) It's also more expensive than Jet-A, nearly everywhere.
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Isn't there a push for modern diesels to replace the ubiquitous Lycomings and Continentals that require 100LL?
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A Melted Tarp posted:Isn't there a push for modern diesels to replace the ubiquitous Lycomings and Continentals that require 100LL? There's a few, yes. Some of them are quite promising, in fact. The important thing to take away though, is that a majority of the ubiquitous flat four aircraft engines don't require 100LL in the first place, there just isn't another option.
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