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Thankx fer da Histoey lesson . Now o gotta go look up mushroom rivets Thankx

People are amzing. But, on the other hand, not so much.

@@PatriotCanadian they are domed rivets never heard them called mushroom rivets before

Dont send him a message on Telegram. Its a scam-bot.

That sounds very sensible as the ASI must be a delicate instrument

What do you mean efficient? You mean impractical and unable to stay in the air without sun or winds for lift. Ha ha. I think you confuse efficiency with glide ratio and low drag. Yes they generally have better glide ratio and lower drag than powered planes. However there are powered planes that are very efficient, think of them as powered gliders. However an engine sticking out, higher aircraft weight causes loss of efficiency. Back to first 2 sentences above. You can't take 250 people from New York to Paris in 7 hours in a glider. Definition of efficient is vauge. Do you want to go to war in a F-22 or a glider.

and tape a piece of Yarn to the canopy windshield. very important yaw indicator.

Lol i thought the same thing, that glider has infinite efficiency based on his definition lol.

They are efficient, but they are for sports, not practicallity. That's what touring motor gliders are for. And it is true, that you can make a powered aircraft more efficient by adding well proven things from gliders.

Invest in goo gone.. We used it at a recertification facility i worked at and its amazing.. Done deal..

Using nail polish remover along the peel back works better than a heat gun.

@@2muchcowgirl155 Wouldn't that remove the paint also?

Yep.

@@johnnunn8688 you can use regular ole gasoline if the paint is an issue.

Considering how fast a lancair cruise it, it make sense the prop has a high pitch angle. A fixed pitch climb prop may lose a lot of cruise performance comparing to how much a cessna may lose with a climb prop...

@@shiroyukiwang1252 He can always adjust it back to what it was once he smokes all the competition! Lol

The prop blade angle is not constant. They are variable pitch props, with pitch adjusted in flight, as is throttle, to give a combination of RPM and Boost Pressure. Fixed pitch props are more usually used in initial trainer aircraft.

@@alantorrance6153 It's a fixed pitch or ground-adjustable prop. No prop lever.

How does your son film without continuously laughing at you?

So how would he keep the water out of them?

@@twistedyogert He probably just needs to remove and waterproof all the connecting hardware.

@@twistedyogert small vent holes in the right places, low points. Must have small vent holes to prevent the air trapped inside from expanding at altitude and they blow up from internal pressure. My Glasair has similar ailerons with small vent holes, not sure how he gets a quart or more water inside.

i think i heard jimmy say they have some magical GPS thing called ACAS/TCAS

Haha that gear flap down will easily negate any gap sealing advantages... Hope you fixed that before ripping off all the mylar :)

Probably because it's so light. I don't know what Cameron is made of but it looks like some kind of composite.

@@twistedyogert Honeycomb prepeg

If you outland on a very hot day, and no one is right by you, how do you remove the tape to be able to open the canopy? Sounds like a miserable exit from this mortal coil to me.

You cheeky bastard!

Nah, it is the toilet overflow tank!

Flutter from unbalanced control surfaces is certainly an issue with faster homebuilts, and while it's not good to have water in control surfaces throwing off balance, I doubt it would contribute to flutter unless the entire thing was completely filled. Sloshing water would act as a fluid damper and if anything, it would have the opposite effect. The mass of a surface has to be elastic in order to experience aeroelasticity, so that means the weight needs to be relatively stiff and at least fixed to the surface.

@@Skinflaps_Meatslapper once it freezes at altitude it is not a damper. Especially far behind the hinge line.

Cubic dollars as they say. I wish you all the best in the pursuit of speed good sir!

What car

@@jonasbaine3538 1988 Porsche 928 S4

Seal the cab. If there's any air movement inside, that means somewhere in the body there's a gap catching air. T-6's at Reno can see several mph gains by making sure the canopy and whatnot is sealed up, and they're flying in roughly the same speed regime. Unless you're power limited, it's all aero at this point.

@Skinflaps_Meatslapper I'm on it already. The car has a aerodynamic skid on the bottom of it. I removed the mirrors and taped all the gaps in the body. The car is pretty well sealed from the factory. Something my wife just can't seem to remember. In winter she has to pull on the door pretty hard to get it closed. During summer, if I have any window or the sunroof open even a tiny crack she SLAMS the door soooooo hard.... I had it on the freeway once at sunrise with the whole road to myself coming down out of the hills on I-5 descending down onto the valley floor..... I slowly pushed the pedal down and let the car accelerate all the way to 160 mph before I got nervous. I took my foot off the gas and was amazed at how long the car was taking to slow down. I had turned off the a/c and it was a little warm in the car so I decided to crack open the sunroof and the pressure dropped and my ears felt it instantaneously. And the car started to slow down like I threw an anchor and chain out the back as I lowered both door windows. I have to say though, that car sucks down to the road like crazy at those speeds. I'd like to try a hill climb event. With the handling and the horsepower, climbing a hill would be a great way to race that car.

You will notice Jimmy greased it ( them) up on reinstalling the wheel. Also what a crappy design on the brakes that the piston popped out. No rubber piston dust seal like on a car disc brake calliper.

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If he doesn’t watch out one day he’ll have real ones I’m afraid. I have him on a prayer chain.😂😂😁

That added weight and complexity and high insurance (consideration for gear up landings) is the reason so many General Aviation aircraft owners stick to fixed gear aircraft. 😙