How many things can you do wrong at once?

[230RN]

^ I changed my post.  Sounded too rough.  I imagine you could in fact take any old engine and stick it it in an experimental plane, but those Subie Boxer engines seem to be favored.

I was just responding to this:

You mean some planes have horizontally opposed piston engines?  That is correct, but I don't think Subaru makes any of them.

Talk about thread drift...

Terry

ETA Amusing side note. The mean free path of APS posts seems to be very short  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jYabtziQZo&feature=youtu.be

(And I'm not denying guilt in that respect.)

[BobR]

I'm wondering what "sustained high rpm/ WOT operation " in my above long quote means.  What's WOT?

Wide Open Throttle



bob

[Fly320s]

I'm wondering what "sustained high rpm/ WOT operation " in my above long quote means.  What's WOT?

War on Terror.  Subie engines are used extensively in drones and ICBMs.

[HeroHog]

WFO - Racing term for "Wound Flat Out" or "Wide Friggin Open"

 

[bedlamite]

http://www.fjr1300.info/events/
http://www.westernfieldornithologists.org/
http://www.wfo.org/
http://www.wfoi.org/

[French G.]

Subie  engines probably fine WOT in aircraft, constant RPM that is prop limited provided the prop stays there. The motors were tried for short track race applications and found wanting, 10-11K is common and they scatter parts. The common solution these days is a inline 4, usually Chevy derivative but all aftermarket.

[Hawkmoon]

Getting back to the original topic, several of the articles I read indicated (and the location where she was found confirms) that when she left her husband and kid to go for help, she walked SOUTH. The ONLY thing south from where they were is the Grand canyon, and (if she could find it) the North Rim ranger station, hotel, and shop. All of which are closed until April or May. The only possibility of help would have been to head NORTH and find US 89A, the highway that runs across that part of AZ. Heading south defies logic.

Did they really not know the North Rim closes for the Winter?

[RoadKingLarry]

Getting back to the original topic, several of the articles I read indicated (and the location where she was found confirms) that when she left her husband and kid to go for help, she walked SOUTH. The ONLY thing south from where they were is the Grand canyon, and (if she could find it) the North Rim ranger station, hotel, and shop. All of which are closed until April or May. The only possibility of help would have been to head NORTH and find US 89A, the highway that runs across that part of AZ. Heading south defies logic.

Did they really not know the North Rim closes for the Winter?

Well, of course it's closed for regular people....

[Scout26]

I'm wondering what "sustained high rpm/ WOT operation " in my above long quote means.  What's WOT?

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World of Tanks ??


(Actually Wide Open Throttle)

[230RN]

BOE (Borne Of Experience) microhint:  IF you pack a glass 8 oz water bottle in summer for quick drinks while driving, don't forget it come winter.

It doesn't scatter glass all over the place, but it's still a PITA (Pain In The A**) when it freezes and breaks.  BOE, recent E.  Like last week.

[Hawkmoon]

Worse is when you unload the groceries at night, in the dark, and you overlook the 2-liter bottle of diet cola that rolled out of the bag.

And the temperature goes down to 20 degrees that night ...

[HeroHog]

Where we live, ya gotta remember to take all the soda/beer into the house as soon as you get home from the store during the summer or you will have a wet, sticky mess to deal with.

[230RN]

Worse is when you unload the groceries at night, in the dark, and you overlook the 2-liter bottle of diet cola that rolled out of the bag.

And the temperature goes down to 20 degrees that night ...

Nah.

Worse is when you unload the groceries at night, in the dark, and you overlook the package of frozen ground turkey that rolled out of the bag.

And the temperature goes up to 80 degrees that week ...

And you don't realize it until the package pops open three days later, suddenly releasing five cubic feet of that gawdawful stench.

http://www.honeysucklewhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/CT_ProductImage_1024x570_HSW_Frozen_Chub_Ground85_50091.png

Terry

Note:  This was not the actual brand involved.

[Fly320s]

Worse is when you unload the groceries at night, in the dark, and you overlook the 2-liter bottle of diet cola that rolled out of the bag.

And the temperature goes down to 20 degrees that night ...

Had a FO do something similar in the cockpit.  He put a can of Coke on the aluminum window rail to keep the Coke cold.  The window rail gets very cold in flight.  The FO forgot about the can, it froze, and popped open about 4am on a redeye flight.  Scared the crap out of me and covered everything in Coke.

[Perd Hapley]

Had a FO do something similar in the cockpit.  He put a can of Coke on the aluminum window rail to keep the Coke cold.  The window rail gets very cold in flight.  The FO forgot about the can, it froze, and popped open about 4am on a redeye flight.  Scared the crap out of me and covered everything in Coke.

I have two questions for you.

1. Was there any reaction to that outside the cockpit?

2. Have you dared him to put his tongue on the rail?

[Ben]

I have two questions for you.

1. Was there any reaction to that outside the cockpit?

2. Have you dared him to put his tongue on the rail?

I'm sure you meant "triple dog dare".

 

[Fly320s]

I have two questions for you.

1. Was there any reaction to that outside the cockpit?

2. Have you dared him to put his tongue on the rail?

One answer to both questions: no.

[HeroHog]

Nah.

Worse is when you unload the groceries at night, in the dark, and you overlook the package of frozen ground turkey that rolled out of the bag.

And the temperature goes up to 80 degrees that week ...

And you don't realize it until the package pops open three days later, suddenly releasing five cubic feet of that gawdawful stench.

http://www.honeysucklewhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/CT_ProductImage_1024x570_HSW_Frozen_Chub_Ground85_50091.png

Terry

Note:  This was not the actual brand involved.

Twice now the wife has had a package of cheese fall out of a grocery bag, wind up under a seat and stay in the car for several days or longer...

[bedlamite]

Twice now the wife has had a package of cheese fall out of a grocery bag, wind up under a seat and stay in the car for several days or longer...

Once more is enemy action ...

[HeroHog]

She just reminded me of the cantaloupe that was hidden under the seat long enough to require VERY ginger removal...

You see, she unloads the groceries and then hands them up to me on the back door stair landing and I bring them into the kitchen. She is tired from work then shopping and is in a hurry to get done and rest and overlooks these things every now and then...

[Fly320s]

Tie the bags closed when putting them in the car.

[Scout26]

I use plastic Mail totes to haul groceries...



Although mine are red, and say "AIRBORNE EXPRESS" on the side.

[Ben]

I use one of these to haul groceries:

[Scout26]

I use one of these to haul groceries:

I've got two 16 year old's to haul the totes...   

[Fly320s]

I've got two 16 year old's to haul the totes...   

Yeah, but you have to feed them.