dwskjerven@aol.com
Subject: Dragonman's Military Museum
Has anyone been to see this? It looks
amazing! David W. Skjerven
Holy Cow!
This is one die hard
collector, and quite a character. He has another video that follows this
one, which is a tour of his house.
This museum is unbelievable.
Huge. Amazing. Take a break from the grim
DC news and take a look at this.
Here is a video of a private military
museum in Colorado Springs, CO. that is just amazing. Everything
in there is completely functional. Pretty crazy! The guy must
be independently wealthy to afford all this.
HTTPS://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9hUl5Fz1jOg
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From: b@aol.com
Subject: UNITED 328 (Video)
When you 1st open up the following, the 1st thing you will see is a
Golf Instruction Video which you can skip and go straight to the United 328
part of the Video. Or, you can watch the Golf sales pitch and the United video
will automatically follow - your choice. Bob
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Wler87pwY
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Tony P apapandrea@cfl.rr.com
Life is Good
In God We Trust
Why Round Motors Rule
Just for you Tony!!--Bear
For those with the
experience of flying a plane with R-3350 engines, you will particularly enjoy
this.
Starting, take off and
flying with the wonderful radial-powered aircraft (an AD-6)
Radial Starting (R-3350 engine
on an AD-6)
Be sure you drain both the
sumps. (You can fill your Zippo lighter while you do this)
Look out the left side of the
oily cockpit canopy and notice a very nervous person holding a huge fire
bottle. Nod to this person.
1. Crack throttle about one-quarter of an inch.
2. Battery on
3. Mags on
4. Fuel boost on
5. Hit starter button (The four bladed 13’ 6” prop will start a
slow turn)
6. Begin to bounce your finger on top of the primer button.
a. This act requires finesse and style. It is much like a ballet
performance. The engine must be seduced and caressed into starting.
7. Act one will begin: Belching, banging, rattling, backfiring,
spluttering, flame and black smoke from the exhaust shooting out about three
feet. (Fire bottle person is very pale and has the nozzle at the ready
position)
8. When the engine begins to “catch” on the primer, move the
mixture to full rich. The flames from the exhaust will stop and white smoke
will come out. (Fire bottle guy relaxes a bit). You will hear a wonderful
throaty roar that is like music to the ears.
a. Enjoy the macho smell of engine oil, hydraulic fluid and pilot
sweat.
9. Immediately check the oil pressure and hydraulic gages
10. he entire
aircraft is now shaking and shuddering from the torque of the engine and RPM of
prop.
a. The engine is an 18 cylinder R-3350 that develops 2,700 HP.
11. Close cowl
flaps to warm up the engine for taxi.
12.
Once you glance around at about 300 levers,
gauges and gadgets, call the tower to taxi to the duty runway.
Take off in the AD-6
1. Check both magnetos
2. Exercise the prop pitch
3. Cowl
flaps open.
4. Check oil temp and pressure.
5. Crank 1.5 degrees right rudder trim to help your right leg
with the torque on takeoff.
6. Tell
the tower you are ready for the duty runway.
7. Line
the bird up and lock the tail wheel for sure.
8. Add
power slowly because the plane (with the torque of the monster prop and engine
power definitely wants to go left)
9. NEVER add full power suddenly! There is not enough rudder
in the entire world to hold it straight.
10. Add more power and shove in
right rudder till your leg begins to tremble.
11. Expect banging, belching
and an occasional manly fart as you roar down the runway at full power.
12. Lift the tail when it
“feels right” and pull back gently on the stick to get off the ground.
13. Gear up if you remember
14. Adjust the throttle for
climb setting
15. Ease the prop back to climb
RPM
16. Close cowl flaps and keep
an eye on the cylinder head temp.
17. Adjust the power as needed
as you climb higher or turn on the supercharger.
Flying with the round engine.
1. Once you reach altitude, which isn’t very high (about 8000 feet)
you reduce the throttle and prop to cruise settings. See #13 above
2. The next fun thing is to pull back the mixture control until the
engine just about quits, then ease it forward a bit and this is best mixture.
3 While cruising the engine sounds like it might blow or quit at
any time. This keeps you occupied scanning engine gauges for the least hint of
trouble.
4 Moving various levers around to coax a more consistent sound
from the engine concentrates the mind wonderfully
5. At night or over water a radial engine makes noises you
have never heard before. And the airplane doesn't know it is
nightime.
6. Looking out of the front of the cockpit the clouds are beautiful
because they are slightly blurred from the oil on the cockpit canopy.
7. Seeing lightning in the clouds ahead increases the pucker factor
by about 10.
a. You can’t fly high enough to get over them and if you try and
get under the clouds----you will die in turbulence.
b. You tie down everything in the cockpit that isn’t already secured,
get a good grip on the stick, turn on the deicers, tighten and lock your
shoulder straps and hang on.
c. You then have a ride to exceed any “terror” ride in
any amusement park ever built. You discover the plane can actually fly sidewise
while inverted.
8.Once through the weather, you call ATC and in a calm deep voice
advise them that there is slight turbulence on your route.
9. You then scan your aircraft to see if all the major parts are
still attached. This includes any popped rivets.
10. Do the controls still
work? Are the gauges and levers still in proper limits?
11. These being done you fumble for the relief tube, because you
desperately need it. (Be careful with your lower flight suit zipper)
The jet engine and aircraft
Start a jet
1. Fuel boost on.
2. Hit the start button
3. When the TPT starts to move ease the throttle forward.
4. The fire bottle person is standing at the back of the
plane and has no idea what is going on.
5. The engine lights off---and---
6. That’s about it.
Take off in the jet
1. Lower flaps
2. Tell the tower you are ready for takeoff.
3. Roll on to the duty runway while adding 100% power.
4. Tricycle gear---no tail to drag---no torque to contend with.
5. At some exact airspeed you lift off the runway.
6. Gear up
7. Milk up the flaps and fly.
8. Leave the power at 100%
Flying the jet
1. Climb at 100%
2. Cruise at 100%
3. It is silent in the plane.
4. You can’t see clouds because you are so far above them.
5. You look down and see lighting in some clouds below and pity
some poor fool that may have to fly through that mess.
6. The jet plane is air conditioned!! Round engines
are definitely not. If you fly in tropical areas, this cannot be
stressed enough.
7. There is not much to do in a jet, so you eat your flight lunch
at your leisure.
8. Few gauges to look at and no levers to adjust. This leaves you
doodling on your knee board.
9. Some call girl friends on their cell phones: “Guess where I am,
etc”
Observed differences in round
engines and jets
1. To be a real pilot you have to fly a tail dragger for an
absolute minimum of 500 hours.
2. Large round engines smell of gasoline (115/145), rich oil,
hydraulic fluid, man sweat and are not air-conditioned.
3. Engine failure to the jet pilot means something is wrong with
his air conditioner.
4. When you take off in a jet there is no noise in the cockpit.
(This does not create a macho feeling of doing something manly)
5. Landing a jet just requires a certain airspeed and altitude---at
which you cut the power and drop like a rock to the runway. Landing a round
engine tail dragger requires finesse, prayer, body English, pumping of rudder
pedals and a lot of nerve.
6. After landing, a jet just goes straight down the runway.
7. A radial tail dragger is like a wild mustang---it might decide
to go anywhere. Gusting winds help this behavior a lot.
8 You cannot fill your Zippo lighter with jet fuel.
9. Starting a jet is like turning on a light switch---a little
click and it is on.
10. Starting a round
engine is an artistic endeavor requiring prayer (holy curse words) and
sometimes meditation.
11. Jet engines don’t
break, spill oil or catch on fire very often which leads to boredom and
complacency.
12. The round engine may
blow an oil seal ring, burst into flame, splutter for no apparent reason or
just quit This results in heightened pilot awareness at all times.
13. Jets smell like
a kerosene lantern at a scout camp out.
14. Round engines smell like God intended engines to smell and the
tail dragger is the way God intended for man to fly
Pass this on to real pilots.
"Round Motors Rule"
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