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Gee, Bill, I actually remember your inadvertent post about a belt
failure. (intended as a private post). I was also aware of a statement from someone that belt failures were because of the type of belt being used in the beginning and the fact that there was not enough airflow around the PSRU. The inadequately cooled belt would soften and the cog teeth would strip. I believe the belt at that time was a urethane construction which couldn't take the heat as well as belts of other construction. Badwater Bill wrote: On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 21:19:43 -0400, Matt Whiting wrote: Badwater Bill wrote: I may take that thing to Arlington on Wednesday. If you are around, you might see us there. BWB I'm on the east coast so I likely won't run across you any time soon and my RV project will almost certainly be a retirement project with three kids to put through college and the first just two years from starting. Hopefully, but then the auto powered RVs will be very well established and the only question left will be Subaru or Chevy. :-) Matt To tell you all the truth, in 1997 I didn't believe these guys would be able to pull it off (but I didn't know anything about it either and was there to learn). I flew the thing as a test pilot because I like flying strange and different stuff. I did get concerned about all the topics that Corkscrew posted in a rehash of my post when I quit the project. But, over the years, they did fix a lot of stuff and I was proven wrong. The thing does work and it seems to work well. I just got off the phone with Tom Jones 10 minutes ago and they read some of the stuff I just posted this evening. Tom told me that Jess has bent over backward to replace things that may have not even been defective when he thought he might have had a problem. All of the PSRU is all computer cut and/or machined with lasers etc. Jess found that some gear that was out of spec a few years ago and went nuts about it. It turned out that all of the ones he'd sent out were out of this country too. He paid for their returns from all over the world only to find that he really didn't have a problem. But, he replaced them all anyway with gears that were within spec. And, the gear manufacturer who screwed him up didn't pay a nickel of it. He's been very safety conscious about that product and that's my primary concern about any of these homebuilder manufacturers. The belts were a different issue. I actually failed one on the ground once, when I was doing some really radical tests on it. The whole team went ballistic about it and looked into that whole series of belts. It was in 1997 I think. Jess doesn't even use that same type of belt anymore but he did find that there was a defective batch. He replaced everyone of them in the field at his expense although there was never a failure. Tom just told me that to our knowledge, there has NEVER been any failure of the PSRU that Belted Air Power builds and sells. NEVER. That's why it ****es me off to see some **** head like Corky Scott tell you people that I posted there were PSRU failures. That's not just bull **** and a bold face lie, it's libel. I think he's got his head up his ass as usual. Just another sideliner with his head up his ass making big claims about things he knows nothing about. BWB -- Bruce A. Frank, Editor "Ford 3.8/4.2L Engine and V-6 STOL Homebuilt Aircraft Newsletter" | Publishing interesting material| | on all aspects of alternative | | engines and homebuilt aircraft.| *------------------------------**----* \(-o-)/ AIRCRAFT PROJECTS CO. \___/ Manufacturing parts & pieces / \ for homebuilt aircraft, 0 0 TIG welding While trying to find the time to finish mine. |
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No disrespect for you or Big B, Bob. I have read many of your posts
and have much respect for you, but this is .homebuilt. Most readers and posters here ARE WANNABIES and proud of that fact. We do WANNABE better pilots and builders. We do WANNABE more experienced. Both you and Big B were once where most of us are here now. CLUELESS? Everyone on this earth is CLUELESS. No one here knows that one day they might offend the wrong person and have that person actually do track them down and bite their heads off, (only without prior showing any signs or warnings). Not everybody on this earth will beat on their chest and threaten people ahead of time when they are offended. They just might one day see that person at some event and beat the sh*t out of them without warning or explanation. Better yet, they might just track that person down and do the same just because they know that that person deserves it. Calling people names is just not wise. You never know how a person will react, especially people you have only met on the net. Personally calling people names really turns me off. I loose all respect and admiration for the smartest and most experienced people just because they are arrogant and ignorant. The smartest people, and those that think they are smart are clueless themselves. If they were smart, they wouldn't resort to calling names or resort to threat. If they were smart they'd just go ahead and do what they said they'd do and not give any warning. I'm just surprised by the things that come out of the mouths of people who are as old or supposedly as smart as Big B. Aren't you supposed to know better when you're that old? Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone Barnyard BOb - wrote in message Wannabies, the clueless... and worse, abound. Is BWB correct or what? Barnyard BOb - over 50 years of successful flight |
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On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 01:19:14 +0000, Badwater Bill wrote:
That's good because it's better to have Bill's support than to have him against you. For all I know, the OMABP never even knew of Bill's comments, not everyone knows about this group after all, so perhaps no harm was done. But Bill did ask me to find the comment and repost it for all to see. With the help of my anonymous benefactor, I've done as he requested. Corky Scott I asked you to find my quote about the PSRU failing. Since it never did fail, you can't find my quote on that issue. There were a batch of crappy belts produced by some manufacture at the time and that was the only problem I was ever aware of concerning that PSRU. Jess found out what batch numbers those were and avoided them or alerted anyone he ever sold one to about the belt. In fact I seem to recal that he sent them exchange belts free of charge he was so worried about it at the time. But, there was NEVER a PSRU failure. And some of these experimentals using Jess's PSRU have crashed over the years. But none of the crashes were do to any PSRU failure. If the prop stops turning, does it matter that it was only a belt failure and not a failure of some other part of the PSRU? The belt is an integral part of the PSRU, not some optional add-on. I think Corky did exactly what you asked him too. -- Kevin Horton RV-8 (finishing kit) Ottawa, Canada http://go.phpwebhosting.com/~khorton/rv8/ e-mail: khorton02(_at_)rogers(_dot_)com |
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Let me clarify. There are STUDENTS.... and then there are the wannabies, the clueless, etcetera. STUDENTS_ learn_ and_ progress. The rest of the crop are mostly stuck in transmit mode. The posts tell the story.... At least to some of us that are paying attention. Barnyard BOb - The more people I meet, the more I love my dog and George Carlin humor. Although I hate to pat Bourbon on the back, he's right. There are students who progress and do things. Bryan is one who does. But Bryan is rare on this group. Bryan is not a sideliner. He's not someone who watches this game from the pits. He's an actor. He's a player. He's in the football field, not cheering on the lines. That gives him a big difference in his perspective. He's done a lot in his short lifetime. I'm proud of him and his accomplishments. And, he is something I will never be, that I admire, he's humble. But Bryan I have to tell you something. As you get older, you do know better, you just get tired of taking **** from idiots. You'll see my young man. You'll see. Look at this idiot who accuses me of saying that Jess's PSRU's failed. How simple minded could you be? The guy libeled himself. He opened himself up to a law suit if he caused me damages. What if I made my money test-flying homebuilts for developers of things like Jess developed and this idiot said this in a public forum and cost me a few future jobs? There would be real damages because of his loose lips and misinterpretations. I'd have to sue him. So, instead of suing him, I just belittle him for being stupid here in the same public forum. If he had his brain screwed on right IMHO, he'd apologize. But, he's too full of himself for that. The reality of it is that he screwed up. He owed me an apology and if he cost me money, he'd owe me that money that he cost me. That's what the law suit system is all about...recovery. However, since he didn't cost me anything, I won't sue him. Because I won't sue him, he's got a "Get out of Jail Free" card and he can continue to shoot off his ignorant mouth. The only recourse I have is to play with him a bit and point out how really profoundly stupid he is by doing what he did. I think as you get older you learn to call people's bluff like this more and when you do, you get your pound of flesh for them screwing with you. It's a lot simpler than using the legal system, and it's a lot less damaging. Yeah, the guy might kick my ass someday, so what? I've had my ass kicked before. But, I might surprise him and it could go the other way too. I doubt that anything like that would ever happen, hell, the guy is a librarian. Does that sound like a street fighter? BWB |
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But we're just not going to use the same PC yardstick for old-school guys like these who are hanging around here for free, trying to give you a different perspective on flying and building. If it's too salty, why don't you head on over to: rec.domestic.teaparty and I'm sure they will moderate out any offensive historical truths about trading tea for opium, so your polite tea-sipping won't be disturbed. Sorry Bryan, but I'm not just going to sit here and watch you lecture the instructor on his choice of language. If you don't like it, don't take his class. We like you Bryan buddy, but changing people is usually not possible. pacplyer - out BBWWAWAAHHHAHHAHAAAAA Pac, you crack me up. Only another brother with a lot of flying-time can see through the bull ****. Isn't it interesting how clear all this is to us, but how few will understand anything you had to say above. And Bourbon? Hell, he sees all this too. He's been yanking a stick since we were ****ting in our diapers. It's infinitely clear to him too even though he's a cranky old **** and he ****es me off most of the time too. In Bryan's case, he'll understand your message. But, most won't. He's done quit a bit that's transparent to the ng. He's one of us, he's just a younger version, so he puts his head on a chopping block so we can pick on him. Also, he's oriental, and as you know since you are married to an oriental, they have manners far beyond anything that we will ever have six lifetimes from now. I think most of what Bryan is saying is related to his Asian culture of being mannerly. He came from a culture where if you weren't mannerly they simply cut your head off. Have a nice day. BWB |
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