Island Of Misfits

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

corsair

Needs more prop blades!

Merry Satyrday ya'll! 57F @ 95% RH, rain with 10 mph winds and predicted to reach 65F with good air quality here in River City.

It has finally come to pass that even the Oregon Beavers are getting pissed and protesting. One chewed down a tree, which hit a power line and started a brush fire, that fortunately was contained before it turned into a forest fire.

Progress on my article, but less chasing balls in the park, as Miss Layla strained her left front paw Wednesday at Fernhill and it seems to be haunting her.

Lots of rain to day and for the next few, which we sorely needed. Any un-watered grass is dead and trees are starting to burn along the leaf edges.

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Needs more prop blades!

Merry Satyrday ya'll! 57F @ 95% RH, rain with 10 mph winds and predicted to reach 65F with good air quality here in River City.

It has finally come to pass that even the Oregon Beavers are getting pissed and protesting. One chewed down a tree, which hit a power line and started a brush fire, that fortunately was contained before it turned into a forest fire.

Progress on my article, but less chasing balls in the park, as Miss Layla strained her left front paw Wednesday at Fernhill and it seems to be haunting her.

Lots of rain to day and for the next few, which we sorely needed. Any un-watered grass is dead and trees are starting to burn along the leaf edges.

Hoping the God of Rain pours on your head

 

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

Hoping the God of Rain pours on your head

Timing is excellent for a successful rain dance!

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Needs More Cowbell

 

[ROSTERMAN]

 

[Unca Walt]

HellCat <-- My Momma made Hellcats at Grumman Airplane Store.

These are Hellcats

Was the Corsair F4U designed for Carrier use ? Foldable wings correct

Yes and Yes.

It turned out that while the Corsair F4U was a super-bitchin' aircraft that blew everything Jap outa the skies, it was horrible for carrier use.

When the pilot is on short final near the carrier, the Corsair is very near stall speed. This in itself sorta sucked, but it was compounded by the huge torque of that mighty engine... so just when you really don't want it, the fargin right wing drops suddenly. This led to many, many crashes.

Moreover, remember that mighty double-radial engine. Well, the pilot could not see over it when landing. That means the pilot could not see the fargin carrier. More crashes.

Moreover, some foo' back in the States put real strong landing gear on the monster plane. This resulted in the real strong (read: stiff!!) landing gear bouncing the whole damn' plane back up into the air. At a really bad time. Still more crashes.

They put the Corsairs on land as soon as possibobble. That eliminated a lot of crashes.

LATE EDIT ADD: On the flip side, once you got the sucker up in the air, it was damn' near invincible. Especially when they put the paddle-end props on. And changed the landing procedure: No opening cowl flaps to cool the engine <-- This procedure often resulted in oil all over the windshield = blocked vision = more carrier crashes.

 

[pute]

39 fargen degrees at sun up today. Wish we would get some rain...Dry as a bone round here.

@Roster....I clean my dog's eyes every day. She has always had weeping eyes.

Up-potting today.

 

[user 60606]

you will not designate me unvaccinated any more, .. you can call me PureBlood from now on ..

 

[pute]

you will not designate me unvaccinated any more, .. you can call me PureBlood from now on ..

Explain

 

[user 60606]

there is no aborted fetal tissue within my body ..

 

[Unca Walt]

39 fargen degrees at sun up today. Wish we would get some rain...Dry as a bone round here.

@Roster....I clean my dog's eyes every day. She has always had weeping eyes.

Up-potting today.

90F here right now. Bright blue sky. Be a great day to go fishin'.

 

[user 60606]

New FDA Records Show Purchases of Fetal Organs, Heads and Tissue for ‘Humanized Mice’ Project




https://www.judicialwatch.org/press...&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=press_release

 

[ROSTERMAN]

The child eater of Bern

 

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[ROSTERMAN]

 

[pute]

Good night bud brothers.

 

[user 60606]

recently released truth music already being banned from buying a fb ad for this song, said it might shine some light on elderly abuse in high places

 

[ROSTERMAN]

 

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

@Roster....I clean my dog's eyes every day. She has always had weeping eyes.

Ours pups too, and my own eyes as well. Location, location, location..................................

54F @ 93% RH, rain, and predicted to reach 65F, with good air quality.

Lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu lu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lots of rain, which was sorely needed, with more to come.

Some progress on an article and got notice that my JIC fittings have arrived, so I can resume experiments with my test sled today.

Alas my friend who just returned home from prostate surgery is now sick with something that has him so nauseous that he is bed ridden and it is difficult to even answer a text inquiring about his status. He essentially said, don't contact me, I'll contact you, but what if he can't??

 

[Unca Walt]

While we are all talking about the F4U Corsair, here is a story from a pilot of one.

He had gotten shot up pretty badly by a half-dozen Jap planes. Had to run for it. The problem was that his engine had taken most of the hits.

So he was chugging along, trying to keep the engine from overheating, and the Zeros were almost in range. He had no choice except the shower down and race ahead of them.

But the engine immediately overheated badly, and he had to ease off. Here come the Zeros again.

This went on for a half-dozen times. Any other fighter plane engine would have just died, and froze. But since the Corsair had a double radial engine, enough parts of it kept on working.

The Japs eventually gave up and turned back.