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Offline VonMessa

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Re: Someone to change my oil
« Reply #15 on: August 25, 2011, 10:03:33 AM »
Quote from: surfinn on August 25, 2011, 09:36:04 AM
Ive often thought the oil stains were way over done. Couldn't it just stain the side your leak came from? Like for instance if ya get hit on the port side of the ac then just the left side of the cockpit could show a stain. Would oil really stick to a cockpit that way at 200+mph or would it eventually role off ?

Oil from a blown rod sticks very well to a vehicle windshield and greatly obscures vision.  It also stays there at 145 mph (not in one place, but smearing even further over the windshield)

No need to ask me how I know this...
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Re: Someone to change my oil
« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2011, 10:04:21 AM »
Whether overdone or not, oil on pristine-conditioned warbirds even now still runs black down the airframes and engine cowlings. In war-time? Definitely so.
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Re: Someone to change my oil
« Reply #17 on: August 25, 2011, 10:07:05 AM »
This P-47 took a hit to its oil system and had to make an emergency landing....

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Re: Someone to change my oil
« Reply #18 on: August 25, 2011, 11:01:52 AM »
Quote from: Krusty on August 25, 2011, 10:07:05 AM
This P-47 took a hit to its oil system and had to make an emergency landing....

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:eek: that is a pretty cool photo!!
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Re: Someone to change my oil
« Reply #19 on: August 25, 2011, 02:02:35 PM »
Quote from: Krusty on August 25, 2011, 10:07:05 AM
This P-47 took a hit to its oil system and had to make an emergency landing....

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that had to be a fun ride home...
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Re: Someone to change my oil
« Reply #20 on: August 25, 2011, 02:19:27 PM »
:rofl I can picture it now...

Dammit, I can't see.

Hmm...

Shoves back canopy, puts on Snoopy Red Baron Scarf and goggles, and leans out the side.

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Re: Someone to change my oil
« Reply #21 on: August 25, 2011, 06:59:18 PM »
One of my friends made an engine-out in his Arrow after an annual a month beforehand. Mechanic didnt safety-wire the oil filter and it spun off. Golden brown oil all over the brand-new paint. IIRC the oil had ~20 hours on it.
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Re: Someone to change my oil
« Reply #22 on: August 25, 2011, 08:16:15 PM »
Quote from: Karnak on August 24, 2011, 07:52:22 PM
Most of these aircraft work with total loss oil systems, which is why the longer ranged aircraft have larger oil tanks.

No they aren't.  A Le Rhone rotary was total loss...a Wright or P&W isn't -- although from cleaning up after them many times it seems like they are.
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Re: Someone to change my oil
« Reply #23 on: August 25, 2011, 09:06:47 PM »
Quote from: B-17 on August 25, 2011, 02:19:27 PM

Shoves back canopy, puts on Snoopy Red Baron Scarf and goggles, and leans out the side.


If you look at the photo closely, it looks like he has oil all over his arm and shoulder.  Like he would if he did exactly as you describe.
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Re: Someone to change my oil
« Reply #24 on: August 25, 2011, 09:52:35 PM »
Quote from: surfinn on August 25, 2011, 09:36:04 AM
Would oil really stick to a cockpit that way at 200+mph or would it eventually role off ?

I had an oil cooler let go on a Cessna -- a little bit of oil goes a loooonnnnggggg way.  Nearly the entire right side of the fuselage was coated with oil, I figured I had probably dumped most of the oil out but when I checked I was only down a little over a quart.  It's pretty nasty stuff, sticks quite well even in the prop blast.
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Re: Someone to change my oil
« Reply #25 on: August 25, 2011, 09:55:34 PM »
Quote from: Krusty on August 25, 2011, 10:07:05 AM
This P-47 took a hit to its oil system and had to make an emergency landing....

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i started thinking "that guys face is priceless"  he was probably thinking "damn...just...damn"
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Re: Someone to change my oil
« Reply #26 on: August 25, 2011, 10:50:06 PM »
Hmmmm, how come we can't have the option of opening our canopy at the cost of drag and maybe losing our oggles in the wind? :(
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Re: Someone to change my oil
« Reply #27 on: August 26, 2011, 12:46:39 AM »
Quote from: VonMessa on August 25, 2011, 10:03:33 AM
It also stays there at 145 mph (not in one place, but smearing even further over the windshield)

I can confirm this from personal experience.

It was on Super Decalon during aerobatics. If anyone wants to know the whole story let me know, I'll PM it to you (don't want to post it on an open forum).
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Re: Someone to change my oil
« Reply #28 on: August 26, 2011, 06:44:01 PM »
I suppose you can up the gamma to lighten the oil a bit lol
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Re: Someone to change my oil
« Reply #29 on: August 27, 2011, 12:04:48 PM »
Thats a pretty impressive photo. I always  thought  that the oil  was a little over done  aswell now I clearly see that it is not. I
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