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[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Full Noise 35 is up there with the big boys in qualification, I think there is a modified Hawker Sea Fury, Sawbones ahead at the moment with laps of 413.511mph and 412.720mph, cpmpared to Full Noise with 356.268mph and362.770mph, and on less than half the horse power.

Ian S C

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Ian S C on 06/09/2018 10:43:37:

The Yak 3, "Full Noise 35" gets the 35 from Bert Monro's bike.

Ian S C

Photoshopped … surely?

[Sam StonesParticipant @samstones42903]

Neil,

Has that got something to do with the ghosting, contrast variation, and incorrect position or absence of shadows?

I think the 35 is sitting on top of the carbon fibre reinforced flagpoles.

Anyway, it’s dammed good model making.

Sam

[robjon44Participant @robjon44]

Hi all, sat here with face pasted to computer screen yesterday (12-9-18) when jolted back to reality by nearby multi engine roar, ran into front bedroom to see BBMF Lancaster doing wide circles over Grantham, flung windows wide to get full benefit of those Merlins , nearest approach only a couple of hundred yards away, must be why the Almighty gave us 2 ears & only 1 gob, 4 circuits then cleared off, perhaps it was lost or the satnav had gone wrong.

Bob H.

[RevStewParticipant @revstew]

During my qualifying cross country flight for my PPL, I got a message from ATC to say that if I looked down and to the right the BBMF was passing by underneath me! It certainly was! A Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane. Banking right and diving down to engage them in my wheezy little 112hp Piper Tomahawk would perhaps have been folly…

Dakka dakka dakka dakka!!

Happy days.

[Iain GordonParticipant @iaingordon81374]

Out walking the dogs this morning, about 9:30, Heard the sound of rotors, but something seemed different about the sound. Then came the distinctive sound of twin rotors, but again something about the sound was off. Then I caught sight of 2 Chinooks flying line astern separated by about 2 fusalage lengths. They were at less than 1000ft and flying north. The probably passed about a kilometer to the west of LBA.

Don't see many of them in this area.

Iain

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by Sam Stones on 13/09/2018 01:53:10:

Neil,

Has that got something to do with the ghosting, contrast variation, and incorrect position or absence of shadows?

I think the 35 is sitting on top of the carbon fibre reinforced flagpoles.

Anyway, it’s dammed good model making.

Sam

Agreed. The ghosting is the most obvious clue it's a composite:

The much esteemed Mr Munro (or is it Antony Hopkins) fails to block 'ST' from the sign behind while his bike is transparent in front of the blue gent's legs. Also, top of a car roof visible below 'HL' and other mistakes.

The camera never lies…

The World's Fastest Indian was a cracking good film though – I must watch it again.

Dave

PS. No Yaks were harmed in the making of this photograph.

[Cornish JackParticipant @cornishjack]

"PS. No Yaks were harmed in the making of this photograph."

Probably just as well! … after the one quite severely harmed at the Wanaka Air Display earlier this year.

**LINK**

As one contributor to the PPrune thread wrote, "Words fail me!

rgds

Bill

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

I think the Full Noise team used that photo mix as publicity a couple of years ago, The Yak is rounding one of the marker pylons at Reno, A group of record breakers, on the left is John Brittan and his own build bike. It is Bert Monro with his bike, it is taken from a photo taken at Bonville. Sthil is one of the Reno racing sponsors.

Ian S C

Edited By Ian S C on 13/09/2018 13:26:20

[BufferParticipant @buffer]

Posted by Cornish Jack on 13/09/2018 12:11:20:

"PS. No Yaks were harmed in the making of this photograph."

Probably just as well! … after the one quite severely harmed at the Wanaka Air Display earlier this year.

**LINK**

As one contributor to the PPrune thread wrote, "Words fail me!

rgds

Bill

Target Fixation at its best. "Dont hit the cherry picker, Dont hit the cherry picker, Damn"

I also love the round of applause at the end for being a total retard.

Rgds

Rich

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

That's the trouble with tail draggers, and big engines, once the tail is down foreward vision disappears.

Ian S C

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

Following SOD's reference to "Battle of Britain Model Squadron", started watching it, gave up eventually, how can they possibly have more than one episode?

Total waste of space.

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Posted by KWIL on 13/09/2018 16:13:32:

Following SOD's reference to "Battle of Britain Model Squadron", started watching it, gave up eventually, how can they possibly have more than one episode?

Total waste of space.

I thought it was interesting to watch.

Martin P

[RevStewParticipant @revstew]

Anyone here done the ATPL crammer with GTS at Bournemouth? Wonder how those guys are doing?

[Ron LadenParticipant @ronladen17547]

Posted by KWIL on 13/09/2018 16:13:32:

Following SOD's reference to "Battle of Britain Model Squadron", started watching it, gave up eventually, how can they possibly have more than one episode?

Total waste of space.

+1

Oh no, I didnt realise there was another episode…no thanks, the first one was bad enough

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

I'v had good reviews on the film "Spitfire", unfortunately I am unable to get to it, I'll have to wait for the DVD.

Ian S C

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

Just had a De Havilland Dove/Devon pass over me nice and low heading in the direction of Old Warden/Duxford. Aero Legends are displaying their Devon next weekend at Duxford so good chance it was their aircraft I saw.

Martin P

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Not sure what just went over but the jet engine roar lasted little more than two seconds – it was very low and shifting!

Neil

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

I've spent today outside preparing a little 1953 BSA generating set for a couple of local Apple day's and had the pleasure to watch a, what I believe, MK9 Spitfire circling above me at around 500' before he headed back towards Old Warden.

Martin P

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Over for another year, Full Noise got to 7th in the gold section at Reno, against aircraft with two to three times the horse power.

Rumour has it that next year there may be a Sea Fury instead of the Yak, we'll just have to wait and see.

Ian S C

Edited By Ian S C on 20/09/2018 13:34:10

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Posted by martin perman on 13/09/2018 17:06:52:

Posted by KWIL on 13/09/2018 16:13:32:

Following SOD's reference to "Battle of Britain Model Squadron", started watching it, gave up eventually, how can they possibly have more than one episode?

Total waste of space.

I thought it was interesting to watch.

Martin P

I managed to cock-up recording the first episode but watched the second. What was missing was any discussion of the modelling technology, perhaps the closest encounter being a chap painting a face on his model pilot. Typical non-technical telly.

Perhaps forewarned is forearmed but it was nowhere near as bad as I expected. Anyway, with expectations set low, I enjoyed it for what it was.

Could we do better? I suspect if we were allowed to make a Series on Model Engineering it would turn out like one of those old Open University programmes, where a badly dressed man with mutton-chop side-whiskers and flares droned monotonously about vector algebra. I never met anyone apart from me who watched them for fun.

Alternatively, I think Model Engineering would make a good sitcom. It would feature knowing looks to camera in the style of 'Parks and Recreations'. Example: expression on fundamentalist Myford owners face as he's lectured comprehensively on the benefits of scrapping it in favour of a mini-lathe. Cut to 20 year-old intern's eyes rolling as she listens to elderly gentlemen debating Microsoft vs Mac vs Linux or moaning about digital caliper batteries and how hacksaw blades have been made of peanut butter since 1923. Health and Safety infringements, flame, sparks, smoke, oil on the bed-sheets, discipline from 'She Who Must be Obeyed' and bad language that makes Gordon Ramsey look like a choirboy.

What could possibly go wrong?

Dave

[Barnaby WildeParticipant @barnabywilde70941]

Commercial TV has to appeal to & attract a demographic of an audience that can be sold to the advertisers. Whilst you could build an audience around a 'men in sheds' type scenario I doubt that 1 man in his shed making swarf would attract an audience bigger than the audited circulation of ME&MEW.

I have absolutely no idea how the BBC works.

It could work . . . If genius were involved. If you were to make a list of the most boring of subjects to wrap your characters around then metal detecting must surely hit the top 5, yet 'Detectorists' was a massive hit & a highly regarded TV series.

Here's a thought : Delia is/was renowned for discovering/manipulating the fact that any recipe she demonstrated on TV meant an instant BOOST in the sales of the ingredients in supermarkets & she made a fortune from it while everyone thought she was a jolly decent sort & not just in it for the £cash. Why doesn't somebody do this on a platform like YouTube by making something using tools that their audience doesn't realise that they're selling?

What could possibly go wrong?

[Ian AbbottParticipant @ianabbott31222]

The technical knowledge and attention span of the average TV viewer is so low, anything longer than a fifteen second clip means change the channel. Every sentence has to be cliff hanger. "Will the drill bit make it through the bit of metal thingie? After these messages. (Or for the BBC, program trailer)"
We don't watch any Canadian TV. It's not as bad as the awful Usaian crap, but pretty pointless. When we went to England for our long family visit, Commercial TV was unwatchable and the Beeb only at carefully chosen times.
Whatever used to be Radio 4, now on digital, was the only thing worth tuning into.

Interestingly, I hadn't been in England for over thirty years, but when I accidentally listened to "The Archers," on the steam radio, nothing had changed, I hadn't missed a thing.

Our library here has an excellent selection of technical and historical DVDs, and more Shakespeare than you can shake a stick at.

As a backup, Netflix if carefully trawled can turn up some reasonably decent technical stuff. Notably, anything worth watching is in the UK section.

Right, that's exhausted me, time for a lie down with CBC Radio daytime classical music. That doesn't turn to crap until 2:00 pm.

Take care everybody

Ian

[Adam MaraParticipant @adammara]

A bit off topic, but Micks comments about Delia gives you some idea of the power of TV. My wife managed our cookshop for 30+ years, and whenever the current 'chef of the day' used some utensil, sales soared! One we remember well was an egg wedger, lucky if you sold one a year, used on TV and they were selling like hot cakes. The older members of the forum may remember the 'Autochop' heavily promoted on TV around the 70's, we literally sold thousands, and probably like many kitchen gadgets, abandoned shortly afterwards. As for "Battle of Britain Model Squadron", one episode was enough for me! Once again, apologies for going off topic!

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Sometimes when we feature a tool build in MEW, a supplier tells me they have had a small 'run' on that item ready-made.

Neil

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