Damned airboats
 

On Sep 10, 6:49*am, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of
Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:33:01 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P.
Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. " wrote in message
m...

Eisboch wrote:

I just had a flashback to some television series of years ago that
featured cops or some agency roaring around on airboats.
Can't remember the name of the show.

Eisboch
Ahhh, the mind is the 2nd thing to go. *;)

I think you are thinking about Flipper. *The dad was a Park Ranger.

That was one also. *No, the one I am thinking about wasn't "Flipper"..

Eisboch

He

http://www.fancast.com/tv/The-Everglades/99511/main

Wow, listen to how terrible "The Everglades" theme song was.

The Everglades theme song starts at the 1 min. mark.

http://tinyurl.com/6jogyv

maybe that's a contributing reason it only lasted a season.

Damned airboats
 

Eisboch wrote:
"Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P.
Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. " wrote in message
. ..
John H. wrote:
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:33:01 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald
P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. " wrote in
message . ..

Eisboch wrote:
I just had a flashback to some television series of years ago that
featured cops or some agency roaring around on airboats.
Can't remember the name of the show.

Eisboch
Ahhh, the mind is the 2nd thing to go. ;)

I think you are thinking about Flipper. The dad was a Park Ranger.
That was one also. No, the one I am thinking about wasn't "Flipper".

Eisboch
He http://www.fancast.com/tv/The-Everglades/99511/main
Wow, listen to how terrible "The Everglades" theme song was.

The Everglades theme song starts at the 1 min. mark.

http://tinyurl.com/6jogyv




No wonder I couldn't remember it.

Eisboch



The brain will forget traumatic events.

Damned airboats
 

On Sep 9, 5:19*pm, (Richard Casady) wrote:
On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:03:57 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Sep 9, 2:47*pm, (Richard Casady) wrote:
On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 07:19:30 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
and at a certain RPM they go
through the range of prop pitches.

Those props have a governor that keeps the speed constant, regardless,
within limits, of load or throttle setting. More usual to go through
the range of pitches by varying the RPM with the prop governor. That's
the way everyone I ever knew did it. An airboat doesn't need a
variable pitch prop, as it doesn't climb and dive.

Casady

Richard, I fully understand an airboat doesn't need a vari-pitch prop.
It would be fun to try one to see the difference in the hole shot,
though! When testing controls, it's common to set the RPM's to a
certain setting, more akin to a fast idle, and run the pitch controls
through the range. The prop governor isn't a factor at these low RPM's.

Sure it is. The pitch control is connected to the governor, which
moves the prop blades.

Casady- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

The governor only works above a certain rpm. prop pitch is changed be
a control. A lot of variable pitch prop planes don't have a governor,
and the prop pitch is adjusted with engine rpm in mind.

Damned airboats
 

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:06:26 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Sep 10, 6:49?am, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of
Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:33:01 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P.
Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. " wrote in message
m...

Eisboch wrote:

I just had a flashback to some television series of years ago that
featured cops or some agency roaring around on airboats.
Can't remember the name of the show.

Eisboch
Ahhh, the mind is the 2nd thing to go. ?;)

I think you are thinking about Flipper. ?The dad was a Park Ranger.

That was one also. ?No, the one I am thinking about wasn't "Flipper".

Eisboch

He

http://www.fancast.com/tv/The-Everglades/99511/main

Wow, listen to how terrible "The Everglades" theme song was.

The Everglades theme song starts at the 1 min. mark.

http://tinyurl.com/6jogyv

maybe that's a contributing reason it only lasted a season.

Sometimes I'm grateful my 4 years in the Navy kept me safe from this
stuff. But I admit I liked TV enough, and cared about money so little
I bought a little portable TV from Sears in '66 or so.
Cost $150 as I recall. Ran about 100' of antenna wire up an open
hatch to get reception in Norfolk. Had the ends twisted onto a coat
hanger, which was hooked onto the hatch wheel as I remember.
We'd gather around my bunk and watch it. "Man From U.N.C.L.E."
and "The Wild West" were popular.
After a few days a sneaky and jealous deck ape cut the antenna wire
while about 8 of us were watching a show.
Took it home a few days later on leave and I think one of my sisters
used it a few hours and it stopped working. When I got out I paid
$50 to get it fixed and it lasted only a few days, so I tossed it.
Man, I could figure out ways to waste money.

--Vic

Damned airboats
 

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:19:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

A lot of variable pitch prop planes don't have a governor,

What do you consider " a lot "?
If such a thing even exists they are so vanishingly rare that I have
never encountered such a thing. Never heard a thing, it's absent from
the literature. If the blades move they are moved by a governor. The
governor does not vanish when it runs out of travel, it remains the
connection between the control and the prop. Props had governors as
far back as the thirties.

Casady

Damned airboats
 

Richard Casady wrote:
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:19:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

A lot of variable pitch prop planes don't have a governor,

What do you consider " a lot "?
If such a thing even exists they are so vanishingly rare that I have
never encountered such a thing. Never heard a thing, it's absent from
the literature. If the blades move they are moved by a governor. The
governor does not vanish when it runs out of travel, it remains the
connection between the control and the prop. Props had governors as
far back as the thirties.

Casady



You are engaging in a discussion with Loogy, an idiot. But you must know
that.

Damned airboats
 

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:49:39 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall,
Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:33:01 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P.
Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. " wrote in message
. ..

Eisboch wrote:

I just had a flashback to some television series of years ago that
featured cops or some agency roaring around on airboats.
Can't remember the name of the show.

Eisboch
Ahhh, the mind is the 2nd thing to go. ;)

I think you are thinking about Flipper. The dad was a Park Ranger.

That was one also. No, the one I am thinking about wasn't "Flipper".

Eisboch


He

http://www.fancast.com/tv/The-Everglades/99511/main

Wow, listen to how terrible "The Everglades" theme song was.

The Everglades theme song starts at the 1 min. mark.

http://tinyurl.com/6jogyv


That should have won the 'Worst in Show' category. Horrible.

Damned airboats
 

On Sep 10, 9:25*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:19:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
A lot of variable pitch prop planes don't have a governor,

What do you consider " a lot "?
If such a thing even exists they are so vanishingly rare that I have
never encountered such a thing. Never heard a thing, it's absent from
the literature. If the blades move they are moved by a governor. The
governor does not vanish when it runs out of travel, it remains the
connection between the control and the prop. Props had governors as
far back as the thirties.

Casady

No, it's not. I'll scan some information direct from service manuals
of my uncles. May take a week or so, I'll get back to you.

Damned airboats
 

On Sep 10, 9:25*am, (Richard Casady)
wrote:
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:19:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
A lot of variable pitch prop planes don't have a governor,

What do you consider " a lot "?
If such a thing even exists they are so vanishingly rare that I have
never encountered such a thing. Never heard a thing, it's absent from
the literature. If the blades move they are moved by a governor. The
governor does not vanish when it runs out of travel, it remains the
connection between the control and the prop. Props had governors as
far back as the thirties.

Casady

Oh, and you are confusing a constant speed prop with a variable pitch
prop, just for the record!

Damned airboats
 

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:32:15 -0500, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:06:26 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Sep 10, 6:49?am, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of
Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:33:01 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall, Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P.
Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. " wrote in message
m...

Eisboch wrote:

I just had a flashback to some television series of years ago that
featured cops or some agency roaring around on airboats.
Can't remember the name of the show.

Eisboch
Ahhh, the mind is the 2nd thing to go. ?;)

I think you are thinking about Flipper. ?The dad was a Park Ranger.

That was one also. ?No, the one I am thinking about wasn't "Flipper".

Eisboch

He

http://www.fancast.com/tv/The-Everglades/99511/main

Wow, listen to how terrible "The Everglades" theme song was.

The Everglades theme song starts at the 1 min. mark.

http://tinyurl.com/6jogyv

maybe that's a contributing reason it only lasted a season.

Sometimes I'm grateful my 4 years in the Navy kept me safe from this
stuff. But I admit I liked TV enough, and cared about money so little
I bought a little portable TV from Sears in '66 or so.
Cost $150 as I recall. Ran about 100' of antenna wire up an open
hatch to get reception in Norfolk. Had the ends twisted onto a coat
hanger, which was hooked onto the hatch wheel as I remember.
We'd gather around my bunk and watch it. "Man From U.N.C.L.E."
and "The Wild West" were popular.
After a few days a sneaky and jealous deck ape cut the antenna wire
while about 8 of us were watching a show.
Took it home a few days later on leave and I think one of my sisters
used it a few hours and it stopped working. When I got out I paid
$50 to get it fixed and it lasted only a few days, so I tossed it.
Man, I could figure out ways to waste money.

--Vic