---------------------------------------------------------- Lightning-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 12/22/07: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:19 AM - Seasons Greetings (EAFerguson@aol.com) 2. 10:52 AM - Re: Seasons Greetings (Jim Langley) 3. 08:38 PM - Re: Two year flight report on 31BZ - long read (N1BZRich@aol.com) 4. 09:23 PM - Re: Two year flight report on 31BZ - long read (Peter and Jan Disher) 5. 09:55 PM - Re: Two year flight report on 31BZ - long read (N1BZRich@AOL.COM) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:19:34 AM PST US From: EAFerguson@aol.com Subject: Lightning-List: Seasons Greetings Greetings to all. The Lightning community is a great bunch. However, as an engineer, I couldn't help but note the error in the Santa calculations. The base assumption is that there is only one Santa and one sleigh. Wrong, Santa realized many generations ago that a solo mission would be impossible, so he cloned himself. The exact number of clones is unknown, but alas, there are never quite enough . To my progressive friends: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2008, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee. To my Republican friends: Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. Earl Ferguson, P.E. **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:52:25 AM PST US From: "Jim Langley" Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Seasons Greetings WoW! Makes me proud to be an engineer. Jim Langley P.E. On 12/22/07, EAFerguson@aol.com wrote: > > Greetings to all. The Lightning community is a great bunch. However, as > an engineer, I couldn't help but note the error in the Santa calculations. > The base assumption is that there is only one Santa and one sleigh. Wrong, > Santa realized many generations ago that a solo mission would be impossible, > so he cloned himself. The exact number of clones is unknown, but alas, there > are never quite enough . > > To my progressive friends: > > Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for > an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, > non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, > practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion > of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the > religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice > not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a > fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated > recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2008, but > not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose > contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that > America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America > in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the > race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual > preference of the wishee. > > To my Republican friends: > > Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. > > > Earl Ferguson, P.E. > > > ------------------------------ > See AOL's top rated recipesand easy > ways to stay in shapefor winter. > > * > > * > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:38:19 PM PST US From: N1BZRich@aol.com Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Two year flight report on 31BZ - long read In a message dated 12/21/2007 1:29:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, pjdisher@bigpond.com writes: I am considering changing the Bing for a Revflow carb. Hi Pete, Yes, it was great to meet you at OSH. Will you be there again this summer? I hope so. Bring some more of you "mates" with you this time. As to the Revflow carb, I really don't know that much about it, but I definitely think all Lightnings (and other go fast airplanes) could benefit from a different carb or throttle body set up that would be more efficient, especially at the higher altitudes. So yes, any experimenting you can do with a different fuel induction set up would be beneficial for all of us. I look forward to hearing about your results. And if anyone else out there reading this had info to add on this subject, please jump in and let us learn from your experiments. Blue Skies, Buz Rich **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 09:23:08 PM PST US From: "Peter and Jan Disher" Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Two year flight report on 31BZ - long read Thanks for your comments Buz, I will go ahead and fit the Revflow, I will keep the list informed on how it runs . By the way, your verbal sparring partner downunder, Laurie Hoffman, finaly flew his motor glider up here to see how my Lightning is going. He took me for a fly in his glider , turned the engine off (a perfectly good engine ? Haven't done that before) and landed it from some 10 nm back, dead stick. I don't want to get too used to these tail draggers. Was good to fly realy. Thanks again, buz Pete Disher ----- Original Message ----- From: N1BZRich@aol.com To: lightning-list@matronics.com Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 3:35 PM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Two year flight report on 31BZ - long read In a message dated 12/21/2007 1:29:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, pjdisher@bigpond.com writes: I am considering changing the Bing for a Revflow carb. Hi Pete, Yes, it was great to meet you at OSH. Will you be there again this summer? I hope so. Bring some more of you "mates" with you this time. As to the Revflow carb, I really don't know that much about it, but I definitely think all Lightnings (and other go fast airplanes) could benefit from a different carb or throttle body set up that would be more efficient, especially at the higher altitudes. So yes, any experimenting you can do with a different fuel induction set up would be beneficial for all of us. I look forward to hearing about your results. And if anyone else out there reading this had info to add on this subject, please jump in and let us learn from your experiments. Blue Skies, Buz Rich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- See AOL's top rated recipes and easy ways to stay in shape for winter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- 22/12/2007 2:02 PM ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 09:55:28 PM PST US From: N1BZRich@AOL.COM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Two year flight report on 31BZ - long read Pete, Tell Laurie I said hello and ask him if he has anything to do with Hoffman props out of Germany? Many years ago I bought one for a Pitts buddy of mine while I was flying F-4s over there. I also enjoyed soaring many years ago in Arizona. Easy to get diamonds out there due to the fantastic thermals. By the way, ask Laurie if the thermals in Australia work in reverse since you are down under. Inquiring minds want to know. 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