Fancy firing up a Merlin?

Pish! If I can do it in Cliffs of Dover..

Respect 😮

Moggy

Oh….gosh….that’s me in, then! 🙂

Define professional, he certainly isn’t.

Someone who gets paid for what he does…… so thats me out…..

Lighten up, chaps.

Actually, I was just trying to add a bit of light hearted banter to an ever increasing increasing litany of woeful predictions. Epic fail there, then, on my part!

And did I say or imply that “we” are all professionals and “you” are just armchair enthusiasts? Errr…don’t think so. Did I?

TonyT I am not “licensed on Merlins” and did not suggest so. It was clearly foolish of me to make uniformed banter in the presence of those with both knowledge and a preponderence to sense of humour failures!

I have no doubt, TonyT, that you are wholly professional in your field. No doubt Kniefedegeturn is also. I’d like to think I’m professional in my field, too. But thats for others to judge, and you already have.

the rest are at best humerous, or at least would be, if they weren’t used to illustrate Tangmere’s “we are all professionals, and you are just armchair enthusiasts”
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Define professional, he certainly isn’t.

Funnily enough, I am licenced on Merlins, are you? Thought not.

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Kinda :p :diablo:

Hold up, John C……only send your cheque after Knifedgeturn and TonyT have sent you their long list of warnings of doom, gloom and likely dire consequences…!! 😀

Just so long as you (the numpty up front) understand that you will (a) wreck the engine (b) have an accident of some kind (c) tip it on its nose when you have ‘control’ (d) break off a rudder pedal (clumsy oaf..!!) not to mention inhaling hazardous engine fumes, suffer hearing impairment, wet your pants and likely ingest radium from the instruments….

(a)-(c) are possible but not probable (d) is fact, the rest are at best humerous, or at least would be, if they weren’t used to illustrate Tangmere’s “we are all professionals, and you are just armchair enthusiasts”
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I have no axe to grind, let them do what they like with their aeroplane, good luck to them and anyone else trying to earn a living in these times.

Hold up, John C……only send your cheque after Knifedgeturn and TonyT have sent you their long list of warnings of doom, gloom and likely dire consequences…!!

Just so long as you (the numpty up front) understand that you will (a) wreck the engine (b) have an accident of some kind (c) tip it on its nose when you have ‘control’ (d) break off a rudder pedal (clumsy oaf..!!) not to mention inhaling hazardous engine fumes, suffer hearing impairment, wet your pants and likely ingest radium from the instruments….

Funnily enough, I am licenced on Merlins, are you? Thought not.

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Pish! If I can do it in Cliffs of Dover, the real thing should be easy 😉

Seriously, one would assume that all the necessary risk assessments and control plans were in place before the insurance company would even consider it.

As for the repeated starts, I can’t see many punters coughing up the fee and I would hope that a cost benefit analysis is extant to cover the costs.

Hold up, John C……only send your cheque after Knifedgeturn and TonyT have sent you their long list of warnings of doom, gloom and likely dire consequences…!! 😀

Just so long as you (the numpty up front) understand that you will (a) wreck the engine (b) have an accident of some kind (c) tip it on its nose when you have ‘control’ (d) break off a rudder pedal (clumsy oaf..!!) not to mention inhaling hazardous engine fumes, suffer hearing impairment, wet your pants and likely ingest radium from the instruments….

I don’t care – where do I send the cheque!

You know, I’d be kinda surprised if Dunbar and his men have not already thought about and carefully considered all the ‘issues’ raised….

Exactly; thats why I said that I didn’t expect the front seat occupant to be in control.

A friend of mine had a rudder pedal broken off by a clumsy oaf, and now doesn’t let any one sit in his.

Well that’ll be me then.. And under supervision from the rear seat also infers that you could have some control input possible from the front ( which of course you have ) which could turn stuff sour rapidly.

I don’t think Dunbar mentioned the word “control”.

Nit picking, tsk tsk! “under supervision from the rear seat” implies that you are not just a passenger, and that being the case, an element of control input from the front seat “occupant” is required; my response was to those who predicted an accident of some kind, and not the wording in Dunbar’s post.

Ahh yup, the maximum wear is on start ups… Once running and in use it is ok. I avoid it with our aircraft engines as it’s not good for them.

I was agreeing with ya…

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you wouldn’t be doing it a world of good with lots of little stop starts..

That.

It would probably rule a lot out, but I can understand it, if you pitch it to low you would be inundated with requests and I know your not burning hours off the engine but you wouldn’t be doing it a world of good with lots of little stop starts..