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  • August 29, 2012 at 1:48 am in reply to: Advice on straightening tubing sought #1074517
    John C
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    If you are willing to heat it then it’s easier. Just take it easy and don’t try to take too much of the bend away in one hit. Consider annealling the steel (heat to cherry red and allow to cool naturally) to prevent work hardening.

    August 28, 2012 at 7:07 am in reply to: Advice on straightening tubing sought #1075526
    John C
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    Depends on the diameter. Packing with sand is the best method if it’s larger, but you need to pack it in hard and seal both ends (probably best to seal one end first before you add the sand).

    Get it roughly straight with vee blocks and fly-press or hydraulic press – the sand will prevent kinking or flattening. Bend it slightly past straight and allow it to spring back. Repeat lots.

    If it’s quite a big diameter, then heat will be required, but with a press and blocks you can probably do up to 25 – 30 mm dia easily.

    How straight do you want it?

    August 28, 2012 at 6:51 am in reply to: Identifying Parts From Possible Crash Site #1075527
    John C
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    They look very much like pneaumatic or hydraulic quick release fittings to me – the sort of thing you’d find on a JCB. Is compressed air used in a milking shed?

    August 27, 2012 at 9:07 am in reply to: RISE OF FLIGHT Core game is now FREEEEE #219547
    John C
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    Lot’s of updates to this over the 14 months (eek!) since my last post.

    The Brisfit has been joined by a Halberstadt, DH4, SPAD 7 and RE8, and there are Brandenburg and Felixstowe flying boats coming soon along with a channel map to hunt down shipping with them. There are weapons uprades and personalisation packages to buy too.

    Still a sweet sim, still a ****** to master and the basic version is free to download. I’ve not played the the career mode but apparently that’s ok as well – I prefer the multiplayer online madness!

    If you haven’t looked at it lately it’s worth a revisit.

    August 27, 2012 at 8:56 am in reply to: COD: you may want to keep hold of your money. #219549
    John C
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    Blowing the dust off this thread, apparently CloD is much improved on the latest Beta or so my Oceanic Wing mates have been saying. I’ll update this post with the download details.

    Rumour is that their new Battle for(over?) Moscow project will improve the core engine further and this will benefit CloD. Unfortunatly I’ve been addicted to DayZ of late and not been flying online as much as I should.

    August 27, 2012 at 8:35 am in reply to: Learning to fly – advice please! #400833
    John C
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    Good luck Phil!

    Well it looks like I will be (re)joining the student pilot club again soon, as HM (Gawd bless’er) has seen fit to to return me to the UK in October.

    All I have to do is find my log book after a 5 year gap…

    July 14, 2011 at 1:53 am in reply to: A10c Ipadpit cockpit controle #219710
    John C
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    Might be the only excuse to get an iPad! I’m still struggling to get my MFD’s onto the second screen – the ultimate is to get the Thrustmaster MFD’s and 2 8 inch monitors but my technical abilities are getting even more stretched figuring that out!

    July 14, 2011 at 1:49 am in reply to: COD: you may want to keep hold of your money. #219712
    John C
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    I did a quick mission the other day to show someone what it was like and popped 2 109’s without using Track IR – very tasty 🙂

    I’m still putting Rise of Flight higher (especially as it’s FREE) and my combat abilities have improved drastically since getting into it.

    July 13, 2011 at 3:49 pm in reply to: COD: you may want to keep hold of your money. #219718
    John C
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    Ha, Moggy 🙂 Been there done that, blown the engine..

    I love the way it tells me what part of the engine has gone west because of my inepetitude, normally before I’ve left the ground.

    It’s not perfect and has some way to go, but it’s playable and when multiplayer is sorted properly I think it’ll really rock.

    July 13, 2011 at 3:42 pm in reply to: A Whitley story…in scale #221169
    John C
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    Alex, It’s difficult to comment without profanity.

    You sir, are a craftsman and artist – I would love to have a fraction of your talent!

    Keep up the good work, awesome.

    July 12, 2011 at 11:00 am in reply to: COD: you may want to keep hold of your money. #219723
    John C
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBsFkAP48iI&feature=player_embedded

    😮 Awesome

    July 10, 2011 at 4:23 pm in reply to: So why aren't *you* at Legends then? #1026379
    John C
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    Stuck in Japan playing Rise of Flight..

    July 10, 2011 at 4:23 pm in reply to: So why aren't *you* at Legends then? #1032606
    John C
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    Stuck in Japan playing Rise of Flight..

    June 18, 2011 at 11:51 am in reply to: RISE OF FLIGHT Core game is now FREEEEE #219742
    John C
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    It’s still taking up too much of my spare time. Mutliplayer rocks. AND they’ve just announced the Bristol Fighter will be available in 2 weeks.

    I fly as Ghost18.

    June 12, 2011 at 7:20 am in reply to: Rise of Flight #1565317
    John C
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    A vid from last night’s multiplayer.

    http://www.oceanicwing.com/Forum/Main/index.php?topic=563.msg4799;topicseen#msg4799

    The crash was my fault.

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