On the subject, see the attached image. This is part of the instructions given to Yak-3 pilots at the end of the war.

It indicates words to the effect of:

…at 4000 meters, adjust your mixture until the flame from the exhaust looks like the lower picture (normal mixture).

Upper flame is “rich”, middle is “lean” (its intent, I don’t know the exact meaning).

Note that the Russians refer to the mixture control as an “altitude corrector”.

– Hamtech.

Its ironic that the subject of this thread provokes such reactions when the option to restore an aircraft with full intentions of flying it are met positively and often with an open wallet.

Never let it be said that the romance of aviation does not have a significant effect on the decisions made 😉

– Hamtech.

Originally posted by Firebird
Well, one person has anyway…….:rolleyes:

Make that two!!

Another example for you all…standing in the hangar with a bunch of chaps when (as it often does) the resident Antonov-12 goes roaring over the fence.

The comment was that its engines were “Dartski’s” – Copies of the good old RR Dart. And why wouldn’t you think that? The Soviets copy everything (thank god for the ammo that the Tu-4 gave us!) plus look at it – turboprop with a concentric inlet…of course its a copy of the Dart.

Fortunately for the Ukrainian design bureau that designed the AI-20 turboprop they were bad at copying. 😉 Instead of a centrifugal compressor they chose an axial compressor design with an amazingly slender reduction gearbox thereby creating an engine with an extremely small frontal area.

mmm. Dartski. Riiiight. Permission granted to remove head from bottom.

– Hamtech.

Re: Ansett Australia

Originally posted by Airline owner
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I don’t care what domestic carriers operate in Australia – as long as there are only TWO of them.

We have the land mass here that makes aviation essential, but not the population to support more than two airlines (total population of Australia is less than London).

Add to this the ridiculous price warring that goes on and its a recipe for disaster.

So my comment would be “I hope it never happens”.

– Hamtech.

Mark12, Arthur and paulc – thank-you!

Would love to see the guide book in Russian or English.

Monina is just a dream for me at the moment – can’t wait to get there.

http://www.monino.ru/

– Hamtech.

For Steve and Bmused55:

I’m new to the forum – are your posts just a wind up?

– Hamtech.

Daniel,

Keeping mind that imitation is the greatest form of flattery, have a look at this site:

http://www.archi.ru/exhibitions/ve/pavlov/index.htm

Conceptually this design would suit your colouring and header style – the “welcome” section with a bookmark down to the lower section (give the impression of going very quickly to a new page).

Everything above the maroon line in the upper section, the marron line with a repeat of the site name plus existing content in the lower.

Best of luck, Hamtech.

The Belfast launched to who knows where today while I was at work, you cant help but look up as the sound is different to anything you usually hear at the airport.

In this day and age with aviation the machine has to be doing something right as its all about the money – there is no fat around.

With regard to the comment on the engine cowlings above – there are plenty of aircraft that cannot exchange components such as cowlings or leading edges, even ones that are jig built.

UK designed aircraft however (and I don’t want to sound disrespectful) have “unique” design philosophies which have earned them a poor reputation among ground engineers. Again, no disrespect and I will not site examples.

– Hamtech.