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ABSOLUTELY! Ronnie Howard, John Wayne, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian, etc in "the Shootist". one obviously "better" and more experienced than the others. consider how it ended.
I've never seen it. Good movie?
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you've hijacked a post and gone off into your own little world. how might available air/fuel mixture ratio sensors be helpful for a more accurate approach to engine leaning?
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if you can't contribute ON THE TOPIC, well.....why post?
If you notice, I ended up asking a lot of questions about what it would take to apply this to an engine since I am not an engine expert by any stretch of the imagination. The reason I voiced concern is that I know a lot more folks who are like myself when it comes to certain aspects of the design (such as engines) than the folks who can figure out how to do this.
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o far all you've contributed is how stupid, egotistic, and unsafe the rest of us
I tend to fall into that group myself since I'm a middle of the road pilot when it comes to skills and currency. That's why I speak about things the way I do. We have to keep all of our fellow pilots- good, bad and mediocre- safe and we do that by trying to keep people from overstepping their bounds.
I never said anything about assessments of pilot psychology that is not backed up by even a cursory review of the research on the subject so far as self-confidence and rating of one's abilities is
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knows you're a legend in your own mind.
Not even close. I'm probably my own worst critic. I'm a mediocre stick and rudder pilot because of the fact that I don't fly enough to improve my skills. Once you get me outside of the human factors and crash survivability aspects of aviation, I'm learning just like the rest of you.
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but do you have any actual experience with A/F ratio meters?
Nope which is why I've previously stated:
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The technology is there but at the same time we have to remember that not all of us are mechanically or electronically astute as we probably should be for such a task. I say this because I happen to be one of those people when it comes to anything firewall forward other than fire suppression. There's a very good reason why I'm going with something off the shelf for the powerplant and recognizing my own limits- which a lot of other homebuilders likely share- is the best way to keep myself and my passengers out of trouble.
I'm one of those people who you think I look down my nose at. I have zero business trying to muck with an engine which is why I asked so many questions about what does it take to do this or that with regards to electronic fuel control and ignition. Oddly enough, those questions never were answered which leaves those of us trying to
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God's gift to aviation safety, design, construction, operations, oh almost anything.
That's your snide assessment of me, not mine. I'm a researcher first and foremost and I only state what the evidence I have indicates so far as safety is concerned. When it comes to crash survivability ("construction"), the information I put forth is simply based on the research myself and my colleagues have conducted (which is able to pass peer review for publication so apparently I'm not too far off the mark) or the various established standards (especially the US Army's crashworthiness standards for helicopters and light aircraft). So if you think I don't know what I'm talking about then apparently the folks who wrote those regulations and standards also didn't know what they are talking about either. You know more about me when it comes to flying helicopters (because I've never flown a helicopter before) and you're not an aviation safety researcher for a living so we each have our respective areas of knowledge. I'm don't even consider myself an expert on the subject so thinking I am "G-d's gift" with regards to something isn't even close to correct.
As for design, I'm still learning. Ask Ron Blum....I talk to him all the time about aerodynamics, etc because whenever I run into aspects of things with which I have no experience, I go find someone with the education or knowledge to learn from.
The rest of this discussion can take place via PM to avoid a further derail. I would still appreciate some information on what it takes to apply these systems to a new engine, etc. Those questions I posed still remain unanswered and I am looking to learn in this case.