X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao11.cox.net ([68.230.241.28] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c5) with ESMTP id 930722 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 03 May 2005 00:19:39 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.28; envelope-from=ALVentures@cox.net Received: from BigAl ([68.7.14.39]) by fed1rmmtao11.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050503041852.FESO12158.fed1rmmtao11.cox.net@BigAl> for ; Tue, 3 May 2005 00:18:52 -0400 From: "Al Gietzen" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Units of measure - say what? Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 21:19:04 -0700 Message-ID: <000001c54f97$3dbf4b50$6400a8c0@BigAl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C54F5C.91607350" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C54F5C.91607350 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I really hope you didn't take my little idiotic run at convention to be = a personal affront, I just saw an opening to poke a little fun at sundry conversion factors.=20 =20 Heavens no, Jack. I save my emotional reactions for more important = things - like choosing flavors of ice cream. It was a bit of diversion; a sort = of tempest in a teapot, as it were - the volume of which is undoubtedly measured in imperial fluid ounces (8 drams, actually - yes, with a "d"), = not to be confused with US fluid ounces, or otherwise "real" ounces. Had we = had a chance to sit around with a pint (that would be 4 gills) we could have covered the whole matter in about 5 minutes and half dozen chuckles. = But such is the consequence of only the written word. Were we to get = together a number of times, we could perhaps finish off an entire firkin in a fortnight, a firkin being actually only half a kilderkin. (Not kidding, these are for real). And I haven't even mentioned the slug (a unit of mass). =20 And Dale, and others, my slight of the fluid oz by reprimanding it to = the kitchen and the measurement of 2-cycle oil was a bit of tongue in cheek humor. I have no doubt that the fluid oz is in the dictionary, but I = always avoid the dictionary and the newspapers when a highly technical matter = is involved. Hey; sometimes even my wife doesn't know when I'm teasing. =20 Given the choice, I'd go metric. I've had a mixed past always hassling = with conversion. My undergrad mechanical engineering was in British system; = but I did a minor in physics (all metric). My graduate studies in nuclear engineering was a complete mix (mess); physics/engineering, = metric/British. In the nuclear engineering business everything in the reactor core was = in metric; the rest of the plant in British units. NASA contracts were all done in metric (Von Braun and company in Huntsville). But I digress. =20 What's your schedule for completion and flight testing? =20 Schedule? Ah-h-h, I thought these projects were solely for our = amusement, er, education. I didn't know we had schedules. But if I get untangled = from the mass of wiring behind the panel, I'll work on interior finish, and = then decide to final paint - or not - and hopefully get it to the airport sometime in the fall. Flight should occur perhaps a two to four = fortnights after that. =20 Happy anniversary. =20 Thank you. =20 Al =20 =20 ---- Original Message -----=20 From: Al Gietzen =20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 8:30 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Units of measure - say what? =20 I know Al, But it was LOTS of fun. Jack =20 But as long as we agree that a quart is always 0.94645 liters, and that = a pint is not always a pound, we can get along quite well. =20 =20 Al (maybe I'll go back and lie down now) ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C54F5C.91607350 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I really hope you didn't = take my little idiotic run at convention to be a personal affront, I just saw an opening to poke a little fun at sundry conversion factors. =

 

Heavens no, Jack.  I save my emotional reactions for more important things – like choosing = flavors of ice cream.  It was a bit of diversion; a sort of tempest in a = teapot, as it were – the volume of which is undoubtedly measured in imperial = fluid ounces (8 drams, actually – yes, with a “d”), not to be = confused with US fluid ounces, or otherwise “real” ounces.  Had = we had a chance to sit around with a pint (that would be 4 gills) we could have covered the whole matter in about 5 minutes and half dozen chuckles. =  But such is the consequence of only the written word.  Were we to get = together a number of times, we could perhaps finish off an entire firkin in a = fortnight, a firkin being actually only half a kilderkin.  (Not kidding, these = are for real).  And I haven’t even mentioned the slug (a unit of = mass).

 

And Dale, and others, my slight = of the fluid oz by reprimanding it to the kitchen and the measurement of 2-cycle oil = was a bit of tongue in cheek humor.  I have no doubt that the fluid oz is = in the dictionary, but I always avoid the dictionary and the newspapers when a = highly technical matter is involved.  Hey; sometimes even my wife doesn’t know = when I’m teasing.

 

Given the choice, I’d go = metric.  I’ve had a mixed past always hassling with conversion.  My undergrad = mechanical engineering was in British system; but I did a minor in physics (all = metric).  My graduate studies in nuclear engineering was a complete mix (mess); physics/engineering, metric/British.  In the nuclear engineering = business everything in the reactor core was in metric; the rest of the plant in = British units.  NASA contracts were all done in metric (Von Braun and = company in Huntsville).  But I digress.

 

What's your schedule for = completion and flight testing?

 

Schedule?  Ah-h-h, I thought = these projects were solely for our amusement, er, education.  I = didn’t know we had schedules.  But if I get untangled from the mass of = wiring behind the panel, I’ll work on interior finish, and then decide to = final paint – or not – and hopefully get it to the airport = sometime in the fall.  Flight should occur perhaps a two to four fortnights = after that.

 

Happy = anniversary.

 

Thank you.

 

Al

 

 

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From: Al = Gietzen

Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 8:30 AM

Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Units of measure - say what?

 

I know Al,

But it was LOTS of fun.

Jack

 

But as long as we agree that a quart is always 0.94645 liters, and that a = pint is not always a pound, we can get along quite well.

 

 

Al (maybe I’ll go back and lie down now)

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