I owned N2737F for 5 years, after the Mercury system was removed. It was VH-VJS for more than three of those years. George told me that during the first launch he did with the Mercury weight shift pump, they discovered it wasn't bolted in well enough. When the tuggie let go of the brakes on the Bird Dog - George had instructed not to do so until the engine was up to full power - there was a loud bang and the pump handle disappeared. The main wheel left the ground but the tail wheel was firmly planted. Flaps brought it back down to a suitable attitude to pull the yellow handle. The whole mechanism had shifted aft a foot and a half. Sounds like a "don't try this at home" story. Yes, a bit OTT. Jim
--- On Wed, 4/1/09, Texler, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: From: Texler, Michael <[email protected]> Subject: [Aus-soaring] Pumping mercury, yikes! To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 7:09 PM >George Moffatt once had a system of pumping mercury in a Nimbus 3. Wouldn't want any of that liquid metal stuff going near the metal pushrods or fittings. Mecrucy does unpleasant things to aviation alloys. If he had a prang, cleaning up the liquid mercury might be fun. And isn't pumping mercury around a bit OTT anyway? See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element) _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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