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  1. Meplat
    Just a guess, but I'm betting they are part/artifact of a late war/postwar refurbishment/modernization program.
  2. Meplat
    You'll note that a lot of them are also rather elderly. That's what I noticed when I was living in Japan. Barring the servicemen on leave (who rarely went far afield, where I was living) you saw the tour groups. They'd always try to pet the monkeys.
  3. Meplat
    Or the hulls were used as automotive test mules for the tracks.
  4. Meplat
    "Nono, you have to use this app to get streaming movies..'.
  5. Meplat
    Classy.
  6. Meplat
    if it is the pilot, it was shot later in the war. Look at the tracks.
  7. Meplat
    Really bud, you're going to get all insulted over how a foreigner views your country, via your own press? Welcome to "Being a U.S. Citizen". You go overseas and everyone thinks you're either a baccy chawing yehaww redneck, or a vapid cali sun-bunny.
  8. Meplat
    Or just shitty recordkeeping combined with cherrypicking to keep the gov-bux coming in. Yeah, both judges are guilty of malfeasance/misfeasance, but "meh" ,business as usual.
  9. Meplat
    late followup- Yes, it is doable. Right now R134 is VERY cheap (meaning they are about to get rid of it) so stock up. Be aware of what you are charging. If it says "R410A" or similar, it operates at a much higher pressure, and you will fuuuuck your gauges.(let alone having the can pop while trying to "top off". ). I managed to recharge the old beast, but getting service ports was a bigger pain. A lot of places do not want to sell them to you without certs. I managed to BS it with my A&P ticket. Second PITA was the can tap that hooks to the gauge manifold. Most are these "DIY" grade" hook it to the low side and juice it" rigs. All in all it was "a useful waste of time" as the compressor was (is) dying, but it works well enough to chill beer/etc, so it acts as an overflow from the main. If you're doing a top off, and it's a R12 or R22 rig, you HAVE to evacuate and change the oil and freon. R22/R12 and R134 do not play well. You have to evac, purge and then fill. Replace the dryer as well. Optimal would be a really old R22 rig with a piston compressor and existing service ports, that's robust enough to self evacuate. But reefers like that, even industrials, are pretty old. TL_DR I should go back to school for HVAC, but I'm stuck as a mechanic.
  10. Meplat
    Oh MSNBC, never change.
  11. Meplat
    I have had far more Democrat than Republican campaign workers knocking on my door. All for very local stuff though.
  12. Meplat
    The NRA has ALWAYS been short of funds. At best they break even.
  13. Meplat
    Nah, lots of people were disgusted with McCain for how he dealt with MIA family members. They guy was a shitbird. There is a CSPAN vid of him being a petulant child when dealing with a MIA/POW rep.
  14. Meplat
    Both incidents will be thoroughly obfuscated, until some other bright and shiny thing pops up, with which to distract the masses.
  15. Meplat
    Just a WAG, but it has filters, a voicemitter, what looks like a small lamp, (or canteen attachmant?) . It's got a full face mask of some sort, so that means NBC, and a neck seal. I can;t tell if that's a double visor or just one thick amber one. All in all it's looking like some "FUTUR WARRIOR" one off.
  16. Meplat
    The first image looks like an old Dodge Enforcer. Used to see them all over Kelly/Lackland. They were notorious for flipping, and generally being marginally useful. (Added) Not an Enforcer/Defender, the lines are wrong. It's closer to a Shorland .
  17. Meplat
    The governors are externally adjustable, to an extent. The ones on the ground application radials were likely a "velocity" or "vacuum" governor, rather than a centrifugal (Correction, found my copy of the -9 for the 975, it is centrifugal, and easily "monkeyed with".), and they can be "bypassed" . Although doing so is very fucking obvious. There is always the "Joe is a hell of a guy" factor, whereupon if it says "do not open" it surely will be.
  18. Meplat
    The new Bf110 is same as the old one. Clean, it's heavy, roll is okay but a P-38 will fucking eat it. If you have stores you are a bomber, treat it as such. Overall seemed to handle the same. Did not need to boot rudder as much, may have to do with the lack of external stores. It's not a P-38, and anything with reasonable firepower will smoke it.
  19. Meplat
    Ki32 handles like a Pawnee. But with shittier elevator response. Makes sense, it's a longer bird. You can toss it, but keep the power up. Manually roll flaps. Don't waste time stabbing "f". Tab out of cockpit view to minimize rage. It's another fucking placeholder.
  20. Meplat
    Got a vintage (1970's) fridge that is slowly dying. I really do not want to replace it with some modern POS, as this thing is huge, and has a giant herm that still wants to run. So. My plan is to evac the system, check for leaks, then service it with R-134. Any of youall done this kind of stuff before, and if so, how'd it work?
  21. Meplat
    If terms of enlistment in the Army are what I remember, that's half a tour. USAF minimum tour was four years. Makes me wonder if the U.S. is having issues with retention of a solid NCO cadre.
  22. Meplat
    Meh, the last guy that pissed him off got fed to some dogs. (Or was it torn apart by AA guns? I forget.)
  23. Meplat
    Not sure why it ever had that. If it had trouble getting off the mat, don't allow it on that map, or lengthen the strip (durrrpJustGaijinThings).
  24. Meplat
    I guess it's better than "RAILS . ALL THE RAILS".. Still looks a bit odd.
  25. Meplat
    Sadly it looks like just another of the innumerable VW based "pan" kit-cars. That may have affected it slightly.
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