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41. Re: Sort of an LBC question... but not exactly.... (long (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:17:13 -0700; As an example, just about everyone in Texas knows about Bangs, TX. The whole town is such a speed trap that it's now entered the realm of urban myth... there are continuing arguments about how many d; /html/fot/2004-03/msg00117.html (9,268 bytes)
42. Re: Sort of an LBC question... but not exactly.... (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:26:25 -0700; Thanks. By what procedure did you determine that the cop couldn't identify you? Obviously, you had to appear and give your name, and that presumably was the name on the ticket and the docket. How did; /html/fot/2004-03/msg00118.html (8,257 bytes)
43. Thanks to all for comments on how fight unjustified ticket.... (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 21:40:03 -0700; I could probably fight this one on my own, but I've decided to find a lawyer near the court to represent me. The cost will probably be higher than the fine, but, the fine and the increased insurance; /html/fot/2004-03/msg00136.html (7,919 bytes)
44. Re: Interesting Hydrogen stuff plus LBC question (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:24 -0700; The company for which I worked, until it was cast into the depths of the globalization ocean by its owners, had a long-term fuel-cell project. There is one element you only partially describe in the; /html/fot/2004-03/msg00192.html (10,808 bytes)
45. Re: lube torqued fasteners? (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:12:25 -0700; Most everyone has answered the question about lubed vs. unlubed torques, but I think I need to clarify this business of torquing to 80% of yield. I'm sure there are exceptions, both in specific insta; /html/fot/2004-03/msg00211.html (10,382 bytes)
46. Re: lube torqued fasteners? (score: 1): Author: "Michael D. Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 04:55:05 -0700; True, too. But, I wasn't adressing that problem--in fact, the engineering process I described ensures a clamp load at least 1.5 times the greatest expected load at a little more than half the yield o; /html/fot/2004-03/msg00222.html (8,709 bytes)
47. Re: [FOT] liner coatings update (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:43:44 -0700; As for corrosion, at least according to the heat transfer tables I've read, rust is a plus. In fact, the metal with the highest rate of heat transfer off the surface, bar none, is rusty cast iron. Th; /html/fot/2006-03/msg00276.html (8,159 bytes)
48. Re: [FOT] language abuse (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 01:02:45 -0600; My favorite little story about "living language" is that slang comes and goes in most languages, in unpredictable ways. Today, "lounge lizard" is a bad Vegas lounge act. Eighty years ago, a "lounge l; /html/fot/2006-05/msg00265.html (8,552 bytes)
49. Re: [FOT] Re: Gasket (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:25:57 -0600; Two things might be lost in this discussion--Bill said the CR was 9.5:1, and second, that he'd not made any substantial changes to the combustion chamber. For those reasons, Jack is likely right in r; /html/fot/2006-06/msg00084.html (8,160 bytes)
50. Re: [FOT] TR-6 for Sale (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:34:09 -0600; Dunno. I scratched my head about that one, too. Maybe somethin' like prop syncronization on a Ford Tri-Motor. :) I was intrigued by the "four degree high lift calm." Sounds a bit like a tai chi exerc; /html/fot/2006-06/msg00214.html (7,696 bytes)
51. Re: [FOT] TR-6 for Sale (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:28:12 -0600; It's a sort of backhanded joke. Tri-Motors (or at least the early ones) had solid props. There was no prop synchronization possible, i.e., there was none. :) Cheers. -- Michael D. Porter Roswell, NM; /html/fot/2006-06/msg00225.html (7,505 bytes)
52. Re: [Fot] previous message (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 23:19:15 -0700; You know, when you let others control what you can say, you let them control what you think (that's not my notion--it's embedded in psychology and law and the earliest political documents of this cou; /html/fot/2006-12/msg00346.html (7,910 bytes)
53. Re: [Fot] Header primary lengths (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:36:37 -0700; Yet one more reason for wanting a dyno at home. :) But, the variables involved are pretty fascinating, and the science of it is one where failing to account for all the variables can lead to quite un; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00043.html (10,448 bytes)
54. Re: [Fot] Header primary lengths (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 06:14:34 -0700; And, you're absolutely right, Terry. And, further, most aircraft engines, at least the WWII variety, had short pipes because of weight (a primary concern for aircraft), and not for additional thrust,; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00066.html (10,047 bytes)
55. Re: [Fot] Header primary lengths (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:27:15 -0700; Yeah, quite true. But, the Merlin engines, at least, were operating with a helluva lot of boost. Earlier versions of the Merlin were rated at 60" Hg above atmospheric. When they wanted more power lat; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00076.html (10,785 bytes)
56. Re: [Fot] Plane & dragster motors: Deep thoughts (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 15:13:30 -0700; Radials of any size seem to have a peculiar throb to them. Thinking about radials, my story about that particular noise is that not long before my mother and father were married, my father wanted to; /html/fot/2007-01/msg00086.html (10,052 bytes)
57. Re: [Fot] Can radial and bias race tires be mixed successfully? (score: 1): Author: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>; Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:07:37 -0600; Umm, my first guess is that the results would be highly unpredictable. Weight shifts from braking and acceleration combined with turns could make the car plenty jumpy. My favorite story about this so; /html/fot/2007-08/msg00073.html (9,150 bytes)

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