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Thread ID: 126358	2012-08-23 01:02:00	And they are still broken.	Trev (427)	PC World Chat

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1296290	2012-08-23 03:45:00	Poor people usually settle for a second hand car because they cannot afford a brand new one. It is the same with a poor country that has to budget.	Bobh (5192)
1296291	2012-08-23 09:04:00	The Iroquois, Hercules, Orion are still going rather well, in complete contrast to a range of Eurotrash that has come and gone over the lifetime of the real planes. Could it be the Lack-o-Lucas that helps them along?	R2x1 (4628)
1296292	2012-08-23 10:08:00	Lucas aircraft pumps and fuel systems were so good that the American Bendix organisation made them under licence. :eek:	Terry Porritt (14)
1296293	2012-08-23 10:38:00	Pity Lucas couldn't make them properly ;) - Still, traditions have to be observed. And don't forget those other Lucas achievements. Stealth-fighter strobe lights, guaranteed undetectable on the darkest night. The King's award to industry for outstanding adherence to wartime blackout requirements, during, before, and after hostilities. :devil	R2x1 (4628)
1296294	2012-08-23 10:59:00	Poor people usually settle for a second hand car because they cannot afford a brand new one. It is the same with a poor country that has to budget. And those who can't afford a NZ-new second hand car get sucked into the import scams. Yes, they can afford a gleaming BMW second hand import, now, but what happens when the very costly repair or parts replacement bills come in? There's no prestige factor in someone's hand me downs. Less so if you can't afford the upkeep. And even more so when the salt corrosion from the northern hemisphere winter environment starts to take its toll.	WalOne (4202)
1296295	2012-08-23 12:28:00	Here. (www.youtube.com) Why is it everything New Zealand buys is broken. Helecopters, Armoured Personal Vechiles, 757s, Aermacchi Jets, now the trains from China, almost forgot to mention the Cook Strait Ferrys. :) Because the Government has important issues to deal with. HERE (www.stuff.co.nz)	B.M. (505)
1296296	2012-08-23 22:57:00	Lucas aircraft pumps and fuel systems were so good that the American Bendix organisation made them under licence. :eek: Lol was this pump for the Alison J31 engine which was pretty much a Whittle design early days turbojet? The Viper had a Lucas fuel pump and five other separate components connected by a myriad of pipes to control the fuel pump. The yanks just use one FCU with changes fof fuel flow done internally.	prefect (6291)
1296297	2012-08-23 23:03:00	Like most of the public buying their toys at home, think think they are getting a bargain. Cheap, Cheap! They don't think ahead, false economy buying **** that breaks in 5 minutes, buy quality in the first pace. But they don't care, they'll flog it off later anyway... X 2 Buy cheap, buy twice.	Marnie (4574)
1296298	2012-08-23 23:12:00	"The first rule of government spending, Why build 1 when you can have 2 at twice the price" R J Haddon	Gobe1 (6290)
1296299	2012-08-24 01:13:00	Lol was this pump for the Alison J31 engine which was pretty much a Whittle design early days turbojet? The Viper had a Lucas fuel pump and five other separate components connected by a myriad of pipes to control the fuel pump. The yanks just use one FCU with changes fof fuel flow done internally. The early American jet engines were based on Whittle designs and then RR designs like the Derwent. One of the first was the General Electric J31 later developed by GE and Allison into the J33 which powered the Lockheed P80. It probably had an A or B sized pump but later engines would have had the C size. The Viper and Mamba which go back to the 40s I think had the A size pump, but that was before my time, I think later Vipers used the C pump. You are most likely confusing early fuel systems like "Single Pump Pressure Control Systems" used on the Viper to much later hydro-mechanical 'all in one' CASC, or Combined Acceleration and Speed Control units.	Terry Porritt (14)
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