Chronic's Research and Aeronautics Project (C.R.A.P.)

NARSES2 · May 17, 2020, 05:28:09 AM

Quote from: TheChronicOne on May 16, 2020, 10:45:14 AM

Check this out.... the airplane fell from a shelf above the bench....... hit the floor.... and the gear disappeared. I'm like.... "HMM...." TORE APART the whole place and crawled around on my stomache even wasting hours looking. Finally it hit me..... "well, it's unlikely, but look anyway...." SURE ENOUGH... the airplane flew off the shelf, hit the floor, the gear broke off and flew back up and landed on the work bench!!

Obviously very well trained aircraft parts

Glad you found it

DogfighterZen · May 17, 2020, 05:36:29 AM

That landing gear played a good one on you...

once i dropped a small bit while at the bench and heard it hit the floor, can't remember exactly what it was but it was something like an antenna or pitot tube. Did the same as you did, cleared everything away from the bench and started looking for the damn part and after some 10/15 minutes i gave up... after i put everything back in place and sat at the bench again, i felt something poking my foot... the part managed to hit the floor and bounce into my slipper, where it stayed until i felt it poking my foot through the sock...

TheChronicOne · May 17, 2020, 03:29:07 PM

That's the cosmos........ playing jokes on us.

Did a TON of masking yesterday and managed to get the Pluto painted. I started to remove the masking but by golly it was taking so long I got tired and gave up.

Had surprise work today, too. I got a call for emergency trash removal. The 8 cans out at the shopping center were mushroom cloud esque so they had me go tighten them all up. A princely sum for it, too. $200 to empty 8 trashcans. While I was on that side of town, I went and mowed a lawn that probably wasn't going to do until tomorrow. Now I can relax a bit I suppose. Back to the Pluto this evening. After I get it un masked I get to turn around and do a second phase of it to get some de-icers and the rudder painted then It'll be on to detail painting and touch up then I can clear and decal it. Should be done by the end of the week.

TheChronicOne · May 22, 2020, 01:55:00 PM

A video from 1995 when the USS Carl Vinson launched a bunch of WWII aircraft near Oahu, HI. Corsairs, Mitchells, and the like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQIqmk6FsdI&fbclid=IwAR3j7_x9G3Gw8y27s7XW3bvwSAFndh-2q4H0HoFePP3f_RpWSALoIHu75yk

scooter · May 22, 2020, 02:09:04 PM

The true sound of freedom.

PR19_Kit · May 22, 2020, 03:10:12 PM

What an AWESOME vid!

The ship must have been going a bit, the B-25s and the HU-16 were airborne before they passed the island!

I guess a B-29 was too heavy to crane aboard then?

TheChronicOne · May 22, 2020, 08:55:27 PM

I wonder, though, if one could be placed on a carrier deck then have it at flank speed heading into hurricane force winds.......

Anyway... for some randomness. This has been sitting in my open tabs for awhile.... Covid-19.... C-19...... "is there a C-19?" Yes, there is.....

Northrop C-19 Alpha

Interesting. It's a pretty neat looking plane...

zenrat · May 22, 2020, 10:09:18 PM

Quote from: PR19_Kit on May 22, 2020, 03:10:12 PM
What an AWESOME vid!

The ship must have been going a bit, the B-25s and the HU-16 were airborne before they passed the island!

I guess a B-29 was too heavy to crane aboard then?

I guess the Mitch probly wasn't carrying a bomb load...

"Camera" work is terrible. Good to watch the planes though.

zenrat · May 22, 2020, 10:20:07 PM

Quote from: TheChronicOne on May 22, 2020, 08:55:27 PM
I wonder, though, if one could be placed on a carrier deck then have it at flank speed heading into hurricane force winds.......

Anyway... for some randomness. This has been sitting in my open tabs for awhile.... Covid-19.... C-19...... "is there a C-19?" Yes, there is.....

Northrop C-19 Alpha

Interesting. It's a pretty neat looking plane...

Gorgeous. These and their associated designs (Beta and Gamma) fit my design aesthetic to a T.
Check out this Gamma.

NARSES2 · May 23, 2020, 12:28:21 AM

Quote from: zenrat on May 22, 2020, 10:20:07 PM

Gorgeous. These and their associated designs (Beta and Gamma) fit my design aesthetic to a T.

I like them as well, that whole era produced some incredible "stuff". I'm just a little concerned with how close the passengers are to the engine though

Mind you I suppose it would keep them warm on any arctic flights and the pilot is a long way away from the dangers of CO poisoning

PR19_Kit · May 23, 2020, 03:36:41 AM

I've never heard of a C-19 Alpha before, but it's a neat looking machine.

Probably boosted the sales of ear defenders no end.

TheChronicOne · May 23, 2020, 10:03:38 AM

Hell yeah... I wondering how loud and hot it would be sitting up there right behind the engine.

That Gamma tho...... oh man..... are there any kits out there of these things?

TheChronicOne · May 26, 2020, 10:58:58 PM

Well... I keep trying but just can't get motivated to do anything with my build(s). I've had been overwhelmed with work but also over the last week or so burdened with drastic new problems in the personal realm. Oddball family stuff. Boil it all together and I'm just exhausted, depressed, frustrated, and apathetic. Even after work in my down time I just can't seem to gather any enthusiasm for hobbies of any sort.

Here's the thing, though... it seems like every time I make a post about giving up trying to work on my stuff... I wind up, within a couple days, being motivated to keep going. Of course, now that I'm aware of this and mentioned it it probably won't work any more.

That's not to say I haven't gotten anything done... I've slowly managed to nearly completely finish the masking work on my Pluto. I just have the engine cowling de-icers left I think..... then I need to paint the areas I masked then I can do the touch up and fine detail work.... you know ... paint on the nav lights and poo-poo like that. Then I can clear coat it and start putting on the "stickers."

NARSES2 · May 27, 2020, 05:46:02 AM

Sometimes you do just need to deliberately walk away for a couple of days.

TheChronicOne · May 27, 2020, 10:31:49 AM

Yup... after about a week of saying "Well, I'll get some work done on this today" then never making it it's time to just face the fact that I'm just not with it right not and not kid myself. When I start feeling better "it " will come back naturally and one day I'll be like, "Hey, where's that Pluto?"

For now, it's time to stop disappointing myself with repeatedly failing to get anything done with my hobbies.

BUT HELL WHO KNOWS?! Today might be that day and I'll be back at this evening but I have some lawns out in the heat today.

I usually NEVER feel good after that mess. Talk about energy draining... wooo.... and the humidity is way up.... waaaaay up.

Anyway.... cheers!