Pellsons Perceivings

[Rick Lowe]

As it's not integral to the airframe, you could always add one later, when or if information comes to light.

[Pellson]

Awful day for reasons I might go into at a later stage, but at least, the somewhat stacked Teams meetings schedule left me the chance to do some minor things on the Scandinavian pack on the desk, as per their respective threads, bringing several of them a few steps closer to completion. And that's also a comfort.

Well - tomorrow can reasonably not become as bad as today, so sod this. I'm going to bed.

[Old Wombat]

Sorry to hear you had a sh!t day. Hopefully tomorrow is better!

[NARSES2]

Yup, hopefully a better day beckons 

[Pellson]

Grumpy. 'Nough said.

[Pellson]

Long day.

Pressed morning with meetings, then off to the cottage to meet the water pump guy who is to sort the no-water-issue. Nice chap - he arrived on time - but annoyingly, we found that the frost guard had broken, so the entire pressure tank and pipe gallery was frozen solid. No leaks, though, it seems.

Having suspected the frost guard, I had a new one in the car, so I replaced the faulty one while Mr Pump replaced the manometer and the pressure switch, both wrecked by the ice. Now, the shed is closed up until tomorrow early when we'll reconvene at the crime scene, hopefully getting the water to flow again.

Then back home, under which way the sodding slave cylinder finally gave up all breath, rendering the Defender clutchless. But as Defenders rarely leave you stranded, you just get on with it and synch manually.

Then more work, among other things producing a technical contract appendix on an additional feature that isn't developed yet, meaning that no one knows neither cost nor limitations. Not easy sorting that appendix, I'll tell you..

Anyway - then off to town to meet up in the club for a discussion on club matters, and then home at 10:30 PM.

And tomorrow early, I'll have to pop out to the cottage again. 

There will be better days. Soon. I sincerely hope..

[zenrat]

You sure you wouldn't be better off driving a nice Land Cruiser?   

[Old Wombat]

You sure you wouldn't be better off driving a nice Land Cruiser?   

 

[NARSES2]

Then more work, among other things producing a technical contract appendix on an additional feature that isn't developed yet, meaning that no one knows neither cost nor limitations. Not easy sorting that appendix, I'll tell you..

It seems you have discovered a new form of Whiffery ? 

Hope the cottage and motor get sorted 

[Pellson]

Then more work, among other things producing a technical contract appendix on an additional feature that isn't developed yet, meaning that no one knows neither cost nor limitations. Not easy sorting that appendix, I'll tell you..

It seems you have discovered a new form of Whiffery ? 

Well - the training provided by writing backstories for fictional aircraft does indeed help. At least as long as noone tries to enforce the contract.. 

Cottage OK. As soon as the ice was gone (and the new pressure switch and manometer installed), the pump went back into action without as much as a hick. Unusual, but I'll take it. I think the new frost guard will be useful, though.
The Land Rover will have to wait for another day.

[Pellson]

A much loved friend called ahead this morning to announce his arrival this afternoon. As he's staying the night in the combined hobby/office/guest room, a quick but surprisingly thorough clear-out needed to happen, so as I write, all the projects are stored away. As I will have to take some serious action on the Defender, it might take a week or so for them to get back.

Well - at least the paint will settle...

[NARSES2]

A much loved friend called ahead this morning to announce his arrival this afternoon.

Could have given you a little more notice    Still friends are important in life    Still got some from the first day of senior school some 60 years ago 

[Rheged]

A much loved friend called ahead this morning to announce his arrival this afternoon.

Could have given you a little more notice    Still friends are important in life    Still got some from the first day of senior school some 60 years ago 

I've just got home from Carlisle (checking on 96 year old mother in law)  and visiting friends I made at primary school 65 yearsago......at least those that are still alive!   Odd that we still recognise each other, despite not having seen some of them for half a century!!

[Pellson]

Well, while we certainly have seen better days, we've also seen worse. And at least, there's a plan for one of the offending Defenders, meaning I could relax enough to at least fiddle a little bit with some smallish modelling things. Among them, some minor preparations for the painting of some Lansen undersides and also a few first steps taken to evolve an EW Sk37 Viggen into a reasonably viable SEAD bomber. Given the simultaneously ongoing early stages of renovation of an AJS37 and an AJSF37, there might just be a Viggen renovation thread in the not too distant future.

One of the better things with this week is that it's school holidays. The two eldest are away downhill skiing so it's just the little lad left at home. Hence we took him to the traditional early morning start of the yearly book shop sale this morning. It's a nationwide event, and also our little local shop is doing its best to keep up, serving some breakfast for us enthusiasts. And he did pick a few books, if none military, and has been quite happy with them for most of the day.

Tomorrow, the better, smarter and certainly prettier half is having a somewhat sensitive Teams meeting from home, and as the local F13 Wing museum is open, we've decided to go for a look, me and the lad. They do have a very nice JA37 there, and the boy did get a Heller JA37 for his birthday a few weeks ago, so I can see a connection. Also, they tend to have a small shelf of antiquarian books on associated subjects, so maybe I'll find something nice there.
In any case, there's a good chance for a nice father-son outing, and that's not bad in itself.

While discussing the JA37, I stumbled over a few interesting photos while wasting a bit of time on the web. This one, f.i, was taken during the initial trials of air superiority camouflage schemes, actually performed at the F13 wing we'll be visiting tomorrow. As you can see, most of the 132 sqn's Viggens are still in splinter greens, but two are repainted in a medium grey while a third, the so famous "White Lady", is in an all over very light grey.

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In the end, neither of these schemes was chosen, the Air Force instead going for a mix with the darker hue topside, and the lighter below, also wrapping the nose. This latter scheme can be seen in this landing shot from the Uppsala F16 wing.

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Another interesting feature with that pic is the landing configuration so evident in the late evening sun. Look closely, and you'll see that while the flaps on the canard wing are down, so are actually both ailevators on the rear of the big delta wing, together giving a significant increase in lift and hence lowering the landing speed substantially in comparison to a clean delta, such as a Mirage or even a J35 Draken. And that, gentlemen, is one of the three big factors contributing to the impressive STOL capability of the Viggen design. The others obviously being the massive engine and the jet efflux reversing.
Pretty cool, methinks, for having been invented back in the 60's.

Looking at these photos makes this old fart a bit nostalgic. While I wouldn't go as far as saying things were better back then, the fighters certainly were a lot cooler before General Dynamics electric jet set a boring precedence on fighter design.

[Captain Canada]

Very cool.