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Old May 21, 2008 | 11:02 PM
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All the dimples do is make it stealth so you will avoid military radar.
In mere moments, governments worldwide will tremble at the awesome power from my stealth golf ball bombers of doom...they will never see them coming...

Well...except for all the giant white dimpled ***** in the sky...
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Old May 22, 2008 | 04:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Richard Paul
All the dimples do is make it stealth so you will avoid military radar.
The drilled holes allow any dirt entering the compressor to flow through into the engine without damaging the blades. It's known as FOD prevention. Used on all new aircraft since 2002.
strange i never noticed that... i am up close and personal to C17 / KC135 / C5 and a few other aircraft on a regular basis.... guess i'llhave to start paying attention
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Old May 22, 2008 | 10:30 AM
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So no FOD walkdowns necessary in front of your 8 every morning with this unit?
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Old May 22, 2008 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by mdw1000
So no FOD walkdowns necessary in front of your 8 every morning with this unit?
No, it will all flow freely into the motor.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by mdw1000
So no FOD walkdowns necessary in front of your 8 every morning with this unit?
It may nolonger harm the engines, but being ejected out the back could harm carrier deck crews.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by rotorocks
No, it will all flow freely into the motor.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ROFLMAO!!!!
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Old May 22, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by rotorocks
No, it will all flow freely into the motor.
Can't you just put a pair of panty hose on the front to keep all the big stuff out.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by paulmasoner
strange i never noticed that... i am up close and personal to C17 / KC135 / C5 and a few other aircraft on a regular basis.... guess i'llhave to start paying attention

Those aircraft are to old to have these modern blades. Unless they have been repowered with engines carrying dash numbers higher then -21.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 08:10 PM
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this project isn't dead yet?!?!

that makes me roflmao

so how many more decade till its out? or should you just wait till the 16X comes out
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Old May 22, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Richard Paul
Those aircraft are to old to have these modern blades. Unless they have been repowered with engines carrying dash numbers higher then -21.
some of the 17's are newer and all of the 135's have been retrofitted with new engines in recent years... i am not familiar with nomenclature though, so i dunno... i just know how to shut 'em down in case of fire
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Old May 22, 2008 | 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by paulmasoner
some of the 17's are newer and all of the 135's have been retrofitted with new engines in recent years... i am not familiar with nomenclature though, so i dunno... i just know how to shut 'em down in case of fire
pfft..like thats hard to figure out...you find the "dump fuel" lever and start making sweet sweet hand loving to it as you pump it up and down...
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Old May 22, 2008 | 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by eviltwinkie
pfft..like thats hard to figure out...you find the "dump fuel" lever and start making sweet sweet hand loving to it as you pump it up and down...
huh???

i am not familiar with this method... but it sounds MUCH more fun than my way:

throttles, bottles, batteries, seat safe(ejection seat if so equipped(yes fighter/bombers...duh))

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Old May 22, 2008 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by paulmasoner
huh???

i am not familiar with this method... but it sounds MUCH more fun than my way:

throttles, bottles, batteries, seat safe(ejection seat if so equipped(yes fighter/bombers...duh))

go out in style i say...

and if i have a chance to dump fuel on innocent bystanders again...how could i say no to that?

if i can squeeze it in...i'll try to fly as low and slow as possible while doing it...get that badass firetail...you know what im talking about...

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Old May 22, 2008 | 10:48 PM
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Is there a fuel dump kit for RX8?
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Old May 23, 2008 | 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by eviltwinkie
go out in style i say...

and if i have a chance to dump fuel on innocent bystanders again...how could i say no to that?

if i can squeeze it in...i'll try to fly as low and slow as possible while doing it...get that badass firetail...you know what im talking about...

******* SWEET!!! i wanna take a few hours in the air with you!

twinks man, sometimes i wonder if you actually do ANYTHING in life besides look up funny pics... i spend ALL day at work on the web and i have never seen so much great stuff from one person
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Old May 23, 2008 | 12:21 AM
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Originally Posted by rotorocks
Is there a fuel dump kit for RX8?
hells yeah there is.... you access it by returning to OEM fuel control via the PCM.
then it is necessary to remove the catalytic convertor.
last, find the APV around 7200rpms.... and dance all over it


OH!!!! wait.... dont let anyone stand even relatively behind the exhaust tips during a fuel dump in action.

unless of course you like the smell of burning hair and are blood relation to hannibal lecter
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Old May 23, 2008 | 03:47 AM
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Originally Posted by rotorocks
Is there a fuel dump kit for RX8?
Yes actually...its factory installed...its called the PCM...
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Old May 23, 2008 | 03:49 AM
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Originally Posted by paulmasoner
******* SWEET!!! i wanna take a few hours in the air with you!

twinks man, sometimes i wonder if you actually do ANYTHING in life besides look up funny pics... i spend ALL day at work on the web and i have never seen so much great stuff from one person
i've simply been on the interpipes since the dawn of the interwebs...once you've been in it for this long...it creates permanent damage...

side-effect...lolcatz
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Old May 23, 2008 | 03:50 AM
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Originally Posted by paulmasoner
hells yeah there is.... you access it by returning to OEM fuel control via the PCM.
then it is necessary to remove the catalytic convertor.
last, find the APV around 7200rpms.... and dance all over it


OH!!!! wait.... dont let anyone stand even relatively behind the exhaust tips during a fuel dump in action.

unless of course you like the smell of burning hair and are blood relation to hannibal lecter
That's known as the factory installed anti-tailgate feature...
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Old May 23, 2008 | 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by rotorocks
Is there a fuel dump kit for RX8?
It's the peddle to the far right
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Old May 26, 2008 | 04:43 PM
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Axial Flow Project dead?

Sorry, don't visit the site as often, and can't see wading through the several 100's of posts since last I tried to follow the development (or lack thereof) of the Axial Flow project for the Rx8.

I've still held on the the 04 Rx8 despite the purchase of a Porsche Cayamn in 06. We used the Rx8 to do the OneLap of America in May of 2006. Boy, it would have been nice to have had even a paltry 40-50 additional horses for that event. Every timed stage basically starts (i.e. everything begins as a standing start) as a drag race to the 1st corner. I'm now, somewhat sadly, down to 2/3rds of the car, kept the "R" and the "8" but dropped the small "x" Still "mid-engined" biased chasis balance & performance.

So what's the current state of affairs, or is there a summary page to this saga? Is there simply no hope for a reasonable, relaible bhp boost for the Rensis?

Cheers, mlp

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Old May 27, 2008 | 12:00 AM
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I was about to ask the same question as you
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Old May 27, 2008 | 03:15 AM
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Originally Posted by eviltwinkie
i've simply been on the interpipes since the dawn of the interwebs...once you've been in it for this long...it creates permanent damage...

side-effect...lolcatz
... i remember bulletin boards.. kinda, i recall quite well IRC though
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 05:08 PM
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Some posts were moved to Hymee gets Supercharged (Part 2) at the request of Richard Paul.
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Old Jun 12, 2008 | 05:54 PM
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cool, glad to have an update, lol
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