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Post by planecrazy on May 2, 2018 16:01:25 GMT 12
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Post by davidd on May 3, 2018 9:52:41 GMT 12
I presume that is an upgrade of the Lake Buccaneer, which was itself an improved and modernised version of the Colonial Skimmer. However the engine installation and whole tail group seem to be greatly enlarged since those days. What is the power-plant now? The "250" pained on side of cockpit is probably significant. David D
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Post by FlyingKiwi on May 3, 2018 20:36:37 GMT 12
The Renegade normally has an IO-540 motor - I would hazard a guess the "250" is the horsepower output.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on May 4, 2018 11:28:04 GMT 12
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Post by planecrazy on May 4, 2018 18:26:15 GMT 12
Couple today, didn’t get real close as I was working when I took these, not great day either, the Diamond DA-40D Diamond Star went west over my home and strangely quiet with it’s diesel power plant. The American registered twin went east Norfolk then on to NZ.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on May 4, 2018 20:45:05 GMT 12
Couple today, didn’t get real close as I was working when I took these, not great day either, the Diamond DA-40D Diamond Star went west over my home and strangely quiet with it’s diesel power plant. What type of fuel does it burn? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that compression-ignition engines in aircraft burn J1 jet-fuel. So they aren't technically diesel engnes.
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Post by planecrazy on May 4, 2018 22:10:52 GMT 12
Okay interesting, just searched her rego and found the below link which stated a diesel engine. So it's diesel style engine that runs on kero, is that correct? When she left she flew quite low over our home and she deffinitly had an unusual and quiet note to her motor. www.regosearch.com/aircraft/au/PDQ
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Post by delticman on May 4, 2018 23:22:18 GMT 12
Okay interesting, just searched her rego and found the below link which stated a diesel engine. So it's diesel style engine that runs on kero, is that correct? When she left she flew quite low over our home and she deffinitly had an unusual and quiet note to her motor. www.regosearch.com/aircraft/au/PDQSound of the future Sorry about the wind.
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Post by Bruce on May 5, 2018 10:04:32 GMT 12
Couple today, didn’t get real close as I was working when I took these, not great day either, the Diamond DA-40D Diamond Star went west over my home and strangely quiet with it’s diesel power plant. What type of fuel does it burn? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that compression-ignition engines in aircraft burn J1 jet-fuel. So they aren't technically diesel engnes. This type of Compression-Ignition engine is named after its inventor - Rudolf Diesel, in the same way a Wankel Rotary is named after its designer. "Diesel fuel" is just the name of the fuel blended to use in such an engine, so the the engine gives it name to the fuel, not the other way round (just like "Jet Fuel"). A Diesel engine can of course run on virtually anything, Petrol, Kerosene, Jet A1. Cooking Oil, Fat off your roast lamb...
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on May 5, 2018 12:29:57 GMT 12
I'd be very reluctant to put a highly-explosive fuel such as petrol (or avgas) into a compression-ignition engine.
Last December, one of the team leaders at Transdev in Wellington (the company which runs Wellington's commuter trains under contract to GWRC) filled a company diesel-powered Hyundai vehicle with petrol, then did mega damage to the engine (as in broken reciprocating parts) when she started it up and drove it out of the service station. Remember too that in this case, the petrol would have been diluted by the diesel fuel remaining in the tank before it was fuelled up.
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Post by FlyingKiwi on May 5, 2018 12:50:47 GMT 12
That Baron N298WA is owned and based in NZ, normally lives at North Shore airfield I think.
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Post by planecrazy on May 26, 2018 16:19:44 GMT 12
Thank you to my MRC mate who keeps me in touch with visitors that are due, plane spotters “pig in mud” day today, two going in different directions landed within 20 mins of each other, that doesn’t happen very often! The second of the four brand new RNZAF Kingairs came through for a fuel and go. In the opposite direction a PAC XL750 going to the New Guinea military. Commented to the pilots, sign of the peaceful times we are fortunate to live in, two civil aeroplanes being used for military purposes. Pity the military markings are covered up. Then I did a bit more snooping. In front of our flash new air terminal. Have to say the Kingair from any angle is a nice looking machine. I’m happy to be told off re the name and my next comment, the PAC XL750 on the other hand while practical looking is not so handsome!? Beauty in the eye of the beholder I guess!
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Post by eieio on May 27, 2018 10:30:58 GMT 12
Re ,petrol in diesel engines,long ago a cummins V8 was given a whiff of petrol to get it started, it went crazy so a tool box was dumped onto the air intake , sucking a circular shape on the bottom of the box .moral of the storey, dont use your hand as a choker in such circumstances.
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Post by planecrazy on May 28, 2018 22:56:59 GMT 12
Had a Herc show up around 6pm, just back from playing around with some time exposure shots. Note no runway lights or landing lights, bit of night vision work for the crew.
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 28, 2018 23:49:55 GMT 12
Wow, awesome!
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Post by johnnyfalcon on May 29, 2018 13:33:10 GMT 12
That's cool! It'd make a good poster -Thank you, poster...
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Post by planecrazy on Jul 5, 2018 17:54:32 GMT 12
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Post by kiwi285 on Jul 7, 2018 19:37:55 GMT 12
Good to see another one of these great planes in country. Do we know where it will be based ?
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Post by ErrolC on Jul 7, 2018 20:29:00 GMT 12
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Post by planecrazy on Aug 15, 2018 17:19:50 GMT 12
This long range Jet Ranger on her way to Noumea via Lord Howe then Norfolk Island, long way over water in a helicopter.
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