What are the odds?
08-12-2005 | 12:03 PM
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From: La Vergne,
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What are the odds?
I'd read elsewhere on RCU about this happening to someone else, and thought to myself "come ON, that's just silly.". Darned if it didn't happen to me yesterday...
Flying the Hog Bipe along quite happily...suddenly 'splutter, gurgle, pfft' says the engine, and we're deadsticking. Got her down unharmed, and started looking for the cause of the deadstick from what had, to this point, been quite a reliable engine.
After some checking, I discovered the problem...
The motor had attempted (and failed) to inhale a large bumble bee.
I have successfully removed all traces of Eric (double bonus cool points to ANY rcu'er who gets THAT reference), and the motor runs fine again, so no damage was done.
I suppose, in this hobby, you will NEVER 'see it all'.
Flying the Hog Bipe along quite happily...suddenly 'splutter, gurgle, pfft' says the engine, and we're deadsticking. Got her down unharmed, and started looking for the cause of the deadstick from what had, to this point, been quite a reliable engine.
After some checking, I discovered the problem...
The motor had attempted (and failed) to inhale a large bumble bee.
I have successfully removed all traces of Eric (double bonus cool points to ANY rcu'er who gets THAT reference), and the motor runs fine again, so no damage was done.
I suppose, in this hobby, you will NEVER 'see it all'.
08-12-2005 | 12:22 PM
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RE: What are the odds?
ORIGINAL: bubbagates
Lately I seem to have more gnats all over my leading edges than I do glow fuel [:@]
Heck , Florida, I would not want to fly through a swarm of love bugs, they would eat the covering off
Lately I seem to have more gnats all over my leading edges than I do glow fuel [:@]
Heck , Florida, I would not want to fly through a swarm of love bugs, they would eat the covering off
OK -- I'll bite
, what's a love bug (aside from a Volkswagen)?
08-12-2005 | 12:31 PM
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RE: What are the odds?
little black and orange bug. there refered to as love bugs because they swarm, and then mate. while mating they attack at the butt and fly aroun for days that way. They are a custom paint jobs worse nightmare here in the south(i have seen cars windshields after they drove through them , with the bugs so thick they had to hang out the window to find a gas station with a squeege)
08-12-2005 | 12:38 PM
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TX hit it right on the head and if they are allowed to dry on the paint or windshield then to get them off the windshield a squeegy will not work but an ice scraper will
On paint they will eat through the paint and clearcoat. If I remember correctly something on/in their bodies contains a mild acid for defense.
I've seen cars so badly covered after driving through a swarm that they are most black. Just swatting them out of the air usually makes them "pop" as they are very delicate bugs
On paint they will eat through the paint and clearcoat. If I remember correctly something on/in their bodies contains a mild acid for defense.
I've seen cars so badly covered after driving through a swarm that they are most black. Just swatting them out of the air usually makes them "pop" as they are very delicate bugs
08-12-2005 | 12:55 PM
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From: La Vergne,
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RE: What are the odds?
ORIGINAL: Commander_Drake
Sing along with me "Eric the Half-a-Bee" from Monty Python.
Sing along with me "Eric the Half-a-Bee" from Monty Python.
Well done, Drake.
Well done.and now, may I present...
Half a bee, philosophically,
must eo ipso facto half not be
But half a bee has got to be,
vis a vis its entity
- D'you see?
But can a bee be said to be
Or not to be an entire bee,
When half the bee is not a bee
Due to some ancient injury
La, di di, one two three
Eric the Half a Bee
A B C D E F G
Eric the Half a Bee
Is This wretched demi-bee,
Half asleep upon my knee,
Some freak from a menagerie?
No! It's Eric the Half a Bee.
Fiddle di dum, Fiddle di dee, Eric the Half a Bee
Ho ho ho, tee hee hee,
Eric the Half a Bee
I love this hive epmploy-ee-ee Bisected accidentially,
One Summer afternoon by me,
I love him carnally.
He loves him carnally...
Semi-carnally.
The End.
Cyril Connolly?
No, semi-carnally.
Oh.
(quietly) Cyril Connolly
must eo ipso facto half not be
But half a bee has got to be,
vis a vis its entity
- D'you see?
But can a bee be said to be
Or not to be an entire bee,
When half the bee is not a bee
Due to some ancient injury
La, di di, one two three
Eric the Half a Bee
A B C D E F G
Eric the Half a Bee
Is This wretched demi-bee,
Half asleep upon my knee,
Some freak from a menagerie?
No! It's Eric the Half a Bee.
Fiddle di dum, Fiddle di dee, Eric the Half a Bee
Ho ho ho, tee hee hee,
Eric the Half a Bee
I love this hive epmploy-ee-ee Bisected accidentially,
One Summer afternoon by me,
I love him carnally.
He loves him carnally...
Semi-carnally.
The End.
Cyril Connolly?
No, semi-carnally.
Oh.
(quietly) Cyril Connolly
08-12-2005 | 01:09 PM
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RE: What are the odds?
ORIGINAL: bubbagates
TX hit it right on the head and if they are allowed to dry on the paint or windshield then to get the off them winshield a squeegy will not work but an ice scraper will
On paint they will eat through the paint and clearcoat. If I remember correctly something on/in their bodies contains a mild acid for defense.
I've seen cars so badly covered after driving through a swarm that they are most black. Just swatting them out of the air usually makes them "pop" as they are very delicate bugs
TX hit it right on the head and if they are allowed to dry on the paint or windshield then to get the off them winshield a squeegy will not work but an ice scraper will
On paint they will eat through the paint and clearcoat. If I remember correctly something on/in their bodies contains a mild acid for defense.
I've seen cars so badly covered after driving through a swarm that they are most black. Just swatting them out of the air usually makes them "pop" as they are very delicate bugs
There are some real advantages to living in the cool [8D] north. The blackflies here are much easier to digest
.
08-12-2005 | 02:36 PM
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RE: What are the odds?
ORIGINAL: kiswa
These are lovebugs (they're fairly tiny, don't let the picture fool you):
These are lovebugs (they're fairly tiny, don't let the picture fool you):
They are bit on the ugly side. Do they bite?
08-12-2005 | 02:45 PM
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RE: What are the odds?
ORIGINAL: britbrat
They are bit on the ugly side. Do they bite?
ORIGINAL: kiswa
These are lovebugs (they're fairly tiny, don't let the picture fool you):
These are lovebugs (they're fairly tiny, don't let the picture fool you):
They are bit on the ugly side. Do they bite?
Thank god they are semi annual down there in FL and then only in the morning and evenings are they really bad
08-12-2005 | 03:36 PM
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And they make just as big a mess on a plane when you fly thru them.
I wonder how I know????
And they DON'T come off easy on a car or plane!!!!!! ENJOY !!!! RED
I wonder how I know????
And they DON'T come off easy on a car or plane!!!!!! ENJOY !!!! RED
