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Omega General Help / Re: Replacing rubber around windshield

« on: Yesterday at 00:28:28 »

If you're very lucky, possibly.

The frame pieces that the rubber trim clips into is attached to the glass with the rubber strip BEFORE the glass is fitted as the rubber is what sets the windscreen position in the aperture.

This is the only guaranteed way to get it fitted correctly. If you try and do it on the car you run the very real risk of pushing the frame pieces off the glass.

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General Discussion Area / Re: No income tax rise after all

« on: 14 November 2025, 14:46:50 »

So what exactly is  DEI hire Reeves going to do for wonga?

Pop a short frock on and get her legs out...

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Omega General Help / Re: Colour codes

« on: 13 November 2025, 16:53:07 »

Thanks for comments, so one colour can have various codes.

Yup, and sometimes it's the first letter...

For example, Glacier White is 474 whether it's on an Omega, Vectrum, Astra or Insignia, but the preceding letter could be Y or Z

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General Discussion Area / Re: The Knives Are Out For Two Tier Kier!

« on: 13 November 2025, 11:46:09 »

You left off Nigel...

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General Discussion Area / Re: Kentucky plane crash

« on: 12 November 2025, 20:16:51 »

Rotation puts the tail engine at or below the Centre of Gravity, ie about level with the front wing spar and therefore in the firing line of any debris.

Pretty sure the tail engine is actually #2.

No mention yet that I have seen of a bird strike but there was report of increased bird activity before the crash.

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Omega General Help / Re: YaBB.pl files

« on: 11 November 2025, 22:15:47 »

Can't recall if they are a 1.2W or 2W capes type.  Reuse old bulb holder.

2.4w for the bigger ones iirc

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General Discussion Area / Re: Kentucky plane crash

« on: 11 November 2025, 13:00:31 »

They're currently all grounded pending the investigation findings.

Much of the UPS and Fed Ex fleets are already in storage, so slightly moot.

The TriStar was a much better aircraft than the DC10/MD11. Its undoing was because it crashed first.

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General Discussion Area / Re: BBC bias

« on: 09 November 2025, 18:50:54 »

Director General and News Chief Executive have just resigned.
Excellent. 

Bet they don't report it though

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 08 November 2025, 23:50:38 »

Put some air in one of the tyres, sigh, and took it for a drive around Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, taking in a bit or Warwickshire I believe.  Filming a stupid railway for the sad bastards.

Has HS2 made it that far already? 

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Omega General Help / Re: YaBB.pl files

« on: 08 November 2025, 21:35:55 »

In short.

Wheel to lowest setting.
Remove column shroud to easily access the screw retaining the filler panel and bottom edge of cluster... Be careful as if it drops it can land in the upper column pivot joint.
Tilt the centre vents up or down and pop out.
Remove the two screws now visible.
Undo the screw at the inboard end of the cluster.
Pull cluster out unplugging the MID/TID/Nav display as you go.

Bulbs are then easily and obviously accessible 

Refit in reverse etc...

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General Discussion Area / Re: Kentucky plane crash

« on: 07 November 2025, 12:55:10 »

Not at all insignificant, but it's a wonder the thing actually got off the ground with less than two engines.

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Omega General Help / Re: ATP

« on: 06 November 2025, 20:24:49 »

Probably another £150 for the pair...

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General Discussion Area / Re: BBC bias

« on: 06 November 2025, 20:23:10 »

Perhaps by not mentioning it, the Beeb believes that it can't be accused of being pro Palestinian. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Kentucky plane crash

« on: 06 November 2025, 20:13:13 »

I may have worded that better: in a normal attitude with sufficient air moving at a high enough speed would have been clearer.

All slats and spoilers do is change the shape of the wing as required to maximise lift/reduce drag at any given airspeed. Note that drag is not the opposite of lift.

It's a pretty moot point though... 150ft isn't enough altitude to do anything with.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Kentucky plane crash

« on: 06 November 2025, 16:03:01 »

AA191 had alot more altitude so was almost inverted when it hit.

The two things they needed they didn't have... Airspeed and altitude. The wings will always provide lift as long as there is air flowing over it. Removing thrust on one side causes a loss of airspeed over that wing. Less airspeed equals less lift. Likewise the yaw induced by the loss of balanced thrust further slows the unpowered wing causing more loss of lift. As the wing drops the aircraft will always roll to that side. Once the left wing touched the lift from the working wing finished the roll.

Not dissimilar to the Endeavour crash in Toronto earlier this year.

The position of the tail engine relative to the dynamic axis is less than ideal compared to the Tristar or other three engined aircraft. Where the centre line of the engine is almost aligned with the centre line of the aircraft.