[ARC5] AN-Ranges - engines.

[K5MYJ]

OLD TECH was/is REPAIRABLE!!!

NEW TECH IS NOT!

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
To: <bob at vanirmail.com>
Cc: "ARC-5 List" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; <Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2018 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] AN-Ranges - engines.


On 4 May 2018 at 11:56, bob at vanirmail.com wrote:

> My 1921 Fairbanks-Morse 3 HP "Z" engine turns 7 times that
> speed at 420 RPM redline. Must have over 100 pounds of
> flywheel, ~ 93 cu in one lung.
>
> Lots of amazing things in this old world.

Yes. I agree. And furthermore, the OT weren't dunces: just because it's OLD 
tech, does
NOT mean it is BAD tech.

The modern attitude towards old tech tends to piss me off at times.

Ken W7EKB

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