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  1. Robo McDuff

    Belgian F-16 Destroyed: "Accidental" Cannon-fire 2018-10-14

    Maybe that is were I got my idea: shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during areal combat Maybe the mechanic was high but not flying and the other airplane definitely does not count as enemy, more a case of friendly fire.
  2. Robo McDuff

    Belgian F-16 Destroyed: "Accidental" Cannon-fire 2018-10-14

    Any idea about European ways of counting kills?
  3. Robo McDuff

    Belgian F-16 Destroyed: "Accidental" Cannon-fire 2018-10-14

    I think planes on the ground without pilot do not count as "kill"
  4. Robo McDuff

    Belgian F-16 Destroyed: "Accidental" Cannon-fire 2018-10-14

    It is not for nothing that the financial center on Manhattan is where it is; this is : Nieuw Haarlem or New Harlem in English is now Harlem, Maritius River (after Maurits of Orange) is now the Hudson River Fort Oranje is now Albany, and we can go on quite long. The Dutch had quite a large...
  5. Robo McDuff

    Belgian F-16 Destroyed: "Accidental" Cannon-fire 2018-10-14

    We got rid of New Amsterdam in time as well
  6. Robo McDuff

    Belgian F-16 Destroyed: "Accidental" Cannon-fire 2018-10-14

    Mechanics were doing maintenance on a parked F-16 when one by accident hit the wrong button. The other F-16 was hit and exploded, a second F-16 was damaged as well. Two mechanics were taken for observation due to hearing problems as result of the explosion. 1) We don't need freedom of...
  7. Robo McDuff

    Steel Soldiers MV of the month 2018 - October VOTE HERE!

    I am torn in loyalty between Adam and Robert, lets wait and see how this develops.
  8. Robo McDuff

    MV of the Month nominations October 2018

    No, rigging would be if you include a sailing boat; this would be called getting voters steamed up.
  9. Robo McDuff

    MV of the Month nominations October 2018

    The loc is an M37? It gets my vote Can we get a train of the month vote as well?
  10. Robo McDuff

    Cross Country in an M820

    Just found this thread and read through it. Good reading and a great trip. Good motivation for the trip in your first post, I can relate to that. Doing such long legs, you are getting a few problems seemingly "all in one", while others have the same repairs spread out over the a few years...
  11. Robo McDuff

    M39 master cylinder reservoir rusted

    MC cleaned, painted and rebuilt I removed outside rust, then had the MC overnight in a bucket with water and baking soda using an old mobile phone charger to do some electrolysis and clean all rust inside. After that, I softly honed the inside of the cylinder to make everything smooth...
  12. Robo McDuff

    5-ton M51A2 air pack rebuild

    Trying to figure out what goes where: I have too many parts. Above right is how the seals - gaskets for the hydraulic piston rod are shown in the TM, below how it really looks. Below, attached the hydraulic piston to the rod. I did it before putting the spring on, is easier. Than...
  13. Robo McDuff

    5-ton M51A2 air pack rebuild

    Slave cylinder cap assembly Sounds very simple according the TM. 1. Clamp slave cylinder cap (1) in vise. 2. Put check valve (2), spring (3) and washer (4) in slave cylinder cap (1). 3. Push down spring (3) . Put in snapring. but it is a PITA The spring is rather strong, and the snapring...
  14. Robo McDuff

    5-ton M51A2 air pack rebuild

    I went with the whole set to a small company for hydraulic systems; the people there know us and like to help. First reaction after seeing the wick: from which museum did you get that? Then they offered to make a complete new piece which would replace all this with one piece of steel and one...
  15. Robo McDuff

    M816 Air Pack

    any progress on either air pack rebuild? I am busy with it myself and am wondering about the packing wick included in the rebuild kit and any other problems you had.
  16. Robo McDuff

    MV of the Month nominations October 2018

    Maybe make it a next rule: runner up will be nominated automatically UNLESS the owner ops out? the discussion is more interesting than just add a bump to get the thread back up top
  17. Robo McDuff

    MV of the Month nominations October 2018

    What about automatically put the runner-up of last month as the first entry in this month?
  18. Robo McDuff

    Tom's Overdrive kit

    I will be posting about this in the weekend, but the Dutch company Reomie is winding down at an amazing speed, most of the trucks are gone or dismantled, shipped in containers all over the world, but mainly Africa. Some parts are also going to the USA, because its cheaper here and the USA is...
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