Lycoming Thunderbolt Engine on "How It's Made"

Pete, I think Tim and Jason both said they'd be able to do it. Hopefully at least one can. :)

If nothing else, a few friends of mine requested that I send them copies when I get one myself, so I can always add you to that list.
 
I wanna' watch it just to see my wife's eyes roll back as she says "Not another $%^& aviation program!" :frown2:
 
TMetzinger said:
I'll have it and can burn DVD's.

I can also create an ipod-suitable version and post it for download.
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Don't post it, at least not publically. (Use PMs)

I'm thinking I'll burn 4GB Data DVDs or Video DVDs. Anybody who wants PM me.
 
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Oh yeah, it'll be for private sharing. I'm going to render it down to 320x240 for iPod and then we'll see how big it is - I'm going to excerpt ONLY the segment on Lycoming.
 
Hey, this reminds me...did anyone "tape" the segment they did on manufacturing gliders???
 
VERY cool... but I'm NEVER showing my family how the DA-40 is made, especially since we just saw how they made bathtubs using the same techniques.
 
From the video in post #52:
"Aviation was once the exclusive domain of military and commercial pilots"

I think they need to relearn history- the Wright brothers were neither commercial or military (although they wanted to commercialize their plane).

Also they were showing carbon fiber cloth while discussing fiberglass and fiberglass while talking about carbon fiber.
 
About to come on guys,.... Verizon FIOS channel 122. It's the next segment of the program...

Just stole the remote from the wife,... I'm in trouble now....
 
I'm very disappointed. Ted, why didn't you make sure they put out a good production??? Shameful!

And, why are those things so expensive? Gosh!
 
It looked pretty easy. I'm headed out to the hanger to pull the egnine. I should have it done by the time the news comes on.

That was a neat segment. It was interesting how they tested the main bearing & connecting rod clearance.
 
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Well, now you all have seen it and I haven't, so I'm pretty much stuck until I get the DVD.

So who's going to fight for the privilege of sending me one? ;)
 
I was surprised that the two casing halves are joined with a gasket made of silk thread!

I bet there was quite a few factory workers watching last night to try and catch a glimpse of themselves. Out of the whole production, I think there were only two workers that their full face was in view.
 
I recorded every eposide that was on my local channel yesterday and the Lycoming segment wasn't among them. Not sure what's up, but they didn't show it here.
 
FlyNE said:
I recorded every episode that was on my local channel yesterday and the Lycoming segment wasn't among them. Not sure what's up, but they didn't show it here.
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It was on the Science Channel, not Discovery. I almost made that same mistake until I looked further.

The show appears on both as they are associated.
 
KennyFlys said:
It was on the Science Channel, not Discovery. I almost made that same mistake until I looked further.

The show appears on both as they are associated.
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That explains it. I have Discovery, but not Science.
 
Actually, let's be clear here. I've never destroyed an engine. :)
 
It'll be on at 3AM Central. That's the showing my TiVo will get.
 
Ted DuPuis said:
Well, now you all have seen it and I haven't, so I'm pretty much stuck until I get the DVD.

So who's going to fight for the privilege of sending me one? ;)
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Go see Ron, he brought his portable DVR thingie over to my house and recorded it.
 
I like how the engine kept going from four cylinders to six and back again....
 
Geico266 said:
It looked pretty easy. I'm headed out to the hanger to pull the egnine. I should have it done by the time the news comes on.
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My thought, too. I figured I'd grab a sandwich and a bottle of pop and do a top overhaul and get back in before I got too cold. :D
 
vontresc said:
I like how the engine kept going from four cylinders to six and back again....
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jmaynard said:
As well as the nice pretty IO-720 they showed at the beginning of the clip. Is that Lycoming's version of the V8-6-4 engine? :)
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Oh, you noticed that, too? :D And the whole time they kept talking about a 4 cylinder engine. I guess we just had to keep track of which 4.

And, at the end, did you catch the comment about having complete confidence in the engine? Not me, man. Paranoia are us when it comes to keeping that fan spinning. If it quits, we crash! Well, that's what Hollywood would have you believe, anyway. :yikes:
 
Cap'n Jack said:
From the video in post #52:
"Aviation was once the exclusive domain of military and commercial pilots"
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Technically they were correct.

No GA during the aftermath of 9/11.

No GA durring WWII (unless you were in the CAP).

--Carlos V.
 
Well, we've just received word that the episode of "How It's Made" featuring Lycoming will be on the Discovery Channel now on April 30th at 7:30 PM. If you missed it last time because you didn't get the Science Channel, now's your chance!
 
smigaldi said:
Well your first mistake was going to Wally world for anything. But I have seen film become harder to get but it is not impossible. most good camera stores still have a wide variety as people still are shooting film for a variety of purposes.

The one thing I have really noticed is that is becoming harder to get film developed. I had slides that needed processing and were shipped to Atlanta.
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You can set up for E-6 yourself at home. I bet you can even find an old Refrema dip and dunk for dirt cheap. For a less involved darkroom, one of the higher level water bath temp regulated (remember, the bigger the water bath, the more stable the temp.) JOBO drum processors will work fine, but I'll shoot to pull at a third of a stop to control the contrast with them. Play with it, you'll see what you like best. That's the best part of having your own lab, you can custom tune it to your liking. The lab is where you learn to take an interesting subject and composition and make a good presentation of it, and you learn the limitations of the presentation material, and start to light for it when you shoot, or seek out the situations that will give the light you want. I saw a 40" Colenta RA-4 machine for the taking a few weeks ago. 15 years ago I would have scarfed it up, got 4 D5500 enlargers, a durst 8x10 horizontal and opened a custom color lab. Today I couldn't be bothered, couldn't get enough business to make it worthwhile.
 
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