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Neil, you are a pip! (a "pip" is a bit of shoulder jewelry for your military lads, right?) That sea story has a long history but is still a good laugh! The truth is some of these country boys 'round here are not to be trifled. They hold some impressive, unofficial records encouraged by the directive, "Hold my beer an' watch THIS!"

Some of the worse brawlers I ever met were the little guys from Tennessee! We had one short, fat, red-headed electrician that we had to "help" disengage from riling the biggest squid or grunt to near critical nuclear mass before  he went Chernoble on all of us!

Many times it was a relief to up anchor and sail...

It was like a scene from a 1943 movie.....
I was speaking to my son at the dinner table, "did you guys catch anything today? Mom said you and Wade went fishing."
He said, "well no. Actually,  we went downtown and joined the Marines."
I forget what we had for dinner.
Stig

Excellent! Kid will go far!

Anyone see this yet?

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JyvSDUeos/

I undoubtedly have an obsession with accuracy but have been spoiled by aviation, navigation (deep water, celestial) and radiation (amateur radio) with their modern instruments that are almost exactly right on. Even the speedos in the KIA and Subaru motor cars (maybe others) are exactly in tune with GPS.

It CAN be done but what the cost? Would it not be great if we could adjust to compensate for different tire sizes? With the fixation of law enforcement/courts with speed fines accurate indicators are mandatory!

MrMike, I agree with randyo that weight treadles have gone away since the late 60's. It is either a coil in the ground or optical these days.

By the way, the magnet seems to not work. I have tried several with poor results. It takes a certain amount of steel/iron to trigger a coil. Motorcycle and scoots lack the proper amount.

I, too, have carefully run redlights since 1960 that would not change. Tennesse now has a law that permits it. Ain't that nice! I have never heard of a cop anywhere that ticketed a bike for running a light that went through two cycles ignoring the rider.

How much does gasoline cost in Italy, Ruffus?

Great picture!

Will post specifics and pictures later. Both 2013 model years the People has less than 5000 miles the DT is over 22000 miles.

Ask questions while I figure out how to post pictures...

More later....

@CROSSBOLT. sad to read another engineer quits.
As said already, stay with us as a source of wisdom which you were and are.
Followed your threads many years back and got.a lot of useful hints.
Well the Curtiss 8 is some years before my studies but we had some similar beasts to work on and to learn from.

Thank you!

Italy has been no slouch when building superb engines over the eons. I have seen pictures of Fiat dirigible engines that were astounding! Enzo made a V-8 for a model of two-seater the Kansas owner had a spare on a pallet in his office. That engine was so light, I could pick up one end, one-handed! I think it was a Ferrari Monza circa 1960...  Then there is Ducati...