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No I don't have a link & I looked for it, it was pre Internet, I definitely remember the service we had for those bloke though, jet A1 is aviation kerosene & that plane ran on petrol, big difference between ignition points, their whole show was really rough, I saw a Mil8 they had which had tin cans hanging off wire loops catching the oil dripping out of the aircraft body.
Thanski
Ok..it's a combustion engine. A prop plane. Do you think a jet may run jet A/ A1 then switch to jet B if they were destined for a cold environment? Or I imagine everything is insulated and kept at tempature with jet airliners as it can be cold at 30,000+ ft and 500+ MPH.
 
Ok..it's a combustion engine. A prop plane. Do you think a jet may run jet A/ A1 then switch to jet B if they were destined for a cold environment? Or I imagine everything is insulated and kept at tempature with jet airliners as it can be cold at 30,000+ ft and 500+ MPH.
We used to run the 500's , 412's, 350B's S76's & diesels on JetA1 , it was good down to -60'C as far as I know it has no octane rating
Here's four 350b's that we shovelled out of the hold , big insurance job I reckon, $1.5 million each.
 

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A DC3ski is a petrol fuelled aeroplane the Russian equivalent of the DC3, anyhow the moral of the story is if you want to go up in smoke one day keep doing it. The zarsoff bros bit in the story is the only part that was made up .
You're not much of a worldly turd are you
Thanski
What exactly does that have to do with a chainsaw? I don't know anything about planes. I'm never around them nor do I really ever see myself spending any time around them in the future.
 
What exactly does that have to do with a chainsaw? I don't know anything about planes. I'm never around them nor do I really ever see myself spending any time around them in the future.

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What exactly does that have to do with a chainsaw? I don't know anything about planes. I'm never around them nor do I really ever see myself spending any time around them in the future.
Refuelling a chainsaw with gasoline while its running is about the stupidest thing I've heard of in a long time, some mad ruskies burnt to a crisp while refuelling a gasoline plane while it was running has some similarities don't you think?
I was drinking with them 2 weeks before that & I doubt I will ever fly in or with any Russian airline or aircraft after what I've seen.
Only a few weeks ago I was getting a B&S firefighter pump going after it went under in a flood, turning it over with with the cordless drill with some fuel down the spark plug hole, the plug lead shorted out on the head & lit the fuel , dead cold motor, so it's fresh in my mind .
Thansk
 
If you Stop hanging out with Ruskies & playing with Gasoline, I predict you will live longer.

Just because someone does it different than you doesn't necessarily mean it is wrong.

I bet you've never poured a scooch of gas into the top of a carburetor on a 2 ton because you ran out of gas due to the gauge being deceased either, have you?
 
If you Stop hanging out with Ruskies & playing with Gasoline, I predict you will live longer.

Just because someone does it different than you doesn't necessarily mean it is wrong.

I bet you've never poured a scooch of gas into the top of a carburetor on a 2 ton because you ran out of gas due to the gauge being deceased either, have you?
Crikey I've been around for over half a century & forgotten half the things I've done to get gear going & keep it going.
I've never quite been stupid enough to say that refuelling a running chainsaw is OK, or tell anybody else that it is as well! aiming for an honourable mention in the Darwin awards isn't really my bag!
Thanski
 
I refuel my milling saws while they are running all the time
Why? Have you got a death wish or just no starter cord?
Go down to the emergency department at your local hospital & ask them if it's a good idea, or the local fire department, they've probably put out a few chainsawists that have caught fire.
Thansk
 
Why? Have you got a death wish or just no starter cord?
Go down to the emergency department at your local hospital & ask them if it's a good idea.
Thansk

I thought Aussies were a bit more the rugged type: seems I was misinformed.
 
I thought Aussies were a bit more the rugged type: seems I was misinformed.
You seem to have mixed up rugged with stupid or maybe have met ones that were both, I know I have & it seems it's not necessarily restricted to Australians either!
Do you have some literature from anywhere sensible that recommendes the practice of refuelling gasoline powered anything while it's running, especially when the exhaust is around a foot from the fuel filler like with a chainsaw?
Thanskifky
 
Death wish is pretty extreme don't you think? Worse case is you end up a melted saw, and you have to grow your eyebrows and beard back.
That's the best case scenario, depending on the ambient temperature, the size of the fuel can & how much is in it, it could explode & burst sending burning fuel in all directions. Your chances of survival of burns are directly linked to your age, if the percentage of your body burnt added to your age is more than 100, you're a goner!
Fanski
 
That's the best case scenario, depending on the ambient temperature, the size of the fuel can & how much is in it, it could explode & burst sending burning fuel in all directions. Your chances of survival of burns are directly linked to your age, if the percentage of your body burnt added to your age is more than 100, you're a goner!
Fanski

We'll be careful Mom, honest we will.
For what it's worth, fueling a running saw probably isn't the smartest thing to do. But if you bust your starter rope and you're a mile from the truck down in some steep canyon and you need to finish the day it beats walking out. I've done it a couple of times.

Now go find something useful to do and quit bothering us.
 
We'll be careful Mom, honest we will.
For what it's worth, fueling a running saw probably isn't the smartest thing to do. But if you bust your starter rope and you're a mile from the truck down in some steep canyon and you need to finish the day it beats walking out. I've done it a couple of times.

Now go find something useful to do and quit bothering us.
Yes ma'am that sounds like a good time & place for the possibility of a back burn.
Tanks
 
years ago I took an emergency responder type class, and a dude in the class had a story about every type of horrible accident you could ever think of "just one drop of gasoline in a 1 gal can and it blew the frecking garage door off"

Me being the kid that blew **** up and lit stuff on fire, well I still do that, it was really hard for me not to tell him to shut the **** up... but being the weird rednecks from out of town surrounded by soccer moms and computer geeks it probably wouldn't have gone well.

Regardless, folks fill up running motors daily across the world, its hazardous yes, but its doable, is it stupid only if you don't understand the consequences. Would I refill a running airplane, probably not, cause an airplane needs a bunch more then just fuel when it stops, have I refilled a running saw probably, would I do it again probably. Have i poured gas on a roaring fire Hel's yes, would I do it again... um yeah.

Some friends of the family back in WY where stealing gas out of another friends truck, the only truck in town with gas in it at the time (population was in the low 30's, that kind of town) one of the brothers after sucking on ye ole garden hose, decided to light a cigarette, and his face... and hands, the other brother having seen this (he being the one holding the can) threw the can getting himself on fire, and his brother more on fire... also lighting the truck on fire... the only truck in town with fuel in it at the time.

To make a fairly long story a little shorter, they ended up having to wake up the other friend, so that he could drive them the 80 miles to the nearest hospital, no ambulance in this town, Bart spent 6 months in the Gillette burn center, Brian spent about 6 weeks, Piere drove that truck for several more years, it already had brushed on flames, so the soot and what not was just left for effect.
 
years ago I took an emergency responder type class, and a dude in the class had a story about every type of horrible accident you could ever think of "just one drop of gasoline in a 1 gal can and it blew the frecking garage door off"

Me being the kid that blew **** up and lit stuff on fire, well I still do that, it was really hard for me not to tell him to shut the **** up... but being the weird rednecks from out of town surrounded by soccer moms and computer geeks it probably wouldn't have gone well.

Regardless, folks fill up running motors daily across the world, its hazardous yes, but its doable, is it stupid only if you don't understand the consequences. Would I refill a running airplane, probably not, cause an airplane needs a bunch more then just fuel when it stops, have I refilled a running saw probably, would I do it again probably. Have i poured gas on a roaring fire Hel's yes, would I do it again... um yeah.

Some friends of the family back in WY where stealing gas out of another friends truck, the only truck in town with gas in it at the time (population was in the low 30's, that kind of town) one of the brothers after sucking on ye ole garden hose, decided to light a cigarette, and his face... and hands, the other brother having seen this (he being the one holding the can) threw the can getting himself on fire, and his brother more on fire... also lighting the truck on fire... the only truck in town with fuel in it at the time.

To make a fairly long story a little shorter, they ended up having to wake up the other friend, so that he could drive them the 80 miles to the nearest hospital, no ambulance in this town, Bart spent 6 months in the Gillette burn center, Brian spent about 6 weeks, Piere drove that truck for several more years, it already had brushed on flames, so the soot and what not was just left for effect.
Some have stories, videos & pics of what's a bit dangerous & some have just scars if they made it out alive, Great story dude ,
If only someone had the vision to film it.
Thankinski
 
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