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Published: 2020-02-15 16:15:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 322; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 0
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So what is this? Well it's 14 years of undisturbed rust on a brake line fitting. The origonal nut has rusted from 3/16" to about 1/2". The flats each formed a petal as the rust slowly did it's thing. Rust happens at 2 to 1 so it roughly increased in size to double what it started at. I find it amazing that it divided exactly at the points of the nut. Kind of looks like a small radial engine with 6 cylinders! YAY road salt! XDIt's very interesting. Some physics going on here.
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It really does look like a rusted rustic flower ^0^
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More of that mother nature at work! XD
Cool patterns in decay.
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Great capture, Stan!
Thanks for explaining it.
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Rusted things on vehicles are the bane of my working day!
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You should have seen the corrosion I saw on jet aircraft and support equipment!
The sea air is not kind!
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Wow, it's incredible what wonders you can find in unexpected places, and it seems especially meaningful to see a flower pattern here. Just, goodness.
Thank you for the explanation and this amazing photo!
(For some reason, probably having to do with technical difficulties on my end, the comment above popped up as if in reply to another comment--hopefully it appears on its own this time, though).
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Oh I imagine not!
"hey Charlie did that wing seem to flex more than usual on that last high G turn?"
"Nah... I'm sure it's fine. What could go bad on an air frame?" XD
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Never good having the wing fall off!
Normal was 6G, or 6 positive/negative gravitates, limited on the airframes. A couple of ours failed inspections of the airframe, and were restricted to 1 1/2 or 2 G's. Not good, so there were retired.
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That is confidence inspiring. "Hey take that one. It's still flies but only do wide rudder turns!... Or else!" LOL
8G turn = blackout in 20 seconds if not ready for it... Or testing the ejection system if in the above jet! XD
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A saying I heard many a time is 'If you can't fly Grumman (the jet), fly Martin-Baker (the ejection seat)'.
One year, when we could not get the Blue Angles to perform at the base airshow, our squadron set up a flight display program. During a practice flight, one of the jets crashed near the runway. The boards findings were that in a high G turn, the pilot momentarily blacked out. Because it was being performed at a lower altitude to be visible to the crowds at the show, the pilot did not have enough time to recover.
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First one. XD LOL!
Second one. That is sad. I hope no one was injured. Pro pilots know to super oxygenate their
blood prior to a high G turn and also wear G-suits that keep blood where it is needed. The newest
fighters will auto stabilize when they sense an unresponsive pilot. Think F-22!
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Sadly, we lost the pilot and bomber/navigator. It was a large training squadron, so I really did not know either of them. 
The old A-6 Intruder served from 1963-1996. It did not have all the bell and whistles the newer jet do. But it did not have a history of cutting of the air supply to the pilot, nor the gag order for the pilots not to talk about it. I still don't know how many were killed due to the issue and the silence.
But on a happier, they found the problem and have fixed it. At least I think they did.
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Oh the A-6 was a side by side! That was a unique feature in such aircraft.
Not so sure the A-6 had the performance of say a Mig-17 though.
Yes sad indeed. Most likely pilot error. A-6 was a durable air frame.
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Different missions. The A-6 was an all weather medium attack bomber, not an intercept fighter. But I just worked on them, not flew them on missions.
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Ah... Still cool!
Us mechanics know a lot about machines.
I like the hands on life.
I bet you do too!! That is why you create such cool things.
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