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  1. Both can be useful - Facebook for keeping in touch with family and friends, seeing photo's uploaded of significant events etc. Twitter when used by bus controller to advise if a service delayed or cancelled. However I certainly don't want a minute by minute account of anyone else life, which is what most peoples pages seems to be clogged up with.
  2. Where I used to work we used one of the the black toughened Loctite adhesives ( I can't recall which number ) to re-attach the rubber / synthetic rubber part of anti-vibration mounts to the metal of the mount when the original bonding failed. Failures were normally as a result of dropping or bad / rough handling e.g unit packed in a box on it's side so sheer stresses. We never had a repaired one fail again. It was also very useful for various 'foreigner' repairs that normal superglue couldn't handle. How long lasting it would be on a rotating assembly with constant sheer stress and vibration is a question I can not answer. If you do go for this wear disposable gloves as if you get in on your hands, or indeed any skin, it will be there for days.
  3. I'm sure the museum at Shoreham-on-sea airport (not to be confused with Shoreham in Kent) closed several years ago. Tangmere military aviation museum is about 30 miles away. http://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/ Also while not military there is plenty to see at Amberley. http://www.amberleymuseum.co.uk/
  4. I used to use AVG several years ago, and hence can't comment on current version, but it became both a big download and slowed systems down. I swapped to Avast and have had no real issues either with the installation or failure to trap viruses. It works fine together with Comodo firewall too.
  5. Indeed since 2008 it has become a massive show, I just happened to be in Bournemouth on the Sunday either 2008 or 2009 not knowing in advance about the show. If Shoreham show was not already happening to piggy-back the displays onto I doubt this show would have started. While the show brings in big money to the local economy unlike say Southport show there is no entry fee which of course brings the crowds but I do wonder how the displays are funded.
  6. There were only two Spitfires at Bournemouth yesterday - 1 with BBMF Hurricane & Lancaster and one with ME109 and P-51 so maybe it was the latter trio passing over.
  7. Is this still expected to take place soon after 5pm? If so how many vehicles are expected, whereabouts on the river is the slipway and where is the best car parking nearby for spectators?
  8. If you are still struggling I have both a Philips(badged JVC) and a Panasonic SVHS VCR both with TimeBaseCorrection hooked up to my DVD recorder plus an older Panasonic HS-950 I can try too.
  9. Interesting as most of my email problems are when the other party has a Hotmail address ........ but I guess because we are looking from different viewpoints. I know several people who have had their Hotmail hacked into but do not know of a hacked Gmail account. If I send an important email and particularly if with an attachment to a Hotmail account whenever possible I either phone or send a text to say I have sent a message plus if I expect a response but don't get it again I let the account holder know this. I guess the spammers too have found Hotmail messages get blocked while Gmail ones get through. Yahoo used to be good as messages arrived even if routed into the spam folder but more recently occasionally emails have not been received.
  10. Hotmail is both the most unreliable and easily hacked email system I know. Gmail seems one of the best free ISP independent online services.
  11. A couple more of Wynns EDW 340 from post 53 http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?9016-Ward-La-France-Gallery&p=281566#post281566 on Flickr which looks to be the same job, can anybody identify the location? and Notice the different windscreens in the two photos.
  12. Virtually all HST power cards have now been re-engined with much more modern designs. Also control systems allow fuel to one bank of cylinders to be cut off on idle. I can't comment on the current emissions but presumably lower than the origional engines from the 1970's.
  13. http://www.kwik-fit.com/tyre-age.asp I can't find right now but there is a guideline from one of the major manufacturers of 10 years for tyres in regular use and 6 years for unused or occasionally used tyres as stated here http://www.tonyblundell.co.uk/tyre-care.html
  14. For 664 Alpha Battery offer these http://www.alpha-batteries.co.uk/buy-online/commercial-batteries-truck-batteries-van-batteries-tractor-batteries/12v-ultra-plus-664-cheap-commercial-battery/prod_192.html with 3 year guarantee and have Lucas for £15 more http://www.alpha-batteries.co.uk/buy-online/commercial-batteries-truck-batteries-van-batteries-tractor-batteries/12v-lucas-664-heavy-duty-commercial-battery/prod_193.html
  15. From the logos and the caravan in the background certainly owned (at the time) by one of the Walters Family from Avon Dassett. Can you read the registration number on your original photo? This could be it photographed this year, by the date location is Bloxham show. And a couple more
  16. Listed on eBay e.g. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOTHBALLS-PROTECT-CLOTHES-MOTH-BALLS-KILLS-INSECTS-CARPET-BEETLES-NEW-/270841604619?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Garden_Plants_Weed_Pest_Control_CV&hash=item3f0f6aea0b
  17. Excellent photos and thank you for taking the time to post them. I have been once but not a flying day and must get there again on a flying day sometime.
  18. can2pc has a free download version and can resize, reduce file size (quality reduce) JPG's, batch rotate & rename etc. as well as being a useful viewer.
  19. Indeed if just charging a phone etc the draw from the battery would be little more than the self discharge. If a 12V - 240V inverter was used to power camera chargers etc that are not readily available as 12V the power draw would be more as the current draw by the inverter with no output load could be upto 1A. Running say a laptop the draw from 12V could be 8A. However adding even a small solar charger panel say 10W should keep the battery topped up for intermittent phone, camera etc charging and an hour a day of laptop use.
  20. BE CAREFUL USB is assumed to be 5V +/- a small tolerance maybe 0.25V. If you push 7V in expect your device to fry and I would be wary of just regulating in case of any spikes or forgetting to disconnect when starting causing damage. What is needed is a proper DC/DC converter that can take say 5V - 8V input range and output 12V. A 20/25 Watt module should not be that expensive but then you will have to box it and add probably add a couple of capacitors. Less efficient, but not an issue in a vehicle, is a 5V input to 12V output DC/DC converter with a high power i.e. around 6Amp low-dropout regulator in front.
  21. Well done to all involved on a successful run despite negligible shakedown. As shown right through this thread you always do the best you can and not cut corners which was rewarded by no significant problems. Could you rig up an external starter motor?
  22. We use 2.5" Western Digital ones at work for weekly backup rotating every 4 weeks. 2.5" run off USB so don't need mains power. The only problem can be some laptop USB ports are power limited. As others have said be sure to have at least two copies of important files. While it takes time always sensible to make data DVD's of photographs etc. as they can't be erased. Statistically unlikely but if your computer throws a major wobbly while the external drive is attached both drives could get corrupted.
  23. Only LOOK in Halfrauds !!! Plenty of places that are better value, you just need to decide if to buy cheapest and replace after 3-4 years or better quality. Last year I bought a large car battery half the price of Halfrauds from Alpha-Products http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/alpha-products-man/?_trksid=p4340.l2559 067 is same size as 096 but lower capacity / CCA http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/12V-CAR-BATTERY-067-096-PEUGEOT-RENAULT-ROVER-JAGUAR-/180545767300?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2a095dc784 while this seller offering lifetime guarantee....if still around in 5 years time of course and your MUTT would qualify http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LUCAS-12v-096-CAR-BATTERY-LIFETIME-WARRANTY-/260550815145?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3caa09eda9
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