Re: Dragon Lady & OS FS52?

On 28 Sep 97 at 1:46, Dennis Collin wrote: > I have a Dragon Lady 40 here, and planned to use an OS 46SF on it, "Dragon Lady 40"? Your wife, I assume? And I didn't realise IBM had gotten to OS 46SF -- last I heard they were still running OS/2... > Anyone do a DL 40 with this engine (or a similar sized four stroke)? Do it with a four stroke...? > I'd be interested in performance opinions, observations, and setups > .. big enough? ... too heavy? ... great? ... don't bother? ... prop > size? ... balance issues? ... etc , etc ... I'd go with an RS/6000 if you must use an IBM. You can do load balancing, provided you have enough CPUs and disk spindles. > I also have two building questions, based on the archive in > dejanews.com ... Has anyone had trouble with the aluminum main gear > being too flimsy ... if so, what did you use to replace it (Great Hmmmmm.... this doesn't sound entirely like an Informix question to me... > Planes, Halco, etc)? ... and secondly, how does the fiberglass cowl > stand up over time? Did you reinforce the mounting holes at all? Fiberglass cowl? Must be one of those newfangled "sexy" workstations... "Reinforce the mounting holes"? You mean on the installation media? > It seems kinds of thin to me ... That's funny, that's just what she said last night... -- Ciao, Billy Nose to the ear in Johannesburg -- Murder City never looked so good! For a good time, call: http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I installed a photo of Princess Di as "wallpaper" on my PC, just as kind of a tribute or memorial or something. Looks nice, but every time I try and take a screen shot, my machine crashes.