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And to safety of the rest of us, after all they seem to be importing a muslum army at the moment and they all have totally values and morals to ours, and all that prick is doing is giving them justification for whatever may happen next... I can see no reason for the current situation other than outright treason👎

My thoughts exactly...

Fair point re graphite, but not really the point ... The tech employed by the two different approaches to space flight was remarkably different up until their joint collaborations when at which time the different systems had to be compatible. In any case the Soviet Space programme { over time } was arguably proven to be a more reliable and safe delivery into orbit system than a lot of what NASA did, after all it's only the recent arrival of Spacex that's knocked them off their top spot of being the only option in the supply of everything to the space station since the last shuttle flight in 2011. Soyuz may have been a bit agricultural in comparison to the shuttle but nothing wrong with comparative simplicity imo .. and it became very tried and tested over time... ...anyway wax crayons then😄

Very nice👍

Yep, if I remember correct Frank's test bed was a Velocette, there's an old book out there called ' valve mechanisms for high speed engines ' by P Smith which documents the details of many of the alternative valve mechanisms that were conceived, designed and tried out as early as more than a century ago. I've wanted a copy all my life but they are very scarce now and command a high price when they do appear, cheers.

Aye, the downside is that it's the total fecking answer to efficient combustion of fuel in IC engines which along with other buried tech like Hydrogen fuel for example would totally contradict the nasty crap narrative that we're expected to swallow these days... I mean, a simple engine that has twice the efficiency of what's considered normal that more completely combusts the fuel leaving far less waste products and is all in much better all round ... Why wouldn't you embrace the idea / concept? Answer.. the military has and that's where it's gone. Interestingly enough, on the same subject an English engineer named Frank Aspen is worth a google👍

RCV engines, and apologies for the derail I'll put this up again because it's interesting, these engines originally for model aircraft can burn any fuel and so efficiently that they more than pass all emissions tests without needing any jiggery pokery. I've been following, or trying to follow any progress in this for a number of years and at one point they were looking for a business partner to build garden machinery including chainsaws of which they already had working prototypes with a very high power to weight ratio, but it would seem unfortunately, as I'd come to believe and my latest search today confirms, they have mainly been side tracked by the military and power the latest drones. Technology like this and other very similar designs goes back a very long way to the inception of IC engines but back in the day there simply wasn't the materials science or precision engineering to allow reliability and low emissions, so the poppet valve prevailed... RCV Engines Home | Specialists in multi-fuel engine technology RCVENGINES.COM RCV Engines are specialists in multi-fuel engine technology which are ideal for your engine needs inclding generator...

Aye, I'm just waiting for the day that I start to notice a change in the batteries, as for instance I did with my Makita stuff after a certain time... but on the whole that hasn't happened yet and the more time that goes by the less of a concern it becomes. Having said that, I think that with all the extra electronic gubbins on the 300... it may be more fragile and susceptible to extra reasons to fail in some way, do I really need a 'smart' chainsaw that can conjoin with with the nearest Alexa🤪 Kind of like the way that NASA spent millions trying to invent a pen that would work in space whereas the Russians just used a pencil.

It's ideal for personal firewood or garden type work, tidying /caretaking in the wood yes but felling a wood definitely no. One of it's best attributes is no noise meaning you don't annoy folk and can work just about anytime you like and if you're near a power supply one battery will charge quicker than the other runs down [ AP300s ] so potentially you can keep going all day with just 2. It must be near 4 years since I bought mine and it's not a tool that I'd want to be without now, but as @scbk said bring on the fuel cell backpack👍

Ricky Gervais at the SNP Hogmanay awards.. Real or a spoof, I don't care😆

Thanks, but I'm only guessing from my own experience.. getting the hole in the right place on any job is the difficult bit and any error is very difficult to compensate for after that fact, if you were to true up that pipe the hole would be well wrong inside and out. And a happy and rewarding 2023 to you👍

Hi, all these images show the flue square to the wall although none from the side but the shadow shows true vertical image. None of these have the cone adapter straight onto the twinwall, so you'd have to ask if the adapter is off true to accommodate some problem with the position of the hole in the wall as if you could reposition the flue true to the wall you may be a brick out on the inside and a good bit more on the other side of the wall. In saying this I'd assuming that the conical adapter is a separate part fixed to the top of the stove, you'll be able to see that from the inside I assume, cheers. stovax+studio+air+2 - Recherche Google WWW.GOOGLE.COM

Aye, and as I was commenting on the price of the msa300 all I could think about was.. feck that's well more than an 881 which puts it into a bit of perspective 👍 Happy New Year to you and yours.

This gives you a fairly good idea of what the saw's like and battery life.

+1 for poor workmanship.. it would bug me for sure, is it into a flue or right through the wall? After reading @ Dan Maynard's comment below I could well be wrong.. I suppose it looks a bit skew whiff, but I don't suppose it's good to jump to conclusions based on just a couple of photos.... what make of stove is it?

Yep, when I bought mine a few years ago, the 200, I felt the same and only paid £500 so there's been a hefty price rise. The best price I can see atm for the ap500s battery is £319, the al500 charger at £108 and the saw £680... so with only 1 battery very costly. tbo no matter how good it is and how often I go to it first I still need a petrol saw with me as well for peace of mind particularly if felling anything bigger than a wee stick, but for everyday tidying and firewood I think you'd enjoy using the 220👍

I totally get the alkylate fuel alternate option for fuel in high performance stressed engines that are being damaged by the current shyte that passes for petrol. And while I can't disagree with the use of Aspen or the likes for your brand new saw is probably just about affordable. There is just no way that using it in outboards or most other 2T applications is even remotely an option, and to that end I can say that I've been using fuel stabilisers for about a decade now and have suffered zero of the problems that have plagued many others that I know. So the one I use mainly is Ethanol Shield but Briggs and Stratton Fuel fit also prevents degradation for much longer than they claim as I've experienced directly.. no need for draining down and no need to worry about carbs dissolving, give it a go it doesn't cost much.... and all the best for the coming year👍

Tuppence worth.. folk these days have no idea how to treat any mechanical device and because they're mostly uneducated in anything to do with the things around them in everyday life let alone an IC engine, they break things all the time due to complete ignorance. Personally, making sure the fuel is correct is equally as important warming an engine up properly prior to thrashing the tits oot of it, very few understand the importance of this simple action, imo.

Since the successful deployment of the JWST I expect all of science to be turned upside down.... and even then we'll probably get it all wrong. Is this the biggest derail of all time🙃 Anyway up my way that would be wood wasps... and a good new year to you and yours👍

I'm in the same boat replacing old kit, previously Makita.. but after a few purchases of corded Metabo, I decided to try some of they're battery stuff and so far I'm not disappointed, but time will tell.. Having said that when it comes to plugged in tools Dewalt have the most solid, imo.

Thanks, I'll hang on then🙄 I'd no sooner bought the 200 when the 220 appeared, that said it didn't cost much to upgrade the sprocket bar and chain.. a little less power in the motor apparently... but still a different saw altogether on 3/8".

As an insider so to speak do you have direct info on another level of battery in the pipeline which would be worth hanging on for? cheers

Yep, I meant 300S and as a 2nd battery I have my eye on a 500S👍

Hi, I bought a Stihl battery saw a few years ago and really like it and it's had fairly heavy use and has become my main firewood / maintenance saw, having said that I'm not a pro user. I originally bought the msa 200 with the micro picco 1/4" bar and chain which I really didn't like, luckily I was able to convert it to 3/8" full chiz quite cheaply. ... so fwiw I can recommend the msa 220 with the AP300 or 500 battery although as you say the price has recently become rather eye watering. cheers.

At least he thinks he does🙄