What catagory to put this one in?

[OldAirmail]

While roaming the range I spotted this picture and caption.

Yesterday after flying, including some mild acro, I found this loose nut lying on the floor in the cockpit. Operationally everything checks out, heck I made it home. However I'm a little worried and I'd like to figure out where it came from. Its possible it could have been rattling around for years, as I've done the only inverted flight this airplane has seen in 7 years and I've been rained on by gravel, wire tie ends, pens, and various other detritus that builds up over the years.

Does anyone recognize where this might have come from?


My opinion of the superiority of pilots has now fallen flat.



HEY BUB! That's very unique. That looks like it came off a 1947 Linotype. Did you check the linotype? It's right behind the Quitzel.

[SG-19]

Looks like it's from the wigymagangle just aft of the oojamaflip underneath the doodah above the thingamawotsit. Mine dropped of a few day's ago and I nearly lost the doohickey spinning thing of the front, you know the bit that pulls you forward.

[Capt_Cronic]

looks like its been bounceing around for a long time (all scuffed and dinged)
probably dropped/lost durring manufacture.

I heard stories from old military pilots about going inverted and getting rained on by factory "leftovers"

[OldAirmail]

From time to time I have to work above drop ceiling tiles.

You might be surprised how much leftover construction material gets tossed up there.

I've had situations where I had change the location of wires and panels because there was too much where the panel had to go.

[pegger]

I am willing to bet that the pilot flew the aircraft again without verifying what that nut may have been attached to first. My first reaction would not have been a random internet post with blind faith in the millions of forum "professionals" out there, but rather a direct call to an airframe tech with knowledge of the aircraft.

[Speed of flight]

For a number of years now, work has been proceeding in order to bring perfection to the crudely conceived idea of a transmission that would not only supply inverse reactive current for use in unilateral phase detractors, but would also be capable of automatically synchronizing cardinal grammeters. Such an instrument is the turbo encabulator.

Now, basically the only new principle involved is that instead of power being generated by the relative motion of conductors and fluxes, it is produced by the modial interaction of magneto-reluctance and capacitive-diractance.

The original machine had a baseplate of pre-phamulated Amulite, surmounted by a malleable logarithmic casing in such a way that the two spurving bearings were in a direct line with the panametric pham. The latter consisted simply of six hydrocoptic marzal vanes so-fitted to the ambifacient lunar wane shaft, that side-fumbling was effectively prevented.

The main winding was of the normal lotus-o-delta type, placed in panendermic semi-boloid slots of the stator; every seventh conductor being connected by a non-reversible trem'e pipe to the differential girdlespring on the up-end of the grammes.

The Turbo Encabulator has now reached a high level of development, and is being successfully used in the operation of nofer trunnions. Moreover, whenever a farescent skor-motion is required, it may also be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocation dingle arm to reduce sinusodial depleneration.

This nut was stolen from the drawn-reciprocation dingle arm, and progress on the "Turbo Encabulator" has been on hold pending its return. we all know what can happen if it experiences excessive sinusoidal depleneration...

[papituwall]

For a number of years now, work has been proceeding in order to bring perfection to the crudely conceived idea of a transmission that would not only supply inverse reactive current for use in unilateral phase detractors, but would also be capable of automatically synchronizing cardinal grammeters. Such an instrument is the turbo encabulator.
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[Speed of flight]

I can't and don't take credit for that. I merely thought it appropriate. On the newfangled interwebs, one can research "Turbo Encabulator" on your favorite video repository. Pretty old now, but hilarious.

[H]

Everything's working?
So, are you upset just because there's been more than one loose nut in the cockpit?