#mechanicposting

[mulched-cockpit]

What? ... They're masturbating in their cockpit?.. ... NOW??? *stomping up metal stairs* GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HANGAR YOU DISGUSTING ASS DOG

[aviatrix-ash]

Just now I remembered that there is a genuine Piper part number on a tampon that was certified to be a filter for pneumatic systems. (De-ice boots & hydraulics specifically if Irr)

And then it became a genuine Boeing part number a few years back when Boeing decided they needed to be the monopoly for all aviation parts.

It's been superseded with a new part and part number, that's a regular looking filter that costs a whole lot more.

[sludgetoxicmilkshake]

Attention pilots. This is your chief designer speaking - yes I apologise for skimping out on the ejector seats. On with the briefing. In duels with rebel hero mechs we have identified that weapons such as machine guns are most likely to ping off their armour while railguns, directed energy/laser weapons and cannons seem to miss almost 99% of the time. Only in melee do most imperial mechs stand a chance, and only if they look sufficiently flashy and unique. Thus I have created 2 new modules for you to equip on your flight leaders. The first is red tinted cockpit view slits and a big spike for the standard mech's upper torso. The big horn alongside the red slits should make your lance commander look imposing enough to be taken seriously as a boss unit - we're also hiring their pilots from aristocratic families to get the right propensity for speeches. The second is the newly unveiled 'Railbunker'. A weapon system designed to propel a series of hollow metal cones at railgun speeds from melee distance into an opponent. Not only does this make for amazing single frame shots where the hero's best friend is pierced and the battlefield goes black and white for a few moments; but it turns out they are also generally a good choice due to how unique they are. Any concerns about the logistical nightmares of making new and 'unique' decorations and weapons for our lance commanders can be taken up with the nearest Handler. The first base to be given these prototypes will receive the paperwork shortly for these modifications. @thehangarqueen if you would kindly select a test pilot or else give advice on a hound who'd be most receptive to being a guinea pig- I mean valued subject on the new Anti-Hero mechs

[breach-doll]

returning to orbit with your sister huntress, both of you exhausted, reserve magazines depleted, covered in dents and scratches and plasma burns, so your mechanic can patch the two of you up

feeling the complete blissful surrender of a drug-enhanced subspace slip over you as she gently hammers anchor points into your wrists and winches your collapsium plated body into the air, snaps a series of cables into the ports along your spine, and keys in her root credentials

watching your sister hanging across from you moan and shudder and gasp as the mechanic holds her head still by her hair and slowly flushes her cortical coolant out with a pipette

tremors of anticipation running up and down your spine as the mechanic warms up a plasma cutter to deal with a particularly deep gash in your chestplate and sparks of ionized air reach your tactile sensors

she touches the torch to your armor and you white out -

[aviatrix-ash]

I started calling the hydraulic fluid from the helo I'm working on this week "helicopter blood" and now I can't stop calling it that X3

It is a translucent red. Sometimes I call it fruit punch or aircraft kool-aid.

On large airliners they use a purple hydraulic fluid called Skydrol. It's great at wat it does, being freeze & fire resistant hydraulic fluid. Looks like it tastes like purple kool-aid, but unlike the red stuff it itches & burns the skin like hell. 0/10 glad I dont have to work with airliner dark energon blood.

[aviatrix-ash]

Once again,

I am covered in fuel. I love being a walking fire hazard, keeps life interesting 😌

[aviatrix-ash]

Btw that old PT19's name is Precious, everyone say hi to grandma Precious, if Irr she'll be 83 this year :)

She's full of personality, she really didn't want to leave the warm hangar yesterday. She deflated her tailwheel tire. Broke her motorized towbar. Made us push her out the hangar, but she's so heavy she wore all 3 of us out at the end of the hangar ramp. So much we were too drained to move her more to get the MiG out more. Her pilot tried to start her, but her massive inverted 6 cylinder engine just wasn't too excited to start up in the cold, and after multiple failed attempts, she got her way til the other pilots showed up to help move her stubborn butt. 10000/10 Precious is an excellent airplane, would trust her with my life <3

[aviatrix-ash]

My goofy ass experimental mini cub plane is gonna have so much helicopter junk modded into it 🤣

My co-worker gave me a quick release cable that's a lil too worn for the big money maker helicopter that uses it to haul heavy duty stuff up into mountains. But it's perfectly good enough to make a silly mod for a 400 pound tiny plane.

I'm thinking, turn it into a quick release for a tie down on the tail. Since the engine I have currently for it is so old, there's no other way to start it other than swinging the propeller by hand (normal procedure for smaller old airplanes from the early 1940s & before).

It'll also have 747 parts in it too. There's a spacer I made for the tail wheel leaf spring from a phenolic window spacer off a 747. Tis the fun of building experimental airplanes, I can recycle heavy duty aircraft parts for my little bird. X3