https://simanaitissays.com/2026/10/08/my-pearse-project/Simanaitis Saysen2026-10-08T13:05:00+00:00MY PEARSE PROJECT"New Zealander Richard Pearse--First To Fly" "SimanaitisSays", Build a GMax/FS9 Pearse? Microsoft upgrade complicates Export,, Workaround: Use pearse.mdl to masquerade as default FS9 aircraft (the Extra),, Richard Pearse played cello in family orchestra,, Flew graphical model with Extra dynamics (WOW!),, Changed Extra Sound file to "clunker", Pearse's ailerons operated separately--and only in down position,, NZ South Island geography: Waitohi/Timaru southeast of Christchurch,, Pearse yoke steered front wheel (maybe rudder too?),, tick18 coding used for conrods,, Pearse made his own spark plug,https://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/wires-10-3-26.jpg?w=150https://simanaitissays.com/2026/10/07/ferrari-gtsi-beauty-is-its-own-excuse/Simanaitis Saysen2026-10-07T13:05:00+00:00FERRARI GTSi—BEAUTY IS ITS OWN EXCUSE Ferrari 308 GTSi road test R&T March 1981,, 308 GTSi interior: Connolly leather/deep-plush carpeting, Ferrari 308 GTSi "inezione" = fuel-injected (Bosch K-jetronic), Ferrari nomenclatures (single-cylinder displacement: Ferrari 212)/engine type and displacement: 308 (3-liter V-8), author arrived in 1979 (others agreed in 1981 about 308 handling),, 1981: an era of yet-to-be-optimzed emissions controls, R&T quoted Emerson: "Beauty is its own excuse for being.", 308 tire change: Michelin TRX replaced XWX,https://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/f34.jpeg?w=150