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I cant help with the feet but this might work on the calves?

Look what I just won at the clubs annual dinner raffle ☺️ This kit is for carrier class. If you fly it in that class, it's 3 line control for throttle. Incidentally, I've found the quickest and easiest way to keep my photos upright here is to just screenshot it 😁

Impressive, but the video to these old eyes is mostly looking at some lovely clouds and lots of humming ☺️

I would think the lesson was don't go Boeing 787 until we know the cause of the crash. If the people who build them won't fly then why should we.

Long before all this I decided I would not fly on an indian crewed aircraft, not saying it was crew mistakes in this case, but there are just too many instances of poor behaviour and crap CRM in Indian flight crews Maybe my perception is not valid but its my persona position

Silly contraptions.

QUOTE: "It's really a flying car!" No, it's not - that's just pure BS on a par with Trump BS and lies. It's a big passenger carrying drone, that's all. Plenty of companies worldwide, planning, designing and building them - none of them a "commercially success" yet.

The trash media are using the altitude loss event of an Air India B777 to continue to smear Air India, and make it look like every AI aircraft is a crash waiting to happen. Re Red750's report - The AI B777, Flight AI-187, took off from Delhi during a violent thunderstorm. On climbout, the aircraft obviously flew into a severe bout of turbulence and a heavy downdraught. From official sources - “The (B777) aircraft was involved in an inflight occurrence of stick shaker and GPWS caution. Soon after takeoff, stick shaker warning and GPWS 'don’t sink' caution appeared. Stall warning occurred once, and GPWS caution occurred twice. There was an altitude loss of around 900 feet during climb. Subsequently, the crew recovered the aircraft, and continued the flight to Vienna." However, officials pointed out that the post-flight report for the Delhi-Vienna leg only cited, “stick shaker due to turbulence after takeoff,” without detailing other significant alerts. A deeper review of the flight data recorder (DFDR) - most likely as part of increased surveillance after the AI 171 crash - had revealed additional warnings, including a “don’t sink” GPWS alert and a stall warning, that had not been documented earlier. As a result, the flight crew have been temporarily suspended from further duties until the B777 altitude loss investigation is complete. Possibly the major concern around this incident is the GPWS warning sounding, which indicates terrain was far too close to the flight path.

I didn't randomly choose that radiator.. people much smarter than me, aeronautical engineers, chose that part number. Now I look at it, it seems bigger than the standard Rotax jobby. Considering that it's a low n slow plane from a hot country, and the particular location of the radiator, I'm guessing they crunched some numbers on a variety of options and this one did the job for a reasonable price 😇

Where's the CAR function? Nev

Pretty good choice of Aircraft. Nev

Good advice - thank you. I won't have HF but a Garmin inReach should be helpful. If you are "collecting" flying hours: I would pay half of the cost of the C182 hire, but you could be a PIC for the whole flight. I will take over only when required to go IMC (unless you have IR)....

Probably COMPLETELY Unrelated Causally. Just sensation. Nev

An Air India plane plunged 900ft during its flight just two days after the disaster crash that killed 241 people onboard and dozens more on the ground, the airline has revealed. The plane, flying from Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport for Vienna, dropped 900ft in midair during a flight on June 14. It landed safely in Vienna following a nine-hour flight, but both pilots onboard have since been grounded pending an investigation by India's air watchdog, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), into the incident, Air India said.

There's a vast choice and you make an informed decision or just buy what was there if it works OK.. I don't think there's a debate to Have. Walk in and say "Have you got something LIKE THIS in stock?". Mention it's for an aeroplane and they will tell you to go elsewhere.. Nev

I didnt not suggest using an oil cooler, for a coolant radiator, would not work, only that it may not be the best design for the job. Oil coolers usually ; Are of heavier construction, than needed for coolant - in aircraft all unnecessary weight is usually avoided Have smaller ID inlet/outlet pipes - this may result in the need for pipe reducers, more weight & complexity When perfectly satisfactory dedicated Radiators & Oil Coolers are available, I wonder why you or is it the kit supplier, would choose to do this??😈

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/the-long-awaited-new-qantas-plane-touches-down-in-soggy-sydney/ar-AA1HNrPH?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=fbc70d7c517d43c391a6324c08424e44&ei=28

https://www.msn.com/en-au/motoring/news/china-s-first-mass-produced-flying-car-debuts/vi-AA1HMzza?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=6039463e2fc74a20ba8b65e00c4c5219&ei=44

Wet or Dry season is what matters on such a trip. Over 4-8 weeks a forecast won't be available. You might have to stay somewhere if it turns pear shaped, weather wise. Could be unsettled in the Southern Part in Spring and some icing getting back to CBR. Be a full bottle with your weather information. Fuel in remote areas may be expensive. I wouldn't fly over the Gulf Just after Cape York and I'd consider being near roads when POSSIBLE & CARRY WATER. and 2 radios. Nev

Some oil cooler were near round and soldered copper honeycomb, I doubt solder tanks or radiators are permitted today. Oil cooler ones would take more pressure and be more solidly Constructed. Water types for OIL avoid as they won't be expected to take the Higher Pressure. Other wise no issue. They are ALL heat exchangers. You can have LIQUID /LIQUID and GAS /Gas as well.

R.Young, It was close to flying if my memory serves me correctly. I recall thinking the tail could be bigger. Nev

My friend, John Biggs, built his in the '70s. I visited the Taylor family in the UK back then.

.... which aircraft so we think you flap hands ha,ha ey! in a perfect mimic of what you'd hear in a Townsville pub. Richy Marles had a very short fuse but on this occasion chose to let go on the subject of the space OT alludes to. "What you complaining about mate?" You people driving Tesra, Daecoo, Indian Jags and BYD - "Build Your Dreams, and laughing you have plenty dof dream when engine go the heaven!!!!" We still make BIG TOYOTA like Les Thiess import. Thiessy very good customer, bought ............

Right now I have to put tape on it to keep the temperature up. So I guess it's not too bad at its job 😇

.......the same design features as the Japanese carriers - narrow gangways and low bulkheads to match the small stature of the Japanese, small hammocks for sleeping areas, food storage areas in the galley that are designed to hold bulk rice, and nothing else, and a tiny galley centred around the production of sushi and sashimi, and rice and ramen dishes only. The Australian navy officials inspecting the new ships were outraged that the personnel spaces were so small, they kept banging their heads and elbows and knees - and it was found most Navy personnel hated the smell of cooking rice, let alone the taste of it. This came back to the experiences of their WW2 POW fathers, which were passed onto their sons. What was worse, it was found the carrier decks were designed to the dimensions that precisely matched Aichi D3A's and Nakajima B5N's, and no current Australian aircraft could land on them. When official complaints were lodged with the Japanese, the Japanese responded with, "Ahh, so ... Ostralia contract did not stipulate..............