facthunter Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Make them stronger and something else will deform. Fly so as you don't bend your nosewheel structure. Mild steel has relatively good fatigue characteristics.. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 1 hour ago, spacesailor said: Because, those legs do bend easily, and that wear , plus the rusting on that area . Is a known problem . It's only a tiny aircraft , & I suspect the leg could be made just a little stronger. After a few years of having a ' training wheel ' at the front I was intending to change the ' Hummelbird ' to a conventional tail dagger, eliminating the nose wheel problem. spacesailor If you think its a training wheel better to leave it on the trailer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 (edited) These Hummel-Birds do look a lot better , as mr Hummel designed it. spacesailor Rob, see photo's previous . Edited April 25 by spacesailor A little more ! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 They are a very pretty aeroplane. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendAn Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 14 hours ago, spacesailor said: These Hummel-Birds do look a lot better , as mr Hummel designed it. spacesailor Rob, see photo's previous . I am confused by your posts. I thought you said you could not fly your plane and now your converting to taildragger after a few years as a nose wheel. Have you flown it. Just curious because I really like the look of hummelbirds . I think they would be a terrific aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 They're about the size of an RC Aerobatic aicraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 Too big for control lines. Nev 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 10 minutes ago, facthunter said: Too big for control lines. Nev RC stands for Radio Control. The Aerobatic class has approval to operate in the Danger Zones of the Moorabbin Training area up to 1000 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 All is right with the world then. I got out of models when the RC took off. It was nearly as expensive as the real thing. Nev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planedriver Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 16 minutes ago, facthunter said: All is right with the world then. I got out of models when the RC took off. It was nearly as expensive as the real thing. Nev. You should have known me back then Nev. I used to very cheaply build my own radio control gear using acorn valves out of walkie-talkies from the government surplus shops. I could have saved you a lot of money. The fluttering rudder (galloping ghost system} left lots of room for improvement though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 Might have required too much skill so I started flying the real thing and eventually got paid to do it so that was some compensation. otherwise I might have been a ship's Engineer on a BHP Ore Boat. That's the sort of thing one aspired to in those times. Nev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 That was my intention. Untill I was told I could never gain a RAA certificate. I still want to gain that certificate, but age is against it . Question : if you lose your " driving licence " because of age. Are you automatically stripped of your " flying certificate " . spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 Don't you lose your licence when you get retested at an advanced age and don't PASS it? Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 Correct spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 I know someone who didn't bother but a year or two later decided he wanted to drive and passed.. I also know some one else who didn't know WHERE they were and Drove too fast. (Always did even when being coached by the trainer). Unsurprisingly DIDN'T pass. There IS a time to give it up. My Mate in NSW has an electric thing he just loves and gets around locally and with a cab other times. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 In Victoria after a certain age, the licence period shortens and you have to make a health Declaration (the one RA pilots fell in love with). Don’t try to fudge it because you only need a small accident and if you aren’t fit it’s trouble big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendAn Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 (edited) 49 minutes ago, spacesailor said: That was my intention. Untill I was told I could never gain a RAA certificate. I still want to gain that certificate, but age is against it . Question : if you lose your " driving licence " because of age. Are you automatically stripped of your " flying certificate " . spacesailor In raaus you are and I would imagine the new class 5 in GA as well Edited April 26 by BrendAn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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