facthunter

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

Don't you lose your licence when you get retested at an advanced age and don't PASS it? Nev

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.

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.

Too big for control lines. Nev

RPM is not enough . You need a torque figure or a thrust figure as well. You could be way out. MP might suffice. Nev

They are a very pretty aeroplane. Nev

Rotax is time expired after a specific number of years whether the engine hours have time remaining or not. Your capital investment should be taken into account also. IF this clone takes off how will THAT affect Rotax's future viability?. Nev

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

Conspiracy theorists are taking over. . There's enough true things happening without getting into the Far Fetched. Like corruption. Nev

It makes it prone to fracture at low stress levels . It's NOT a surface thing. I had a crankshaft break on a race car before the motor got much above idle speed. Hadn't even been put in gear. Straight through a 2" big end journal. The crank had previously been crack tested and the chroming process was extremely expensive. The University of Technology Newcastle annex was close by and they sorted the problem. This was in the mid 50's. WHY run unnecessary risks space? Learn by other's mistakes. Nev

Pretty arrogant response Ol Mate. You have NO idea of my qualifications or experience. All I wish is for people "OUT THERE" to understand there IS an issue with Hydrogen embrittlement and you sort of indicated there wasn't. It's a safety matter. Is it not.? Why don't you address the Points I made and IF you post here like everyone else here you are not immune from questioning of WHAT you post. Nev (not armchair commentator).

Ask anyone to do a sideslip. Dreadful. The teaching/ demonstrating of stalls is just a box ticking exercise the way It's usually done. Nev

They can FAIL. ALL OF THEM. and some ancillary part can cause it as much as an engine component. Simplicity is your friend. .Nev

Looking back on what I did, I've realised that dog fighting, balloon and streamer cutting were a big part of learning limit flying, plus doing and teaching basic aerobatics where the student would sometimes do things you never dreamed of doing yourself, that required the rabbit out of a hat save. It is NOT in any syllabus. I have tried to push "Unusual attitude recovery" at least for instructors. No one appears to be listening.. Nev