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While the gravity of life can be a drag, the thrust of a shirt like this is to give you a lift. Yes I know. I only post when I'm drunk.

Nope. I only took that photo on the weekend and I've never resized it. I can't find a way to check the size on the iPad, but the same image on the phone where it was taken is 1.58Mb. I didn't make it 88Kb. Either the iPad resized it, or Ian has put a resize in the upload process now. Full screen on the retina display, there's no way it's 88Kb on the ipad. Mercedes sucks too.

The above test I did (avatar and pic) both worked from original pics which got to my iPad via Dropbox. Both worked without resizing even though they were both way too big. I was prepared to concede this was something iPads did well (with some help from dropbox to get them there). But if you insist.

I took your advice and overruled the overruling. I'm out of hospital now, but it looks like she called on the weather gods to put me in my place. Not shaping up well.

Works for me.

Hongie, I use one of these - http://www.iwalk.net/english/02_ProductInfo.asp?ProductID=53 Enough power to recharge an iPad3, and your phone. Or 2 iPad2s, or a small Tasmanian town. Looks like the wife is overruling my Monto plans. I have to go to an engagement party. It's not even my daughter - only hers.

Hi Kaz. If you have the new iPad and a Telstra sim, the steps are here - https://help.telstra.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/21471 I hate Apple products, but Bas made me buy one for OzRunways. He thinks it's funny.

No, but I'm a bit concerned about how you know Nev.

I just disreputed my dinner.

I thought there was mention of this somewhere, but can't find it. These photos found their way into my inbox. Don't know who took them, or how this incident happened. Horrible thing to happen though. Any info out there?

In my house, mum yelled at me for sausage polishing.

Shit Neil. Way to stretch a metaphor. I had a very interesting flight to Taree a few weeks ago which strained the comfort zone to the limit. I feel I made good decisions and got there OK, but the ceiling in the VFR lane from Maitland got to 600 feet. Always had options and could see sky between cloud and ground though. It's really important to get the training to make these decisions and handle the plane executing them. Again on Sunday, I had a most interesting crosswind take-off. You need to stretch yourself or you'll find your ballet shoes won't fit anymore, and your dance partner has taken off with someone who fills their tights better, and the tango you thought you were dancing was just a Canadian two-step. Where was I? Oh yeah. Let the instructor make the call. Learn from the experience. It's his butt too.

The why is a good question. If a Holden drove into a shopping centre through no fault of the Holden, would the RTA go after GMH? The how will be revealed when the dust settles (ie - not sub-judice).

Garry is already talking to the manufacturer about getting O320s for the Cougar. The Jabiru was really more for a proof of concept 2+2 to be RAA registered. With RAA trying to put Garry out of business, this could be the mainstay of future development. It will be a true 4 seater. Wing tanks are definitely available, in fact the front tank will only be a header. CofG will be given lots of attention. There will be changes for easier access and comfort. The Cougar will IMHO be the best bang for buck 4 seater available. Like the Scottish Olympic motto - faster, cheaper, tastier.

That's an email address Maj. Here's the blog http://www.whitsundayaeroclub.com/1/post/2012/06/ian-and-julies-great-escape.html and here's the photos: http://www.whitsundayaeroclub.com/ian-and-julies-gallery.html Great stuff.

You're a wuss Mick. I plan to do both from further away. I don't think I've seen you since Bundaberg. You need to get out more.

Both the Sierra 100 and 200 that Garry is selling have flaps. My Cheetah doesn't, and doesn't need them. The general recommendation for Morgan aircraft is as I said in the reply to your PM. In fact, I met a woman the other day who told her husband he could only buy an airplane if it was designed and built by Garry. He now owns Garry's original Cheetah. Garry's planes rock (ferris wheels).

Garry has announced the latest project, and what he will personally be flying most this season, the Morgan Aeroworks Touring Motor Glider. The GFA will be doing a pre-closure inspection in a week or so, and it should be finished before long. Yours could also be registered with SAAA or RAAus. Ignore the dates on the shots, this is how it looked last week.

Here you go. The Sierra 100 The Sierra 200 Note that this will be reregistered as 19 7634. CASA are complaining that it still has 24 on it, even though it isn't being flown and is sitting 10 feet up on a hoist in the hangar. The Cougar Bargains to be had. Bulk discounts. Limited time offer. Hurry, hurry, hurry. Etc. Contact Garry.

Hi Eric. Jabiru are your best resource for the definitive answer, but the new nuts can be fitted to the old bolts. Come over to hangar 9 on the weekend and you can check Mark's (he should have the new nuts fitted to the old bolts by now) or mine (I fitted new nuts, bolts and studs). Fitting new nuts on old bolts leaves the nuts overhanging, which seems to be bad practice. It does leave more threads in contact than the current arrangement though, and the old nuts are crap. Loctite 620 is used to keep them there. Potentially. I didn't need to modify anything to fit the new bolts. You have to remove the cylinders anyway. Removing the old studs was interesting though. Edit: My new studs and bolts are the same diameter, just longer. As SP6 points out, there would be mods for the 7/16th bolts. I wasn't worried about the bolts, the problem seemed to me to revolve around the nuts (like most things wrong with society). I've had 3 of them fail.

Well Pud, there's a good explanation here - http://www.dieseldoctor.com/messageboard/data/229.html Hey where the hell are the editing options? I've got "use rich editor" turned on. Anyway, a good check for 30 ft/lbs is to put the square drive in a vice with the handle horizontal, measure 12 inches out from the center of the drive, mark it on the handle, and hang 30 lbs from there. If it's out and your wrench can be adjusted, adjust it. Otherwise determine the error factor, and apply it to your wrench setting. Now you're torquing. There's a boring video here -

Just ignoring the crap for a second, I'd like to post something on topic and from personal experience. 2 weeks ago I began a 50 hourly, being 25 hours after putting in K Liner valve guide inserts. Engine time now 350 hours. During the rebuild, one of the through bolt nuts stripped. I discussed (disgust?) with Jabiru and asked them to send me a new set of nuts and a new bolt. They sent the original nuts. 1 week later they released the AD demanding the new nuts. Not happy. When I pulled the cowl off for this service, I noticed there had been leakage at the cylinder base on the 2 front cylinders - 1 either side. I checked the torque (which was the plan anyway), and one of the through bolts wouldn't torque to me. The bolt pulled through the nut on the far side. The nut on one of the studs stripped the thread too. These all torqued up to spec during the rebuild 25 hours ago, so they let go on their own. I must have been a Jabiru profit margin away from an engine failure. I rang Jabiru last week to discuss, and they said they would send a new set of 12 point nuts and the longer bolts, and that there would be no charge. Happy with that, I asked for express postage and paid extra so it would arrive by the weekend. This was Tuesday morning before Anzac day. They didn't turn up. They had sent them on Thursday evening. When they did arrive this week, I found I had been charged for the lot. When I rang, they couldn't help me because that guy was away. He rang next day and said "sorry if I told you that - I don't remember". I may get the money back for the nuts only. He also dismissed the Nowra failure saying they hadn't done the AD. Thanks for all the info in this thread too. Well the helpful bits anyway. The overhaul manual advises the use of Loctite Coppermax (silicone) on the bases, but not the surfaces themselves. Here's what it says: and later (curiously): This bit is interesting too: Just adding to the story. I'll be fitting new bolts, studs and nuts tomorrow - after recalibrating my torque wrench.

The front of the bag was in line with the seat back. Moving it forward probably 2 feet made all the difference. It's the Cheetah. A fair bit lighter all round than the Sierra, although Garry broke the nose gear on his Sierra at Bundaberg last year because of aft CofG. Later this morning I remembered my tool bag. I had not taken it into account. Putting it in the forward storage would have solved the issue. Guess where it's going to live now.

Amazing that people can know enough about an incident from reading a forum post to call someone else an idiot. I was that idiot. Operationally, the decision to use 36 was not unreasonable. The windsock was hanging completely limp, and there was no traffic in the circuit. After I called my intention to enter 36 and line-up and roll from taxi Foxtrot, there was a joining 23 downwind call. I restated my intention to roll on 36 and that I would be out of his way in heaps of time, and he said he had no problem with that. From my monitoring of the radio and wind, there seemed to be no need to continue to use 23. The runway choice was not the problem. The pax is a very experienced pilot and he agreed with the choice. A mistake in weight and balance was the real issue. I packed for just me in the plane going there. Then a friend had to leave his Sapphire there because of a fuel leak, so I offered him a lift to Goulburn. I recalculated the W&B, packed the tent in the forward storage, and put my 7.5Kg flight bag on the parcel shelf behind us. It normally rides on the pax seat. The AUW was still way below maximum. My plane only weighs 270Kg empty and is good to 600Kg - 544Kg legally of course. It was only 520Kg. I got it wrong. On rolling, we reached about 40 knots and the nosewheel came up. That normally means it's ready to fly, so I let it. It sank to the mains again. I didn't want to let the nosewheel bang down after it, so held it there. It seemed in the heat of the moment a better option to continue under power, so I did. As seen, I then had an interesting time trying to keep it flying and straight. I had to force the nose down to get speed up, and it constantly wanted to porpoise. The "knife edge" was simply having to bank to regain the centreline. I believe it was still balanced (or I wouldn't be here anymore). Once I got the speed up we climbed out OK, but still porpoising. PRoC was achieved before the end of the runway. Once a safe height was reached, I got the pax to move the flight bag to his knees and the plane completely changed its attitude. I've never made that mistake before, and I'll never make it again. I've weighed everything again and I'll be discussing the result with the manufacturer to check my figures. I've discussed it with the Ops Manager and I'll be filling in an incident report. The pax offered to pay for the flight. I told him to use it to buy new underwear. I've put this here not just to address the tendency to dismiss other pilots as idiots on fora without knowing the facts, but as a reminder of the importance of keeping the CofG within limits. I got away with it - just. Others have been killed by it.

Comedian. Why aren't you here you bastard? Don told me the answer, but still I ask the question. Where's your dedication? I took up drinking again just for this weekend and you're not here to drink with.