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......Implement a policy of not shooting the ground staff who are only employees of the Darraweit Guim lead and brass mining company......    

......as he neared the Drifter and saw the propulsion system. This wonderful blend of high tech innovation consisting of two Morry minor

850 engines welded together driving a Cummins injector pump to power a hydraulic prop drive with a seven foot prop.

To save shearing the boom off it was cut and placed in front of the pod in a cannard style. What could possibly go wrong ? ......

......ASIC cards, which they had some difficulty getting. Not like the trolley dolleys who got their ASIS cards just handed out....

.....stop and the 14 litre Cummins engine roared into life......

2 minutes ago, onetrack said:

And at that point - CT's contribution ensured the NES ground to a halt - with a full stop - just like a B747 pulling up to the jetbridge, and the Captain applying the handbrake.

The NES readers were appalled. Was this it? Was the NES all over? - had it really ended forever, simply because an aerial rabbit pot-shotter from the backblocks of Darraweit Guim had decided he was going to end it all, right there? - with a glaring, FULL STOP!

The NES erupted into an uproar. The scenes were incredible as NES'ers all fought and argued over how to restart the NES, now that some low-life had stalled it. It was enough to.......

 

......make every person vewing the famed NES that the stall speed may not be as listed in the POH.....

5 minutes ago, Captain said:

This single above post by the CT just proves what a dead-set CT he can be, as Wreck Flying erupted with filthy posts from JackOff owners correcting this slur.

Just to clarify for all those offended Jackoff owners. The new and improved super upmarket refined model Jackoff is modeled on a thruster T300 

which has a glide ratio of i:1 on a hot day (above 60 deg c) when above bitumen if black. If conditions change the glide range will decrease.

Now the new super you beaut Jackoff can better this due to the addition of the optional winglets.

48 minutes ago, Captain said:

..... latest model JackOff (43:1 Glide Ratio) as he takes me to heaven and beyond.

 

When he read this, Turbo became .....

Small edit here Captain. The glide ratio is more like 4 point 3 to 1. and that's only in a thermal on a bloody hot day.

A waypoint does not need to be an airfield. I rarely use airfields as waypoints due to the danger. It is easy to use an easily identifiable feature like a dam or town etc.

At an airfield, when you think about it the inbound traffic will be looking down at the sock or for circuit traffic. The over flying traffic will probably be looking at the flight plan or tablet (map)

for time / next heading etc. and nobody is really looking for traffic. Safer to not be over the top unless plenty high.

As usual thanks for your input Nev.

49 minutes ago, kgwilson said:

A maximum performance takeoff is still taught in GA & I was requested to do one in my last RA BFR. Brakes on, 10 deg flap, full power, release brakes, keep the weight off the nosewheel & get off the ground at pretty much stall, lower the nose slightly to pick up speed then climb at best angle till clear. Getting rid of friction with the ground is the No 1 priority, then its all power and aerodynamics.

Not trying to create an argument but rolling onto the runway will shorten the required distance as will not using flap until desired lift off speed. Early backstick also increases drag.

4 hours ago, old man emu said:

That implies that in some circumstances, the method I described does work. What factors would you consider for a better way in this or other circumstances?

The initial acceleration of an aeroplane is slow and so uses up runway. If you start your run at right angles you can be doing say 10kt. as you line up, also start with no flap because you will accelerate better clean then pull flap- at lift off speed, then gain speed in ground effect before you start to climb.  This process takes more skill but uses less distance but you would not let a low time pilot try to fly the plane out of this sort of tight spot.  I am not being critical of the standard teaching method of short field but saying that with a bit more skill you can improve on it.

8 hours ago, old man emu said:

Couple of things. 

The grass  is short. CASR Part 139 says grass length up to 150 mm is OK to call a  grass runway serviceable. The Coefficient of Friction for short grass is 0.35, which is about half the CofF for a bitumen topped runway.

 

Do they still teach the technique of  lowering about 10 degrees of flap, hold the brakes while going throttle to the wall, release brakes and rotate and climb over the obstacles at best angle of climb speed. Once clear of obstacles, climb away as usual.

 

A very accurate weight and balance calculation would be important because some aircraft misbehave when flown very light. 

 

That's probably correct. A "wings off" job and onto a trailer. Could be a chance to inspect the spar attachment points and get the insurance company to pay for the time to do that little job. 

That old teaching method of short field take off is not necessarily the best way of getting off the ground in the shortest distance. 

Just heard on the news that there was nothing in the tanks but air. Also a pilot witness said they heard it surging before it stopped. It was reported that when it left YBDG it was low on fuel.

......at 588kg. just for the engine did not leave a lot of gross for the rest of the airframe or pilot, not to mention fuel.......

.......it does not matter any way because w&b charts do not exist for these aircraft, so loading is not an issue......

......in this instruction sheet for the start up process for the electric Drifter ; " please make the switch in the on position immediately 

otherwise death or serious injury may occur. Then follow the instruction for to make the start happen. This will cause motion of the attached propeller. Seat belt may help lessen injury consequence of movement. If machine fail to proceed as need start process over." ........

......charge up a bit. Ready for the long trip would require several extension leads, the heavy duty type, say 200 amps. how much do they weigh?.....

.......all back away quietly whilst we are all still alive.....

2 minutes ago, Captain said:

.... also took a case of 22 crackers and 5 packets of 223s to drop off to CT as a gift from Turbine Ammunition and Assault Weapons PLC ..... and as always, a gift is not a gift from any of the Turbine Corporations, as on the back of the Merry Xmas, Happy New Year & blessed Hanaker card was a note from Turbo (her/she) outlining that in response to the ammo, the CT pledges his 1st borne and all the rabbit pelts (tanned and cleaned noless), and strangely it was already signed and witnessed by Turbo and the CT (as you can see, Turbo is a dead set thieving CT too).

 

CT wanted some free legal advice so approached the DG Development Corporation and Progress Association to ask .......

......do you think we could extend the runway turning area a bit? I have possibly got a little more base fill material coming up.....

                note unfriendly contract notes can be dealt with.

30 minutes ago, Captain said:

.... is well known around DG for performing a somewhat similar ritual cross dressed as a rabbit, in order to ....

......bring the bunnies out to look for the noise so he can run them over with his Harley 'cos of the ammo shop being closed for chrissy hols....

Special post. Captain and Turbs were having too much fun on their own, so I applied a little left rudder (Avref again) .

......meanwhile all this talk of frivolity on the islands raised a thought about the outcome of inbreeding like what happened down on that larger island down south. You all know the place called Taswhatsit or something. The place where the V8 engine was invented (two heads). Any way in breeding might be a great idea to align the process involved for regulation reform, to control all those idiots wanting to fly those dangerous home  made Ornithopters (avref)....... 

7 minutes ago, Captain said:

..... 15 minutes after they started pumping, Jimmy Hoffa popped up from under the piano keys on 18, which was the 1st runway to have been poured.

 

Jimmy was one thing, but when Tony Soprano and Frank Sinatra, then Harold Holt popped up next it became the subject of ......

.....an enquiry because a displaced threshold may make the runway non compliant..../  

11 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

..........but when one escaped it told all the others and the greenies went and annoyed the meat producers.

There they met their match...........................

......'coz the old D6 belches so much smoke no one can see to escape.......

1 hour ago, Captain said:

..... for which he was nominated for the Chris Bowen Environmental Award (the CBEA) for methane and pong reduction, which assisted the DG EPA to meet its goals & quotas of .....

.......a totally carbon neutral airport. Most of these gains in carbon credits was achieved by using the old D6 Cat to fertilize the grounds by dozing in the local greenies.........