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  1. Student Pilot
    Wouldn't run normal unleaded in anything, if you leave it for a few weeks carbs become clagged, the etnanol content seems to be a negative. Premium unleaded is a lot better product. If I have a choice I'd rather run avgas even though the cost is more. I have had several aircraft with mogas stc's, in summer it becomes a pain.
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    Jonkers, don't stress just goen have a fly and enjoy it.
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    Just like Boeing did with the 737 Max, backed it all up with engineering degrees, calculations and modelling, we all see how that went. Lion Air were still flying when they knew from the engineers to the top level managers that something was seriously wrong, they still let the aircraft fly with disastrous consequences. That's what happens when you let corrupt management do what they like with no regard to human life. The CEO of Boeing was asked several times if he was going to forgo his pay bonus because of the problems with the Max, he wouldn't answer the question, dollars are more important than anything. Keep em flying what's the worst that could happen?
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    So they'll jail a few lower middle management execs and chastise a few head engineers then give the rest a pay rise and the CEO will retire on a record pay out, justice will be done in Merrycar.
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    Read somewhere it happened on 4 previous flights and they managed to land. Indonesian aviation runs on corruption and nepotism not expirence, skill or quailifications, from the bottom to the top including the regulator. A pilot would not question any orders from higher up and would do what they're told. Engineers do what they are told even if that goes against manufactures recommendations on parts life or repairs, replacing critical parts with locally made or conterfeit parts. Even though smoking is not permitted in the passenger cabin you can smell the flight crew light up when they are taxying and the stench last till you deplane at destination.
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    Garfly posted thus vid last Saturday, yoosee that one Emoo? So either Garfly is way ahead or Garfly is waaaay ahead of everybody here ?
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    With any of these cheap fights when you buy the ticket you accept the fine print, in that fine print they say they have the right to cancel, postpone or redirect any flight when ever they want to. Cheap flights, you get what you pay for.
  8. Student Pilot
    Better off landing uphill/downwind than the opposite, same for takeoff, NEVER take off uphill.
  9. Student Pilot
    Truth? Science? Legitimacy?
  10. Student Pilot
    New one a Howard?
  11. Student Pilot
    Might as well google "Alien probing"
  12. Student Pilot
    How do I find my forum settings?
  13. Student Pilot
    Typical of regs now, 10 pages of waffle
  14. Student Pilot
    SS it's hard to work out what you are trying to say. Are you saying anybody that has a desire should be able to fly without any pesky exams or check flights? Are you saying SS that those dropouts you mention in that flight school would be OK to have a flying career if they didn't have to do pesky exams? Everybody is suited to pilot an aircraft no matter what coordination, motor skills or mental capacity you have?
  15. Student Pilot
    That's your problem there ?
  16. Student Pilot
    The flying speed appeared to be scale, with a lot of models the speed is too fast to be true scale speed but the Corsar looked right.
  17. Student Pilot
    The ACTUAL stall speed is different to what the airspeed says, the VG's help control with low speeds and typically increase AOA near stall. There is vitually no difference in stall speed with VG's, only slightly increased control feel at slow speed.
  18. Student Pilot
    I have seen people struggle learning to fly, no doubt there are some people who should not. Both young and old, oldest I've seen start from scratch was 65, he had a battle but struggled through and used to fly his own Auster. I know another 65 year old who struggled through, bought himself an aircraft with his retirement money then died in that aircraft shortly there after. You can still enjoy aviation without actually flying. I found models great fun, drones are one way of experiencing the 3D world without leaving the ground. I have only flown with a tablet, it is an amazing way of looking at the world. I'm sure the imersive world of 3D goggles would transform the experience. Everybody is different, not everybody is suited to piloting an aircraft. Ultimately it's something you have to decide for yourself, if others who have an idea of such things suggest maybe it might not be for you then to be true to yourself you should take that into consideration when making your mind up. Remember the "Grass is always greener on the other side", piloting an aircraft is not the be all and end all of the universe.
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    Those flap levers mounted up on the roof are not user friendly, Austers had a similar setup and used to give all sorts of trouble with the lockout button. A lot of Storch features, many of the Oz made one still flying? At a guess over 100K?
  21. Student Pilot
    Jet Ranger best stol aircraft built
  22. Student Pilot
    182 good bush machine, better than a 180 cept for rooly rough airstrips
  23. Student Pilot
    Kitfox/Skyfox/Avid/Gazelle with flaps and ailerons built into the wing rather than the drooped/folding setup that was originally on the Avid copied by Dean Wilson off an antique aircraft. How many designs were cloned/copied/duplicated from the original Avid and claim to be a new design?
  24. Student Pilot
    Seems common practice with CASA, try getting a medical processed
  25. Student Pilot
    That's a pretty aircraft. Looks similar to Jessie Anglins Kitten only with a tube 2 spar wing. There have been many derivatives including pups using identical construction, when you think of it nearly all high wing machines are built along Cub lines.
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