stanzahero

Hello Raindrops, welcome to the site. Don't feel alone about being the only girl here, we've got plenty: Vev, Foxy, BecM, Darky, Mazda, Flying Vista, Kaz, Ignitio.. sorry Cam.. just to name a few. Tell us more about you and your interest in flying. Stanzahero.

I started flying a couple of years ago when I was 36 so I know what you mean there, although it was my wife who convinced me to learn while she was learning. It was great because we went over all the theory while on the drive to the airport - about an hour away, and she paid the bills .

Hi Scott, I go past the Ballarat drome quite a lot and have always looked jelously at the activity there. Welcome the the forum and hope you find all the answers you need here. Well done on the solo! Good luck on the build. Stanzahero.

You need to be careful when applying loctite to threads before tensioning them. If the loctite cures you will lose most of your torque in friction. Normally almost 80% of tension is obsorbed by friction. In the automotive industry (this may be different in this case though) a small amount of oil is the best thing on the threads because it lets the nuts/studs do the job they are designed to do - hold the parts.

I was always told a good landing starts on downwind - speed, height and preparation. Pick one thing to concentrate on each circuit and you'll find they come together in the end. Good luck and stick with it Red. p.s. I'm not instructor, but it wast how I tackled it.

It's more like 'torqued to a maximum elasticity'. A lot of the European engine rebuild kits are now including head bolt kits. It's a way of guaranteeing that an engine will not have a head bolt / head gasket failure due to over stressed bolts that go back into service. It also gives the product a service life. When I built diesels, the big end bolts were changed before the final assembly because each bolt was limited to the number of times it could be torqued.

I spent a score of years as an automotive engine reconditioner then after a career change a computer programmer specialising in web development. BecM, my intellegent half, spent time as a molecular biologist with vacinnes and crud and now is a school principal at her own high school Stalag...

I wonder if he was on a break... He did request an off std freq tho...

You can see some well established flame behind the #2 engine nacelle. Are there fuel cells or pumps in that area? It wouldn't take too much effort for the flame front to travel to the wing root from there and destroy the fuselage. The pictures from the link at the top show the fire originating from behind #2 somewhere.

engine no go... top blade on the prop is still straight...

Well done Damoski!

I'd try to kill it by slamming it against the nearest tree, telephone pole, pedestrian, etc.

I see the resemblance.... not! Good luck Pud!

G10 is a one litre engine while the G13 was a 1.3 ... So according to the heading in the video it's a one litre.

The framing issue was trying to hide the fact that the front plane was an Electra, and so didn't quite fit into a bomber squadron that "was flying over-head"... Oh well I tried...

My pick of the pictures: [ATTACH]13439.vB[/ATTACH]

I'm going... got it all planed out :)

The ILS?

Try the Left hand column at the front of the AU site here

The LSA 55 is short in respect to fuselage length so it can be a little twitchy. Once mastered though, it is a fun aircraft to fly - so I'm told...

I didn't get much RAA stuff because I was focused on the warbirds. I got this video on the X-wind landings of the CA-13 (my fav), the Spitfire, P-40 and Mustang. http://www.facebook.com/v/1855416274209

I've a friend who is learning at Melton. I don't know about the transport in the area tho...

We are not calling him a liar... The thread is called "What are your thoughts"... so we give him our impressions of the photo. My doubt is in the authenticity of the photo, not in the story behind it, nor the eyewitness account. Pelicans also use the ground effect to fly across the top of the water.

I also have heard rumours about a cache in the Mildura area with a similar horde for the defence of the Brisbane Line. The American carriers dumped most of their aircraft off the side because their cargo was outdatedand the cost of the replacement was less than the fuel to ship them back.

Yeah... faker than a Oscar losers congratulations... IMHO