Kiwi

17 minutes ago, Old Koreelah said:

I’m taller than that and fit in even the smallest Jabirus. Skyfox is too damned small.

Yes, but you have build of a star picket.

11 hours ago, BC0979 said:

BTW, I am not using a rotax but the thrust angles are important regardless of the engine brand.

Please check that propeller rotation is the same as the Rotax 912 before you set the offset. 

15 hours ago, RFguy said:

OK,

OZ RUNWAYS have fixed the bugs I complained about (so far) in the past 

New  is 5.3.7 apparently..

 

5.3.6 is on the play store, so a fix is in the pipeline.  

 

Well , that was pretty good.  I have forwarded another few bugs to them....

 

Updated this morning, went for a fly and all seems ok.

I've never had the problems you described so went onto Ozrunways and yes there seems to be a few problems since the last update, won't let me change altitudes or LSALT.

Definitely has issues that weren't there last weekend. 

On 27/05/2023 at 9:08 PM, EyrekraftPylut said:

Hi everybody 

I have a Trig transponder in my plane. I believe this transmits as mode s. I don’t show up on Flightradar24. Am I able to use a sky echo2 as an extra safety device whilst the transponder is still switched to alt?

When flying local I don't show up on Flightradar 24 until I'm above around 4500 feet.

If you want a laugh at shipping charges,  take a look at this. It would fit in a A4 bubble wrap pack. (No I didn't buy it)

Risk of electrical fire was the part that caught my attention. 

I wouldn't use aluminium cables, Piper issued a SB years ago about aluminium starter cables,  can get a STC to replace them with copper. 

Is the thrust line of Rotax correct?

1 hour ago, old man emu said:

For about $15.00 you can buy pieces of paper that have heaps of waypoints marked on them. You can even draw straight lines between those waypoints to see how far apart they are. You can even use a thing called a protractor to find the direction relative to North that you have to fly to get to the waypoint from where your starting point.

 

I don't see any VFR waypoints on your $15 piece if paper, plenty on Ozrunways.

https://www.flyingmag.com/continental-engine-issue-drives-grounding-of-cirrus-sr22s-other-aircraft/

"call for a specific inspection of the crankshaft counterweight retaining ring within 5 hours for those new or rebuilt engines with less than 200 hours in operation since installation"

Get some of the 6mm door molding trim about 75mm long and stick it in the thrust line at the trailing edge on the side you are pushing the rudder. If to much try a shorter piece,  not enough make it longer. 

7 hours ago, Carbon Canary said:

If you get a chance can you ask your mate how much lift these things will deliver to ? ie. will they pump directly upwards say, 1m ….and how much slower is the delivery at that height ?

For the one I posted....

At one metre it takes about 4 minutes for 20 litres,  on the wing it takes just under 3 minutes. 

I should have mentioned that the spike is about 35mm wide and doesn't fit all drums.  Fits my red "Scepter" drums not the black ones or my other red ones (SCA from Supercheap)

1 hour ago, skippydiesel said:

If I am being charitable, I would say that it probably reduces the chances of accidental spillage 

The original poster stated he has no problem getting the 10 litre drum up high enough, but getting the fuel in the tank is the problem.

This is nothing like a siphon and would solve his problem. 

1 hour ago, Carbon Canary said:

G’day Kiwi,

l’ve had my eye on one of these.

What do u reckon they would be like in lifting fuel 1.8m from the ground straight up to a high wing ?

CC

Only used it for the Piper and car, if you can get it within a metre it would work fine.

Try one of these. Put drum on wing, turn on and pull nozzle trigger, runs on 2 "d" batteries and lasts for ages.

2 hours ago, turboplanner said:

What about the Trikes, Drifters etc inbound for their mandatory 500' circuit?

Not mandatory going by CASA, the wording is "should"

2 hours ago, Carbon Canary said:

I was taught 500’ circuits in GA.  I was fortunate that I did my early training at an ALA so this was possible. My later training was in Class D and there would be no way you could do 500’ circuits.

Did them at Archerfield in the mid 90's, request low level circuits and if they can accommodate they will let you. (Never said no to me)

28 minutes ago, Blueadventures said:

Scat hose hookup issue???  Usually two outlets on muffler shroud to two places Cabin heat and Carb heat.  Just a guess,  Cheers.

No, the aircraft doesn't have carb heat, or airbox....

Incorrect cable fitted from factory 

I know of a Tecnam 2008 that if you pull the knob that is labelled Carb heat, your feet get hot.

9 hours ago, red750 said:

Which begs the question, then, why low winged GA aircraft generally board from the right? Aircraft like the Beechcraft Musketeer, Bonanza, Baron, Piper Warrior, Arrow, Mooney, etc. Yes, there are some variants with a door each side, but even the Beech Model 36 and Baron have the rear seat doors on the right.

 

 

Recently I asked the question about the door on the right side of the Pipers. On the Cub it needed to be on the right side so when you prop started it you could reach in to adjust the throttle. 
When the PA-28 was designed the door was put on the right side because they had always put the door on the right side of the aircraft.

Check that the vents from the carbs to airbox are connected and not leaking. 

5 hours ago, farri said:

The pilots name has been made public on the facebook,

Hi Frank, can you PM me the pilots name, I can't find it in the Facebook post.

Kiwi

7 hours ago, bushcaddy105 said:

Today (the opening date) I sat down to lodge my rebate application, having amassed all the required info ready to upload. 

What information did you have ready for this question?

"for ADS-B installations, a signed declaration by an approved installer using the template provided on business.gov.au- external site"

Kiwi