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But no one really cares about carrying a pressurised highly flammable product in their aircraft……?

I’ll just revive this thread for a moment….. By chance I was in an auto parts store on the w/e and looked at a pressure pack can of SCA tyre repair stuff retailing for $7. I noted the contents were up to 60% Butane, and it came with a warning to not expose the can to temps greater than 50C. In the aviation world, that’s interesting. Am I too paranoid ?

Can anyone confirm that Goldfren AD904 brake pads for aluminium calipers are a drop in replacement for Marc Ingegno 010203109 Rev0 pads to suit a P92 Echo or similar ?......and if so, where best to source Goldfren pads ?

....and now the latest from "Australian Flying" magazine....... CASA to reconvene Part 103 Working Group - Australian Flying Glaciers move a lot faster.

Allan at Murray Bridge had a Skyfox trailer - make some enquiries via Sport Aircraft Club of SA.

As in Axel Foley ??

My poor choice of words - the initial subject query should have been titled ‘rubber protectant’, not lubricant.

SGM, Try ‘Plan, Land & Stay’ on Facebook, (Farcebook) if you get no joy here.

The summary…… Siloxane containing products appear to be the most common go to material for vulcanised rubber protection. Lanolin based products should also be ok, although lanolin has a relatively low melting point, so it may need to be re-applied if temps under the cowl are consistently hot. Don’t use Vaseline.

As a youngish naive and foolhardy tourist I went for a ride in a hot air balloon in central Australia back in the eighties. I recall how the young pilots were joking around a lot with the girls and snorting nitrous oxide out of party balloons to make their voice sound squeaky, all in the name of tourist entertainment. I think there had also been some joking talk of performing a mid-air balloon ‘kiss’ , where one balloon is manoeuvred to rest on top of a second - but nothing like that eventuated. The balloon flight was great and uneventful, but we sort of ‘crash’ landed - that is, we were told to crouch low in the basket and hang on tight. We hit reasonably hard and the basket was dragged sideways along the ground taking out some low scrub for about 50m or so before we came to a stop. We all got out a bit shaken but without a scratch, and assumed that was how ballooning worked. Then it was off for a traditional ballooning champagne breakfast and to share our adventures. Some years later, I understand a central Australian balloon operator was involved in the deaths of 13 people when a balloon ascended underneath and collided with a second. The basket of the top balloon snagged and tore a large hole in the lower balloon. Looking back on my tourist experience now I’m older and hopefully a heck of a lot wiser, it still makes me curious how that kind of mid air collision may have occurred. In my mind it seems clear the pilot we had on that day way back in the 80s was a complete cowboy, but I have no idea if the same pilot or the same operator was involved. I’m sure the fatal accident was thoroughly investigated by the experts of the day, and the causal factors rightfully identified. I don’t wish to cause any anguish to anyone through inference. For me personally however, it still just makes me wonder. I think there was another thread on here somewhere about the normalisation of deviance. Im sure I still have the central Australia hot air balloon experience ‘certificate’ somewhere.

Is it common practice to smear a bit of Vaseline onto rubber engine mounts to stop them drying out and cracking ?

A 99% chance of continuing to live whilst flying is far more comforting.

Ultimately every activity carries risk and it’s up to us to assess and effectively manage the risk. Otherwise we would all be sitting inside a bunker wrapped in bubble-wrap. ~ 1% chance of dying every 1000hrs sounds about right for GA, although it is a little sobering.

Interesting. Given the number of portable electronic devices carried in aircraft these days, many powered by external Li battery packs, it’s surprising there are not more incidents. I guess that means they are generally safe, until they’re not.

14 years ago on this forum……

Just wait for magpie nesting season.

Jabiru has won a Federal grant - a new direction perhaps ?? Jabiru Aircraft Pty Ltd Develop a prototype electric motor and related control system for crewed aircraft and load carrying fixed wing UAV. The project will perform test flights using a Jabiru airframe and establish supply chains to support local manufacturing capability in Australia.

The latest email communique from RA-Aus tends to confirm that ADS-B will be required for Class C access. “Remember, ADS-B makes your aircraft visible to drone operators (particularly when they are operating Beyond Visual Line of Sight or BVLOS), other airspace users, Airservices and if you intend to operate in controlled airspace once this becomes available to RAAus, will permit operations in Class C.”

I believe it was Paul Keating that once said “If there is a horse called ‘Self Interest’, back it every time ! So yes, there is certainly a degree of self interest in buying a raffle ticket that by chance happens to be linked to a charity. However, the knowledge that a portion of your spend will be directed to the charity increases the raffle’s attractiveness. That is what both the charity and the promoter are relying on - it’s a synergistic relationship. There are many ‘charity’ raffles however, where the returns are heavily biased towards the promoter, and it is not easy for the average ‘punter’ to discern that bias. Choose your discretionary gambling spend wisely.

Given the vast amount of advertising spend this had and that it was a satisfactorily registered Art Union raffle it may have been a simple case of costs exceeded revenue. One theory is that in a panic he may have chosen to hang onto what monies he got in, rather than a deliberate scam upfront. Regardless, it’s a crime, and a crime against a charity which is even worse.

Silent Hektik regulators get a mention on a European ULM forum. I know less than zero on this subject, but just thought I’d mention it in case it is remotely useful to someone here. I note they have a presence in Australia. https://hektikgroup.com.au/

OK, the lion has been prodded. I thank the forum contributors for giving up their time to respond to my query and sharing their experience. I call it politeness. "never-the less impressed by the potential of such a product, that might just get me & my aircraft from some desolate country strip, to a more favorable (help/workshop) airfield, I have decided to make the astonishingly costly investment, by purchasing the Holts equivalent product" I understood from your previous comment that you were happy enough to experiment with a tyre repair product on yourself, with all the unknowns thrown in. ....and I don't think that a single contributor suggesting a random branded product they may have chosen to carry with them in their a/c, paints all as "paid promoters of Motul". Separately, I will also be considering higher ply tyres. That's enough from me on this topic, but am certainly still interested in other peoples experiences with managing 'away' punctures.

Thanks to all forum contributors to this topic. It appears that the latex-based 'goo' is a satisfactory low weight solution for emergency situations when you are out in the boonies, and hopefully you can avoid removing the tyre from the A/C. I've read reviews (mostly motorcycling) for the various brands of goo, and its a mixed bag. Rather than brand vs brand, its a case of sometimes it works very well, and other times it doesn't. For ~ $30, and <500grams, its reasonable insurance against a significant P in the A.

http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2018/11/tl-ultralight-sting-sport-n494n.html Interesting scenario from 2018 - simple pilot distraction leads to overspeed event - HS separation. In NO WAY am I suggesting any causal similarity to the Preston Beach incident. Included here simply because it was a BRS deployment in an LSA after losing control of the a/c.

https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/article/shroud-lines-ii/