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I'm not bored but I'm only that busy because any job that I used to do in a day now takes a week.

FlyingVizsla wrote, I read - Kitplanes, EAA's Sport Pilot, RAAus Sport Pilot, Airnews (Aust Women Pilots Assoc) - in Print. Read a number of other publications in digital - Kitplanes, EAA's Sport Pilot & EAA webinars. Like their Engine & Kit Buyer's guides too. I have the last two SP magazines sitting in their plastic cover because I have too many unfinished projects. I've started building the airstrip but haven't got back to it because the grader (Ripper) I bought has no brakes so I picked up some parts for that earlier this week in Perth. I have a half finished gold cone (wet processing plant) waiting for bits and pieces to turn up. I have Mrs M's carport half built and I just brought home an industrial sewing machine yesterday to sew the shade cloth. I just picked up an oil transfer pipe and two windows for out motorhome that I need to get out there and fit. I just ordered a new park brake cable for the iLoad van I was driving in Perth when the park brake started to stick on. I have the plane sitting at Northam Airport waiting for registration so I can get back to flying and to top it off Mrs M has organized a trip to China right in the middle of my annual prospecting trip north. Right now I came in after snapping the two sewing machine needles that came with the machine and I've only done about 20m of sewing. The new needles are the wrong size so that project can go on the back burner for a bit. Mrs M is away in hospital so I might just sit back with a glossy magazine for a bit 😊

I think it's time I found that magazine I picked up from the post office a few days back. Where do you guys find the time...?

Aircraft traffic over a 48hr period. 13 March 2025 The FAA issued a revised helicopter route chart for the Washington DC area, specifically removing the helicopter routes 4 and 6 in the area of DCA and revising route 7 to the west of the airport. You can compare the old chart above with the revised chart below. For the full notice, including text descriptions of the route changes from the FAA. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/safety_alerts/media/VIS_25-02_CN_DCA_Helicopter_Route_Chart_Revisions.pdf

Aren't they in different states?

Probably a good choice, better than hitting the hard ground.

I love the undercarriage deign.

It depends on what you want to read. If you want articles of interest to aviators then perhaps you'd get the most interesting written by aviators and where are you going to find those?

Everybody is invited to put forward stories that they feel may be of interest to others. It's ok to sit back and have a grumble about the magazines content but how many aviators put pen to paper for the rest of us to read? If you have a story that is worthy of publication get it out there and then the rest of us might enjoy flicking through the SP magazine.

The bottom option looks the simplest. If you have two valves left and two valves right it could be quite confusing. A single L to R valve would be much easier to select and you are less likely to lose track of what's full and what's empty.

Bunnings have a range of LIFEPO4 batteries. They have a 200ah at $559 delivered.

I can't advise you on that one. I've just loaded the trailer with over 400kg of batteries going for scrap. I'm always replacing tyres and batteries. Our 110ah Ritar AGM batteries lasted better than 8 years so I can't complain about them.

I have no doubt that sort of temperature would destroy some of this hi-tech stuff. I've bought a spot welder so I can sit at the dining room table in the air-conditioning and upgrade my batteries. CIG welding helmet. AEG 1.5ah battery. AEG 6ah battery and the one on the chair is a new N70Z truck battery to run the spot welder. I just replaced the battery in my $800 Kempi welding helmet too. None of these batteries can handle high ambient temperatures.

I see the biggest risk for me is that these electronic devices fail at high ambient temperatures. A couple of days ago I tried to use my AEG angle grinder. The battery was showing charge but the device wouldn't operate. I removed the battery and brought it into the laundry to charge. The charger indicated that it was overheated so I shoved it into the fridge. Then I pulled my iPhone out of my pocket to see if it was lunchtime. It was blacked out with a banner across the screen saying it will return to normal when it's cooled down. Not a lot of help on a aeronautical device. Use iOS and iPadOS devices where the ambient temperature is between 0º and 35º C (32º to 95º F). Low- or high-temperature conditions might cause your device to change its behavior to regulate its temperature. Using an iOS or iPadOS device in very hot conditions can permanently shorten battery life. Our summertime temperatures are rarely within these temperatures and that's without being enclosed in a bubble canopy.

Fear runs our lives and the media support it. I don't watch the news but I can't avoid bad news completely while I browse the internet. In reality the majority of the general public are good honest people. Most of our strict security measures are a waste of time and money because they are driven by fear of a highly unlikely set of events. How many people have actually been stabbed by nail clippers or a table knife in a manner that couldn't have been achieved with a decent ball point pen or an uncapped fountain pen. Perhaps we should ban pencils and pencil sharpeners because that's like reloading a weapon if you managed to break it on the first strike. Consider how much cheaper your flight would be if we relaxed all the preflight security and in reality how much difference would it make? For one thing it would save a awful lot of time. just in case....

I've been waiting a week since the MARAP application went in. Mine is not modified in any way just extending the life of the Rotax to run on condition. Rodney at RAAus said it should be done in a week but we did have a holiday last Monday, perhaps that delayed it. No the holiday was only in WA so that's no excuse.

I'm only new here but I've been reading with interest. I hope it's still an active build.

I got mine from Mako Services in Busselton, a forklift maintenance business.

Poor old snakes get a raw deal don't they. He was probably looking for rats or mice and there are very few snake bites if they are tampered with.

I was living in Upper Brookfield and working at the Shell SS well down Beaudesert Road towards Jimboomba. I was amazed to see those houses through Rocklea area with just the tip of the roof visible. We were high and dry at both ends but it was a bit of battle to get home and back. Hopefully it won't come near that and hopefully they've got a grip on the flood control in the Wivenhoe Dam. By the way I build part of a sand plant for the dam construction back in the late 70's.

I hope you guys and gals in the east have your planes anchored down.

These sort of modifications are great for performance but eat into the reserves of structural strength. Some automotive engines can produce massive power with minor modifications to intake, exhaust, camshaft and ECU but in the end only the best survive an endurance test. The little Rotax engines are pumping out pretty good power in standard form but we all want a bit more. You just have to weigh up the risk of overstressing a very lightly built machine.

KISS, just fit another pump that has been working but has run out of life. It'll take you a whole 10 minutes to prove or disprove the simplest fix. I have one but it would take a week to get to you. Sorry, didn't see that you had it fixed 😅

That's a massive improvement to both torque and HP. A standard prop with the correct pitch would be suitable across the whole rev range.