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  1. kgwilson
    There are many theories put forward by all sorts of people some with qualifications that on the face of gives their opinion a measure of authenticity. Over 95% of the worlds scientific community agree that climate change and impending catastrophe if not adressed will change the planet so that life as we currently enjoy it will be something of the past. I have not found any that say everything is fine and we have nothing to be concerned about other than those few who have some odd concepts that do not tie in with any verifyable data. After thorough investigation and analysis their theories are always completely debunked. Human need for the resources of the planet to satisfy the ever increasing consumer lifestyle we live is unsustainable. We have used most of the fossil fuel that took more than 3 billion years to create in less than 400 years and pumped all the waste into the atmosphere the land and the oceans. Many continue in their denial and that is their right but it does not give any credence to their opinions especially when they have no verifiable evidence to back those opinions up.
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    Entrepeneurs keep on striving for never ending growth even though throughout the ages they eventually crash and burn. Environmental damage has not abated even though we know that global temperatures are rising and all the agreements to date have failed. The 1.5 degrees increase by 2100 has well gone and 2 degrees is now unlikely. We will all be dead when it all happens but some may be around to see the tipping point to global catastrophe. There are now over 8 billion of us. There were 2.5 billion when I was born. Growth is slowing but will reach around 11 billion before starting to retract. We have the capacity to deal with it and save civilisation as we know it but eternal greed and quick money over rules sensibility and always has.
  3. kgwilson
    An oil cooler is just a radiator heat exchanger. The number of rows, cooling fin size and design, materials used, quality of manufacture, flow rate and weight are all significant issues from an aviation perspective and of course physical dimensions for your build. I chose a 7 row Positech often used in RVs Lancairs etc. It is quite thick and is at the bottom of the firewall with its own NACA duct intake. Works great. Oil temp never gets over 90 deg C even on hot days. I can't remember the cost but it wasn't cheap.
  4. kgwilson
    Trevor Jacobs had his licence cancelled by the FAA last year and has pleaded guilty to lying about the aircraft engine failing, staging the aircraft crash, illegally recovering the wreckage and disposing of it. He is facing up to 20 years in Jail.
  5. kgwilson
    Does "Northern Australia" double for "Northern Territory" because there is no such named region. AFAIK Northern Australia contains all of NT and QLD & WA above 26 deg South.
  6. kgwilson
    So the rudder failed, that is an inconvenience but the aircraft is still fully controllable. All of a sudden there is no resistance on the pedals so the effect is stuff all on the ability of the aircraft to continue to fly albeit a bit out of balance depending on throttle and attitude. Mentally though it has likely thrown a curve ball in to the pilots brain and things start to get out of control from there.
  7. kgwilson
    Remember in this situation the young pilot was reportedly at 100 feet and at 78 knots with 25 deg of flap so getting rid of the flap straight away at full power would be the best option. Just put the nose down a bit and fly away. Plenty of speed and altitude & now much less drag. I only flew a 140 twice but from comments here power does not seem to be a major problem but with added drag & high attitude there would be a lot less grunt available than in my old Archer 2.
  8. kgwilson
    The battery life is supposed to be 12 hours per charge. I waited for the battery light to go yellow which is 66% of charge before I recharged the first time. I can't remember now how many flights/hours I did but it seemed a long time. Now I just charge it up about once a month as recommended & the charge has never got to 66% since. You can check the state of charge by connecting your phone via wifi & enter 192.168.4.1/stats in your browser. For a club aircraft it will run all day without a problem so just stick it on charge every night like most people do with their phones. You can probably charge the batteries at least 1000 times. My LG G6 phone was new in 2018 & still holds charge for a day & it is charged every night. The SE2 has LG batteries.
  9. kgwilson
    Proxy votes in any contested issue are fraught with possible problems. Members get coerced in to making a proxy vote on an issue they know little or nothing about often with devastating consequences. In NSW the Associatoons Incorporation Act was changed in 2009 and made proxy voting illegal unless specifically detailed in the constitution. Most organisations no longer have proxy voting so you must attend a meeting and vote personally.
  10. kgwilson
    Some sort of auto power off sounds like a good option. My Spot tracker has this. If it detects no GPS activity in 1 hour it automatically switches off to conserve battery life. I forgot to turn it off once and it tracked me all the way home in the car even though it was in the centre console with the lid shut so it must have been getting enough GPS signal diagonally through the windscreen plus the salellites were in good positions that day..
  11. kgwilson
    I am surprised that it can take 10 minutes to get a GPS fix on your SE2. It took quite a while to get a fix the first time I used mine after configuration as the setup instructions stated but since then no more that about 3 minutes even after it has not been used for more than a week
  12. kgwilson
    At 70-80 knots its aileron that is going to counter the left turn even with the 25 deg of flap. The rudder will just keep it balanced. If there is no rudder then there will be obvious yaw but speed must then deteriorate rapidly for that to turn in to a major control loss and that may have been due to the climb angle of attack and 25 deg of flap drag. Inexperience and the WTF factor will very easily get in the way of the basic function of dumping flap. I am sure this could happen to anyone no matter how experienced they are as well. As an example a few weeks ago when a Mooney pilot lost his engine on climb out at less than 1000 feet, a successfull wheels up landing was made. He said to me that in thousands of landings his final mneumonic was "green fine flap" for 3 greens wheels down, full fine pitch, and flap to landing configuration, but he didn't do that, nor did he switch the electric fuel pump on. He could not explain why. All he wanted to do was miss the houses and trees which he did successfully & that occupied his brain to the exclusion of everything else. I can't understand why those ingrained things failed him but they did and I am sure it could happen to any of us. I guess we only find out how we react when it happens to us for real.
  13. kgwilson
    He had 2 notches of flap (25 degrees) so this would have affected the performance of the 140. They are underpowered anyway (even the 160 HP Warrior is marginal IMO) so he needed to dump the flap which in a PA 28 with the manual flap takes all of 1 second. You don't need much rudder in a PA28 at any time so I don't think it is much of a factor. He reported being at 100 feet at 90mph (78 knots) so had plenty of speed at that point. Maximum recommended speed with 25 deg of flap in a 140 is 80mph or 69.5 knots so he had too much speed at that point for the flap deployed. There is no logic to the left bank other than the pilot going full power with 25 deg of flap & pulling the yoke back to gain height which wasn't going to happen with all that flap drag, getting close to stall and losing control. Sounds like some serious training inadequacies to me. Note that normal takeoff flap for a 140 is 0 degrees & 2 notches for short/soft field (which he'd most likely never encountered. That accident would never have happened if there was a properly trained normal pilot at the controls.
  14. kgwilson
    Now if the IFR traffic had ADSB in they would have seen R75** and ATS would not need to intervene. When ADSB out was mandated they should have also mandated In as well. OK additional cost but short sighted as it will be more expensive to instal it later.
  15. kgwilson
    And during the American civil war they had to close all the airports. It's true, Donald Trump said so.
  16. kgwilson
    Well it was in America.
  17. kgwilson
    I did my initial training at a controlled airport. There were about 4 international flights a day and 20 or so RPT. Helicopter training and instrument approach training plus the Aero Club with its 2 x 152, 3 x 172s, 2 x PA28-181s & a twin Comanche. There were 3 full time instructors (CFI + 2) & about 12 part time. Everything was easy as with ATC using binoculars, radio and the old ticket system. Then in the 90s a British Flight Training company called CTC arrived & built a dormitory, offices & hangars & eventually had 40 odd Diamond DA20s & 40s operating. The controllers were very busy at times but it all worked well but it did mean a lot more orbits at different times for sometimes several aircraft when a Saab, ATR, 737 or A32O was on the way. Everything worked and I can't remember any situations occurring. This is over the top for somewhere like Cowra but maybe there is a case for CA/GRS that has been in place at Ballina for a few years now. A tower is planned for Ballina so then the CA/GRS will disappear. It would mean improved safety and situational awareness but would add landing fees.
  18. kgwilson
    I can't believe that people seemingly think this whole issue is in any way reasonable. I don't know of anywhere else in the world where such archaic and contradictory rules exist. It is overdue by about 50 years that such stupid restrictions were removed for something that resembles common sense.
  19. kgwilson
    Uavionix at $1,070.00 inc GST & freight is the best price. Next best is Mendelssonn at $1,095.00 plus freight & then OzRunways at $1,195.00 inc freight.
  20. kgwilson
    I have a bubble canopy so the GPS reception is good but have had the unit fall off a couple of times when I put it on a place with a bit much curve. None of the bubble is perfectly flat but it will deal with a slight curve. In NZ the CAA won't allow them to be mounted with a suction cup. It is important to keep the cup clean & dust free and also the place you choose to put it. Don't moisten it or it won't hold.
  21. kgwilson
    The rebate scheme was supposed to close on 23/5/23 or when the funds allocated ran out but has now been extended to 30 June 2024 so there is plenty of time left and I assume there is still plenty of grant money left in the bucket. I'd guess that the Trig you have doesn't have ADSB enabled so the most effective & cheapest option is to get a Skyecho2. Current price from Uavionix is $1070.00 so with the 50% rebate it will cost you $535.00 and you can take it with you if you sell your aircraft. I saw a bunch of aircraft with ADSB out on my screen today. Most of these were GA training aircraft and they have ADSB Out only so they could not see me. Several were foreign students and understanding what they were doing is pretty difficult so it was good to see their position, what direction they were going and their altitude.
  22. kgwilson
    The Trig Transponder is mode S and should have ES capability but not all do. The ADSB module is separate and also has an external antenna. Cost to add and install the ADSB module for a certified aircraft is about 6k. That's what it cost a local Mooney pilot for his anyway. The transponder is a Trig TT31. These cost around $US3000.00 plus GST & installation.
  23. kgwilson
    A friend of mine who is a very skilled Mechanical Engineer made his own propellor copier. Simpler than that one but basically the exact same principle.
  24. kgwilson
    If your Trig does not have ES ADSB out then you can use both ADSB In & Out in the SE2. There are a number of reasons why you don't show up on FR24. One is that you are not transmitting 1090 ES ADSB Out so Mode S only. Another is that FR24 is filtering your transmission out. If you have a FR24 login & your Trig is transmitting 1090 ES ADSB Out you should be able to enable FR24 to see you via settings. Seeing you in FR24 will also depend on ground stations picking up the transmission.
  25. kgwilson
    Back in the 50s & 60s 160k was about the most you could expect from an engine. Now 300-400k is not uncommon before anything has to be done. My current Mitsubishi has just over 220k on the clock & nothing has had to be replaced. It just gets serviced every 15k. Of course fuel and lubricants are much better as is the engineering and metallurgy, not to mention much better roads.
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