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    Barnaby knows a lot about helicopters- How they can be used for electorate bussiness instead of driving a short distance from one of his offices.
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    Welcome back to the skies Bull. Flying is way too much fun to let the Turkeys keep you down. Fly like a Eagle mate and enjoy the GT500
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    Looks great Tim. Could you come up and do the new one for Badgerys creek, the buggers are way to bloody slow.
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    Ian, great idea and I agree the name should be "Clear Prop". Anyone who does not understand the name is either a future candidate for a Darwin award or came to the site by mistake.
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    Not matter how many billions you spend on computer chips and programmers- a flying turd is still a very expensive and smelly turd. On the reviews where they say it is the best- I am sure in the wide angle you can see a cattle prod been held to the pilots balls.
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    Not as expensive as I thought for the rivets. Hurry up and get back to paradise and build the rest. Cheers
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    Keep up the proper work mate. The Robert method always looks a bit slipshod to me, remember you are the one who will fly it. And you want it to do more than a 100 hours. What sort of rivets are you using and how much is 150 of them? How many are needed for the aircraft?
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    Pilot noted trouble before takeoff and kept going anyway. Was a big contender for a Darwin award- maybe he will have better luck next time.
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    I reckon its pretty fuggin ugly!
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    Everyone was very lucky it was a pusher. That would have been a lot of human sashimi with a tractor prop.
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    From the comfort of my Antipodean armchair, the reasons for his, descent speed, flight profile and landing spot are bleeding obvious. As we all know, when faced with a engine failure in such a machine a secondary safety factor immediately is faced..... The loss of seal on the sphincter valve, as such the obvious landing spot for safety will be the "Bog". As as anyone knows when this happens you are in a damn hurry to get there.
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    Pilot is thinking out loud " I wonder how to check how many inches of pitch I am running on the prop" Aircraft ghost thinks "I show you" Viola- just measure the gap between slices
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    Its OK Phil, I did mean Cameron. The born to rule brigade seem to keep breeding down here as well.
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    The famous VH-KBZ attacked by a giant angry can opener
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    Great goin, young man. My only advice is - get the camera off your headset.(from your pic) If it all goes bad and it can for the best of us- that camera could end up been fatal. Sorry if that sounds negative but a camera on your head is a no no.
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    Bugger- Glad he is alive and gibbering. Phil- it might need more than a polish though, at least a good wash. Be interesting to hear what happened to the engine in time
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    Well done and many a happy fun flight ahead of you. Good to see the art of building is still strong
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    Sorry I do not know. But just remember to have your wits about you and a reliable aircraft. This is serious tiger country and the options for an emergency landing are almost non existent. Treat it like a overwater flight, make sure you have all available safety gear ie a Epirp, first aid, food, water etc and a lodged flight plan with arrival time for SARS. The Mountains is a huge area and the ability to find and rescue you is sadly quite low. The weather can be four seasons in one day and very localised. Beware of nasty surprises anywhere near the cliff faces. Having said that- once you sort the permissions- it is a beautiful place. I used to live there for 15 years.
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    No That should be twat
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    Very bloody cool pilot. Stuck it down like superglue. Demigod status confirmed.
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    Ah- this guy was just trying to get a selfie of his Darwin award. Naturally he mistook the 50' for 50". As sure as the sun rises each day, a idiot will try and get a darwin award. I wish him all the best in his quest but hope it is a purely solo effort.
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    Forget the naysayers Bex. Good on you for having a go and I look forward to your progress. Remember my tagline- It is hard to soar like a eagle, when you are surrounded by turkeys.
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    Do not be so quick- the LNP will find a way. And just two days later Banyard is busted for using a chopper- twice for short trips. Remember entitlement is all relative. Tony Windsor must be feeling good about now.
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    Just give em a full face helmet/bucket and they are less likely to spew- and it helps contain the mess. I know I am evil
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    Just when we thought the skys were safe- black dog notwithstanding. A pooch is flying a cessna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGcyier95sw
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