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Russ

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  1. Here was me thinking you two were brothers, but Father and Son......... Jeez it doesn't bear thinking about

    Gandy ol son........i fleetingly pondered about it, concluded ........anything is possible. 003_cheezy_grin.gif.c5a94fc2937f61b556d8146a1bc97ef8.gif

     

     

  2. Leave elctric pump on all the time helps prevent uneven tanks for some reson

    one time i was putting along, noticed my fuel burn was noticeably higher than norm.. ( cruise is around 15LPH )but this time the burn was much more, i realised my aux fuel pump was still on, ( i turn pump on to prime carby bowl etc, then turn it off, but forgot this time to turn it off ) fuel burn immediately returned to 15 when i turned the pump off.

     

     

  3. Old chinese proverb....003_cheezy_grin.gif.c5a94fc2937f61b556d8146a1bc97ef8.gif....it's better to be down here, and wishing you were up there.....rather than up there, and wishing you was down here.

     

    get some hrs up........then re engage instructor to skill you up with side slipping and serious Xwind landing teckneeks ( wrong spelling ) 006_laugh.gif.0f7b82c13a0ec29502c5fb56c616f069.gif

     

     

  4. Forgot............another flyer recently fitted a brand spanker 3.3 engine, first real flight all's good, then oil spewing up windscreen, along side windows etc........shyte, managed a landing, engine now stuffed. Problem traced to oil hose to cooler split open near barb. Hoses supplied with cooler, cooler yank, hoses CHINESE stamped on them.

     

    $10 hose, costs $$$$$ engine rebuild.

     

     

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  5. Was lead to believe that wet wing jabs flew fine, if one tank ran dry...............ol mate recently proved that wrong, fan stopped, RH tank guage showed zero, LH tank guage showed 1/3rd.

     

    Had plenty of height, knew he did have fuel, so spiralled right to transfer fuel across, hit the go button, all's good.

     

    So there you go...............( fly level on those long legs, or beware )

     

     

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  6. What ever you buy, and when that urge to go serious miles becomes you, the one standout example of others inflicted with the same desire to travel.......is a jabiru.

     

    99.3% of our encounters are jabs.

     

    Comfy / safe / 100+ kts / fuel mizers..( 4 cyl, 100kts...15LPH )

     

    Service them right, control temps.........that's about it. ( 3 about to embark from my way, NQ,.....to top NT areas, and return ).....all jabs.

     

     

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  7. I am however extremely perplexed as to why Jabiru would block release of the data.

    Me too............i'm watching here all sorts of figures / allegations / inuendoes / he said / she said.......it just goes on and on.

     

    The sledge hammer was to pain jab bundy, we, owners, were just sandflys in this mix.

     

    What has surprised me tho.......is the lack of "fire" from bundy publically, it's been really weak.

     

     

  8. Let's get the whole thing straight.............it's pure unadulterated "personal" .....

     

    Rod......rubs folks ( some folks ).......stubborn, touchy, arrogant, to name a few. He had a dream, jab was born, it's grown to be a world leader for sure, ( just check the numbers )

     

    Here we have casa, probably numerous times dialogued with jab over the yrs, and i bet it caused tensions. So we have departing casa official throwing a had grenade as he departs office.........the rest is history.

     

    just my view.........

     

     

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  9. Let's say the membership right now is the 10,000 often quoted.How many actually bother to vote, the last figure I saw being about 300?

    And where is this mob which rules.? How many of this 10,000 are in your accused list?

     

    The actual problem is that way too many people who do have a financial interest in the sport surviving and prospering are just too lazy, and couldn't care less what happens.

    would it have anything to do with yrs and yrs of certain board members, mismanaging, deceipt, nepatism, christ i could go on........so good folks / members just had a gutfull, and voted with their feet, and pay their yearly dues as required.

     

    My money is on this scinareo..

     

     

  10. I've been adding Shell 2T (locally available) to my AvGas and have just obtained a bottle of Moreys UCL.Why not use both, in small concentrations? Are the two compatible?

    I'de be using one or the other, singularly they both have runs on the board, mix em........who knows.

     

    The " marine" oil sounds interesting ....will have to get onto me mate and ask.

     

     

  11. Ok.....zulu for all "controlled" areas, no problems there ( locals and internationals meeting )........but 97.8% of us, only putt putt out of that zone, so why zulu. ( 10hr + - ) know all that......can't see the need tho.

     

    Camerons corner.........i'm not driven to lap around there, to engage in 2 or more time zones.......there's only 1, Qld time. 003_cheezy_grin.gif.c5a94fc2937f61b556d8146a1bc97ef8.gif

     

     

  12. mixing 2 stroke oil into avgas / mogas would have to increase rust protection in the short term . ( 20...30ml oil, per 20L fuel ) Many craft parked up for some weeks at a time, some based coastal areas.

     

     

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