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A controller gave a talk at our airfield and had a handout. I looked for it but it could be at the airfield. I'll look this weekend.

You doing it on a weekend? Tower is usually closed

28 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Clutter is when you have a lot of planes close together and radio work is in need of a bit of polishing up. Quality of signal and procedures. A lot of concern has been the cost and who should bear it, It seems that is about as cheap as it's ever going to be.  Nev

While I agree with that, not every field requires a radio like Wedderburn. I like the extra tool, I cannot believe how many aircraft that come towards me seen on the iPad and I still can't see them. Gets me prepared and I'm not just talking about in the vicinity of an airport.

1 minute ago, facthunter said:

They have been fiddling with this one for a long time. Clutter bother's me and you'll still need better radio work..  The current set up is not good enough.  Nev

Sorrym trying to understand what you said. Can you elaborate please.

I decided I'm getting one built in. I have a skyecho, was at Parkes on the weekend. I thought I turned it off after landing. Anyway, a normal USB-C cable wouldn't charge it in flight, only the one supplied which I didn't have with me. For the extra expense, I don't want to be fiddling. It's going to be for the long term since I expect rule changes to be made in the Sydney Basin and eventually an ADSB requirement.

The SkyEcho is out and in

6 minutes ago, IanR said:

I now have ADSB out on my aircraft. Have just purchased a uavionix PING ADSB receiver to display ADSB traffic on OzRunways. Have not tried it yet but should give similar input to the Skyecho at a fraction of the price. 

I think you'll find it's only ADSB-In

19 minutes ago, onetrack said:

On the LEFT HAND SIDE MENU, there is an EVENTS Calendar - and ANYONE can ADD any forthcoming EVENT to it, that may be of interest to forum readers.

 

Maybe Ian needs to make the EVENTS part of the LHS menu, more prominent on the website? In flashing text, perhaps?? 

 

Doesn't look used. Very empty.

That was windy, well done.

That did go smooth, very nice.

3 minutes ago, skippydiesel said:

My apologies if I am repeating another earlier opinion: Why on earth  do small aircraft (like Tecnam) have electric trim? AND electric flaps.

This is an unnecessary complication/potential failure point in what should be a simple (KISS) aircraft. 

 

My Jab has electric flaps.

6 minutes ago, onetrack said:

It seems like the dead pilot starred in a yet-to-be-released documentary titled "Any fool can fly". Yep, seems like there was at least one fool flying that day, and possibly more.

 

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/disaster-and-emergency/moment-two-planes-crashed-mid-air-captured-on-camera-c-13251436

Why do you need to denigrade someone? There could have been a reason we may never know like some sort of distraction or event in the cockpit or the passenger.

Thanks, since flying Ultralights I don't have time to fly RC anymore which is a pitty because I loved it. I love watching your videos.

The aircraft looks very unstable, maybe that was the wind. I could see the direction finder but not the distance to you in the HUD, where was that?

Also, the guy I used detected leaks and does the ASI as well.

It's great seeing rc flying to scale. Also would love to see those other aircraft flying.

I guess the only thing it would be good for is ADSB IN but... you hope if they use OUT CASA might be helpful but I suspect they aren't geared to help.

I drained the tanks in my 230D by removing the fuel hose from the mechanical fuel pump and draining into fuel cans and used the electric fuel pump to speed things up.

My left wing emptied first then the right wing.

During long flights one wing always drains faster than the other. Talking to other jab people they have the same issue. Wish we had a fuel slector sometimes.

I tried looking for the regs on transporting fuel, like jerry cans in a car and couldn't find them. Can someone send the links for NSW please.

AFAIK he's not on any forums or facebook. He did explain in good detail. The main part was he didn't think he could get over the tree so he aimed between them towards the base of the trunks so the wings would take the energy. Would have worked if the front wheel didn't catch on the scrub. 

As for the turn back, that's the problem with partial EFAT, John knows the plane and so close to pulling it off. Imagine if he had 5 more seconds of power. What we can learn is maybe don't trust partial engine failures low to the ground. 

I've left the carb heat on and you defintely feel it but I didn't put it into a paddock, I worked it out pretty quickly. It's hard to judge when your not there.

Broken nose and left thumb. Some bruises elsewhere but in good spirits. Looking at the plane, I'm so amazed that was all.

If you listen to his video he said the were 1500ft, that is not agl so more likely 600ft agl

Saw John yesterday. They started loosing power very early on the upwind leg after a touch and go. He took over and managed to get the plane completly around lined up for the runway and the engine quit. 2 more trees to go, to much energy to put it down straight away and he aimed for the base and between the trees and flippped when the nose wheel hit scrub.

I don't usually like commenting like this but there is a lot of speculaion. 

Would love to see what they are doing with the airspace. I have read about approaches but wonder if we will have vfr lanes or what happens to camden.