Blueadventures

39 minutes ago, extralite said:

 Thanks, Yeah there is a lot of up elevator trim  which is essentially a bungee that pulls up on the elevator so up elevator . This is needed to keep it close to hands off in pitch. Still a little nose heavy. What do you mean by don't like getting the tail wheel on the ground?  They are really heavy to lift by the tail and move around.

 

For Blue adventures, if you are still reading this...do you think  moving prop and engine a few cm's back would affect the "thrust prop effect"? In what way?  I had never considered it but honestly, they are far from the best handling aircraft ever built (partly why i love them) so i wouldnt have thought it would make much difference but here to learn.

Just guessing that it may effect; you could do a move engine back on mount as 1st stage and only fit a spacer if you find its needed.  Then always have the original boom tube on aircraft.

21 hours ago, extralite said:

Reference the boom shortening. These thrusters are definitely nose heavy with the 582 and their flight characteristics are improved by adding weight to the tail wheel. (about 5kg), but are still a bit nose heavy. So it is hard to understand why shortening the boom by a small amount, maybe about 5cm, wouldnt help? A neighbour said they used to do it to all their mustering thrusters with 582's.

 

Hasn't been much Thruster flying here lately due to the heat and farm spraying required, but it would be good to have a get together some weekend. This popped in from Lake Keepit (near Tamworth) the other day and greeted by a thruster. 330km using only a tow to 2000 feet to start. Has a Rotax 503 that pops up to enable a takeoff the next day which used a total of 5 litres. 

 

 

Could you move the engine back on the existing mount (should be straightforward), to get that mass towards the datum and put a spacer on the prop assembly to keep the thrust effect in same orientation?  (Would save cutting a bit off the end; engine moved back 20mm fit 20mm spacer to prop.)

Would cleaning around and scratching the surface around and use some epoxy or devcon etc to hold the nut.  An image of the location would be good or dill a hole into the side face and insert a rod to hold it 3, 3.5 or 4mm diameter say.

Nice,  will you have a display aircraft at Parkes in April?

1 hour ago, Marty_d said:

No distributors in Tas by the looks of it, OT.

 

Business opportunity????

35 minutes ago, facthunter said:

You HAVE to PAY for them.  Nev

Take means pay for one; 'NICK' would mean steal🤪

22 minutes ago, facthunter said:

I think the "picking up the dropped wing with rudder" is a BIT oversold as a universal response. SPEED planes used to have very small rudders. Just get a few more knots and the plane  reacts normally. DO NOT pull the stick  BACK.. That's what seals your fate. Nev

Agree, that's what my reply was saying rudder use and speed increase.

48 minutes ago, cscotthendry said:

Mike:

That is all true, but you have to recognize it as a stall first. And as I mentioned, the circumstances and indications were quite different to any stall I've experienced in training or reviews.

My understanding also is, don't use aileron in a stall, But you have to first recognize that it's a stall.

All good. I’m more saying reaction to a wing drop late in circuit to land.

4 minutes ago, Admin said:

I have purchased 5 tubes of Red but they will not arrive for a couple of weeks, price will be $19.95 a tube

I will take one.

My read of the post was that at 150 feet above ground level and short final wing dropped and applied some aileron.   I took that as late final (close to threshold) and slow approaching stall then wing drop.  My understanding is don't use aileron; use rudder to pick up wing and at same time get speed by either lower nose or throttle more rpm or both.  The use of aileron will add to stall of one wing; won't end well if stalling is in progress.

1 minute ago, Admin said:

Interesting, I have always suggested to people to use RED nail polish, the wife won't miss it and she will think that she has lost it and go out and buy another bottle without complaining that you are spending too much on the plane.

 

I will see what I can get and let you know

Thanks, Nail polish is ok but cross check is best and lasts.  Torque seal goes off over time so I don't use that any more.  Cheers and look forward to if you can get it.  I'll hold off buying until I hear if you can get.

6 minutes ago, Kenlsa said:

I did the tubing on my Colt using Linseed oil.  It is an approved method.

 

Ken

Skyfox is the same; however sealed tubes not open.

45 minutes ago, Admin said:

Remember, for anything that you need you can use the Clear Prop Free Sourcing Service on the Clear Prop site...just click the image on the Clear Prop Home Page, complete the popup form and click submit. That tells me what to try and source for you at the best possible price, quality and service

 

Ian can you provide CrossCheck tubes in Red.  I will need another tube soon and see they are $25 including postage on Ebay.  I'm sure others would by such.  Cheers.

20 minutes ago, KRviator said:

In the RV with the push/pull tubes, I ran a bit of string through the tube and tied a small sponge to it. Poured etch primer in at the sponge end, then pulled it through, "painting" the inside with the sponge. Repeat as often as needed till you're comfortable 'enough' has been painted to coat the interior.

And then do same with ACF50 at times say twice a year.

30 minutes ago, skippydiesel said:

That's the point - there is no level beyond "Extreme" other than the bad english, imposed by some ridiculous committee, wishing to big note themselves.

 

"Not a forecast". A warning, by its very nature is a forecast/prediction.

 

"That's how these things work.." You jest - it doesn't work, or if it does, not well. Warnings, to be effective, need to be clear & precise (as simple as can be articulated, to communicate the message)- ie  not needing to be deciphered. 

 

Catastrophic/Catastrophe can be past or present tense, never future (unless qualified as in "impending catastrophe") - it describes an outcome.

 

It very like the Crime Scene description - there is no crime, until it has been determined that  # a crime has been committed, # in progress or # conspired to. Until otherwise known, it can only be an Incident Scene. I agree that certain incidents, by their nature, are very likely to involve a crime having been committed, it would be fair to describe them, from the outset, as a Crime Scene .

They will be styling the words for the audience. There will be at least three types out there; those who won’t take much notice (been there before and ok), those who hit the full panic button and those who adhere to the advice and prepare, leave etc. And then after the fact the critics start.  All part of living theses days.

2 hours ago, Area-51 said:

"A".... 😕
 

Sorry, sorry... "B", selecting "B", lock it in eddy...

No not 'B' that's a cockroach killer. Try again.

26 minutes ago, F10 said:

Definitely, these coats get sent to the panel beaters, not the dry cleaners....

Must have seen that cowboy film were the Sherrif lived because the bullet hit his tin star;  they could not be Navy as they don't make life jacket that bouyant.

This experience and your response will be a good additional request to your instructor at next BFR; even consider an early BFR.  I'm not an instructor and my head plan / response includes an increase in approach speed above usual for cross wind and gusting situations and on final keep on top of ASI numbers (glance every now and then especially late final if the airfield is short) and the windscreen picture and any movement of wing is corrected with rudder.

50 minutes ago, skippydiesel said:

Ooooh! That doesn't seem fair (Ranger owner) If it was as for 4 cylinders, that would be okay😁

 

Lots of other 5 cylinders out there  - Hino, Mercedes, VW, Volvo ----- any more?

 

 

Rounding up 101.

36 minutes ago, FlyingVizsla said:

It was seriously suggested to me!  Qld car Rego goes on the number of cylinders .... 🙂

It does 4,6,8 and Ford Rangers with the 5cyl pay as a 6 for rego.

12 hours ago, BrendAn said:

At least it wasn't a Cessna.

Yep; aways a 50/50 guess; either a Cessna or a Non-Cessna.

1 hour ago, skippydiesel said:

This just might apply to annual Registration renewal. In practise the vast majority of flights are pilot only, even for 2 seats (and in GA above 2 seats)

 

Insurance is not a factor in aircraft Initial Registration or Transfers.

Maybe the actual process costing is what two seaters pay and they give some cost relief for the single seat owners as they can't afford a second seater🤪😇

2 hours ago, RFguy said:

I nose over,  (end climb)  then let the plane accelerate to desired cruise speed, reduce throttle as necessary, and then trim for zero stick forces. 

With my rotax 912 ULS 100hp before nose over to cruise or if still in a long climb to a high altitude (say to clear mountain height, etc) after about minute or two I will reduce rpm from maximum by at least 100 rpm. Then settle on planned / desired cruise speed.

8 hours ago, danny_galaga said:

I have this tacho in my plane. Rotax 912 specific.

 

http://www.aviasport.com/Pagina_348.aspx

 

I must have run it close to an hour by now on the ground. The hour meter is supposed to measure time when the engine is over 1800 rpm. Because I haven't fine tuned the throttle assemblies yet most of the time it's never below 1800 rpm. But it seems to have stopped at 00:22. (I just realised that's in minutes, not 1/10 hours) .  The tacho seems to read rpm reliably.

 

Anyone have one of these tachos? Am I having a brain fart and not doing something correctly? I didn't think there was anything to do 🤔

I would email the company.  From what you say your getting pulse from engine with rpm showing.  I would also verify 12 volts to the + post. I had an issue with a gauge and most helpful with trouble shooting and then a replacement arranged with floods.  Roberto was the owner at the time 7 years ago.  110% product backup.

11 minutes ago, facthunter said:

The Euro fox was a pretty good thing. The original Gazelle with Instruments for VH was 73K I recall..  Nev

Skyfox with different wing profile would get there.  In fact Bob Llewellyn had designed a better wing; a mate up here who knows him was speaking with him about building the wing and fitting to my Ca21 Skyfox and he sign off to trial the wing performance, but this did not happen.