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Crop Duster Crash near Bourke NSW 10/2/2024
phantomphixer replied to FlyingVizsla's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
Imagine having to pin that lot back on after dry cleaning 🤣 Well off topic now. -
Courier Mail website reports that a light aircraft has crashed in remote, heavily timbered terrain in the Dalrymple Hills area near Finch Hatton, west of Mackay. A rescue chopper has found the crash site where smoke is evident but it is in an area which is difficult to access. Ground personnel are trying to reach the site.
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News media used to report the news but that is no longer their primary purpose. The core business of news media is to sell advertising and make shed loads of money. The more click worthy the article, the less the need for accurate reporting. If there’s a video of anything it can get top billing despite being trivial in the extreme.
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Talk yourself through it as you fly it. You’ll find that affirming what you’re doing will keep you calm and help you to fly and land well. Most of us still do that on most flights, it helps us to remember the numbers, the height, speed and spacing, the positional cues, the landing checks and the approach and landing. It all helps.
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ATR72 crash in Nepal 15/01/23
phantomphixer replied to red750's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
What was going on in that cockpit? It appears that neither of the pilots was watching airspeed and altitude. -
Restraining and securing of hoses and wiring etc is not the responsibility of the manufacturer but of the maintainer and the owner. The manufacturer can only nurse you so far. Do the maintenance required and work out any other possible failure points and fix them. Let others know what you have done so that they might avoid any pitfalls.
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Emergency landing at Sydney beach
phantomphixer replied to planedriver's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
The aircraft is registered “23-xxxx” and is therefore a LSA. No modifications are allowed without approval from the manufacturer. We can assume from that, that it is a standard 2 seat aircraft. -
Jabiru 230 Go-around
phantomphixer replied to anjum_jabiru's topic in Student Pilot & Further Learning
I forgot to mention that regular glide approach in a Jab is not kind to the engine because it gets cooled down too much (air cooled). Leaving that bit of power on enables the engine to maintain a temperature that is better suited to a sudden acceleration, temperature rise, and the increased load of a “go around” or “touch and go” When flying behind a Jabiru, more “mechanical sympathy” means better reliability ( be nice). It’s a great engine and, like all others, needs to be understood and operated in an optimum manner. Full back trim is normally easily overcome as the trim control will move as the controls are pushed forward. -
Jabiru 230 Go-around
phantomphixer replied to anjum_jabiru's topic in Student Pilot & Further Learning
Trim setting on final is always full back trim, using throttle to adjust attitude only if necessary. Having said that, I can still stuff it up with the best of them! -
Jabiru 230 Go-around
phantomphixer replied to anjum_jabiru's topic in Student Pilot & Further Learning
J230D: my best approach starts with slowing the aircraft on late downwind abeam the threshold. Carby heat on and reduce rpm to 1600, trim back to maintain circuit ht. 84kt 1/2 flap. Turn base and fly down to final at 70kt. Fly final at 65kt. When you’re sure you’re in take full flap, maintain 63 to 65kt. Carby heat off at 100ft ish. Power off in the round out. For touch and go or go around apply full power and use right rudder to maintain the centreline, pushing forward on the controls to counter nose up tendency, accelerate and raise flaps to 1/2 when positive climb felt, trim for climb. It’s best to have full power and full control before changing configuration. -
I’m with pmccarthy on this. Smooth gentle turn from mid base leg. Eyes outside but lots of glances at airspeed and the ball, keeping it all coordinated hopefully.
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If you’re going to crank it to raise oil pressure, it’s a good idea to have the throttle open and the choke off to avoid flooding and wet plugs. Don’t forget to repeat pre start checks to avoid the engine revving and the kite trying to get moving.
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Any aircraft that has the final say in what happens to it (Airbus) is not one that I would prefer. (licensed 20 odd years on 767s and 747-400 series)
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Considering that the accident occurred shortly after takeoff, I have to wonder if CO poisoning has a cumulative effect on the body in a given time frame. The time for exposure would seem quite small from engine start to climb out. Could there have been residual CO in their blood from the outbound flight? I ask this because it could be food for thought for a lot of us.
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Head to the Jabiru homepage and you should have the POH and all manuals available for the whole Jabiru family of aircraft. You can download as many as you need, free!
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I’m guessing that a 914 powered Jab 230 / 430 might be ok for a VH-Experimental rego, albeit a bit nose heavy. That could only be done with a kit built RaAus rego due to LSA rules applying to factory built craft but I don’t know what MTOW would be granted, possibly sacrificing pax, baggage or fuel allowance. I don’t see any reason why you would go to the expense of messing around with the balanced, lightweight and proven combination that Jabiru offers. It’s as reliable as the next type when maintained correctly and smooth with power to spare.
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Can't turn, Can't climb, Can't run: F35 problems
phantomphixer replied to fly_tornado's topic in Military Aviation
Who will we claim our carton of beer from when it has a heavy landing? -
Aircraft Maintenance Logbook Review Service
phantomphixer replied to jackc's topic in Governing Bodies
There’s no reason why you can’t have both. A well maintained log book can assist in having a well maintained aircraft if everything is correctly recorded. It all becomes a future reference to aid troubleshooting and trend monitoring etc. I agree that I wouldn’t pay someone $199 to review it. -
He’d have needed to punch off the external stores just to stay airborne. We used to say that they needed the curvature of the earth to get airborne on a hot day when armed.
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information New Group Created - Jabiru Engines
phantomphixer replied to Red's topic in Just Landed - Welcome
Love the pun Bexy, love my Jab 3300 too. -
alert Important Notice - This site and COVID 19
phantomphixer replied to Admin's topic in Site Announcements
Donated using the wife’s PayPal. I hope it went through ok (I don’t usually use it) -
How has COVID 19 affected your flying or intended flying
phantomphixer replied to SSCBD's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
I believe it was in France.