kfowler

Hi all, any one know much about the Viking Dragonfly MK11 ? How are they to fly, are there any major problems with the aircraft design. I hear they can be tricky to land untill you get use to them. Id love to hear from some one who own's one has built one or has spent some time flying them.;)

 

Wayne

keith

sorry flying be myself a bit hard taking photo's. once you get in the southern half of QLD you are clear of tiger country and a pleasure to fly over

a bit longer then i thought ymgd-ybrl 2.5 hr

ybrl-yccy 3.9 hr yccy-ywdh 4.3

next day ywdh-ytgm 1.9hrs ytgm-ybke 1.9 ybke-ybgd 4.1 hs

total flying time 18.6

hi Nev about 14 hours have to finish the paper work and add up times

Keith

hi all just completed a trip from Maningrida to Bendigo

it was Maningrida to Borroloola refuel Cloncurry refuel Windorah stay the night refuel Thargomindah refuel Bourke refuel Bendigo.

the trip was 2 day great flying the motel at Windorah was every good like most place's willing to transport from the airport and back again the next morning

great to be back in Vic

The price for avgas on the 27/01/2013 at thargomindah $2.40 cloncurry $2.183

Got my nav endorsement this weekend, so want to go further afield, and check out Kilcoy, on Monday, as it's close and a possible home for me if I buy an aircraft. There isn't any real info in ERSA though.Does anyone know the elevation, runway directions and length please?

 

Any anyone with recent experience there got any tips for me?

 

I am sure there was a section on this site with details of airfields but I can't find it.

 

Thanks

 

Ryan

go to the country airstrip guide on the internet purchase which state you want and all the air fields you will ever want are listed i have purchased all of Australia as i work in the n.t. home base is Victoria

hope it helps Keith

Curious to know if anyone has experienced problems with the standard VDO/Jabiru Tacho, mine is showing intermittent random RPM readings and intermittent loss of the LCD (at 61 hrs), I know of another doing the same. I would suggest dry solder joints. The unit appears to be only serviceable from the front, does anyone know if the front bezel removable?

i have a jab lsa with 1400 plus hours on it for the last month the tacho has been intermittent. today i removed it and very carefully removed the black outer ring that holds it together. i could not see a crack in the solder joints as my eyes are not as good as they used to be , so i re-soldered all of the large one, reassembled and it works. the face comes off if you work the folded over ring all the way around gently

hope this helps Keith

thanks jetr i am going to bundaberg this week and i will pick up a new set of needles and jets thanks keith

hi all thank you for your input the balance tube is not blocked this week end i went to emkaytee. on take of this time i did not use W.O.T. and the engine ran fine, on take the same coming back.it looks like to rich with W.O.T. at cruise 2800 rpm the fuel burn is 13.63 lts / hour thanks keith

hi solid lifter

hi my lsa has a problem i went for a fly today as most take off it runs rough at about 300 feet agl the only way to get it to run smooth is to pull the carby heat on back the throttle back till the engine tacho just starts to drop the engine has 400hrs the plugs replaced and tappetts adjusted 10 hours ago the spark plug leads where also replaced it has a economy kit with a 2.85 mm jet fitted 340 hrs ago the problem only started when i moved up to the N.T. the temp today was 31.5 degress with they humity above 50% any ideas thank keith

mount

hi keith good name:clap:, yes please maybe a measurement to thank you keith fowler

mount

hi paul i rang foxcon in QLD and spoke to them about buying there mount not keen as they are set up for there air frame but he said 2deg down and 2deg right or left thrust depending on the prop rotation. keith

hi does any one have a plan for building an engine mount for the subaru EA81 engine or information thank you keith:help:

wa strip

kambalda air strip is just new grave 16/34 1.8km long 15/20 mintues south of kalgoolie and no landing fees keith

wa trip

hi chris

i have flown kalgoorlie , forest , ceduna , port pirie , bendigo and return. you should do ceduna ,forest ,kalgoorlie in a day not much between ceduna and forest but from forest to kalgoorlie you follow the train track with lot of strip on the side of the track i will be doing this trip in two weeks again the people at forest are great. the motel people at ceduna will pick you up at the air field and take you back in the morning great little trip.as far as fields near perth, serpentine is ok but make sure you take to the sec of the club and not the person in ersa the other field was murray field contact the royal aero club of perth and there will be no trouble also there is fuel there as well.

best of luck keith

fuel cards

thanks chaps

i will get in touch with them tomorrow thank you for your input.

keith

avgas price

thanks les

looks like i had better get a shell and mobil card as i all ready have a bp can any one tell me where to get the above mention cards thanks again les

keith

avgas price

hi all

i am going on a trip up north middle april does any body have fuel prices for the following strips ybke ybcv ylre yccy yaml any input most welcome

thanks all keith

hi all have a look at jim davis's ppl practical book about flying bunbury have it regards keith

thanks

i have been in touch with an instructor the medical first then about 5 hour i have about 140 hours raaus thank you for you inputs have a great day and safe flying keith :thumb_up:

:thumb_up: hi all has anybody gone from raaus cert to ppl if so what was involved

thanks keith:help:

light champs

they are on at murray field wa this saturday 29/11/2008 as posted bye the aeroclub

ferry tank

:thumb_up:try this one 20lt jerry can with a hose in through the filler cap to an electric fuel pump to a marine fuel tank quick fitting secured to the filler pipe when not in use the quick filler is sealed when required tie the jerry can into seat with seat belt