Methusala

Hey! Just another forum. Nothing is 'gospel, nor 'truth. Opinions are matters for judgement. Each engine has its adherents or even 'fanboys. Never going to resolve questions of faith. I flew for 550 hrs behind a VW  conversion, fancy that.

Faux pas (not fopa) gaffe, blunder, indiscretion,impropriety etc. I.E. a mistake which really demands an apology, Similar to addressing me as Donna!!

7 hours ago, Garfly said:

No, Dick's Gundaroo strip is about 15nm north of Canberra.  Williamsdale is about 20nm to the south.

Neither of these are available to transient aircraft. There is also a strip mat Lanyon, 10km to the s/w of Tuggeranong town center but I don't like the chances of getting permission for this one either

Probably too cold in Holland for an open cockpit. 

Too much nimbyism for that to happen. 

On 14/04/2024 at 9:21 AM, justinjsinclair said:

we as Aussies praise the stuff made in Europe (which by the way have just as many issues as everything else)

Was in Tumut this weekend. Lying forlornly in the field 300m north of 35's threshold was a Foxbat. It had declared an oil pressure related engine failure. Rotax 9 series engine I would suppose. So, they  don't all run like the veritable Swiss watch. I'm certainly not attempting to bad mouth the pilot who suffered a little physical shaking but otherwise unharmed. Any engine can fail. Don

4 minutes ago, jackc said:

Soon, it will be private airstrips or next to nothing.

Would insurance cover private landing grounds?

The Kitfox 1 we owned was equipped with flaperons. I quickly learned never to activate the 'flap' feature on this plane. Roll control suffered to a frightening extent and it was never necessary to modify the final approach path anyway. It virtually landed itself in normal into wind conditions.

For 20 years I powered an Icom A20 in a couple of simple aircraft using exactly the setup as described by Glen. Absolutely safe, just mind the polarity. Don

They land on the grass, just another outlanding🤣

Serious thread drift🤔🤔

For many years I've thought that flying x country exercises, say Bankstown to Bathurst, is unnecessarily risky. I recall a particular case where a well own pilot nearly perished after ditching in Warragamba dam from the Oaks.

Anybody who has the impression they are invulnerable should take a seconds reflection. At the least this person has imposed on genuine people an unwanted  insurance cost.

I travel 200k to Tumut to fly the clubJab. I could take a more direct route over the mtns on a very 3rd rate goat track. Why not? I Don't want to die. Flying over unlandable terrain is Russian roulette, a game only played by lunatics. The pilot should be charged with attempted manslauter. IMHO

Why did the (in)competent pilot pull the panic string ( and ruin a perfect plane)?

 But you wear tyres on every arrival

2 hours ago, turboplanner said:

So there would be reason to expect that if he was asked more questions he may have provided more truths.

See how it works in Amerika. So much better than Russia tsk tsk.

Mate of mine with a Tigermoth said,"Rubber is too expensive to land on bitumen."

Did someone say Boeing ...again?

RIP

1 hour ago, Roundsounds said:

The clowns running council airports see operations on the grass within the flight strip akin to hoons tearing up grass on their precious footy fields.

Early in my time with the Volksplane I landed at Wagga for fuel. It was about 34deg with small thermals popping off the strip. I ve4ry nearly groundlooped with one wing lifting as the bitumen grabbed one tyre. Since then i carried an aversion to bitumen and landed on the grass.

Could this be a result of brakes locked on touchdown?

The great Aussie knockers are in full cry. How many are potential buyers, who knows?

Crosswind - plant the into wind wheel and keep it planted till the wing is  done flying then plant the tail. Keep on the rudders. 

Never needed to do a 'wheeler' on any Thruster. As Extralite says the flair requires judgement and a conscious pull back on the stick to plant the tail.

I was a member of TOSG but found very little good info came from it. Was mainly interested in the Swift pod.

Save us from the Experts! Below are 2 pics of the wood pile constructed within 2m UPWIND of our house. At a time when we were being warned about probable 'CATASTROPHIC' fire conditions to come, we asked the local fire authorities their opinion of the risk. Out they came with a 20 ton fire appliance and 6 men. The grand Poobah, complete with name tag informed us that he saw no possible risk from this pile. Further he said that a car parked in the drive presented far greater hazard than this dry pile of very flammable firewood!!!

Almost unbelievably, the owner decided he'd had enough of living with such hysterical neighbors and sold up! We have almost become believers.

Best regards Don

Ps. Sorry for getting well off topic.