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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.

Airmate.

"All things being equal..." My point is valid, no doubt.

My point bring that in order to change airspeed following the addition of thrust (power) a change in stick position is required.  Otherwise speed won't cha ge, only altitude. 

Back 'in the old days' (late 80's - early 90's) used to fly my Pteradactyl or the club's Robinson B1RD. Both trimmed out naturally to 35mph per the simple ASI. In calm air would add a little power without touching the controls, the aircraft would transition to a gentle, nose up climb with no effect on airspeed. Conversely, a gentle reduction of power would translate to a gentle nose down with again, no change in airspeed. Direct confirmation that power affects ascent/descent and that it is angle of pitch surface that controls airspeed.

30 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

you need to put a jabiru in your profile. you haven't owned that thruster for a while. it belongs to another member of the group.😃

Hey Brendan, I'm sentimental about my Thruster, Don

Tumut's 35 runway has an 8m deep erosion gulley on the threshold. No one wants to land short! However we do practice full glide approaches all the time. Judging final turn at around 500ft means that one can hit the piano keys mostly without adding power. You also have the option to add more flap or slip height off. All very character building and it increases the odds of not coming to grief. 😂 Don

Throttle controls rate of climb/descent, stick is for speed. Trim for speed and control landing with throttle. Flare before touchdown.

Landed yesterday on 08 Harden and 10 Cootamundra. Wind was 15kts from 115. Temperature around 30 making the air quiet lively. We were the only ones on the radio. My aim, since transitioning to Jab - 170 is to be as proficient as possible. Thus flying in 'challenging' conditions. Don

Good  landings begin with a good approach. Perhaps Nev could say a few things about stabilised approaches in airline flying. Don

2 hours ago, facthunter said:

Plumbers don't do much pipe bending these days.

Well, I certainly don't after 45 years in the trade with 11 years teaching in TAFE. But I have done a bit of sand loaded bending and know what it entails. BTW I was able to fabricate my exhaust systems without endangering any part of the aeroplane. My point is simply that we are involved in amateur flying for recreational purposes and I am very supportive of Lizzard's posts. He has the background and depth of experience that comes from having worked through his flying. Don

Packing the pipe with sand will defeat any attempt to deform it inwards obviously. This method is used when pulling a bend and maintaining the round section. Ask any plumber.

Sometimes they claim power line patrol but I secretly think maybe looking for 'grow houses'. Gig!

I fabricated 2 exhaust systems for vw's. Both were 4 into 1 with nearly equal lengths. They were built on the engine installed on my VP2. I used 40 mmm erw steel tube and purchased mandrel bends which I cut to length and tacked it together with oxy and leather gloves. I then welded it up. Worked well and was acceptably quiet. Didn't weigh all that much either. My welding skills are not exceptional but I was determined to have a crack. Don

I think he posted under Raytol here. A great loss.

Perhaps Joyce should have kept the experienced ground staff!

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

IF you are spinning you WILL NOT Increase speed.

It maybe that Mark was referring to airspeed climbing quickly following recovery from spinning. Blaniks spin very nose down perhaps 70deg?