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A friend with a 172 rg had a similar thing happen to his plane, the hirer reported U/c trouble and was preparing for wheels up. Mate said no, we will come for inspection on another aircraft 1st, ended up convincing passengers to sit on the rear floor and put their leg out and hook it on the leg and pull it forward into lock, quite successfully done, landed withou incident.
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Rotax 912 5 Year Rubber Replacement
planesmaker replied to skippydiesel's topic in Engines and Props
Thanks, good info there -
Oil Pressure Sender Advice
planesmaker replied to skippydiesel's topic in Instruments, Radios and Electronics
Skippy, it appears someone has forced screwed the speco in, I would probably source another speco as going back to original thread would do more damage to the thread and maybe not seal. -
Some of the P plate drivers around here seem to use full power whenever possible :)
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Gate admission to - Air Venture Australia
planesmaker replied to Bernie Knight's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
If you pre purchase then can't get there due weather, is there a refund? -
Clarification of 19 and 24 Registration
planesmaker replied to old man emu's topic in Aircraft Building and Design Discussion
That simplifies everything! -
So Jetjr how many hours did your first engine last? What cost to replace?
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Over the life I believe rotax to be cheapest ! Why? Most jabirus are reengined at 1000 hrs if they make it that far, most rotax do 2000 plus without much trouble. Buy 2 jab engines at $15000 it starts to get expensive.
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a 60' bank turn does not necessarily increase the stall speed. Flying parachutists, descent was made at 80' bank 60 kts full flap cruise power, did not once hear the stall warning! The final turn is a descending turn.
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The hole in the head ( don't start me on the engineer who thought it up) was to allow air in to help drain the rockers of oil. It was a jabiru 'fix'
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As a final destination I believe Heaven would the place to be.
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Light Aircraft down Near Bundaberg
planesmaker replied to ave8rr's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
Photo of scoring from cylinder 2. Possibly stuck valve resulting in piston disintegration or overheat seizure. Interesting it had done about the same number of hours as the factory new engine had done when for some unstated reason it was "rebuilt" -
Ian if I were you I would seriously consider giving up driving, with the risk other drivers may have drugs or alcohol or may have a heart attack, doing 100 kph and passing within a metre or two of you also doing 100kph, fairly risky I would say. A 2000 kg car can do a lot of damage. FAA & U.K. CAA have recognised the pilot medical for recreational/private pilots does not contribute to increased safety.
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YWOL (Wollongong) to be security controlled.
planesmaker replied to JEM's topic in Trips/Events/Seats
Pity. Wonder if they will introduce security screens in the car park to prevent runaway cars mixing with pedestrians? -
Nathan c plenty of pilots flying now with no casa medical with no difference in health related incidents compared to those with casa medical. Casa medical is not required for safety reasons. If you think you are at less risk because you just passed your medical then your sadly mistaken. If you think about a private pilot doing 50 hrs a year, say 1 hr/ wk that works out to be 0.59% of his/her time actually flying, very low risk if you ask me.
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AirVenture funding crisis - Facebook statements.
planesmaker replied to waraton's topic in Trips/Events/Seats
Funding crisis resolved by selling us all tickets? -
912uls is all that is required in a j230. If only jabiru would offer the option.
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I'm sure Rotax have done a lot of testing on it. They will sell them, most probably the US govt. will be a major customer.
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Plane crashes into van in russia
planesmaker replied to adrian222's topic in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents
Any accident in Russia is considered just bad luck, particularly by the party at fault. -
AirVenture funding crisis - Facebook statements.
planesmaker replied to waraton's topic in Trips/Events/Seats
Bex, I would think the display pilots and aircraft would be a substantial cost on top of the insurance