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Am I the only one to have this new look edition?

 

Interesting to read the new prefix numbers... especially a 12-xxxx for type certified GA aircraft..

 

 

Am I the only one to have this new look edition?

 

Interesting to read the new prefix numbers... especially a 12-xxxx for type certified GA aircraft..

 

 

And if you are all alone there is that other king, Wayne.......:hide:lol

 

 

More truth than funny......

 

 

SP, switches are guarded when ON. ie you have to lift the cover and toggle the switch OFF.

 

Guards are there to protect them in the safest position during normal ops.

 

Cheers

 

 

Back on topic... an email from Morgan Aeroworks:

 

Quote:

 

RAA has made a BIG stuff up , 12 months work to get approval, only now we find they told us the WRONG standard to comply with

 

also COA 95-55 1.6 was cancled on the 6 of april, and did NOT tell anyone, this has effected a lot of aircraft, and many that dont know what to do. RAA is only weeding info out of us, and steve bell has an offical warning to back off from us, no one is helping us, only trying to hang us over the ferris wheel accident, that we or the piolt was not to blame. RAA wont let me instruct, no flying school.

 

So now we need to comply to a new standard ATSM which is LSA which will require the SAME as a CASA workshop and control.

 

Also only here say by someone from CASA that a RAA aircraft used in a flying school will have to be maintained by a LAME or the aircraft manufacture.

 

End Quote

 

It was forwarded to me and no changes made. No comment from me. For information only.

 

 

60fps is better for flying. Things like LCDs, GPS refresh around the 25/30 fps which is fast enough for the human eye but will appear fragmented on a video. Same applies to the prop with fragmentation.

 

One maybe with a remote mic to sit in your headset earphone, should pick up transmissions as well as your own side tone. Note that the strobe can create noise if you are using A/C power.

 

Cheers

 

 

We should all put our heads together and come up with something for Nev.

How about Mulder from X-Files..... "The truth is out there".... LOL

 

 

 

We dont need a separate forum just for girls, but it does make it more fun to stir you blokes up!

Wow Tam... 10 posts and 10 likes..... Are you paying Studentbiggles to boost your brownie points? LOL

Feel free to stir us blokes up, happy to be stirred...but expect the same back!!

 

Have fun. Matt

 

 

Hi Doug,

 

I got it from http://flyingirls.awardspace.com/index.html

 

Very good artists, I agree....(sorry thread hijack)

 

Cheers

 

 

There's a few AWPA members on here, me being one. Any interest in Ian's suggestion for an AWPA forum?(AWPA = Australian Women Pilots Association)

If you girls want to discuss stuff other than flying, surely a PM would suffice rather than a whole seperate forum. This site is dedicated to flying... not gender!

 

Also, girls can bring a whole different perspective to a thread... (ie. emotion) :hide:lol

 

(I'm in trouble now....)

 

 

Hi SP,

 

Not sure if the switches are the original but I did notice that you replaced 3A switches with 2A type.

 

While this may be OK short term, the contacts will pit and a high resistance may develop over time if breaking any reasonable current and collapsing voltage.

 

Maybe a higher current item (ie Jaycar ST-0581) rated at 20A will give better reliability, but I am also unsure of the manufacture of this switch regarding reliability. (less than $5 each)

 

Maybe avoid switches with screws and go for riveted types as well.

 

I agree, terrible soldering.

 

Also, missile switch covers are cheap insurance nowadays to prevent accidental toggling off the ignition as well.

 

Cheers:cheers:

 

 

Hi Ian,

 

I am no photoshop guru but had a bit of fun with the following..

 

The blue one is based on a generic pilot forum avatar.

 

The second is loosely based on WW2 bomber nose art. While not the best, some food for thought for budding artists??? Also, the generic aircraft logo on this site could be used somehow.

 

Cheers, Matt

 

Edit: Not interested in the comp... I have too many GPS's as it is!!

 

 

 

 

Welcome Tam:buddies:.... (wait for it....)

 

 

I wonder if that would be similar to a jetski.... pull the power off and you have no directional control????

 

 

Me too, David... went NVFR into a microburst... aahh the good old days..LOL

 

 

a Ferris wheel is probably the safest thing you could hit

My money would be on a cloud.... (joke)

 

 

Still probably less than carbon tax will cost us... and we get nothing for that!

 

 

Still probably less than carbon tax will cost us... and we get nothing for that!

 

 

It's off topic, but what's wrong with using zip ties on fuel lines?

As TP and Ig said...Also, fuel attacks the plastic tie and they fail. Then you have two potential problems. A possible fuel leak / fuel line seperation and the broken cable tie that could jam moving parts like throttles etc...

 

 

i can see where u are coming from av....just can't see that replacing something defective with something effective is a modification...could be wrong though!!

Aaahh.. CFI you and I can see the defect, but this is how it came from the factory.... so what now? Not everyone can see the potential.. "maybe, that is the way the factory (24 rego) got approved so maybe it is okay (from a pilot or L2 POV)."

 

I do speak up when I see something I don't like and hope all pilots are the same. (Much to the horror of my flying club!) Ultimately, we sign off the pre-flight and we take our lives and our pax based on a 10min walk around.. how long will you take?

 

 

I am not trying to start an argument cfi, but if you modify a 24 rego in any way without manufacturer approval, is it not the approved aircraft it once was??? ie. adding, removing or altering a factory built specs.

 

Regardless if it is a safety issue or otherwise??? I don't know and therefor the question....

 

BTW.. I agree to modify for the sake of safety.. but it is not always black & white..

 

 

That is logical... but what is legal???

 

 

I have noticed a difference in standards in the 24 rego aircraft I have come across. For example, some have "fire sleeve" protecting the fuel line under the cowling, yet others haven't. As I have a military background (avionics) I have to "bite my tongue" as standards are different between RAA and my training. I am not a L2, only a RAA and GA pilot. For example, normally there are no cable ties in the engine bay, nor nylocs due to heat... but I have seen them everywhere on RAA aircraft.

 

And according to what I have read, if I alter my 24 rego (eg. add heat sleeving) without manufacturer's approval, then the aircraft is now not safe and illegal for training flights (non compliant).

 

So, in this example, can a L2 remove cable ties and add hose clamps to a fuel line and still be a legal 24 rego aircraft?

 

 

yep...like I said depends on panel...

 

 

IC-A210

 

I like these for sunlight readability (OLED) and simplicity but you could find cheaper....