piecrust

There will be an investigation, we will all learn from it.

He was a hard working bloke with thousands of hours experience. Many people in remote areas would be upset with his passing. Just one little mistake, that's all it takes

I had a problem early last year with my vdo tacho. The hr meter would glitch during flight. I was about to remove the gauge and send back to an authorised repairer. I have since had a total failure of my voltage regulating device. ATSB incident report and raa report completed after an emergency landing at Naracoorte. I no longer have any problems with my vdo hr meter since a new vrd has been installed. It's only now that I attribute the glitch to the faulty/failing vrd. Early warning sign of failure?

The gps is throwing my compass out, as suggested its more than likely the magnet in the speaker

E Exactly, I would much rather have as much information as possible rather than the bare minimum. So do I live with 30 deg out or throw out the gps

Has anyone tried removing the speaker in the aera 500?

http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/gps-and-permanent-compass-problem.37514/ Ok

Just read manual and can't see anywhere that warns about magnetic interference. I have it mounted with airgizmos docking station. Has anyone removed the speaker out of a Garman aera 500 series?

Yes my GPS has a speaker and its 300mm away. Garmin aera 500. Never would have thought of that. Surely the speaker magnets would be to small to effect? Then again a headset can throw it out a mile

I have a GPS receiver roughly 150mm away from the compass mounted on the dash. This runs my directional indicator on ADI. It has roughly 2m of spare cable wound up and cable tied under the dash. Could this induce a magnetic field strong enough?

Didn't think about that, they are steel with steel nuts under the dash. Nice jab by the way, remember reading the write up a few years ago.

No it's a myth, only a weight difference on pointer

Will check against old compass deviation card when I get back to the hangar. Interesting video.

From what I have read it wouldn't have those symptoms. Compass dip is caused by using incorrect hemisphere. Needle weight is affected and you will get drag.

Nice to hear someone Else having the same experience

The compass is new and had two hrs of movement before swing

Yes compass is chinese made. However I did specify for Southern Hemisphere. It is unsettling that I do have a calibration document with it but it has chinese writing on it. I have drawn it all out on paper and there is a pull towards WNW that is very consistent. East reads true but after that it wants to swing away. Next port of call will be to remove dash and compass and place on compass rose alone, either that or fly west only.

Aluminium, Tecnam echo classic. I never use the thing but by law it's required. Between my digital heading, GPS and oz runways it's almost redundant. From what I read a correction of 20 deg is only available. Also a turn of 180 degrees with adjustment screws only. It is located directly above the radio and transponder. I feel that between the two they are causing the deviation.

Have just installed new compass in plane. My swing is out 30 degrees when positioned at 120 and 60. In reads true at east and west. Can it be changed without throwing out the magnetism of east and west? N=340, 30=360, 60=30, E=95, 120=150, 150=180 S=210, 210=235, 240=250, W=273, 300=290, 330=315 I have read the casa bulletin from 2007. Adjustment in layman terms is required.

They are of high failure rate that's what the stats tell you. Simple and clear. No more debate or discussion.

Life jackets a must, and wear them. If you need to ditch put it in parallel to the waves. I tied the epirb to my partners jacket and also had a lanyard tied to mine. Figured that if we ditched and made it out we could tie one another together with 4m of rope. Skeds every ten minutes from overhead Otway. Respond with operations normal at ten min interval. Check AIP. Passengers role, keep eye on time and look out for vessels. If your going to ditch do it close to a ship.

Did it a couple years running, worth the trip. Never got to surf one but experienced a southerly morning glory at 4.30 in the morning while checking the plane over. Head to swears island and go fishing for the rest of the trip. Don't expect to see one. Some guys sit it out for a month and still don't get on one

Rollos

Went for a fly two weeks ago and made the decision to turn back not far out of the circuit. Drove into town grabbed a coffee and pie, went for a drive to mannum and by the time I returned it had cleared. Have experienced the white out for a long period of time and can guarantee you that I will avoid at all costs.

Rate the bolly prop on my echo deluxe. Pulls like a train..... Drags the aircraft with full brakes during engine run up checks