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Gosh ! .

She looks gorgeous now .

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And , ' no safety harness ' .

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Our road became ' crazy paving 'only a few months after a new surfaces was relaid . The gang came back & poured liquid tar into those cracks, and years later it is holding . But the adjacent road joints are full of potholes for me & others to trip on .

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Your all correct ! .

It is CCA. .

As it's now three years since putting those  batteries  in 

I hope you can give Me forgiveness for  my forgetfulness. 

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Just standard camping gear , 4 amphour fridge/freezer .

CB radio & a small number other bits. 

 But left on overnight . So probably 48 hours  total hours from my 1500 ah truck batteries .

I should have had a 4 ah solar input , but it got shaded .

As the diesel motor needed the "" preheater " before starting it only just failed  ( turned over slowly ). 

My ' emergency jump-start ' just melted a terminal off .

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Greedy

OH good , Lord (  & ) Ladies. 

Can't have too much of a good thing , can we .

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My poor Delica had two 750 ah 12 v batteries ( 3 years old ), I Killed them ( overdischarged ) twice they were doomed .

Replaced by some " calcium " something batteries .

They lasted less than 12 months. 

So back to " flooded wet cell " batteries,  & two years later still going strong .

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Three airports for one city .

Greedy

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Lead-acid batteries can only be safely drained to 

9 volts , then it degrades its life hugely. 

Better have those expensive Lithium Iron batteries. 

For longer life .

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" regional parts " ,

I needed a Holden part , it comes from Brisbane somewhere. 

As I'm heading north from Sydney,  no problem. 

Get to Brisbane,  only to be told , it comes from Perth .

I eventually broke down,  solely due to  regional parts .

Luckily for me , the Indian mechanic knew the tricks & got that common part .

From , China .

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Exercise in space .

MMmm. Let me see , ' cardiovascular & lungs ' .

Seems like " sex ersize" is needed .

Gets that heart pumping and heavy ' breathing ' .

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I ' talk shit ' all the tme , which gets me into deeper shit .

It's just lack of ' communications ' .

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A little ' similar ' we have the " off lease dog field " ,  next field across .

The person mowing the runway uses a ' remote controlled ' mower .

I gave away model flying when leaving the UK . Still have a few motors though .

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PS  :  Have you used  that, ' very old ' APS ' plans hand book ' . 

My older brother put a few of my designs into it .

Parramatta Radio Control Aircraft club Inc 

The site has map of the field .

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A gram of mercury occupies how many millilitres. 

 " 0.074 millilitres "

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WOK or WOKE . by any name a " fry pan " .

Or how to spell these new languages that mustn't offend the offendable .

It will soon be an offence to open a door for the next person .

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Do you actually run IC engines in your planes .

Sydney seems to have outlawed those & now it's the noisy prop electric only .

I can hear them 2 to three kilometres away at my house  , when it's flying day.

Council by laws , AND WE HAVE A CANDIDATE,  standing against

" wok & anticar " In our Council elections this time .

( we have a road that has become " single file for cars after they took half the road for cyclists).

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I bought a five point harness for the Hummel-Bird. 

But weight saving decreed a simple lap belt .

No credit for ' safety ' of those heavier " safety " harness. 

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On the Mitchell hwy.  They cut all those big shady trees down , to widen the road .

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Pilot Error. ! 

Checkout the " Mount Erebus crash" and the 

' NZ governments ' attempt to prove " pilot error " .

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I like that .

" I Follow Roads " , IFR .

It is new to me .

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Most major companies just analyse the " oil " to see how long to next servise .

Or " replacement " .

Far too expensive for our use, so the next best is ' see what the filter has caught ' . 

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White for the majority on top.

Darker beneath would be fine .

When your ' overhead ' your paint looks dark.

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The one I have has a " LI-PO " battery , which I suspect is 3▪︎7 volt . So how does it deliver 12 volt . 

Uniden

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I hope that's not the 20 minute flight .

$ 1800 an hour ) . Extravagant. 

How much for a pilot in a Cessna. 

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