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  1. So i have 2 ATR 500 radios all wired up can transmit and get recieve BUT cannot hear them any guru in rdaios can help Cheers Gareth
  2. BFS plastics Salisbury Qld great prices and will cut your sizes and give you the leftovers , 1 sheet 2400x1200 approx80 bucks ,i gave the offcuts to a fellow builder in nsw
  3. It was at Heck field for a while Jamie owned it but sold it on a few years ago it wnt down south Grafton area i think
  4. My fuel lines are 6AN braided cotton, tank through to pumps on inside of firewall (2 pumps plus 100micron filter) all an6 fittings(EFI Burliegh) all accessible through hatches in front of windscreen and ss braided in engine area suitably covered in fire proof hose
  5. 1990 working at the submarine base in Sydney, ladder broke in half as i climbed up to do some welding on abeam, fell 6 metres broke my hip, had insurance which kicked in at 6 weeks ,i was then on crutches, they then "deemed " me fit for other work , what as i say ,oh desk work, they say fxxking parasites ,read the small print ,i then put that money away for the next 20 years ,and this is what now funds my flying build also my wife was pregnant with our twins but during the pregnancy wifey experienced indimitiosis and the health insurer didnt want to pay took them to the health ombudsman and won ,after the kids were born "that cost them a bomb in private ,2 weeks in St Margarets" then cancelled our insurance , now have none other than house and car Fxxking parasites are all insurers
  6. Hi Guys , any one know which is the best way to vent my fuel in wing tanks foreward or rearward .Tanks are pumped to injectors Thanks Gareth
  7. same engineer whobworked for bristell
  8. Ok from memory, i owned 8366 for 2.5 years so here goes Cruise 115 at 130 it was right on the edge ,vibration took on Range 140 litres burned at cruise 18 litres per hr , good range take off 180 to 250 mtres Landing about the same ROC 2 up full fuel and some baggage 800 i only ever went to 8,500
  9. LOL thats my wife and i landing at Clifton fly in Qld ,
  10. Gaz aille french F/glass kit uses a small diesil engine (Renault i think) i was in Coffs Harbour last week and had a look at a completed Gaz aille engine was very smooth running and uses about 10 lites per hr
  11. Try aeroparts Beaconsfield they have most bolts and nuts and costs only Aus post costs IE 400 solid rivets cost 8.65 for post 2 day delivery
  12. gareth lacey

    Windscreen

    if anyone needs 2mm polycarbonate clear i have a piece 670x1830 left over
  13. gareth lacey

    Windscreen

    I have just made a windscreen for my build 2mm thick polycarbonate clear almost bulletproof, not perspex
  14. My CFI prefers that you use a soft soled shoe to" feel the aircraft" and never fly in thongs(flip flops) disgusting footwear
  15. I am going to use a SDS from a Canadian company tried and proven on Subaru thats what i will use on my EJ25
  16. these posts should be its own ,this should only be about the increase in weight for experimental and lsa aircraft
  17. Correction " Confor" is 30mm shock absorbing foam cut to my dimensions approx 480x600 for seat layered with memory foam to 75 thickness overall height of seat bottom cushion as for the back i am getting contoured similair to the subaru seat but not as high 1 quote here was about 1000$ to recover with my foam shapes in cloth have since been told of a retired chap who for cash does at a much better price and in faux leather and as for getting size for visibility its the same as the RV6a that i owned except for the back, i will let you know how i go with the upholsterer cost ( we might get a better deal for 2 sets ) cheers gareth
  18. Thats right its for seating for impact ,they use it in truck seats and some guys in US have used it in aerobatic planes , company in Northgate qld have it cost of 2 pieces is about 110 $ 1 layer at 30mm and balance in memory foam to suit my butt cheeks lol (approx 75mm with covers) i have ordered pieces so will put some pics up and will weigh it . as for the car seat by the time i remodeled foam and cut opening for stick lost a lot of the seat also the back was to tall, i only paid 50$ from wreckers to try it had to strip a lot of stuff of to get weight down approx weight of seat was 10 kg before stripping and was to high in seat section.
  19. The memory foam will be contoured to the back so in reality is about half that thickness starts at 100 but takes away 50% of foam, i also purchased a car seat(subaru) and played around with it and so much work involved i binned it, my cushions will be velcro to seats for easy removal. The Contour is a foam specifically for impact on bum
  20. I agree, here are my seat support, i am going with Contour 75mm foam for seat and 100mm memory foam for back
  21. when i joined this forum there were quite a few builders contributing,sadly some have passed and there now seems to be a core that are regular contibuters, however home/experimental(other than RV) seems to have lost interest, i am building again and look for as much info as i can gleen , whatever happened to Daffyd Llewellyn? he had a lot of cred here, is homebuil;ding dying in Aus?
  22. Jack,did you buy this off Mike hille going to catch up with Mike on Friday
  23. 2 radios and transponder all up cost 1200 from uk
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