Ian Burdon

Not to mention a possible mouse plague

Try get approval

They have been using this method for at least 20 years now with very few incidents. Power line caught the undercarriage and looks like he made an aircraft carrier style landing only taking out a couple of very young trees, Would have probably been a different outcome if it had been into the older orchard. But this method is far safer and more effective than quads and shotguns

Have you tried a can opener?

The point is this thread is about, quote : CASA - Draft Proposal for Jabiru Aircraft. unquote. So don't try to say that these fatalities have anything to do with flying a Jabiru. Start another thread perhaps?

Well this thread is about a draft proposal for Jabiru aircraft

None of these have involved Jabiru's as far as I know.

So please enlighten us to how a ring spanner can work it's way from the top end to the sump? I know they can become very slippery but that is stretching it a little.

This happened to me in a pa28 just after rotation. The main thing is to stay calm fly the plane and ignore the noise. Top latch did not secure. After reaching a safe alt opened air vent to equalise pressure or let incoming air out, slowed down, passenger relatched and we finished the navex. My instructor taught me this on another occasion so I guess it is fairly common in this particular aircraft. No problems with my Jab so far but always expect the unexpected is my motto.

G,day Bruce, Fitted the new suspension today. Removed two segments and it fitted nice and tight. I think over compression may have caused my yellow rubbers to fail. This may explain why yours showed no signs of cracking. Anyhow hope to be back in the air on Wednesday if all goes to plan. Cheers. Ian.

Thanks Roger. I have a removable shroud that I made up to stop rats and mice from entering the engine bay via the nose leg (this worked very well during the recent mouse plague). This sits just above the suspension bush so on removal I am looking straight at the suspension. From now on I will be doing the foot on the tyre check as well. Have been doing the main gear check. It seems as if you learn more about your aircraft from these forums than you do from the manufacturer. I would still like to know why Jabiru or RA-Aus have neglected to inform Australian pilots. If they had I would not be sitting at a keyboard writing this!!!!

Thanks for that Wayne. Don't want other pilots to c.t.g. if it can be avoided. Learn from others mistakes. It's far less painful. cheers. Ian.

No heavy landings this end.Ac has done just over 200hrs and ALWAYS hangared. What year were these defect rubbers installed and why wern't pilots in Australia as well informed as those in the UK? The procedure you describe would be difficult to perform unless you had another pair of eyes behind the nose wheel to inspect for cracking. The other pilot that I know of had just performed a 100 hourly and had checked this area thoroughly. When he heard of my problem he inspected again and saw some very small cracks. When proded lightly the rubber failed. Where did you find out about the preflight procedure for the nose leg? You seem to be quite knowledgable on this subject. Thanks for the reply Roger. Ian.