WayneL

I have used the "Princeton"  capacitance type sender with good accuracy on Westach type gauges after doing the calibration setup. They say that different fuel types will alter the reading but I never used a different fuel type so I can't comment on what the gauge reading difference would be.

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55 minutes ago, Ryanm said:

Do you mean the CubCrafters Sport Cub?

Whoops, You are correct Ryan, it is a CubCrafters Cub. Thanks for the correction, must have had the Savage Cub on my mind at the time!

It's a Savage Sport Cub, a lighter cub variant.

Adelaide Biplanes, Aldinga.

Didn't get the wheels up in time to ditch by the looks, let's hope for a good outcome for the occupants.

Interesting information Kiwi about it possibly being a convert from a 503. Will pass on that info to the owner.

Wayne.

The owner/pilot main injury was a gash to the right leg from a bracket on the tube. His son escaped injury. Told me he had no response on controls except ailerons straight after a heavy and slightly faster touchdown (touch n go). The Drifter continued to roll to the right straight after liftoff and the starboard wing hit the beach first. Looking at possible failure of fuselage tube before the impact.

I just fly the aeroplane........it works for me!!!!😁

On 07/02/2021 at 7:56 AM, rhtrudder said:

I wonder where Dick Smith stands on these changes 

Have seen a letter that Dick wrote to the Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister. He is on the GA (& Raaus) side. He is asking for them to look at the USA E class airspace more closely, says the proposed change here is unworkable.

Waynel

Airservices is proposing to lower Class E space to 1500 feet from the current 8500 foot segments from Cairns to Melbourne. This has many implementations for all off us recreational pilots and aircraft owners. Please follow this link to read about the proposal and get your comments into airservices as soon as possible.

https://engage.airservicesaustralia.com/lower-base-class-e-east-coast

https://vansairforce.net/community/showthread.php?t=97594

http://armaerospace.com/products/aero-lift-aircraft-storage-lift-weight-specifications/

https://hangartools.eu/products/hangar-lifts/

When driving in the car, flat paddocks and open spaces always have me imagineing having an airstrip or flying low there. When on the Newell Hwy around Narribri, Moree plains where the horizon seems so far away...I imagine I am in A P51 Mustang flat out ten feet of the deck!

Wayne

That's gonna be a costly dunk ..those 4 turbines going from 140,000 rpm to zero in seconds! What happens when he gets an itch!! 😁

Wayne

When you go flying, who do you notify about your plans! Comments from GA pilots and RAA pilots please. Do you lodge an air services flight plan, nominate a sartime, maybe you use the flight note form and give to friends and/or relative. Or do you just do a print out of you nav plan. Maybe you just make a phone call before departing. What about a local flight returning to your departure airfield, you may have departed to the South but ended up flying around to the Northern side. Persons may have seen you depart to the South and you haven't returned hours later ( after fuel duration) and you are not contactable....where are they going to start looking first? Does your club or school ask you the leave details of your intended flight even if it is only local?

Wayne

Took a club Drifter up yesterday from Clifton and cruised over Leyburn way. Back in the circuit it was practice time. Setup myself up high on base so I could practice a few slips. Also practiced a few glide approaches from different positions in the circuit or high above. I had a ball, every landing was good...finally! Starting to realize how rusty I was after not being able to get to the field and fly for 3 months due to lockdown restrictions. BFR was due in March and final managed to get it done 2 months ago. All went well except for the flares were a little high. Yesterday I concentrated on getting the flare lower and smoother....was rewarded with greasers. It's a good feeling walking away from a good flight, I have really noticed the improvements in the 7 hours on the Drifter over the last 2 months. Sorry, didn't take photos this flight.

Wayne.

You are not wrong about taking off to the south.. just as you get airborne the other half of the runway appears ?. The FTA Qantas trainees are all over the area outside the Toowoomba/ Wellcamp broadcast area, listen on 126.7 but mostly operate out to the SW of Wellcamp.

Wayne

I am in an RC club down Ipswich way and a couple of years ago a fellow from Oakey joined. He told me that a small club was flying at Pittsworth strip Saturday mornings from memory. They apparently had permission and listened on the CTAF for aircraft and cleared the strip when aircraft were operating. I have flown in quite a number of times but have never seen them operate there so I don't know whether they are still active.

Wayne

Twenty years ago we started to notice a lot of (mostly) young fellas getting into 3D RC helicopter flying. Many were previously RC car drivers looking for a new thrill...they tried the model flight sims setup in hobby shops and practiced the extreme 3D routines without fear of losing money from a crash...just hit reset and go again! They soon became skilled at it ...no crashes ...so they then headed outdoors to try it for real and became hooked.... These pilots would never have taken up the hobby without the sim. The Real flight default aircraft can be cloned then you can alter the parameters to make the flight model very realistic with some experimenting.

Wayne

It's the Great Planes Real Flight model aircraft simulator. Great fun.

Wayne.

Took a Drifter up on World Ultralight Fly day 3 years ago to shoot some circuits, wind was straight down the runway with sock mostly straight out. Lifted off in two plane lengths and reached 500' halfway down runway. Was to be touch and go's but touch down speed was at jogging speed. Made the flare so easy. The landing roll was so short so I found myself applying the brakes to try and stop shorter than the last landing. Ended up managing to stop in 1 1/2 aircraft lengths. Had great fun, air was smooth with no noticeable windshear near the ground.

I heard it once said that the Cessna models that had their model number ending in an odd number seemed to be less successful than those ending in an even number.

Wayne.

The Graphics look wonderful, the program is in my opinion cheap for the amount of work put in to create it. Shame about the hardware costs though ? Let's start with a top end unit for 5k, we want smooth frame rates with everything turned up.. don't we? Now let's add a yoke, pedals, throttle, radio panel, auto pilot panel, a couple of extra monitors and why not get a motion frame as well! ....might just have to talk the club treasurer to apply for a 10 or 15k grant to build one! ?.

Wayne

Stop bragging my floppy is barely 4 inches

I think you are bragging....we all know it's only 3.5 inches!

Wayne