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Global What's New" icon and link, we can now create a new advanced"What's New" page that will display everything that is new on the site, in ALL sections,

This was the benefit of the "Last 24hrs" option, it only gave the results for the forums.

Maybe a "Followed threads" option would be of use, so people do not have to wade through reams of new threads to find the ones they are following or have posted in, in the last few days?

I cannot see the reasoning behind the globe icon at all. This is a predominantly English speaking forum and the globe icon does not have a clearly defined meaning (it could be a link to the internet (very common) or some other function)

"Add lightness and simplicate"/KISS - you shouldn't need an instruction manual on how to drive the menu. I doubt first time visitors would bother trying to work out an unnecessarily complicated menu system simply because it is technically impressive. If it isn't instantly intuitive, it isn't working. Change what needs to be changed when there is a need to change it.

What is this thing called , love ? Nev

"What is that on the road ahead"

insert a comma wherever you like for several different meanings... (courtesy of Benny Hill Show, circa 1970's)

I am thinking about building a new Rotax Gomorrah Ultralight. I was going to Rotaxize it but seeing this new engine maybe it will get Sodemoized. Talked it over with my mate Lot the other day over tea and scones (he brews a nice cuppa) and he said we could call it a Sodemo Gomorrah.

Generally that condition equates to poor alternator output.

CAUSES

Belt driven? check tension

Regulator? (old school not electronic) check gaps

Diode open circuit in rectifier block? Disconnect and test

Brushes worn? Inspect/replace/re-tension (new springs)

Location?

Can someone else see an issue with wings made of thermite

They may have been forced low by clouds after getting airborne. There were clouds around Mt Stuart and surrounding hills of the ranges in that area this morning at 0600 when I jumped on a commercial flight out of TSV airport, and it's not uncommon in that microclimate area for there to be rain/fog with the rest of TSV being clear as a bell. One hitting power lines is a piloting incident, two hitting powerlines could be a weather incident.

Condolences to the families and friends of the pilots.

On the topic of the Magazine.. do they still sell Sport Pilot mag in the newsagents???.. I was asked the other day but have no idea.

I think it is something inherent with a number of 'action cameras', I find the same apparent speed-up effect with all videos I've taken.

The opposite happens with extreme zoom lenses (200+mm equivalent) where things appear "flat". It also makes them very touchy with the focus, in other words exactly the opposite of the wide angle lens.

not good for gyros or helicopters.......

Really? As in this definition from Urban Dictionary...?"An old Italian woman (generally the age of 50+) that is cute and can cook up the most delicious food that you can ever think of. Also speaks in broken english if not Italian. Common phrases that Nonna's say are..."When you come n visit Nonna?" "What did you eat today?' "You be a goodboy now"

 

Nonna: Eyyy Did you eat today?

 

Grandson Alex: I eat everyday Nonna...

 

Nonna: Ok, you a good boy. "

 

 

Is it true that the Dire Straits song "Lady writer on the TV" was inspired by Ms Wendt?

Her surname is of German extraction ie pronounced "Vent", not "Went".

so add her nickname "Nonna" to Vent, and you end up with a "Non event". For a journalist chasing stories???

Jana was hot.

http://www.savemoreonline.com.au/technology/connectors-and-leads/

http://www.savemoreonline.com.au/technology/accessories-and-other/gps-receiver-usb/

Don't take it to the pub.....

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-18/man-who-taxied-plane-down-main-street-of-newman-fined/5901162

So far there has been in excess of 125 pages of "discussion" on this issue - precisely NONE of which will have any influence on any outcome by CASA.

1. We know there is a problem.

2. There is nothing that this forum or its members can do about it (unless you are employed high up by one of the parties)

3 Speculation helps nobody

4 Antagonism amongst members in this forum achieves nothing

5 Let the concerned parties (RAA/CASA/Jabiru/CAMIT) do their work to resolve this, or risk slowing progress due to continual interruptions by the many individual "interested parties". YOU ARE NOT ALONE, NOR ANY MORE SPECIAL/IMPORTANT THAN ANYONE ELSE.

I know, how about a chemistry that will eat away at your aircraft should the case split, produces combustible gasses when charging and discharging, is loaded with toxic materials, can have internal shorts that cause cells to fail, do not like cold weather, will go flat all on their own in a couple of months, can boil dry if overcharged, and will fail completely if discharged to lower than 50-60% of their capacity repeatedly? Sound familiar???

We are used to dealing with lead acid batteries and have come to accept their limitations and safety issues.

With LiFePO batteries we have a safer solution. As stated they are disposable without causing environmental hazard, their electrolyte is stable and non toxic and will not eat through your metalwork, they release no combustible gasses while charging and discharging, are relatively immune from the low temperature issues, due to their low internal resistance heat up less than other types of batteries for the same load applied, and have a depth of discharge down to 20% before needing to be recharged allowing a safety margin for "engine out/alternator out" gliding with all the fast glass panels people have these days, AND THEY WILL NOT SUSTAIN A FIRE under any circumstances.

Just because you are not familiar with them, does not mean they are a bad idea.

As a side note, most of you are sitting with a Li ION battery inches from your crown jewels as we speak......but you have come to accept that as "normal". Would you really go digging around in your pocket looking for a burning lump of lithium quickly enough to prevent injury?

Not too bad, will be better once they put the tailwheel in the right place [ATTACH=full]23533[/ATTACH]

... Never bond carbon to aluminium, they dont like each other very much, if you do, the contact ply on the metal must be fibreglass or kevlar. again, steel fasteners only with carbon fibre.

If my basic chemistry is still OK....

Aluminium and carbon = electrolysis (a battery of sorts, differing electronegativities)

Steel and carbon is OK as normal steel contains an amount of carbon anyway (far less electrolysis, Fe + C + Ni + Mg + others)

A "GOD" look would help if you could arrange it.The water cooled heads have better metal than the originals. Nev

Gmail has an excellent spam filter. ... Handy being able to ignore them all though. And no, I'm not employed by Google.

"All the latest news, straight from your phone......"

Google are using readers (algorithms) to harvest information from your emails.

News Corp of course had their little hiccup with hacking phone accounts in the UK.

What a relief, I thought this thread was about me and my engines ...

Just got this regarding the sale of my Skyranger (price was $38,000). Needless to say I will ignore it...Thanks for getting back, [blah, blah, blah]

 

 

 

M. Leitch

 

 

Cheers................Doug

Telling, I would say.......

What you should do is try to set him up with another scammer and stand back and watch the fun....... "419" scam him

NEVER deal with an "agent".

Personal pick up only, with cash in hand for anything less than $2000.

It's not like it is a $10,000 item....