Herm

Welcome to the forum. Enjoy your flying and use this site for any questions and help you may need. Also some great deals to be had on the online site store. Really a great place to hang out.

Mardy

Very very sad. My thoughts go out to all that we're on board. I also did not know these people but still feel a sense of sadness for them and thier families. Like others I was in hope of a better outcome than the sad news we have.

Thanks all for that I feel a little better about it all. I am now going to finish my bedding in stage of my plane on my own when others are not about. When I am happy with its setup and running I will be in a better frame of mind with the aircraft. I will then allow my friends to be a part of my flying and will feel better about others flying in it with me.. Outside pressure seems to just make me want to pack up and go home till another day. I like to enjoy my flying on my terms at my own level. I think others should do the same. I thought that is what human factors was all about.. I expect that other fellow flyers would adopt the same attitudes. However I now understand that is not always the case and Ego's seem to be high on the order.. Thanks Mardy

This thread is sending me nuts. I think I am gunna bolt until you are all through with the long and short of it... when you have a tight fix on it I will return.

Just wanted to see if others have faced this problem I have recently finished my Jabiru and am still in the 25 hour bedding in faze. I have done 3 hours and just had a rear end seal fail as well as some rough running issues. I have had a friend assist in the build and have had an allowance made to allow him to fly with me to monitor the engine. I have also only done 2 hours on type and come from a trike background. my last flight in the Jab gave me some roll to the right so I have now made control adjustments as well as fixing the rear end seal and rough running problem. I have adjusted tappits as the have shown signs of bedding in and some gaps were less than 5 thou..

With all this in mind and my low hours on type I have decided to wait for very calm conditions to test all my changes without the worry of adding another pressure of dealing with lumpy conditions should I still have problems. However I am getting pressure from my friend ans others to just go for it and stop worrying so much ( it will be fine). I thought as owner and pilot in command I was the one who made that call. Why is it that other pilots think its fine to place pressure on others when I feel in my mind they are careless. I came away from the airfield today wanting to separate myself from some of my fellow flyers and to deal with my bedding in stage without them around at all. Have others had this problem, and how do you deal with it. I didn't feel I need to always justify myself and my choices when it's me that's put out the cash on a plane and have the most to loose when things go wrong.

170 should practice what he preaches, the posts in this thread are nothing like his description

I think this thread has been rolling on to long. In fact I'm finding it's making me feel a bit flat. I am sure 170 is not happy with how this tread had headed and could end up having a blowout. Time for this tread to be re- tired

That is cheap. If you put away $15 an hour towards a new engine, you could pay the $5000 each 300 hours.However, a 912 would cost the same if you put the same $15 aside for 2000 hours.

 

I am starting to believe there is no cheaper option than hiring! On a budget of about $500 a month for flying, it's hard to own once you add up hangar rental, money aside for a new engine, insurance etc.

Ask lots of questions and don't be in a hurry. I purchased my trike and had it for 8 years. I just sold it for the price I paid for it as I really looked after it. Only cost me my fees and fuel and normal upkeep..

Mardy

Go onto the Bay and look for this item number. Item number: 280862769824

They are cheap and work really really well.. If you look up the model number on Y-Tube you will see reviews and sample of them being used... Great results for little money.

Mardy:ecstatic:

I would tread lightly on this subject! Not that I want to pull up on anyone, but I would not like anyone to slam on and end up with a skid mark

If I remember right Gundy has one on his 912 Rotax. As far as easing the starting of a Jab engine, they may be counter productive. They must pull a few amps, just when you need all the power you can get. I have had carbie ice in a 503 Rotax in warm weather.

What aircraft would you use for the logo?Alan.

I want one of those!

Thanks for that Sapphire.. I have seen many of them used in the colder areas of the world like Alaska and Scotland etc. Not really seen them used here. I think we always think warm weather so they are not needed, but freezing can still happen on warm days.. The idea of pushing warm air into the carb and reducing the power by mixture change seems a band aid way of stopping ice. As for the Jabiru with its poor cold weather starting an electric heater would assist that a great deal.. Hummm got me doing some thinking on this one.

Mardy

Just would like to ask if anyone has used electric carb heaters on thier aircraft? I am mainly interested in those used on Jabiru and rotax 912 motors. They offer great advantages over hot air intake systems most of us use, but have not met anyone using electric systems.

Thanks

Mardy

Good onya Diddy.. Does not seem like life has got in the way at all. Seems you are really living the life and lots more to come.. Always good to here of others enjoying the thrill of flight... Welcome to the forum

Mardy

That is not the form I showed you today. This is the link you want http://old.raa.asn.au/docs/tech/MaintForm2.pdf

You will need to make additional pages to make up a book like I had in the jab ?

If you do a google search for RaAus documents it takes you to the old site.. Then look for the following Near the bottom of the page

Maintenance record form download

Regards

Mardy

Rosita, it might put some perspective on what happened to know that when the engine stops a pilot has been trained to follow a safety procedure starting with keeping the aircraft flying by getting into a glide. When he does that the risks are back to being reasonable because the aircraft can be slowed for a safe landing. The next step is to find an open space, and that further reduces the risk to probably a worst case of broken bones. The third factor is if the pilot steers around any obstacles but something trips the aircraft up and it noses over.In your case, your husband did everything right; his training ensured there was no serious crash, even the Canola was a good choice because it slowed the aircraft down, so it was the equivalent of maybe a car accident in town.

 

I'm not minimising that you copped it in the face, and the laceration was so bad, but I hope reading this will show you that the whole thing was virtually a manageable situation. I don't think his focus will go off the condition of fuel lines for a long time.

That is very sweet looking - spoke to Gary and I think the canopy is reasonable - the price to get it here is not......

Mardy

Hi Ryan.. The only black lines I see on the VTC is the railway lines...

Regards

Mardy

Your getting soft Herm. Toughen up princess. LMAO

Ouch! I've always been soft... And nasty too.. I will be at the airfield in the morning and I might kick your Tires LOL

I don't even like lumps in my custard or mash potato's

1.25 mtrs for a halfwave dipole centred on 120 mhz I couldn't fit that in mine anyway its all metal.what sort of match are you using?

I make my own matching unit that fits between the dipoles. It is all mounted in a waterproof housing of polycarbonate so it won't short out on metal mounts. They were originally made for king post aircraft but have been used in all sorts of other applications.. Anyway I don't want to mention anymore as This forum is not an advertising platform, but wanted to give my opinion on antenna usage type based on my experience.

Mardy

I love my iPad... Or should I say Ijailbreak! If you want choice of apps and flying apps and don't want to spend heaps, go second hand iPad.. The market is set to keep people chasing the latest and greatest so older models sell cheap. As they say second hand does not always mean second rate... I can't do just about all the things the latest iPad does on my old model and I only spent $200. Once jailbroken you can do all sorts of things that Apple stopped you frome doing due to license issues... Things like running flash in web pages and any GPS device etc...

I guess owning an IPad and a Jabiru puts me right in BASH ALLY... But IMHO most bashers are those that are misinformed and rely on rumors and opinions rather than fact. Until I unlocked the ability of my IPad with a jailbreak I was blind to just what these great little devices can do for very little money. I love thrifty!

Here is you free stick,,,,,,Bash away..

Mardy

Just use a dipole antenna as the radiation pattern radiates from top and bottom. They also do not need a ground plane. My Jabiru has a crude one fitted in the fin that works pretty well with good SWR readings. This type of antenna is the best IMO and I have been supplying them for aircraft for 7 years now. Have use them in lots of wood aircraft and the RAAF has also used them in some of thier projects... I am one of those guys that makes gear for others and yet still has rubbish fitted to his own aircraft...LOL...

If you aircraft has the room for a 1/2 wave dipole, you won't be sorry fitting one and thier are some feat options available. So many people get hung up on polerization, but an aircraft is always banking and pitching that is always changing that. Also others are doing the same and with a vast variance in thier antenna systems.

Mardy

I don't like summer flying a great deal. I find it hot, lumpy and tough on my engine. Best time for me is autumn and early spring..

Mardy