Keenaviator

This ones not bad either. Laurie

When I was a youg lad at school the toilets were outside and had no roof; I could actually p1ss over the wall. Those were the days!

Wonder if he had permission of the land owner to fly below 500' agl?

'misuse of aeroplane act'. Laurie

Probably injected engines anyway so no carb heat. Laurie

I'll be putting one of these on my UL 450 project as it has an early solid lifter 2200 with a smaller starter motor. The kit should negate any shortcomings of the smaller starter motor. Laurie

Absolutely hit the nail squarely on the head O1. Laurie

Not really great practise since the c of g is still ahead of the mains on a tricycle undercarriage whether or not the nose wheel is off the ground where on a tail dragger the c of g is behind the mains; that is what makes things interesting. Laurie

Pretty sure the thread is about rudder use on finals, not on the ground. Laurie

My UL 450 has an L/D of 17:1 and a pretty low sink rate according to the manual and an English flight review. "The performance is bordering on that of a motor glider and soaring flights should be a real possibility, both thermal and wave soaring." http://www.bmaa.org/files/jabiru_ul.pdf What is the L/D of the Savannah Kyle? Although it shouldn't matter since 912's never ever fail for any reason ever. Regards, Laurie

I had the same concern of losing the draw string on the cable but tied and taped it securely. Even more fun was getting the wiring in for wing tip lights; ended ip using yellow tongue from floor board to push a draw string it in then fishing around with lock wire to hook it then pull out the wing tip. Laurie

When I installed my aileron cables I first removed the rod ends. Laurie.

When Thrusters were being used more for training there were quite a few incidents of them hitting the ground hard enough to bend them if the student wasn't quick enough to really lower the nose on practised engine failure on take off.

I agree that he certainly did a very good job - a bit hard to believe that it was his first flight though with no training whatsoever. There is plenty to get a horizon reference in those aircraft.Laurie

My UL 450 should get off the deck pretty well then considering it has the same wing span/area as the 170 and mtow of 450kg. Laurie

Have you tried this comparison at MTOW for both the 160 and 170 to 50'? Laurie

Thruster 2000 fpm! Maybe for a few seconds. Crikey, pull the other one, it plays Jingle Bells. Laurie.

I fly what you are describing and have to be a member of both RAAUS and HGFA. I would like to see one organisation cover ALL forms of recreational aviation. Laurie.

Pretty sure I've shown this before but this is a boroscope video of my Jabbie 2200 that has been stored for quite some time. Looks pretty good to me. Laurie

That was very enlightening Dazzzza! Laurie.

Any landing you walk away from maybe a good one but any landing you get to use the aircraft again is excellent! Laurie

You can't afford to miss anything in preflight checks in paragliding, especially where passengers are concerned.

A very well written article on paragliding on the Sunshine Coast and great video captured by mobile phone. http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/paragliders-filmed-iphone/2129856/

I've done the around Australia by air, Jabiru, now looking forward to doing it as a grey nomad with van in tow! Laurie

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