Keenaviator

I made quite a few changes to my cowls and oil cooler position which have resulted in cool CHTs.  CHT on number 4 (generally the hottest) gets to about 130C on taxi  then drops to about 105 or less in the air.  I climb out at 80-85 knots @ 700fpm or better. Laurie

Trike wings are very strong - I can only think of a couple of reasons why they might fail:

1. base bar pin/bolt not secured properly

2. damaged leading edge tube (spar) or cross bar

3. exceeding pitch limits resulting in a tumble - no indication of tumble by witness

4. failure of side wires (unlikely as these are duplicated in all certified trike wings I'm aware of

You're digging way too deep.

What are you trying to say? 

 

My low flying takes place each take off and landing - probably a bit cryptic but that's how my head works....

That would be into an ALA. Some people don’t bother complying with ALA specifications.

 

Or take off and landing- low flight x 2. 

I think most pilots know that low flying is dangerous but they still choose to do it. I talked to a bloke with who flew in a dangerous manner and he said he was just having fun and I said yeah but you are dead a long time. Now he's dead, it's all a part of evolution, most times you can't change it.

 

Yep, I do it at least twice every flight......  ?

I used Poly products when rebuilding the Corby Starlet (21-3381).  I used the Stewart water born system for painting my Jabiru. 

I guess that the drooped ailerons made it more likely to tip stall, do you know more details thruster?

 

Exactly. From my observations there is no washout built into my Jabiru's wings. The washout is created by the rigging of the ailerons and increases with application of flaps.  That said, it's stall characteristics are very good, a tribute to the design.

Your idea sounds interesting Bruce.  My Jabiru is the long winged SP (U/L).  The flaps on it are really long and ailerons pretty short.  I have the port flap slightly reflexed to compensate for the roll tendency caused by my weight in the pilot's seat - 90% of my flying is solo.  I don't think there would be much to gain from raising or lowering the ailerons for me.

Sorry folks but I'm feeling a little angry about this 'accident'.

On 03/09/2019 at 6:44 AM, Thruster88 said:

 

Something like this but with four paramotor engines would be perfect for the farm, a flying quad bike. Master throttle control and a joy stick to trim each engines thrust, simple, might have to start building.?

 

Or one paramotor and one appropriate paramotor wing for the farm!

Identity?  Fishing licence?  ?

Pretty standard  practice for those who play the 'museum' card.

How did you go with squeezing the crimps, keeping tension on the bungee etc?

I've replace one on my Edge X 582.  From Airborne, advised that zip ties are ok.  This is what I did then covered the join in heat shrink.

At this time of the year in cool humid conditions I often experience carb ice with my Jabiru. It doesn't behave the same as my (ex) C-150 which had a Continental 0-200. Clearing ice with the 0-200 resulted in very rough running followed by an rpm increase. The Jabiru just gently increases rpm by 100 to 200 but remains running smooth.

Pretty happy with my Jabbie aircraft and engine. In response to the title of the post, I have been using a mixture control on my Bing carby for almost 200 hours now. Very happy with the way it works.

Many learning hang glider and Paraglider pilots manage to hit the only tree in a paddock. You tend to go where you look. That applies to motorbike riders too. 

I've got a mate with a Wiz wing who might be interested. Is the Streak still available?

Concorde was an airliner and pretty fast.

I’m confident with this device. Oil looks good. The original catch can gets the muck. According to Rod S at Jabiru the top dipstick device is more a muffler to smooth out the crank case pulses that pushes the oil out.

I’ve been using the Jabiru top of dipstick condenser for a while now. It works. It no longer dumps oil. Recommend.

The humble Jabiru gets another thumbs up from me in this topic.

I took this at Latrobe Valley on 19th April this year. Very sad.

Thanks for your detailed explanation scsirob. All I can report is faultless operation for well over 100 hours.