Keenaviator

I was surprised at the minimal damage caused to the house of stone. Maybe the three little pigs were onto something.

 

 

If thats the plane I think it is it had a Suzuki engine in it

The photos from channel 9 show the ‘suzuki’ to have 912 tappet covers...

 

 

Are they in stock? I'd like to try the blue tooth with my paramotor intercom set up.

 

 

Does the bluetooth function allow hands free use with something like a Sena bluetooth intercom?

 

 

Any engine issues?

No. Run it cool. Maintain it properly.

 

 

Wonder why so many Jabirus change hands so quickly all the time?

Maybe because there's a lot of them. They are well designed, economical, don't rust and lots of people have them for a long time and are in no hurry to change. I built (finished building) mine several years ago. It's my eighth powered aircraft. If I were to change to another aeroplane, I'm stumped as to what would do better for my needs. Laurie

 

 

I think you will find the LSA and J160 have the same wing span and area. The 160 has a larger fuselage and fuel tanks in the wings. It is a heavier aircraft with a higher wing loading and will never perform as well as the lighter LSA.

 

 

I fly paraglider, paramotor, hang glider, trike, 3 axis nose wheel and tail wheel. I found that it takes a while to develop instictive responses for each type but you can.

 

 

Mines been on about 3 years and it's going really well. Jabiru did a fair bit of development work on this prop and tried carbon but found it to be too stiff and caused resonance/vibration problems. The fibre used in their composite prop is I believe pretty standard glass fibre which has a bit more give. That said I had a Patroney composite prop on my Jabiru powered Corby Starlet and had no problems with that - and still no issues with it's new owner at West Sale. Laurie

 

 

Something I really like about my Jab is that when turning base, carb heat on, power back to 1700, trim all the way back it settles to 60 knots then as you apply flaps it settles to a nice steady approach speed of 50 - every time.

 

 

PPG from Altona Meadows today.

 

 

 

G'day Wayne.

 

 

Hi..was hoping to fly into Rainbow beach in RV 7 on Sunday back Monday to meet some friends paragliding. Does anyone have any updates on the strip? Ray the contact above has not answered phone/messages so far today so may be out of date?

I've been there in a Jabiru J430 (with a paraglider in the back). Very soft sandy surface. We let the tyres down just to get rolling and just managed to get away. That was on 500 X 6 tyres.

 

 

In the news this morning sad news of a lovely looking Corby Starlet crashing on what looks to be flat ground in Italy. Cade ultraleggero a Quargnento: muore pilota

 

 

Welcome Curly1 from another Jabiru owning Drouin resident flying out of YLTV.

 

 

In my experience, nearly every engine I have had suffer from total piston destruction, has suffered from piston overheating.The remainder were destroyed via heads falling off valves, or ingestion of turbocharger metal after compressor turbine failure.

The scores in the bore of the Jab engine indicate to me, piston scuffing, caused by the piston overheating, and associated ring jamming, caused by the overheating.

 

The authoritative advice from engine components manufacturers is that you should never, ever remove weight from pistons via drilling. This only causes stress risers where the drill hole is.

 

Weight should only ever be removed from pistons via machining.

 

One must always be aware, also, that many pistons (even cast ones) are heat-treated to improve their life and performance, and using the likes of a belt sander to remove material from pistons is highly likely to affect any heat-treatment, as the use of a belt sander creates intense hot-spots very quickly.

And the common thread for failure, OverHeating!

 

 

Impulse coupling helps - that's something both good and bad about magnetos.

 

 

There is one at LTV LaurieAs you say beautifully built and finished off

I went for a fly in it with the owner and flew it

 

It is the 8m wingspan model

 

Compared to my Sierra without trying to sound bias I found it very stiff and heavy in roll (which being the 8m wing compared to the 9 m wing model) and it flew quite nose high in s/l flight and to me didn't handle the turbulence anywhere near as well as mine

 

Another pilot friend also went for a fly in it and commented that the Sierra was a much nicer aircraft to fly in his opinion

 

I'd still have one no doubt about that but I certainly prefer the flying qualities of mine compared to it

I'd be happy to have one as a gift too Alf. I'd sell it, buy a J230 and pocket the change.

 

 

I saw a Bristel demonstrator at Wangaratta a few weeks ago and was impressed by its apparent build quality (although pop riveted). It is quite large overall with plenty of room for the occupants. Its take off and climb performance was less impressive indicating that it is quite heavy.

 

 

Apparently smoke was seen coming from it. Apparently they just cleared trees before running out of energy and stalling in.

 

 

Just bear in mind that Dennis bought one of the first D-Motors from the production line. Now that two years have gone by, we hope that D-Motor have sorted out many of the teething troubles.

Sounds oddly familiar :)

 

 

How high is the paraglider at the point of release?

It depends on the reason for the tow. For thermalling 1000' could be sufficient or less it you town into a good one. The people who tow for the purpose of SIV (unusual attitudes) tow up to 3500' plus, ie aerobatic safe height. Early training might only be to a few hundred feet.

 

 

I have a paragliding tow endorsement. Normally a 'payout' winch is used and that's what appears to be in use here too. The comment that people involved towing would probably not be compliant typical of ignorance. Towing is very popular in the Deniliquim area where several record flights have taken place. I think Kari Ellis, current world no. 2 female Paraglider pilot, flew close to 400 km from there last year. The record flights usually take place in November early in the season.

 

 

The recent Pico gathering at Bowna Lake Hume was well attended by PPG and PPC folks. A great bunch with excellent tips for newbies (including me!)YouTube

 

 

The recent Pico gathering at Bowna Lake Hume was well attended by PPG and PPC folks. A great bunch with excellent tips for newbies (including me!)

 

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