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Was there a plane crash?

What is what it said?

It was noted that 04 was active runway, what makes you think they had just taken off?

You're right. You shouldn't speculate. They hadn't just taken off.

In Loving Memory of Dave Briffa

Please join us as we say goodbye and celebrate the wonderful life and memories of our beloved Dave Briffa.

Service details: 

10 AM Thursday 1 February 

Location:

Catalyst Church

142 Pine Mountain Rd

Brassall

Immediate family:

Caleb and Jane

Nathaniel, Mel, and Ivy

Daniel, Jo, and Grace

Wake details:

Dave was well known and loved by many aviation enthusiasts, and we expect a lot of his friends will want to say farewell at the place he loved to be, Boonah Airfield.

Date: 3 February (weather permitting) there will be confirmation of this date closer to the day or if we need to move the date due to weather, we will let you know and provide an alternate date.

Please Note: Even if the 3 February is a sunny day, if we have had rainy weather leading up to the day, the runway may be unserviceable, and the event will need to be postponed.

Location:

Via Ultimate Aero 269 Boonah Rathdowney Road, Dugandan QLD 4310 

Fly in or drive in:

• From midday onward. 

• Fly past salute for our missing man 3:00pm

Catering: 

Please bring a plate to share and a chair will help, BYO drinks and glassware. (a picnic set might be a good idea)

Wake function will include:

• Flying activity and static display

• Photos on big screen – Please send in your favorite photo of Dave so we can include it in the photos.

• Opportunity to tell stories about our personal memories with Dave, including from Di and the family.

• Dave wished for a casting ceremony, which we will perform on the day. There will also be A Fly past salute for our missing man.

What is the VA of the aircraft? In my 600kg max aircraft I can cruise at 115 ktas but rarely do as normally conditions can get quite rough at any time of the day. I can't imagine wanting to go at that speed in such a light plane.

17 minutes ago, sfGnome said:

Skip. I’ve said that I can stretch to a 914, that I’m not a STOL jockey, I like to fly high (high in this instance is <10k ft) and that the airframe in question can take to full range of Rotax engines (and only those engines). All I’m asking is, in the opinion of all our friends here, is it better to go for more power with the downsides of ice/blockages/tuning (914), or no carbie and better fuel figures with the downside of less power (912is). Also, are there other pros and cons that I haven’t listed? That’s all.

Biggest issue you have there is choice between electrically dependant aircraft or not. Fuel injected engine shuts down pretty quick with no electrons flowing, and you pay a huge premium for the pleasure. Airframe and fuel system also has to take into account likely fuel return lines to tank, duplex fuel valves, high pressure fuel pumps operating continuously, associated high pressure lines and filters. Having said that, there is certainly a good case for using the iS. I have attached a good article about changing to the iS and associated issues and benefits.

TheMagicofElectronicFuelInjection.pdf

Personally I think the carbie/magneto and coil ignition is the way to go, once running you are not relying on an electrical system to keep running. Electronic ignition and fuel injection is certainly a more efficient way to manage the engine but comes with its own requirements and associated maintenance and much higher install cost. How far do you want to fly, how much weight and really how much do you want to spend?

760 kg perfect for RV 9, if you want to fly high. Lyc 150 hp perfect for that.

Warwick to Palgrave direct is about 18nm, so only 10 mins or so flight time after taking off after refueling. So clearly catastrophic RIP

The only other possible leak point on the jab is the oil cooler and hoses to it, all under 50 + psi.

https://www.inverelltimes.com.au/story/8392973/crews-on-the-scene-after-reports-of-light-plane-crash/

Has anyone found that the altitude is accurate using an ipad with ozrunways but always reads 100 ft higher with a samsung phone or tablet?

Like you say...".I guess I have to make a careful assessment of wear and tear first..". I'm a big fan of correctly identifying the fault first, before having a big collection of un needed expensive spare parts.

The fact that it starts and runs fine for 30 secs, I would be looking at the fuel delivery system. Next time run it, when it runs rough shut it down and remove the float bowls and see what fuel level is in there. Good starting point for diagnosis.

On 16/07/2023 at 10:08 AM, kgwilson said:

We have to take out 20 mil PL insurance for our aerodrome & 10 mil for each hangar and the annual cost is $515.00 per hangar owner.

Is that separate hangars on their own blocks, or a group of hangars in a row? My yearly cost is double that. 

I sent an MGL efis to South Africa for repairs a while ago. When I received it back customs deemed it to now be worth same as new 1 and I had to pay high fees on so called import and duties and gst. I would make enquiries on this and see what they will charge you first.

Young son should be very proud of mum

My 3300 at 1000hr overhaul had no stuck rings, always run on premium 98. Everything actually looked quite good. Gen 2.

If wearing earplugs don't the voices in your head get louder as sound can't escape? You must have very loud dreams😄

Ipad or android mate?

Ah bugger thanks. I have seen some 21's on 6in rims and was hoping....

Greetings all, I have 5.00x5 tyres and rims, I would like to go to 6in on mains. Looking at many confusing Tyre charts still none the wiser if I can get a 6in Tyre that will fit my 5in rims. Has anyone done this?

Not really much good to you if it's not being fed accurate pitot data etc. Standalone ipad sensors will give you GPS based ground speed and altitude and sensor based ahrs. Better than nothing but maybe get you on to trouble 1 day if relying on it. Ipads can be used to display efis information via Bluetooth or wifi if you want to go that way, Google search will give you a couple of supplier options.