Old Koreelah

Welcome to the forum, TangoDelta. I looked up your home city on Google Earth. Looks nice.

Are you permitted to fly out of the International Airport? I can’t see any other airstrips near your city.

I fitted a BRS to my small single-seater and it required quite a bit of engineering. Do the laws in your country permit you to modify your Savannah?
There are a several Savannah owners on this forum, so they may be able to advise.

Green tea is good for you, but not before takeoff: it goes right through in about twenty minutes!

2 hours ago, RFguy said:

Has anyone got any funny stories of peeing mishaps while on a long leg ? 

I do. I will write it up shortly. was quite funny. lessons learned.  (Cowra to Broken Hill and return) .

A couple of old WWII pilots arrived at Natfly one year in a Longeze. They told us that high over Bass Strait, the front bloke had tried to use the bottle, but the laid-back seating contributed to him making a right old mess of it.
After finding a hole in the clouds, they landed on an island for a change of clothes.

There are plenty of stories about how a new racing engine has been gradually developed, with weight being shaved off and yet more power squeezed out.

Aircraft engines are developed for a very different job, but I suspect the much smaller market and strict regulatory regime has stymied progress.

Quite a few Pawnees are used by gliding clubs as tugs- a job once offered to me. 

Who knows what previous damage has been done to such an old airframe?

All my researching of engines led me to direct drive. I was keen on Suzuki’s bulletproof G10 triple, but a gearbox made it too heavy. A good multiple belt drive should be okey- after all, lots of helicopters depend on belts.

8 hours ago, meglin said:

Absolutely. But Australia has the most important thing - its own market. That's important. We had our own market too. But now we don't.

Oz has a local market of less than 30 million if you include NZ, with which we have fairly open trade. Ukraine is larger and when you join Europe it’s boomtime; your neighbours to the east will be a closed, shunned, backwater.

3 hours ago, meglin said:

Yeah, that makes a big difference. And yet, it's significantly more expensive than my perceptions. So it seems to me that the performance must be incredible.

Costs of manufacturing is expensive in Australia, especially anything that’s certified for aviation.

On 4/9/2023 at 5:37 PM, meglin said:

What fabulous features should a propeller have for that kind of money?

Pricey, but perhaps Meglin is thinking US dollars. Converting those 2,500 Aussie dollars is about $US1,650.

So far, Extra hasn’t stirred up much debate, but there’s been plenty on here over the years.
Pilots of “real” aeroplanes usually have little trouble converting to one with a trainer wheel, but those trained on nosewheels sometime have a hard time taming the tailwheel beast. 

I started with Thrusters and will admit to having never been able to keep one straight after landing. Bluddy horrible things!

It isn’t just the weight behind the mainwheels, it’s how high that engine is above the ground.

My further training in Jabirus was a doddle, which didn’t prepare me for my Jodel. After a couple of ground loops I got the hang of it and much later discovered the advantages of wheel toe-out.

This bloke doesn’t mind flying either type into difficult strips:

For a moment there it looked like the prop was rotating the opposite direction to the engine- that might almost cancel the torque effect, like the Honda Gold Wing’s counter-rotating clutch.

They might have decided that sticking with a single engine mount and cowl design is cheaper.

3 hours ago, RFguy said:

Not sure how that all happened at BRM. Seems a rookie mistake having a airplane get into production and then  to need to add that mass....

 

Perhaps they designed it for the heaviest, highest-spec engine available- constant speed prop, turbo, dual battery EFI, etc.

2 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

Easier possible solution -  have  raised the front of the engine 1mm…

Off topic perhaps, but have you finalised your engine offset to counteract prop torque?

If not, it’s prudent to have a bit of adjustment space.

7 minutes ago, skippydiesel said:

…might elevator issues not be helped by a small adjustment in engine/prop  thrust line? What would you do?

Some extreme examples allow no leeway. On some Pushers, the prop is only missing the fuselage spar by a poofteenth.

Some amphibians have the prop just above the wing.

Instead of adding lead to correct an imbalance, perhaps you could use something that could some day be useful: extra emergency gear, bottles of water,  more tools, a spare tube, etc.

On 27/8/2023 at 10:29 AM, facthunter said:

How your elevators sit at cruise speed is a Good indication. They should be close to streamlined (level). You might need a mirror to check this…

An easier way is to install a temporary cardboard “quadrant” next to the stick. With a helper, mark elevator positions on it so you can see where it’s at during level flight.

I believe the Chinook has a similar arrangement.

Amazing anyone survived!

My nephew has been training in an old 172 in a remote area (so it may have escaped the upgrade) and I warned him about that seat rail danger. He has long arms like me, so might be able to grab something other than the plurry steering wheel. Why don’t they fit grab handles like cars and trucks?

Beats me why the US didn’t resurrect and develop a far simpler (and probably safer) design: the Fairy Rotordyne.

Its main disadvantage, the loud noise generated by the tip jets, could surely be greatly reduced with a bit of development.

Fairey Rotodyne - Wikipedia

EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

4 hours ago, Flying_higher said:

Seriously, you may need to talk to someone about your ‘rage against the machine’….

Too much of my life has been spent adjusting to the stupidity of others.

4 hours ago, Flying_higher said:

Should I ask for my money back from airlines that fly Boeings as well? They use KGS for fuel but the nuts and bolts are imperial. 
 

Did you know that China uses metres for altitude instead of feet?

 

Many nations also use MPH instead of KPH in their cars. 
 

Did you also know that Aircraft in Australia can have different airspeed indicators that quote KPH, MPH or knots?

 

This is part of living in a global society where different standards apply. In a simple world this wouldn’t happen, agreed, but it’s not a simple world. 

Yes, I’m totally aware of these things- and quite a few others that you may not be aware of. 
That does not excuse the insult of being expected to adjust to the outdate standards of a country in decline- which is dragging much of the world-and Australia in particular- backwards. We metricated decades ago, but are now are being expected to go backwards to accomodate one country’s refusal to adapt to the rest of the world.

4 hours ago, Flying_higher said:

As far as lazy journalism is concerned, if that’s what the manufacturer quotes I would think this is appropriate to be quoted by SportPilot too. 

Not the first time I’ve encountered such arrogance (or maybe ignorance) from an American firm, insisting that we adapt to their measures. If they want to sell in our country, use our language. Who in Australia uses US gallons? Sq ft? lbs? 
 

As we saw in the staff photo, RAA employs many more people than a decade ago. Tomorrow I’ll be renewing my membership (at a much increased price) so would expect their publication to at least speak my language.

4 hours ago, Flying_higher said:

Whilst having to mix and match can be a PITA, that’s life. As long as you know and don’t forget that you may have to convert, unlike those involved in the Gimli Glider, the world will keep turning.  

If I was visiting America I wouldn’t mind converting, but this outrage is happening in Australia, which metricated decades ago! The cost of American refusal to metricate has been enormous. 

12 minutes ago, facthunter said:

They ARE a big part of the Aviation World. Nev

Nev that should NOT give them CONTROL! We already have to put up with feet for altitude and pilots all over the world being required to speak English (learning our language is one reason Ukraine’s pilots are taking so long to adapt to the F-16).

My major beef is with Australians who dump on us products that were designed for the American market. That includes Bunnings, where it’s often hard to find a metric measurement on a label, and journos who paste whole articles from the US, expecting us to somehow adapt to their strange, parochial measurements.

The article about the Risen has me steamed up; on page 26 is a table of the aeroplane’s specs- who uses lbs, sq ft and US gallons? An insult to Australian members who’ve paid good money for a publication taylored to our needs, not those of the one country where people refuse to join the modern world!

Lazy journalism to just plonk in a resource designed for the American market.

10 hours ago, 13brv3 said:

Greetings,

 

Sorry to wake a near-dead subforum, but I've been trying to find flight reports from Aeropup owners.  I'm told there are 60+ Aeropups flying in Australia…

Rusty one if those owners is in our club and I’m sure he’d tell you about his.

I’ll rattle his cage.