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  1. pylon500
    Yeah, I've looked closely, and it's a bit rough, but still not a bad effort for (probably) an amateur. One assumes the kits have been tidied up a bit? It does make a good starting point for improvements like a decent bubble canopy and maybe retracts, followed by balancing of the controls (watch the elevator bouncing while taxying), and better flaps, and maybe do away with the struts.
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    I just love the irony of how it would be described as compared to how it looks.... LOOKS; Single seat jet fighter in appearance. DESCRIPTION; Fixed undercarriage, strutted biplane, twin boom pusher! If you find the right videos, you can see down the intakes and realise the bottom of the fuselage/intake area is actually another wing with a pusher engine driving an normal size propellor that protrudes below the fuse (a little) behind the top and bottom wing trailing edge. The sides of the 'intake' area become a pair of booms either side of the prop, with the two fins and the tail mounted at the end. All in all a bit clever to give it the appearance it has.
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    The downside to these 'List' sites, is that they are usually full of advertising and pop-ups, that take forever to load. And that's aside from the fact that half these site have wrong or misleading information, ie; the FIRST aeroplane...! But it's hard to resist them sometimes...
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    I see where you are going with this Geoff, but they have the internet as well...
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    Wow, just read the whole CT forum mentioned earlier; http://ctflier.com/index.php?/topic/3621-flight-design-insolvency/ It's 9 pages worth, took me an hour or so (with interruptions) to read, with some answers starting to appear about page 7. It does tend to show that the old adage of how to make a small fortune in aviation, holds true, only this time it could appear to be a whole heap of little things catching up with them. Currently, if you wanted a CT, you would probably have to order it through the USA, as they are finish building them from Taiwanese supplied hulls. As an aside, there was a very good comparison done between the CTLS, and the Pipistrel Virus SW (my choice), but only to show that there is always small differences that can't always be compared. The CT forum is like any other including it's lurking protagonists, just like our Favorite Thing.... Hopefully the German administration team can smooth the financial problems at Flight Design (FD) Germany, and keep the type available.
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    And for "Something completely different", a seriously unlucky bug..... Believe it or not, I found two other impaled beetles walking around my three acre property! Usually referred to as Christmas beetles, and they tend to swarm just on dusk.
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    Although the concept of 'Area Rule' is supposed to be aimed at high-sub, to trans-sonic speeds, many designers will still look at creating a situation where the largest cross sectional part of the fuselage occurs aft of the wing centre of pressure (usually spar), nearer to the trailing edge. It will be interesting to see how this effects the speeds of the Sonex? By widening ahead of the wing, this will be creating a greater 'whetted area' ahead of the wing than the original (drop in directional stability?) and thereby enhance the suddenness of the sectional area drop-off near the trailing edge. Another point could be that the original, having an increasing sectional area from the nose to the seat-back bulkhead, is steadily increasing the air velocity towards the this sudden taper point, enhancing laminar flow down the rest of the fuse. If the wider forward fuse stabilises the flow before the seat-back bulkhead, there may be the possibility of separation past this point, adding drag and/or possibly reducing directional stability...? All the above points are personal conjecture, and only likely to have an effect of no more than say 2% on aerodynamic efficiency?
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    I wonder how many times he's spun it since?
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    It's been a few years now (10~15?), but there was a guy down Mandurah way that was blowing canopies, not far from the highway, amongst all the boat companies...?
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    "We're all gonna die!!" But seriously, any Joe Bloggs off the street having watched that video, is going to be hard pressed to get the aircraft on the ground anywhere near the strip, let alone smoothly. Some of us experienced ultralight pilots (1000+ hours) are still going to be working hard to have a flyable aircraft after the landing......
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    Just been doing a search on the Penrite TS40C (after I found half a bottle amongst my engine collection) only to find it discontinued. This post popped up during the search, but I can't really add any more info since the last post in 2009. The Penrite explanation was unavailability of a raw material, while others cite a backdown from an insurance problem (threat?) It is interesting to note Penrite's Technical Bulletin stating they have two replacement formulation oils, but neither is suitable ultralights; 91 NEW HI PERFORMANCE TWO STROKE OIL.pdf 91 NEW HI PERFORMANCE TWO STROKE OIL.pdf 91 NEW HI PERFORMANCE TWO STROKE OIL.pdf
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    Interesting to note one report states 'A visiting Australian pilot', wasn't Ray Clamback (again)?
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    There is also Aviall (in each state including Victoria), probably with a similar range to Spruce; <https://www.aviall.com/frontdoor/locations/australia/> There is also a 'mini' pack available with, like a half cup of sealant, good for little repairs, but as mentioned, BEWARE, the fast set sealants cant be quite fast! The usual part numbering system will be something like 'PR1422', then go onto either A or B, then ½ or 2. A is quite runny, while B is thick. The ½ or 2 is hours of cure time. I used the 3M product 'AMS-S-8802C, class B½ to seal in a fuel drain, and only just got it done before it went off! I bought this kit at Bankstown for around $12. (That's a 'pop'stick, stuck in the little cup)
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    Somehow I don't think the position of the wheels makes much difference to the appearance of Heinz/Sav/clone/etc....
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    Something has gone wrong with your file upload, original too big maybe?
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    Which is why it's called 'flight idle' as opposed to 'ground idle', but yes, flight idle probably produces enough thrust to overcome the drag of the engines, and avoid the risk of a flame out. Dead engines would produce a bit more drag.
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    These guys are pvssies, if you want to crash a Beaver, do it for REAL!!! (You've all probably seen this..., the movie is 'Mother Lode')
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    All of the above story sounds credible, but when I got the the 'glide distance' comment, I also was a bit confused. However, I was confused at the author's questioning of the statement, as from the airline flying I've done (as a passenger), I would happily accept the implied glide ability of a B777. In my earlier years of travelling from Perth to Sydney and back, in the old B727's, it was not uncommon to hear the engines go to flight idle around Goulburn (90nm) at 30,000ft, and even then it was not unusual to see the speed brakes come out to avoid overspeeding in the glide. These days in the wide bodies, tending to start from closer to 40,oooft, and trying to be as efficient as possible (no wasting energy with speed brakes, no dropping below glidepath and no lowering of gear 30 miles out and 'driving' the plane toward the airport), it is not uncommon to hear the engines go back to flight idle passing Canberra (130nm) and not be touched till approaching the threshold. As such, I would think a 125nm glide to be quite reasonable.....
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    I guess if they do find the wreckage, then they can go and find Amelia Earharts plane. All that ever washed up from the was a wheel (they think).
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    Looks a bit like some dissatisfied customer may have suggested to CASA that something was amiss in the school? At least when our CASA defectors came to do an audit, they had first hand knowledge of what problems to look for, and knew they could find different problems in subsequent audits to keep the pressure on..... Fire suit on.
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    Somehow I don't think CASA will have any nightmares finding that RAAus records are possibly below par, but I think the Board might be in for some sleepless nights !!! If an incident occurs, and it turns out the RAAus data doesn't match a member's logbook data, CASA will be looking to discipline some one, which could get messy.
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    Who are you, and what have you done with 'fly_tornado'? Most of that made (some) sense, and didn't sound like a rant.....!?
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    I guess you could tell 'em it's from a Trabant!
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    Best I can do in a hurry... Takes a while to get back into using photoshop, and I was never a pro in the first place.
  25. pylon500
    Looking at the keys to the Foxbat I fly, they look very similar to the keys to my ride-on lawnmower (Husqvarna).
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