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Your ground tracks actually look pretty consistant, especially with turn points over water. One would normally assume you were doing left hand circuits, although the squeezing effect at the top right hand corner would suggest a gliding turn onto base? The height profile is interesting... You can glide better than your climb rate, which indicates a pretty good climb, are you in a Foxbat? (Just looked at your profile, I guess this was in the CTMC?) The little climb at the end of each downwind just before the decent would suggest pulling on flap while still a bit fast? It is also good to see real glide approaches, getting your circuits down to the 4~5 minute mark. Keep at it...

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I suppose all the Cirrus pages are stuck together?

Was just questioned about GPS in Wifi only iPad Mini's.... Interesting?, just went back to the Ozrunways site; http://help.ozrunways.com/kb/getting-started/which-ipad-should-i-get Upon closer reading it suggests as was said, no GPS in WiFi onlys?! Had a dig into the Apple sites, which seems to suggest the same... http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-ipad/ipad-mini-2 (you need to open the tech section at bottom) Did read a site somewhere that said the iPhones don't have a GPS, but I know my old iPhone4 has GPS, as I was running Ozrunways demo on it a couple of months back. This is now a dilemma for me as I was going to get a WiFi Mini 2, and upload all required details from my computer before each flight, and if really needed other info, could tether to my iPhone to update. My other problem is being with Vodaphone, so I don't get real good coverage. I would change to Telstra, but they want nearly twice the price, just so I can get the last 10% of coverage that I miss with Vodaphone. All starting to get expensive what with a cellular Mini, a sim contract and subscription to Ozrunways. For the amount of cross country flying I do, maybe I'll stick to my handheld GPS's and maps 'borrowed' from some of the local GA pilots...

Should point out that although Ozrunways advise a cellular Mini, the WiFi only Mini DOES have a GPS chip. The problems with a WiFi only device is that it takes longer to 'find' itself without the ability to cross reference it's cellular location. The other problem is that if you do need outside information, you need to WiFi to your phone (tether), and doing the cellular downloading AND WiFi'ing the info to the Mini can really chew up battery life in the phone. You also need to be with a decent provider to get your info, ie, not Vodaphone! (unless you can get a Telstra roaming plan).

Actually, I had been wondering if there was going to be a folding tail with the amount of work there? Why not just add a hinge between the elevator horn arm and the elevator? It's getting late, so I've only 'shopped one side. Could also use an eyebolt into a couple of tabs..

Must have pre booked the cargo hull for something else? Any guesses?

G'Day HITC, Afraid to say I haven't been watching too closely (being a sheet metal builder), although I must compliment you on your welding work. I'm terrible, hence I built with sheet and rivets. While trolling through the photo's and CAD images, I had a look at your elevator/horn connection, and was thinking, 'Going to have to put an anchor nut inside the elevator, or have some form of access to do up the nut?!' Not sure how often you want to take off the elevators (not a lot I imagine), but had the thought of attaching via 'cuff' either end of the horn, and just slot in the elevators on assembly. Have photoshopped your image below; In hindsight, probably should have depicted in a slightly different colour to highlight. Just a thought.....

I think someone needs a holiday....

The good thing about animation is we can suspend our belief in physics and just enjoy the show; [MEDIA=vimeo]126090217[/MEDIA]

That's inedible!, I mean incredible.

Seriously?! I'm not smoking any crack, but my question would be, "What rock are you living under?" It may be true that 95% of the moslyms that move here are actually getting away from the oppression that has grown in their own countries. But that other 5% have latched onto our pathetic PC crowd (that believe minorities need to be heard and catered for) that are demanding their rights take precedent, or we get called discriminatory and or racist! I guess living in Mackay you only get to see the odd Asian tourist, but trust me, having moved out of Sydney nearly ten years ago, every time I go back, the change hits you in the face. And we are at least ten years behind what's happening in Europe.

Of course having hindsight is pointless to him, but some things to note; •It's a two stroke Pulsar, ie; fairly quick but has flaps. •Motor gave first signs about five to eight seconds earlier (usually all you get) but he didn't seem to react until it run down to seizure? •Interesting to note the rpm build up after lift off? Not sure if overly coarse prop holding engine below powerband until speed attained, or prop set too fine and not loading the engine by climbing after lift off. There is a third effect (which I know of from experience) that he may have 'cooked' the engine on the previous flight. I inadvertently did this to a 582 some years back during a long descent, but as I didn't need any power for the rest of the landing, the engine kept going. It was the next week that I took off, and the engine ran for about the same length of time as in the video, then started to drop off [by which time I was already picking options] before failing completely. I only lost one cylinder, so the motor ran for about eight~ten seconds at reduced power before stopping completely and against supposedly better judgement, I had began to turn back and got back on the strip. •Can't see if he applied flaps to slow the glide (in a plane of that performance and with all the landing spots around him, best L/D glide clean, was not really needed. Look at all the roads below to the left, looks like a new estate, just roads, no houses. •In a clean plane like that, and at the speed he was climbing, he didn't need to jam the stick forward to maintain speed, but still had a long 'This can't be happening to me!' moment. In my failure, I had the nose level at the first change of engine note, and was already descending back to the strip before it stopped, had about 400ft •Can't tell if he checked his ASI once in the glide, or just followed the programmed training of 'dive at the ground to maintain speed'? As a side note, applying a little bit of flap (take off or less) while degrading the glide performance, gives you that little bit of extra washout, which can protect you a little from ham-fisted control inputs. In my failure, I still had takeoff flap, about 10º •Just before the final touchdown, he looked to have a lot of rudder on and almost locked to be dropping the left wing at impact? I guess EVERY take off is a case of; 'I'm going down there, then there, then there, until you know you can get back, which might not be until turning downwind, or later!

Would be nice to measure the Warp prop, once sorted, and carve a new wood to that setting, just to add to the scale look.

Noted. Slightly sideways to the thread, but the 'funny' pushbike thing has another answer that is somewhat applicable to flying in that both the pushbike and the aircraft are usually capable of controlling themselves. You can ride a pushbike (a properly set up one) no hands, get it going and observe it's habits. One of the first things I do with my students is to prove the fact that most aircraft will fly themselves, by trimming on climbout and letting the stick go. I later tell them that I was cheating a bit, because I'm was still in control of the aircraft via the rudder pedals, but this gets them to release their 'death grip' on the stick and start feeling what the aeroplane is doing. Obviously this is all done in a controlled environment, and the earlier the better, so that the feel and stability part is remembered, not so much the letting go of the stick bit. This also quickens the learning how to trim part of training. Once student know they don't have to 'hold the plane up in the air', they relax and can concentrate on learning better. 'Fly by attitude, then fly by feel, and if all else fails, read the instruments..' Let the tirade begin...

Not sure if that is a typo, or if you really believe we are not allowed to do side-slips, figure eights, etc? If you are in a flying club or school, and they wont teach side-slips, find another school! OK, so some of the flying depicted in some of these videos can be a bit extreme, but we shouldn't teach students to just fly straight and level. Sure, a little bit of fear about what can go wrong is a good thing, but every pilot needs to be aware of the aircrafts abilities, even if they are beyond the pilots abilities. This is where the 'further training' bit comes in after getting a certificate. It's OK to keep new certificate holders a little fearful of aircraft (creates respect and caution), but it doesn't hurt to slowly expand their personal envelope towards that of the aircraft. Naturally, the instructor needs to have the ability to proceed in this direction, so sometimes the instructors need to keep their game up. Some 'driver' converts may not be up to speed in this area, so they should be looking for continuation training as well. You will be surprised how far 45° pitch and 60° roll really are, especially when combined, or more so when going from one extreme to the other. Not going to happen every day, but most ultralights will do it without problem, and pilots need to know that, that amount of authority can sometimes be achieved. flame suit on,,, again

Most ideas are more feasible than the Moller Skycar. Not many have sucked up as much investment money though...

If you're using a Mac, it's pretty simple, but if you're on Windows, it gets a bit involved.. Things to consider, most cameras these day take fairly large photos, so you don't really want to upload a raw image. Sometimes you want to crop out extra background. On my Mac, I open the photo I want, and resize the window I'm looking at, so the window is about the size I want it when I upload it to the website. I then do a sized capture of the picture by pressing the; Command, shift, 4, keys. This gives me a crosshair +, which I left click and drag across the photo to 'box' what I want, and release the left click. My computer is already set up to save this capture to the desktop. I rename it, then, when on the website (here), press the 'Upload a file' button, look for the renamed picture in the drop box and press open. This should not be a very high res photo, but it will be a small file, which should upload easy and quickly. On Windows it can be a bit more complicated, in fact, have a bit of a read of the search I did here; http://www.wikihow.com/Take-a-Screenshot-in-Microsoft-Windows As I mentioned, you may need to set up where your screen shots go once taken, and change it to desktop, or an easily found folder of your choice. Mac; shift, Command, 4, Drag the 'Box', Upload from desktop, Done. Here's another windows version; http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/use-snipping-tool-capture-screen-shots#1TC=windows-8

Have you had a look at the SPA Panther? http://flywithspa.com/panther-2/

Saw a cartoon of that somewhere, but the live action is definitely funnier.

New to this thread, but used a 503 some time back. What I did spot reading this is 'no electrical fuel pump', but I assume you are still using the Rotax supplied Mikuni diaphragm pump? If so, have a look at the tiny bleed hole from the pulse line. It should be pointing downwards (not always done), and may have gummed up a bit, differing temperatures may change the viscosity of the 'goo' in the hole, changing fuel levels in the float bowls? Maybe a bit of a grab, but nothing else has cured it yet?

"I would really like a Sinus, Santa." But I'm only going to put me in it.... Maybe I still miss gliding..?

I'll bet 'Sambo' was trying to scare you more than impress?

G'Day Mike, these were the things I was thinking while watching, and I commented as much on the youtube page. You can watch on the youtube page, and read comments by clicking on the youtube button bottom right of screen. You still got your Salto? Arthur Armour, (yes, Len's son)

Sounds like what I feed my rabbits. T h r e a d D r i f t