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His are a fair bit shorter, but both aircraft feel the same on the ground.

Hi Greg, congrats on your new Drifter, what was the setup with tailwheel/skid? Nothing wrong with the small solid tailwheel, I changed mine from pneumatic to a smaller solid one on the advice of the Drifter guru's. The factory did the same with the later S.B. model

Tony

An inspiring story, Phil. Very similar to the following one, about a young bloke who enlisted in my local area and trained at Narromine (where I spent the last week few days at an Airshow).Pilot Officer Rawdon Hume Middleton

Hey guys i am getting back into flying. And the local instructor teachers on a savannah i think it's a S20. So the question what are the aircraft like to fly vices and tips would be a great help.

Regards Paul

Tony is your Alodine the same stuff as I have?

Mark , when you say premade, do you use it straight out of the bottle? I am paying $180+ for 1US gal of Alodine but then dilute it 3 to 1 with distilled water, giving me about 15lts. of mixWhat is the brand name of the mag wheel cleaner? is it the same as Alumiprep 33?

I use 3 to 1 for the Alumiprep 33

Yes I finally found the right place. Its halfway to the Gold Coast at Ormeau but they had it. You used to be able to buy it in crystal format in 500 gram lots but they have since changed and Henkle now only supply it in 4.5kg....thats $1000 and makes up 600 US gallons....yeah right!!!!! but you can buy premade up liquid in 4 of US 1 gallon bottles in a carton that was $155.00 plus it totals about 15 litres. I have 2 of the 4 bottles in that tub and its heaps so far and it is still doing it in about 1 minute...yes you need to clean then acid wash first..wash off the acid wash then drop into the alodine...then pull it out and wash it off and let it dry and bingo its done...its really quick and easy

What is the brand name of the mag wheel cleaner? is it the same as Alumiprep 33?

Naturally we have all heard of Amelia Earhart, but what other great female aviators are there that you consider worth mentioning and why?

First woman fly solo around the world, 1964 Cessna 180.

Naturally we have all heard of Amelia Earhart, but what other great female aviators are there that you consider worth mentioning and why?

1933 England-India, Gipsy Moth

1934 England-Australia, Gipsy Moth

1935 England-Australia- England, Gipsy Moth

1935 England-Brazil, Percival Gull

1936 England-New Zealand, Percival Gull.

First woman to make a solo return flight England Australia.

First woman to fly solo to South America and New Zealand

First woman to cross the South Atlantic and Tasman Sea solo.

Read ' Alone in the Sky ' by Jean Batten

All our Kiwi mates will know her well

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This is what I look like without my flying helmet..... (in another 30 years I hope)

 

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Kiwi

Bruce , note that it is a charger for Icom A20 not a 12v power supply

I currently use an Icom A22 as my only radio, without a battery pack, powered via the 12v socket in the side plugged into the aircraft 12v power bus. It seems to work fine.But I have recently read that this is not a good idea, & that a 'battery eliminator' should be used. This is a black box full of electronic trickery, roughly the same size as a battery.

 

The reason I don't have a battery fitted is to save the space it occupies in my very cosy cockpit/panel. So the battery eliminator would negate this.

 

Does anyone else just power their Icom direct from the power bus, without a battery fitted? Any (long term) problems?

 

TIA

 

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My Icom A22 has no battery attached and is wired into the aircraft 12v. No problems after 18years and 800+ hrs.

I have vague recollections of an Australian plane raffle, but not sure of the outcome.

I bought a ticket but the money was eventually refunded and the raffle cancelled, didn't sell enough tickets.

My longest non stop flight was 5.9hrs. in my Wire Braced drifter. My longest trip was 2,010 nm. from "Lynden" to Longreach and return, via Ragland and Fraser island, also in the drifter and in company with Kiwi , another Drifter, a Savannah, lightwing and Jabiru.

Check out the Rans S20 as well

Love the photo of bike with trailer,

For sails try Alan Daniel at www.wingtech.com.au

If you have the old set he can use them as a pattern. He does beautiful work, and is a nice bloke as well.

I am going and know of a few others going as well. We will have ground transport and spare Gerry cans if you need a fuel run.

Hi Richard,

Welcome, good luck with both, maybe the Tooth Fairy can help with the $$$

Tony

Got the old girl fllying again :)Thanks to Wingtech ( po box 66 Wentworth Falls NSW 2782

Ph + 61 407 761 808. ) ask for Allan Cameron.

 

A new set of skins for well under 3k and great service and advice on fitting .. Excellent service and would highly reccomend !

Agree with your comments about Wingtech, they did my drifter skins last year, Alan and Jan are good people.

Hi All,Long time no posts so I thought I would revive this thread....

I got home in time to go for a quick flight before last light tonight... Only .4 but loved it just the same.

 

Kiwi

 

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Why do they call you Batman?

Don't forget, Inglewood is on this weekend 6th, 7th, June.

I will be in the Hi-lux and will have spare jerry cans if anyone needs a fuel run,

just ask for Batman.

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