Marty_d

I don't know, I only got it about a week ago. Only used PLA, don't want to mess with the settings too much.

I could print you some, but I don't know if you need a certain type of plastic or strength. They'd be PLA.

Hi Aero28, That's interesting, I'm building a CH701 down the other end of the state and looks like it's at a similar stage (down to the work light hanging in the cockpit!) Regarding the exhausts - I'm not sure you'd get that much weight saving, because you have to join stainless to aluminium and back to stainless at the muffler - for a few hundred mm of s/s tube it wouldn't be worth the effort, plus then you worry about whether the aluminium will handle the heat. Good luck with your build!

That's very timely Skippy, I was looking at the radiator hoses today and considering what to use. And I'll need around 10 by the time I route the bloody things.

The aircraft was taxiing in on the line and the truck got in the way. Headline should read "Idiot drives food truck in path of plane".

It sure is one ugly motherfarman.

Interesting design. Wonder why they put the maingear on the wings instead of in that slab sided lower fuse.

By her solicitor, probably.

"The Avid Amphibian and Catalina could also be built without water operations capability. This variation of the aircraft was dubbed the "Landphibian"..." Why???

Ah, but some cameras reverse the image.

This is fascinating gents, but not sure what it's got to do with the topic. Every time I see something new in a topic about an electric CH750 I get all excited, but then discover it's something else entirely.

I don't know if it's just me, but the rego letters look very regular - almost as if photoshopped on. Which makes sense if, as @Thruster88 says, the aircraft is in Canada.

Interesting thing happened to me the other day. I was checking out the aviation activity around Hobart on FlightRadar24. A plane was just starting its takeoff roll at Cambridge, but what grabbed my attention was that its icon was a jet, and they generally use the main airport (Hobart international). Anyway, the plane showed as VH-LTZ, Turbine Legend, with the following image:Having never seen that type at Cambridge I watched the track as it took off and climbed to about 1200 ft. It tracked over to the city, pretty much over the Tasman bridge, then turned south and followed the river. I was intrigued as the speed never went over 125 kts and that looks like a pretty fast plane. Then the speed and altitude started to drop and it made a turning descent. I got a bit alarmed when the speed went to 70kts and altitude over the river was less than 200 ft. Then altitude went down to 0 and speed fell to 4 kts! I was wondering if I'd just witnessed a crash in real time. However the speed stayed around 5 kts so obviously it was a taxiing seaplane. I checked the VH register and LTZ is a Textron Aviation 208 with registered operator Tasmanian Seaplanes PTY LTD. So my question is - how does FlightRadar24 get the picture and make/model details of the aircraft? Was that rego reused for another plane and they still have the original?

It's no good to me, Nev, my u/c doesn't retract!

Hey all, I'm currently in Penguin with the family for a week's holiday, leaving Saturday. Would love to drop in for a chat and drool over any aircraft. (I'll wipe it off, promise.) Anyone in the Burnie / Ulverstone / Devonport area or surrounds? Cheers, Marty

That certainly looks great Mark. I'm on a bit of a budget so had to limit myself. The Ender 5 Plus was recommended as a good budget / starting printer by a colleague who has, like you, been into 3D printing for a long time. $620 on special, couple hundred less than normal. Those prints you've got are brilliant.

Brilliant work. I'm hoping to do some printing soon, just ordered a Creality Ender 5 Plus.

At least he's a lot cleaner now. May have been less painful to use a birdbath.

Hope they got naming permission from Paramount... (Klingon Bird of Prey from Star Trek).

Guess it'd be important to do that on a stretch of road which didn't have any overpasses...

Depends if they liked the truck driver or not...

No. Those who contributed bear no responsibility for the disaster. You weren't involved in the engineering, the planning, the test schedule or the flying. If you have no input whatsoever into the decisions that led to the crash, then you can't have responsibility.

Why don't they freight them by sea? Surely there wouldn't be the same stringent requirements.

Very neat work Mark.

IBob is the man. Without his help my 701 wouldn't be as far along. Bob, how is the park brake done? Is it just a tap between the hoses so you push your toe brakes in then turn it to keep the pressure on the calipers?