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Jabiru7252

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  1. Simply increase the squelch setting a little and see what happens. Your radios receiver may be 'at its best' on this frequency.
  2. The whirring sound is to impress passengers that have no knowledge of aircraft or flying. Like all the flashing lights and beeping sounds that early computers had, just to impress the whuffos.
  3. What do Jabiru have to say about this? My concern is that people do 'these sorts of things' and then when things go wrong Jabiru engines get blamed and CASA slaps their BS on them. We're not tinkering with hot rods and motor bikes here.
  4. I don't put daily inspections in my maintenance log. I have a running sheet that states I have performed a daily inspection and deem the aircraft safe to fly for that day. All that's in my maintenance log are the 25, 50, 75, 100, yearly services and any service bulletins that come out from time to time. Like you, mine could be a little hard to read.
  5. Well, I sent the copies of the last two pages of my maintenance log off today, as requested. I'll sit back and wait and see what happens. As far as I can tell I have been doing the right thing. If I get a beating, I shall wear the lace and they can wear the leather.
  6. No, try to get into the habit of turning it off and on as required because you'll possibly start flying other aircraft other than Jabirus. Should be part of the downwind checks. Remember, it's a backup pump in case the engine fuel pump dies.
  7. I never turn the fuel pump off on my Jabiru which has about 130 hours on the clock. In fact, the manual says it does no harm. (Might wear out prematurely).
  8. Great circuit and great video. Looking forward to my beer. (All first solos buy a beer, don't they?)
  9. There is code out there that runs on Matlab (an expensive scientific application us plebs cannot afford) that accurately models the airflow of various wing designs including things like winglets and vortex generators etc. Maybe I can get somebody to model the Jabiru winglets at work as Matlab is use extensively there. Then we can see if they do what we think they should be doing. The winglets on the plane in the previous post seem to me to be 'too little' to be of any practicle use.
  10. They make it easier to hang a big rag so your less likely to smash your face into the wing when walking around the hangar. Done that once or twice.
  11. My car was written off when an idiot pulled out from the kerb while doing a U turn in front of me. Idiot said he was broke and couldn't pay compensation, I said fine, I'll take your car (he was driving his wife's at the time). My lawyer said nope, can't take his car or tools as they are needed for his work, that's when I also heard you can't take the house. I got my 'compensation' after some 'persuasion' but boy oh boy what a drama. It pays to have thugs as friends.
  12. I understand there is some act or law where one cannot 'lose the family home' when being sued. Anybody know if that is the case?
  13. Yes, getting the battery in and out is a prick of a job, but you shouldn't have to cut chunks out of the holder. Just hold your tongue right and skin two knuckles and it'll go in.
  14. Probably lied about his health, given his age.
  15. war is only 'bad' when your side is losing.
  16. The closest I have come to this scenario is in a car and I hope it stays that way. At about 3:31 into the video it looks like he nearly lost it, 90° bank angle or very close.
  17. What does the compasss read when placed on the ground away from any hangars and aeroplanes. You need to establish if the problem is internal or external (to the compass) .
  18. one might wonder if this is real or not....
  19. At my age, if somebody tried to sue me, I'd tie them up with piano wire and toss them in a river then spend the rest of my days playing cards and watching Foxtel as a guest of her Majesty.
  20. Vineyards - lots of posts and wire.
  21. Wow! I have been accused of 'thrashing' the joystick to death but this guy runs rings around me.
  22. Never heard of Phidgets before but it looks good. The 'further problem' is the need to isolate the circuit when doing a read, but you know about that. I haven't tried it yet. Went for a blast this morning (Sunday) before the gliders got active, quite nice. My beer never lasts long enough to go flat!
  23. Why do the "Cheesemakers" get special attention? They mean all producers of dairy products, cheesmakers is just an expression...
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