Kenlsa

I have now done the L1 theory, L1 practical and for my own peace of mind completed the jab factory maintenance course. It was well worth the effort to attend. As a former lecturer in both theory and practice (30 years) I must say that they know how to conduct a course. Now it is 4 days, for more fault finding over the 3 day course. The L1 practical was worth the time as it covered techniques that were not covered at Bundaberg, proper log book entry, lock wiring, torque settings, prop installation/tracking, brake pad and wheel bearing inspection, proper oil filter inspection amongst other topics. Ours was a beta course and we all gave feedback so the course is still evolving. Ken

Enjoyed, keep them coming. Ken

See and avoid, you saw and both of you avoided. No problems encountered . Ken

Bruce, got some photos and flight data for your bigger fin yet?

Ken

A few years ago Sporting Shooters Ass of Aust (200k members) realised that as a nation we were short of gunsmiths. They were going to pay to train people in the required trade (fitting and turning was one). This was advertised and was taken up as far as I know. Food for thought.

Ken

Steve, your plane was on Rag and Tube, I am at the club Thusday morning if you are around.

Ken

Well, they were supposed to drive,taxi and fly like a car when they entered the market so I guess it is just doing what it is supposed to do?

Ken

One of our members ran a jab 2200 in his 701 and with a 42" pitch prop suffered from temp problems. He talked to Jabiru and got a 38" pitch prop that cured the temp problems and still gave him 75 kts cruise.

Ken

Would be copywrite issues with superimposing it over google maps I would think.

Ken

Wac, vtc etc will require some sort of commercial payment, this may negate any "free" app. Remember when we all used a Shell road map? It would work. Trying to find a free map system may be problematic.

Good luck Kev

Did mine via the RAAus website redirection to the Airventure site.

Ken

Even in the '70s my Oma used to visit relatives in East Germany and would put a few pairs of Levi jeans  in the spare tyre of the car and the border guards knew this but let them through as it was standard practice for everyone.  Levi's were better than cash in the east. My Opa worked for the BBC in Bonn and they were always on alert for an invasion.  Glad I lived here.

Ken

Kasper, are your email details uptodate: as a member of RAAus, I received the call for nominations via email.

Frankly I am happy with the way RAAus is conducting business. So I have no need to nominate.

Seems a few of you are unhappy, so best nominate.......if you are members that is?

Ken

This is an interesting discussion, but I am just wondering if you all made mention of your thoughts in the recent RAAus survey?

there was one question about 760kg from memory but we were able to comment further if you chose any of the "other" indicated choices.

"Other" allowed plenty of free text space, so I indicated that I was in favour of 760 (not 1500) with L1 maintenance and I am not interested in controlled airspace. I may want to move to a c150 etc and they are no more complicated than my Jab,

and some are even simpler. So I can't see why a L1 could not maintain it especially if staying out of Cta.

Ken

I have to agree with jaba-who about trolling back through history to find fault.  I worked for a very large state organisation and if there was any complaint of any kind, both internal or external, your complete history, with notes and reports submitted and collected over many years were examined to verify any allegation of wrong doing. 

I have been both investigated and also conducted investigations on others so I know how this works.  I doubt that CASA would be any different to any other government organisation . Even electronic footprints are looked at, both business and private, just like IN THIS FORUM, where some of you may have left your antecedents electronically for anyone to read.

food for thought?

Ken

If you look at the wing tank equiped Jabirus it is very difficult to get an accurate read on the wing root fuel gauges, seem that most are happy that they can still see the red needle somewhere in the gauge , let alone a 30 minute reserve. I haven't a clue how any inspector would be able to argue with you unless they do a complete drain and measure of the fuel on landing. My Sp 500 with the tank in the fuse is relatively easy to see if I am approaching the reserve.

Ken

Get a 503 of 582 powered microlight and with 2 seats. A club mate sold his last year for next to nothing.  Seem to be great value, just hope you don't mind the cold!

Ken

Good on you Nic, there sure are some crusty anti everything posters on this forum.

Ken

I drove to Narromine last year but left almost straight away as my wife and I were refused entry to the flight line to view pilot's aircraft. Spoke to organisers who said it was casa' order.

I had a letter to the editor published in Sport Pilot about the situation.

We will try again this year as it specifically mentions walking the line. Again we will be driving so I hope it isn't a wasted trip.

Ken

I have just completed it and took about 10 minutes.  I found it covered most of what interests me.

There is plenty of space to comment if you want.  Remember, if you don't vote/comment you can't complain at any future direction taken.

Ken

In 11 years of operation in have had to return my 760 to Microair 3 times at $300 a pop. First problem was at 32 hours just joined the circuit at Narromine for the national meet and the radio went on the fritz..... Worked great after landing (of course). Radio returned of rev Q update and about 100 hours later....fritzed again. Returned and 'fixed' for about another 100 hrs, then smoked again. Returned and fixed....but after 5 hours a total failure. $1000 spent so far. The last few years I have had trouble talking to a human at the factory.

Said that my radio would not be "supported" any more and I could have a new one at cost ($1200). I took up that option as I did not want to re do the new harness with another make.

5 months, yes 5 months, (said they had a contract in Sydney to fill first but did not elaborate) later my radio arrived. I had borrowed one from our level 4 for that period and it worked great, not a fault. Put in my new one and had trouble from day one.

Bottom line is I now have 12 suppressors fitted, a capacitor (flux?) and a filter that our level 4 recommend in another post. Worked ok (90%) but when I flew over high tension wires from the power station I would get interference at anything less than 1500 AGL. Squelch is almost turned to maximum to keep most clutter out. Just recently replaced the headsets to a higher spec........now 99% fixed, yippee !!'

Ken

Bruce, the weep hole is between the pump flange and the case. It is only for excess oil that makes its way up the pump push rod to allow drainage. In my motorcycles with cv carbs (bmw and yam) I have only had one diaphragm failure in 40 years. It would idle but not have any power on one cylinder, but when I changed it and then the good one to make sure, it pretty well disintigrated in my hand as I removed it. Very easy to inspect but you will probably damage it when you do.

Ken

Bruce, my case has a small hole,1/16th inch perhaps, to allow excess oil to drain out if too much makes its way past the shaft on the mechanical pump. You must be careful when applying sealant (518 from memory) not to cover it up.

Ken

Hi Kev, you didn't quite edit it properly as the fat fingers hit "92" instead of "82" .

Ken

Why don't you go and do the factory course and use your engine as the instructional piece? I attended a couple of years ago and we used another student's engine (over 1500 hours solid lifter) it was updated to latest specs with cost of parts only. The owner was very happy with the result. We learnt a lot as well.

Ken