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Seen it done at Mt Beauty with trikes and tourists lining up to have a go , so would they were being done under the banner of TIFs. Got a son keen to follow his training through and thought it may be a way to help with cash flow. Lots of tourists in our area.

Just wondering if there is a legal way to perform paying joy flights in a 24 reg ul

Thanks for the help , battery spins the engine over OK so I guess it may be loose wires, the engine has nearly 1300 hrs up , how much life can you get out of the reg/rec

I think it has Ducati electrics , regulator rectifier gets its power from fixed coils on rear of engine separate from ignition coils when running the voltage meter reads about 14 volts but drops back to 12 after shut down.

Having trouble with my 914 , the master light has started to come on in flight and then fade off could it be the rectifier or crook battery, worse when revs are low Greg

thanks ed ,three photos ,the blue one crashed when they were trying a bolly adjustable prop and a blade parted from the hub, one of the others is mine and I will try and track down the other Greg

Could you get them to give me a ring on 0428585573 Thanks

Trying to track down fellow Sabre owners , can anyone help? Greg

My 914 is fitted with a intercooler that has air directed through it via a scoop on the cowl , thanks to the previous owner, I always wondered what the air box temps were so I fitted a temp gauge off a engel fridge . the temps rarely go above ambient so if the intake charge is that low maybe I can run unleaded if detonation is a product of high intake temps

Drained all the fuel out and replaced with new from the servo , all fixed, how easy was that, goes to show pulp doesn't keep for long

Having trouble with the 914 engine in my plane , on take off when the engine is in boost ,it starts to falter. Could it be the fuel a bit stale as the last time it ran OK but that was about 6 weeks ago The fuel is stored in a tank under ground and could be 12 weeks old and it runs OK in all the other engines on the farm Nothing else has changed since it ran 6 weeks ago and now its playing up ,can premium UL degrade it that time

Just received this , can anyone tell me what the hell this means. CASA-153_14-Permission-to-occupy-seat-fitted-with-dual-controls.pdf CASA-153_14-Permission-to-occupy-seat-fitted-with-dual-controls.pdf CASA-153_14-Permission-to-occupy-seat-fitted-with-dual-controls.pdf

So do you know of anyone that's been fined? I am happy to play by the rules and it would not be so bad if I was checked occasionally but I never have and it really seems like a waste of money and effort, although, trust my luck, I feel I will be the one they make an example of next time I try to pass through the airside gate

So all I have to do is keep away from Merimbula to avoid the water boarding,

About to renew my ASIC for the third time , unsure whether to throw away another $200 as I have never been asked for it even though I have flown into quite a few RPT airfields such as Port Macquarie, Dubbo, Devonport, Mildura, Broken Hill etc, Just wondering if any members have similar stories and which airports are doing the checks. What's the worst thing that can happen if you don't have one? Greg

Thanks I will print these posts off for reference, have you done these trips in the past?

Great advice I was thinking of crossing Spencer gulf after Goolwa and then following the coast around to the Nullarbor Roadhouse just for the scenery but things may change I am still a couple of weeks away before I set off

Hi Andy I thought the king island track would apply elsewhere, I have flown it once , but you are right if I had a choice I would rather crash in the desert than become shark bait Greg

I am pretty sure we are allowed to cross direct to Tassie now via King Island which was brought in the same time we could climb to 10,000ft so I think the water crossing is OK but I could be wrong, although Ricks track does look safer Greg

Hi Rick Looks good but I would have gone Goolwa then direct to Nullarbor but you are right it would be a bit longer Greg

Got OZ runways so I print the relevant pages off the WAC looking at google earth there doesn't appear to be much difference between Renmark and Goolwa , Murry Bridge is pretty close to the track but puts me over Adelaide CTR Greg

That's all very good info , thanks Rick I was thinking first stop Goolwa for fuel then Ceduna ,even though stuck with avgas, overnight at the Nullarbor roadhouse , got a low wing so I can't fit between gate posts I do have a fold up jerry haven't figured out how to use it without lots of spilt fuel , next best bet sounds like Cocklebiddy or Balladonia I have a range of about 400 nm no wind plus a bit of reserve, does this plan sound OK Greg

Thanks for all the help I thought there was a roadhouse on the way I could drag my plane to the bowsers for fuel or close enough to ferry using jerry's Thanks beefy I may take you up on that offer

Just looked at Eucla strip can you taxi to the roadhouse for fuel ?

Thanks Phil .That info should get me there and back