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rhtrudder

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  1. I reckon that's still her, I thought she had maybe moved on, you would think when the Birdsville track gets closed because of the wet weather the pub would benefit from incoming air traffic
  2. Even though I believe the strips are maintained by the road authorities she still won't let anyone use it them, have landed on the access track to the pub but Phil reckons the brush along the edges might not allow us through, may not be worth the risk as would need fuel to continue on.
  3. anyone flown into mungeranie lately, years ago it wasn't a problem using the strip , rang Phil at he pub to book a couple of rooms and he said to get permission from the station shouldn't be a problem female answers the phone only to be told we don't let anyone use our strip, I don't think we have much of a choice to put down any where else so may have to give it a miss.
  4. Count me in , remind me when it gets closer
  5. Read somewhere that moreys foams up which might detract from the way your oil performs, any ideas on this.
  6. How would one of these batteries go with the charging set up on the rotax 914, mine is close to needing replacement
  7. Managed to complete the trip, left on the Tuesday ,fuel at Dubbo big tailwind mostly 150kn just under 5 hours flying time. Wednesday flying via boona then on to Toowoomba , rough over the hills and landed on the disused sealed strip opposite the field days venue , very handy, flew back to heck field and returned home the next day, thanks everyone for your help .
  8. Great advice , thanks
  9. That makes sense, l like to keep well clear of all the red lines where we usually fly, only got to do a bit of homework, thanks
  10. The danger D612B says sfc to 2500 what does that mean, I understand you can fly through D , just wonder why is it designated D,
  11. if interested I have a mate in kinglake ,vic, who has had a lot of experience with corvair areo conversions
  12. So if Amberley is not active it's ok to fly direct, otherwise I should head south to dodge around the ten mile radius
  13. [MAP][/MAP]planning on flying into heck field from vic and then back and forth to Toowoomba for the field days .looks like a mess of restricted air space any advice would be very appreciated
  14. Important to see who's house you are going to hit just as it appears out of the fog!
  15. Lucky dip if the fan stops!!
  16. Had some work done on the wings by a lame before I bought it , first owner apparently over stressed the skins doing aeros , smooth air flying at these speeds ,
  17. At this cruise ,sabre is burning 23lts, don't think it ever drops much below 20lts , still cheap way of getting around, intercooled 914
  18. Heading back home from from YarrawongaFlightTraining before the wet weather turns up yet again
  19. Count me in on the next one, always looking for somewhere to go
  20. That picture was taken a week ago, flew into YKTN years ago when I returned Ron Neave back from bendigo after we bought his Xair , great strip I think it had a small hill at one end , was something on at the field
  21. Great weather for flying , just north of bendigo
  22. Thanks, in the end it was an easy fix, unsure what caused it in the first place with hydraulic lifters these engines shouldn't have many valve related problems.
  23. Ended up removing the head, the seat had a small scourered section in line with the exhaust valve, mate ownes the local Honda dealership and one of his old school mechanics soon tidied it up , valve was okay, changed all the radiator hoses at he same time while I could get to the water pump, compressions now good , back flying , engine seems a bit smoother .
  24. I was hoping my engine was going to last like yours , my maintenance program was similar to yours but I will be happy if this is the only trouble I have
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