farri

..........."Ear, Ear"! 

Hey Nev! Would that be in the pitch of, E, E#, G# or A flat? 

49 minutes ago, Flightrite said:

Too upbeat now😂

Shucks!!! I`ll just have to keep trying then. ...

Flying a stretch of the Mulgrave river, in North Queensland, Australia!

On 12/10/2021 at 3:38 PM, Flightrite said:

Your music puts me to sleep😂

How about this music, then? 

45 minutes ago, biggles said:

 

Yeah, good one Frank. Even got the tick from the girl. I used to get ‘those’ too 😥. Regards to Fran...... Bob
 

 

Thank you Bob! Regards to Sal, for Fran and Me...All the best to both of you.

Yeah! I knew it!.......... I only fly within gliding distance of a suitable landing area! always have, always will! that`s why I`m still around to enjoy my flying and make videos! I can talk from experience.

What you don`t see in a lot of the footage, is all the farming land behind me that you could land a 747 on and I never point the aircraft where I can`t turn away, if the engine stops ...After all these years, I still practice dead stick landings, regularly! who else does?

onetrack, I`m using a GoPro, Hero 8 black, with a wide lens and hyper smooth, stability! needs to be extremely turbulent to show it, in the video.

 Flightrite! at least I got your attention! Cheers.

Franco.

Flying some of our high country, this morning...We`ve only had a couple of weeks without rain and already the dust and smoke is in the air. 

On 26/09/2021 at 6:24 PM, BrendAn said:

I have been told it is easier for me to learn in a taildragger from scratch rather than convert later.  

Hi BrendAn, Don`t look at it as easier or harder, rather, just as a skill you need to learn, if you want to be endorsed on both tail dragger and tricycle (nose wheel)! I`m endorsed on both.

R.I.P. KIWI.

To call Quad Bikes well known killers, is like calling Ultralight Aircraft, well known killers.  

I used a Quad Bike for many years in my work as a farmer! I still have one and ride it regularly and like my Drifter (and other Ultralights I`ve flown) to date, I`ve never so much as been scratched by any of them! that`s not to say I couldn`t make a mistake or several and become a statistic.

Investigate the accident and find the reals reason that caused it. 

1 hour ago, Flightrite said:

Not even close Farri😉

Got Ya!!! 

35,000 feet?

The earth certainly isn`t flat in my area and here`s the proof...I did this sunset flight, earlier this week.

On 07/10/2021 at 8:40 AM, Garfly said:

That's FlightRadar24's flat earth rendition of the route. The article also includes their spherical earth illustration.

 

Anyway, are you planning this route for the Drifter, Frank?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Absolutely Garry and there`s a spare back seat, just don`t bring too much luggage! you coming?

30 minutes ago, Old Koreelah said:

Franko how come a cane farmer can create more entertaining content than all the global networks?

Hey O.K. A mere cane farmer???  I stopped cane farming at 60, 13 years ago.

Just started doing videos` around this time last year! pleased you think they`re O.K.  

This is a flight I did recently! I`m using a GoPro Hero 8 Black to shoot the footage, then I create the final video, with Shotcut, a free video editing program that I`ve downloaded from the internet.

https://youtu.be/gP6hjN_2jzc

The short answer! on an average day, at MTOW, (400 Kg) about 300 mts.

Have flow the SB with the large nose pod and the Rotax 582! not as maneuverable as the WB with the small pod, which mine is.

G`Day Nev, Yeah! conditions were pretty good... These days I`ve go 3 that I can use! the one in the video is 510mt from end to end.

No shortage, up here, of people wanting me to take them up in the Drifter...Here`s a short video of my flight to the Atherton Tablelands, with Kim, yesterday....Franco.

https://youtu.be/gLL0e79bn_g

 G`Day Garry, Thank you!!! I`ve just been a lurker, for a while! watching what others are saying and keeping up to date with the accident and incident reports.

I did a couple of hours solo before taking anyone up! there`s been a few in the back seat since but my first passenger was my eldest Great-Grand-Daughter, 9 year old, Brooklyn, a veteran, , of the back seat of the Drifter, as I took her up for the first time at 4 years of age.

Franco.

Hey Guys! surely I`m not the only Drifter Pilot left on this Forum!!!

I refurbished my Drifter, a couple of months ago and fitted a new Warp-Drive prop! I had to cut the blades to 60 inch diameter, then adjust the pitch, several times, until I got the best performance.

From memory, the last time I refurbished the Drifter, was around 11 years ago, so if I can get another 11 years, I`ll be 84 years old and who knows! it might see me out.

Vanoj, Live streaming the flight to his, wife, his parents and friends, in India.

Sorry Guy`s, havn`t been able to upload the video that should have been with my previous post! any help appreciated.

Well! I`m still flying and enjoying every second of it...Yesterday afternoon I took Vanoj Danturi for his first Ultralight.

Vanoj, works at our local servo! he told me his dream was to fly so I offered to take him up! Vanoj was live streaming the flight to his wife, his parents and friends, in India! what better way to showcase the Drifter and our beautiful area of Deeral, North, Queensland.

Thanks Garry! I didn`t know about, Garmin Autoland. 👍