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Lucerne can end up a bit rough after a while.

I would suggest sticking with the grass mix and instead of doing the full 10metres to start with just do the centre five and let it creep out as time goes on. If you are planting varieties that creep then plant it thinner and let it fill in. It is a bit of a compromise though because if you don't get it thick enough quick enough you will end up with weeds.

So, if Earhart crashed near enough to Nikumaroro to be able to swim to the island - why hasn't TIGAR or someone else found her aircraft?Can't be that hard - after all, David Mearns found HMAS Sydney, and the Kormoran as well - and they were down 2000 metres. The Earhart aircraft wreckage can't be that far away from the island.

So originally I just ran three of these glass filters, one from each wing tank and one after the header tank

They worked well BUT Ole had heard of one that failed and dumped the full tank of fuel while sitting in a hangar, he was a tad sceptical about this and my hornet was over at Taree for a service and as luck would have it one of mine failed while there so we changed the two that come down from the wing tanks to these

These can't fall to bits and have plenty of capacity. Not being see through I change these at every oil change.

We kept the one glass filter after the header tank BUT Ole machined up a new solid through rod which hasn't had any issues.

I have changed from using clear glass filters to using a largish automotive filter. I will take some pictures today and post them.

Well it doesn't get much better than my afternoon. A nice get together with close friends then I got home with an hour to spare before dark. The better half wanted to read the kids their goodnight stories so I gave them a kiss goodnight and went and did a quick daily check and I was off! I spent the whole hour within 1nm of the farm boundary and did heaps and heaps of touch and goes on every paddock that didn't have a crop! Trying to hone my short landings and threw in a few deadstick (idle engine!) just to add some challenges. Maybe I had too much coffee this afternoon but it is the most enjoyable flight I have had in a long time and I have been flying regularly the last few weeks.

I didn't bother with any photos today but I did take a photo after our last YQDI flyin where I had to leave early and fly to YGDH. I flew boy over and after lunch flew home with girl

Yep much better to have it and have the extra option than be wishing you or your pax had the big red handle when things add up against you.

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Peter if you are ever down near YQDI let me know, I am always more than happy to take people for a fly in my AAK Hornet! Welcome to the forum.

Geoff 13. Would you care to enlighten us on the new Jab motor issues?

Yo where tf ? Can people not even take two seconds to spell check a single sentence? That gives me the shtfs!About Uber . Screw them, they’ll be bankrupt in five years...

Having said that I still dislike it!

So where does it say 'new' minimum standards?

Now that we know where you are, a bunch of planes from Sydney Flying Club will overfly your strip between 1030 and 1230 on 11th August on their way to Cape York. You have been warned!!!

Personally I think it depends a lot on what sort of pilot you are, inasmuch as if you are meticulous about scanning gauges every few minutes and are perfect at watching temps on climb then you would be fine with a jab, but if you are like me and operate gear a bit rougher then the rotax with its water cooling is a lot more forgiving!

While I love my STOL planes I have to agree with HITC in regards to the four seaters plummeting comment. While a stol plane may glide slower their glide ratios are generally much worse than the sleeker designs so technically, while I dislike the phrase plummet, the stol is actually closer to plummeting than a sleeker design aircraft.

As for forced landings I would take a STOL plane over a sleek any day but when choosing a plane there is a lot more to consider than its forced landing characteristics. I LOVE big tyres but for long cross country trips they aren't as practical.

Thanks for sharing that experience NT!

The C150 is not 440 odd kgs. Not even factory new.

The 1965 Cessna 150E saw only the addition of new seats, although the standard empty weight went up 40 lb (18 kg) that year to 1,010 lb (460 kg). The "E" model saw production increase to 1637 aircraft.[6]

I don't know about four big Aussies but I have seen a few four seater Jabs. I had looked at them as an option for the family 2adults and 2 kids would be perfect for them.

There are three different reports in the link. It is impossible to tell but if all the eyewitnesses are to be believed it was a combination of a few things strong wind reduced power? Tree? stall?

“The aircraft took off the ground at 10:05am. The aircraft then flew around the airpark. Ten minutes later as the aircraft was going to land the wind got stronger so the captain decided to fly around. A strong wind blew causing the aircraft to fall, the captain tried to raise the aircraft up again but finally the aircraft crashed into the ground,” the report stated.

Speaking to The Phuket News from the scene, Maj Gen Teerapol said, “After talking with witnesses we have learned that the aircraft was trying to land. The aircraft failed to land as the wind was very strong. The aircraft then went back into the air but the engine stalled causing the plane to fall.

Pitchayathida Pitchayodaecha, 40, a local resident who lives in the nearby Plernjan housing estate told The Phuket News, “I saw the aircraft flying round, which is normal. Not long ago I saw the aircraft again with a strange noise coming from the engine. The aircraft looked as if it was out of control as it was flying slower and slower. The aircraft first hit the top of a tree and then hit the ground so I called for help.”

So how many 152s are registered RAA? The first person to mention Cessnas spoke about 150s not 152s. The 150s run at about 440kgs which is the same as KR's Rv. The 152s however are closer to 490 so we need to work out what we are actually talking about.

If you have good internet I can recommend the "Arlo" units at Harvey Norman. They are exxy but work awesome.

They record everything straight to the cloud and you get realtime alerts to your mobile device, you can also watch them live on your device and they have a built in speaker so you can actually talk through them from the other side of the country.

Their only downside is their reliance on power/internet. So while it is mostly a positive (crims can steal the cameras but never the footage!) if you happen to have a blackout you will get nothing so it would be wise to also have a discreet "trailcam" hidden in a bush somewhere to cover every possibility.

We do have the trailcam sort as well but I find I don't keep them charged/downloaded as often as I should, the Arlo ones are just so user friendly with no physical interaction required other than a battery charge every six months or so (they let you know their battery strength so you don't miss it.)

Last week I did a low pass downwind to move the sheep off a strip,When I turned back to check the results and hopefully land;Lo and behold the alpaca had herded them all up and was holding them at a gateway mid strip and well out of harm's way

C 150 ............... 500 odd kilos empty weight

Regarding jetjrI am suspicious that jetjr is hiding his posts from me just wonder why???I see Frank is very suspicious as well as Frank in his post #108 makes reference to jetjr wonder who he is this in jetjr post #107 which I can not see.

 

What is in jetjr post #107?

 

jetjr replies to Frank in #109 which I can not see then Frank replies in #110.

 

All a mystery and I am very suspicious to the honesty.

 

KP

FT isn't the RAA chairman. No offence to FT but there would be a tad more whingeing if he was I think.

He mentioned at the start that it was a copy paste from the latest sport pilot mag

Yeah that approach would be to be expected in gusty winds.

Easy to overanalyse things like this but that is how we learn I guess. Did he have left Aileron held in as well or is that just made to look that way due to flaperons with flap set?

As for rudder I only have a small screen so can't really tell what it is doing until after he is well around to the left where you can see left rudder input BUT that could entirely be because of the cockpit angle at that time. A bigger screen may make the rudder input clearer earlier on.

I guess it is just the farmer in me but I would love to see something else holding the two fuses together and not just that middle wing section.