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    Well instead of us all posting which one I reckon if we have ozr we hit agree on rgmwa and alternatively if we have avplan hit agree on k-man's post and then you will effectively have your poll:thumb up: And as a side benefit rgmwa and k-man will get a boost in their "like" stats:victory:
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    I'd give it a couple of goes Russ, maybe shutdown ozr and restart and try again? It certainly looks like the easiest way of doing it.
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    Russ if you go into settings and scroll down to the user Data section and open up waypoints it will then show you all your waypoints with the option to export or delete up in the top right corner. I clicked export and it opened up a new email with the ozrunrays waypoints as an attachment, I think if you email that to yourself and open it on the other iPad I think you will be able to open the attachment on the other iPad and they should all end up there:thumb up:
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    Just found this one as I ramble through YouTube to while away the hours on the tractor. Absolute gold IMO and very well done.
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    Personally I think it is very indecent to take your mates wife for a spin! But jokes aside, good work for taking people up:thumb up:
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    I would mostly agree with this Skeptic, and hence the reason I am not overly worried about my neighbours and their drones. However when using FPV and flying a k or more away I still think it would be highly possible to miss a rotax idling along at 500feet. Especially if there is some wind or other noise or worse if it is being operated from an office (I have heard whispers of a farm that flys its drone from its office, which sort of worries me) Overall I think as long as the operators are aware of the height restrictions and the reasons they are in place, I don't see it being too much of a problem.
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    Yeah shooting at actual planes IMO is a no no, obviously! Having said that having a plane fly low over a mob of cows that I was moving would not put me in a friendly mood! But maybe a cranky phone call would be more suitable than wasting a good bullet:thumb up:
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    HH I agree with your first two points but I tend to be a bit more sceptical as far as the trespassing side of things go. I dont mind people flying around at 500feet agl or greater above my house and below that with permission BUT the idea of someone flying around lower than that with a drone specifically for filming me or my property without my permission I DO NOT like and would class that as trespassing (no idea what the actual law is for that but for me that is my moral idea on the matter). I know a couple of my neighbours have drones with cameras to check their irrigation and I don't have a problem with that. I know that drones have been used to get footage of mines and I think (as much as I dislike mines!) that that is basically trespassing and I am not really comfortable with that, in the same sense if the people against plant cruelty were taking footage of me carving up the veggies at home I wouldn't be impressed. I think we all should have a right to a certain amount of privacy and even if the law says it's ok I think we should ask ourselves "would I be comfortable if someone was doing that to me?" As for shooting drones down, if it is in a rural setting and it's safe (ie the operator is a k or two away and not in line obviously!) why not
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    Don't get too Irate SSCBD, pearo is aloud to post his opinions and as far as I know this forum is for recreational flyers which can and most certainly does include both RAA aircraft as well as VH registered. For me personally if it is rough air my takeoff is still the same but I do add around five knots to my speed on finals (50 instead of 45). Care does need to be taken landing quicker though so flap extension speeds are not exceeded. Also it is surprising how many people cruise in rough air at a speed that exceeds the rough air penetration speed of their particular aircraft. In my hornet that is 70knots but I find that too uncomfy and stick to 60 when rough. an extra 10 knots for me on takeoff would put me up on my rough air speed and would have me over my flap extension speed (I use a smidge of flap on takeoff) so obviously make sure you know the numbers for whatever aircraft it is you fly (this paragraph isn't for you SSCBD, I am getting a bit tired and am just following my train of thought)
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    Dorpers, the perfect answer for someone who likes the taste of sheep but couldn't be bothered sheering:thumb up:
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    Pearo you are spot on and it isn't a phenomenon that is unique to YRED. I often find here at home that I can take off with a 5-10 knot wind on the nose and even at 500 feet the wind can be 5-10 in the opposite direction, it is not always (probably around 1 in 5 flights) and isn't limited to a wind from a certain direction. It has always fascinated me and I find on most gentle wind days (<or=15knots) that you can find a tailwind no matter which way you are heading if you take the time to feel out different altitudes. I guess being in a slow plane I notice every knot of wind on long trips. As much as we shouldn't rely on iPads and gps's they are a beautiful tool for getting an instant idea of the affect of the wind on your groundspeed. I find myself, when climbing at the start of a trip, taking note of the different headwind/tailwind component every couple of hundred feet and that gives me a fairly good picture of the wind at different alts which can be helpful for your return trip as well if it is going to be a relatively quick turn around. It is something else that we should be very aware of when flying cross country though because if you pick out your forced landing direction based on winds aloft without checking ground level queues you could end up with a very nasty surprise at a not so nice time.
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    What's the big deal with the first one Red? I've heard we have bucket seats over here in some cars:whistling:
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    You have the right principle nightmare but the numbers you quoted were just a smidge off if my memory serves me correctly. I think that you multiply your stall speed by the square root of the load factor. So a balanced level 60 degree turn should be about 2g so that works out to stall speed multiplied by approx 1.4 or an increase of 40% not 80% But small points aside congrats to the original poster!
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    I actually prefer that idea to the versions of today's flying cars.
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    Tech photos are a bit deceiving, I did a rough measurement and I would say that clearing would be closer to 200 metres long than one hundred but having said that I do reckon there would be a fence along there and if it is in any way similar to other fence clearings through scrub that I have seen it would be very doable in an engine out but you need to consider a few things for example a low wing won't handle landing beside a fence real well and also most of these fence clearings are not that well maintained so the ground can be fairly uneven. Like I say in an engine out they are a lot better option than the trees but still be aware of surprises.
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    My problem isn't with the need to have a reserve, my problem is with the fact that I will be charged if I use any part of that reserve. That IMO is so high in stupidity that I can't fathom it. If I have an engine out due to no fuel then I would expect to be charged but if I have a stronger than expected headwind and use a part of my reserve I certainly wouldn't be happy getting charged. As for declaring mayday once you hit your reserve that also IMO is stupid and if EVERYONE honestly complied (which won't happen for obvious reasons!) we would be hearing mayday so often it wouldn't hold the same urgency and serious maydays might be ignored. Obviously mayday should still be used in serious cases! The trouble is I know for myself if I need to cut into my reserves I will be a lot less likely to ask for help until urgently needed knowing that I will be charged for using some of my reserve and I can guarantee that I wouldn't be the only one. It certainly looks to me to be an idea that will hurt rather than help safety.
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    Well firstly let me say I haven't had a real engine failure YET. Secondly good on this fella for posting it up for everyone to see, that needs commending. We can analyse every little part and replay a few times to see things but to look at the whole picture we need to take a few things into account. I am a low hours pilot and I have no idea how many hours this pilot has under his belt but I know for myself if I was to fly a new type for only 4 hours I certainly would NOT be super confident in spot landing it under power let alone on an engine out. So I guess having said that, stuffing up the wind direction is something that shouldn't have happened but in the heat of things going wrong could happen to any of us. IMO the paddock he landed in was suitable but because of the tailwind he ended up in a really bad spot. so IMO yes he made a few mistakes, he did walk away from it though and he has the gonads to post the video publicly, which is to put himself in line for some ridicule, so it can be a help to others like us. So good on him, I don't want to criticise him rather I am thankful for the opportunity to learn from someone else's experience.
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    Our own homegrown Hornet has been known to carry things around.
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    Keith we are specifically talking the North Queensland board position where that relates to as far as Australia goes isn't really a valid point. It doesn't really worry me but IMO while we have board positions linked to certain areas then any member within that area should be eligible, if they are right on the border of any of those areas so what. I was just pointing out, as far as NQ is concerned, Weipa should be just as eligible as Townsville or Atherton or cairns or any other village up there.
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    I can understand getting charged for running out of fuel but getting charged for using some of your reserve seems very counter intuitive to safety IMO and of course will make pilots less likely to seek help if needed in a low fuel situation.
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    I too was bemused with the "miles away". I know neither Frank or Allan so I don't really have any skin in this one but I would have to say Weipa would be nearly the middle of North Queensland considering Townsville is the gateway to NQ.
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    Fuel pumps

    SDQDI replied to Lyndon's topic in Engines and Props

    My master switch is an isolator and the engine WILL stop if that gets turned off. The 914 (well mine anyway, am pretty sure this is how the 914 is meant to be set up) has two electrical pumps obviously wired seperately so that you can switch them individually if one fails ect BUT IMO the 912 works well with one mechanical and one elec so if I had a 912 that is how I would run it. I've heard of a couple of mechanical pump failures (in a thread here somewhere) and Geoff has shown us that elec can fail too but I think in either case having two fail would be unusual but if the standard 912 runs with one of each I'd keep it that way.
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    Old K our local jab engine runner was talking to me the other day (must have been a real low moment for him:sad:) and was saying that his jab guru down Cessnock way says 140C should be max, I think Old K said that talking to CAMit though and they said 180 or 200 (I was listening but my memory is not 100% confident on which it was. I would certainly be aiming for the lower figure.
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    But if you were an aircraft dealer and you flew a plane to a show to sell it surely casa would lump that with the flying for commercial purpose? Personally I think that is stupid and have never heard of anyone enforcing such nonsense but stranger things have happened. I agree with Oscar, for people that are using a plane for work to transit from a to b or to fly tools (I've been called a tool before) around I think it is overkill to class it as commercial.
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