crashley

tried to fill out survey but haven't a google account so sorry cant do

Disgraceful behavior by the council but typical of most councils at the moment  our local council (latrobe city) wont let fallen trees and overgrown grass at the front of the airport be removed citing that is is native vegetation etc  but are quiet happy to cut down native vegetation at the rear of the airfield to allow  bike path to be constructed 

rotax spark plugs get carboned up when the engine is idling  due to  two cylinders running rich at idle speeds it wont have anything to do with valve seals 

CASA have to manage pilots, but RAA have to manage RA pilots, and if the offenders are RA pilots, that's a red flag for RAA's self administration.

 

It is the opposite here at YLTV   RAA pilots mostly do the correct calls  ( although often too many calls ) it is the GA pilots that dont seem to care about the correct radio calls and circuit procedures  so I guess here it is a red flag for  CASA 

yeah we hope to be there probably flying in commercial and staying somewhere in airlie 

Using Naips on my phone,  takes less than 15 seconds, ( I just checked and timed it )  to get the last light for an airport 

we dont need oz runways to tell us  

Thanks we are thinking of flying up to Heck field as we wish to have a look at a few boats around Brisbane

Would leave our RV at Heck field and hire a car and get Accomadation around Brisbane for a few days

Hi was wondering what the closest hire car business to Heck field would be

and any other information about Heck field

thanks

ashley

evans web site info

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With Evans waterless coolant, the likelihood of coolant loss and the need for topping up are greatly reduced. In the event that there is significant coolant loss from the system during operation and no Evans waterless coolant is available to fill the system, water or water-based coolant may be used. However, repairs should be made as soon as possible, and the system should be drained, purged and re-filled with Evans waterless coolant.

go back to the it was before every change puts me and a lot of others off   you just get used to one format and then it changes I havent got time to keep relearning how the site operates  I hate using computers and hate continual change  LEAVE IT ALONE

I have flown with people who side slip to loose height to get into a strip. Simplistically a more direct way to add drag would seem safer.I have placed 'effective flaps' on my list of requirements and ruled out flapperons

My RV12 doesn't have an airbox It has airfilters mounted directly on each carby so the air into the engine is drawn from the area around the engine I have measured it and it varies between 40 and 60 degrees so I am loosing a lot of potential performance I would like to change it but It is a big job because I would then have to make a carby heat system

ashley

Yes, it does seem counter-intuitive . Same goes for retractable undercarriage. I have concluded that if the basic aircraft is a drag bucket (and most older GA I place in that category from an engineering/fluid dynamic perspective) the removal of struts and undercarriage has less effect than linear thinking hopes. Power required goes up with velocity cubed, so reducing overall drag 10% will shift cruise speed upwards only 2.15% max, but the increased weight means it is less than that.Birds fly without crutches and their gear up, so we are not designing aeroplanes that clean yet. The trick is to start with slippery fuselage and low drag wings, or not bother. Slippery aircraft also mean less fuel burn.

 

Slippery aircraft should IMHO have airbrakes/spoilers fitted like gliders. More complexity and pilot skill required, but so much extra control on landing. You could fly much higher approaches and not float/overrun. (All IMHO and expect correction if pilots of both glides and GA can shed light)

 

I am sure everyone here knows it already.

it started out bad and has got to the stage that I cant ignore it any more

There has been a few good comments but it is getting overboard now

to suggest that all slippery aircraft have airbrakes and spoilers just so you can have better control on landing is just ludicrous

and the comments about flying to tassie well it is less than 100 miles to tassie from yarram so less generally less than an hours flying do people really believe that there engine fly for an hour without failing

I heard it got off track and was heading for a concrete culvert so it took off too early and very slow when they tried to turn the wing stalled

The task in Bass Strait is not to drop into the water; so far no one has survived, primarily because of the water temperature/weather/logistics of rescue so Cirrus falls back to the field, although you could comb through the BRS events and take out the obvious pilot error examples.

Pilot who ditched ultra light plane in Bass Strait denies flying recklessly

By Laura Beavis

Updated about an hour ago

Newcastle pilot Shayd Hector stands in front an ultralight plane owned by instructor Eugene Reid.

PHOTO: Shayd Hector and his passenger were rescued after ditching in Bass Strait. (Facebook)

MAP: Launceston 7250

The pilot of an ultra-light plane that ditched in Bass Strait in 2013 has denied flying recklessly and endangering his passenger.

Shayd Hector, of Tingira Heights in New South Wales, pleaded not guilty to the reckless operation of an aircraft, flying without a licence and piloting an aircraft after having consumed alcohol within eight hours before departure.

Launceston magistrates court heard the offences allegedly took place near Bridport on October 28, 2013, endangering the life of Hector's passenger, Joel Nelson.

The pair were rescued from the ocean near Waterhouse Island off the coast of north-east Tasmania in the hours after their plane crashed into the sea.

They had been en route to Newcastle and told the media at the time that engine trouble forced them to ditch the plane.

They said they felt lucky to be alive after surviving in the water for two hours by clinging to an inflatable mattress.

The men also feared they would be attacked by sharks.

They were uninjured apart from cuts and were treated for hypothermia.

Hector was not in court and entered the pleas through his lawyer.

He was ordered to return to court on June 17.

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If you use a laser pointer to check prop pitch make sure you dont have any blade run out as that will alter where the laser points

if there is no run out the laser is a great way to check both blades are set to the same pitch

Is the mandatory radio transmission before transiting the corridor 126.7 ?

I had shimmy on my nose wheel ( vans rv12 )  eventually found one bearing to be notchy  you couldnt feel any problem until the axle was removed and each bearing rotated separately 

RAA info is private and not published you have to rely on forums etc to try and track down owners 

I used Icom Australia | Everything in Radio: Service and Repair Information in melbourne

no I would not consider using a different engine to the rotax just because you may need to use avgas occasionally

rotax engines can and do run on avgas lots of people only use avgas in their rotax and have no problems whatsoever

100 hp rotax I run on mogas (98) when available and avgas when I cant get mogas Rotax recommends earlier oil changes if running on avgas 25 hours instead of 50

and you cant run synthetic oil with avgas

HI I have also used a laser pointer fixed to the blade to scribe an arc on the floor which I mark with a texta then I rotate it to the other blade and mark that arc if the lines are on top of each other the blades are at the same angle but that only works if there is zero run out on the blades if there is any run out it will give large errors

I also remove 4 plugs and check it several times to ensure that the whole lot hasnt moved

If the ground is hard the screwits wont even start to go in if the ground is soft they will pull out the same as pegs

yes the star pickets weigh 2 kg and nearly 3 kg with a hammer but we have found they work in all types of conditions

3 star pickets 500 mm long, long tapered point, with a round disc welded to the top. Good quality 8 plait braid rope. I carry a small hatchet to hammer them in.

a bit of overkill but I dont have to worry about it being hit by storm force winds etc and they dont really weigh much.