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    When to flare

    in Student Pilot & Further Learning

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    Im located at a relatively busy regional airport with a lot of small aircraft coming and going.It never ceases to amaze me how many pilots touch down with very excessive speed and a huge high speed ground roll. They come in round out and put it straight on the ground without even holding off. At a guess id say its more than 20-30% of all pilots i see. Some dont even bother protecting the nose wheel, almost flat landing the thing they are so hot. Many of these ar VH, but some are RAA.

     

    Some pilots prob need to be reminded the safest landing speed is the slowest possible landing speed and this involves a small bump , not a silk smooth hot landing. Landing hot might mean you can impress your passenger or yourself, with no bump, but it is a bad habit to get into, especially if it replaces your correct landing technique.

     

    I was taught by 3 instructors and with BFR make that 4, RAA aircraft have pathetically weak nose wheels ...

     

    Come in , keep asking yourself "Am I there yet" "Am I there yet" "Am I there yet" as soon as the runway dramatically widens begin round out and hold it in ground effect, initially around 3 feet letting it sink to t 1ft and continue to hold it just off the ground till it wont fly any longer, increasing back pressure till it plops onto the ground, making the ground roll far safer. Then continue to hold your nose wheel off till lack of elevator authority wont allow you to any longer. Then still hold full back pressure on elevator to reduce weight on nose wheel while taxiing with ailerons into the wind.

     

     

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    Quote CASA FAQ re ADS-B

    in Governing Bodies

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    Quote CASA FAQ re ADS-B

     

    from Request Rejected

     

    I keep trying to link relevant info, but some silly update no makes them

     

    all rejected

     

    Anyway back on topic

     

    Can I use the Dynon Skyview Transponder as an ADS-B solution in Australia?

     

    Yes, provided you have a certified GPS in your aircraft. The Dynon Skyview Transponder is a fully certified device and is ADS-B OUT compliant. However no GPS that Dynon sells is certified and thus the Dynon GPS solution is not suitable as a position source for ADS-B in Australia.

     

    Is it just me or is this another great example of morons in charge

     

     

    Closing runways on strong crosswind days

    in Student Pilot & Further Learning

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    If you're on the ground I don't see what the problem is? The nature of our flying means that sometimes weather means you don't go...

    The nature of flying also means that sometimes your in the air when it all turns to shit, especially if you travel a bit, as the forecasts aren't always entirely true

    Sure local flights are a piece of cake... but tryin doing some multi day trips in the southern half of Aus and see how it goes....eventually you will see some non ideal weather

     

     

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    Battery for a Rotax 912ULS

    in Instruments, Radios and Electronics

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    SLA are in fact not sealed at all- they have a cover that can be removed carefully and underneath it has caps- one per cell- so six in this case. It probably was overcharged by the system and lost some fluid and hence died a thirsty death. You can add some proper fluid and recharge it back to life- I have done this on many SLA batteries. But do not overfil or overcharge or it will boil off the fluid.

    Mine is made up of smaller sealed cell batteries "apparently".

     

    They make them up using the smaller Enersys batteries on this page..

     

     

    New RAAus board Results

    in Governing Bodies

    Posted

    Must admit, i didn't vote, because i knew very little about any of them. I will in the future, but was too snowed under so left it to better informed parties.

     

    Id love a video next time where they get 2 minutes to tell us what they stand for...

     

     

    Battery for a Rotax 912ULS

    in Instruments, Radios and Electronics

    Posted

    Litespeed , I looked at these lithiums as I really like the weight savings, and I was going to get factory permission, however, I just decided too dangerous at this stage. I want to see many others try them first... If a company like Samsung can get it so horribly wrong, I don't think many of us stand much chance flying with one, just yet. I know this is a highly debatable topic, Im just expressing my concerns, which may be too conservative.

     

    A lot of the sports car guys are doing them as well.. The toyota 86 enthusiasts do them on mass, as they need front weight savings to balance the car, and the battery is the easiest cheapest huge weight saving.

     

     

    Closing runways on strong crosswind days

    in Student Pilot & Further Learning

    Posted

    My opinion.

     

    Irrespective of who made a mistake if no diversion is available an aircraft always has priority if safety is involved or stress of weather... there will be paperwork, explaining to do, possibly even compulsory retraining...but if it is a matter of genuine safety, call them up ask them to vacate immediately and land. Then worry about who is to blame or whats required.

     

    But as far as them vacating with scheduled work, properly notammed, no the pilots have done the wrong thing either by not checking weather, notams or both. Having said that a pilot should never jeopardise safety, by not wanting to be responsible, or admit to a mistake. Take the safest option then worry about any administrative consequences later.

     

     

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