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  1. motzartmerv
    My experience with LAMES and Jab engines would be on par with L2's. Plenty of failures and breakdowns with LAMES sigs on the MR's,
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    No, the quoted times were not correct. None of them actually.
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    160 is the best aeroplane Jab have produced (IMHO). Fantastic little plane!
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    Investing time in sorting this mess? A noble thought but really? Its up to me now to chase up regulatory and engineering change to a "CERTIFIED ENGINE"? Mate, with all due respect, " that aint my job". Nor is it yours or anyone elses, apart from the company that profits from them, and their shortcomings.
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    Aldo, none of this post is accurate. May I respectfully suggest that if your going to make comments on the standards required, you first become familiar with what those standards are, What does confuse people is when people makes statements and posts that are inaccurate and ill informed. What is the difference between the GA and the RAA syllabus? Can you tell me?
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    This is what annoys me.. Why should it be up to Ian, or camit, or the owner to sort the problem?
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    Aldo, it's a normal practice for an instructor to ensure the student has a strong theoretical knowledge that is in line with the lessons he's flying. It's a basic fundament of how we teach pilot to fly " properly" which unfortunatly is a little more complex a task then just telling them to " look out the wondow." If only it were that simple mate. We are giving the pilot the best " chance" if he knows what's goin on. This method may differ form how you were taught, but ... There it is. Cheers;)
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    Oh no, what a beautiful aeroplane..Glad hes ok.
  9. motzartmerv
    Nev, the failure modes are very consistent. POST EDITED AS IT DOES NOT ADD VALUE - MOD
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    Sad but true. Owners can't give them away:(
  11. motzartmerv
    And there in lies the problem..:)
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    Agree with Nev, your instructor is the guy you need to be talking to. Some advice i could give would be to brush up on the theory before you fly. The sequence is always more valuable if you understand the theory behind whats happening. Things like speed vs angle of attack Factors effecting control responsiveness The aerodynamics of stalling All these subjects will help you understand what your seeing and feeling. Enjoy
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    Pretty sad.. It was the only real promising space program happening at the moment. This sort of thing comes at a cost, I hope they can recover and continue on.. They have had losses in this program before when a test engine exploded in a bunker some 10 years ago. You would need some pretty sizable genitalia to test such a machine, my hats off to all these guys.
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    Casa are certainly up to something, I have a few letters of request that are unusual to say the least. Why are we comparing Jabs to Rotaxes here? Apples and oranges lads. One is as good an aircraft engine as you could reasonably expect to buy, and one ...well...just isnt... One will "most probably" give you years of faithful, trouble free service, the other will " most probably not".
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    Perhaps a real effort to fix the problems?
  16. motzartmerv
    Any word on the issue Maj?
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    Sounds like a good idea if you have nothing else. I would be very hesitant in landing in any crop where I couldnt see what was hiding in the crop. I would take a nice dirt road or road shoulder where i can see the surface over landing in ANY crop. If nothing else available, then I spose the Cain is as good as any. The other problem, is your not going to be easily found by road vehicles etc inside a tall crop like cane. What was that movie where the alien space ship was hiding in the middle of a cane field??
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    All that matters is the pilot is ok. There are very few new failure modes for jabs. It will be a valve seat or a valve stem, cracked cylinder and or through bolt, or the fly wheel bolts ( screws) lettin go. Plenty of info out there on all these modes of failure so we wknt learn Anything new ( most probably) Caine paddocks look inviting but I reckon it would be a rough ride. Raa pilots seem to have a better success rate in forced landing situations then our ga cousins ( over all). Could just be the lighter aircraft, but nobody could ever say our pilot base aren't well versed and trained on emergencys.
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    Glad he's ok. :)
  20. motzartmerv
    Interestingly, the crash site is on a bearing of about 130 deg from coota. What's the TAS of a 206? About 130? Wouldn't be the forst time a pilot has flown his tas rather than HDG.;) just sayin:)
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    Heard something similar from an ATC dude. Lost, out of fuel... Hmmmm... Tongue well and truely being bitten here!!!!
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    I reckon you can hear it.!!
  23. motzartmerv
    There was a thick Fog in Gladstone at the time. Would have made Gladstone a no go zone for a couple of hours. This accident was 20 miles from Gladstone however.
  24. motzartmerv
    Number 4 failed, and i think thats the one that has the CHT. Im not sure tho. I would have to check that Andy.
  25. motzartmerv
    has anybody, ever had any experience with a 4 stroke engine in any other walk of life that required head re tourqing as part of its scheduled maintenance? Ive spoken to several mechanics who have NEVER heard of such a thing. Im curious has anybody seen an engine like this before?
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