skeptic36

Strict weight laws for trucks and the governing of them are applied in Australia to protect our roads from damage.

I don't think most of the damage is caused by downward pressure, I think sideways movement of tandems and tri axles on corners are the worst. It appears that way around here, judging by where most of the repairs happen.

Sounds like an episode of Dr Who

Oh deer.Old girlfriend? (The one with the rifle).

Clem Smiths strip at Kalimna is a nice grass strip, Clem is a nice bloke also, not sure if he is still flying

What jig?

I visited a strip at Lakes Entrance some years ago which was made from scallop shells. Is this the $60 landing fee one? It looked a really good strip which drained well in the wet.

I know there are some guys still hangar-ed there, and when I was there the hangar-age included landing fees.

We are trying to reduce the footprint of housing on farming land with hundreds of units like these being built. How do we house all the population? And who really wants to live in this type of environment?[ATTACH=full]43962[/ATTACH]

Example, why is the Pakenham area being developed, instead of forcing the development out towards Ballarat?

In my own area Bairnsdale, we have subdivided one of the best farms in the area and called it Eastwood Estate, not happy with that we are now doing the same with Shannon Waters Estate, all the time out past the racecourse, forge creek area we have large areas of flat sandy crap country, with a sheep here and there, hiding in the tussocks

Dichotomy.......please explain

I've done the P.M thing, but it did come up with a weird message after I sent it. It's in my sent box so you should have it.

There is now a landing fee at Kalimna, I'm told. There is also no hangarage there.

Hi Pete, my strip is about 20 km inland, you can use it for nothing if you like.

I'll P.M you my number, you can ring me if you're interested

For goodness sakes, it's 2016, go out and buy a $20 reversing camera so you can see where you're going.

But not with the nose gear. Oh, wait, what is "yonks"?

"Witnesses said the plane appeared to have fallen from the sky and dropped to the ground."

For this aircraft to hit power lines and be flipped, it has converted an approach speed of around 55-60 kts. into vertical energy almost instantaneously. That's a vertical velocity of (rounded), about 100 ft/sec. I don't have the maths ability, but I THINK that equates to a free-fall from about 200 feet. ( Those who do have the necessary maths. ability, please correct me.) Assume a minimum likely height of the powerline to be 15 feet.

pure guess work I think.

If the CAR is right then, putting your own statement of battery fitness on it would count.Change the battery yourself and take it along to a trophy engraving shop and they can engrave the fitment date and new expiry date(+5years) neat as you please.

 

If you're happy flying in a self-built plane with a self-maintained engine then why wouldn't you be happy with a self-rebatteryed PLB. It all fits in as part of the same Ethos.

Again I say :Servicing - Beacons

If you don't mind voiding the expired warranty, you can usually get kits to change the battery yourself.I have a SUUNTO Gecko dive computer for my SCUBA kit, battery died and they wanted it sent back to their HQ to have the battery changed at ruinous cost, $19 USD later and I had a kit of battery, grease, O-ring and specialised propriety screwdriver. The PLBs I have seen look much the same, do them carefully, set things in place properly, don't nick the seals when setting them, ensure the grease or sealant is applied correctly and you'll be golden.

 

Still working fine years later. In fact it's about time it got another change.

Your bias

This, is what the guy who fixed mums varicous veins, drives to work

When you wrote bonus hatchet in your first post, I thought it was a typo, then you did it again I thought, what is this hatchet he speaks of? I thought a hatchet was like an axe I thinks to myself, but no I thinks it must be like some sort of carry case or something. Anyway I googles 410 PLB bonus hatchet, and sure enough, it's an axe.

I reckon that will be handy for short field take-offs. You could tie the trike to the fence post, hop in, rev the ring out of it, then with trusty hatchet in hand lean out and chop that rope

Geez BillYou can get a 410G from a joint in Bairnsdale for $285 with a bonus hatchet thrown in and free shipping or in your case pick up

I have just followed my own link to the service agents, to see what the battery replacement cost would be.

First reply was, " we are not the agents for these anymore, try these guys in Port Adelaide". So I go through two points of contact for them before I got this answer :

Cost to replace the battery in a McMurdo 211 PLB is $190.00 + GST plus $15.00 Toll Satchel for the return.

The PLB would need to be sent to AMI Head Office in WA for the service to be carried out.

At that price, I will be following M61A1s lead and purchasing the KTI for $249:00 +$15:00 shipping.

It's on my checklist for cross country flights to test

When was the last time you checked your PIB?

Doing a clean up here (wet day), and I found and read the owners manual :coffee:for my PLB (mcmurdo).

I was surprised to note that, even if it is testing o.k :compress:you are required to change the battery every five years.

I was also disappointed :thumb down:to find that it has to go :plane:to a service agent for this to be carried out.

Servicing - Beacons

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...(something else free...sorry I forget what it is)