Butch

No problem Nev, Thought I must have been a bit slow, that's why I queried. Well it's good we are all different it makes this forum interesting! cheers Butch

Spot on Nightmare, I found that I was over flying the real aircraft , not letting it settle to the way it was trimmed. Now sims annoy me a bit as you have to be on the ball or the plane soon gets away from you. They certainly keep you on your toes and make your concentration sharper, cheer's Butch

Been there done that:whistling: cheers Butch

Hi Nev , I must have missed something! I thought the post was ok, Enlighten me cheers Butch

Having been through a divorce I think it's spot on! Big like from me John!

Thanks M61A1, I have tried playing with it in different settings, it seems to work ok in the Cesena 172 config but I was training in a Tecnam P92 and the sim for it seems quite touchy. I think it's made to simulate the fact that the Tecnam is such a light aircraft and can get very twitchy, you get very little response from the rudder with auto off and settings on the max, cheer's Butch

When I was training I had to stop using a flight sim , the sim had far less input from the rudder pedals than the real thing. I found I was trying to fly with the stick rather than coordinating with stick and rudder. My flying improved and rudder skills improved so I very rarely use the sim now. All that said , I learnt a lot about the principle of how to fly , aircraft layout and what to expect when training sitting in front of a computer @ a few $ an hour compared to 200.00 in the real thing. My flying on the sim is now quite average, I keep waiting for feed back from the aircraft that my sim doesn't provide, cheer's Butch

Professor Higgins at the University of Sydney was giving a lecture on 'Involuntary Muscle Contraction' to the first year medical students. This was not an exciting subject and the professor decided to lighten up the mood. He pointed to a young woman in the front row and asked, ‘Do you know what your ars-hole is doing while you're having an orgasm?' She replied, ‘Probably down the pub with his mates.’

> THE HORTH WHITHPERER If you don't laugh out loud at this, you're just not trying!! A bloke calls his mate, the horse breeder, and says he's sending a friend over to look at a horse. His mate asks, 'How will I recognize him?' 'That's easy; he's a dwarf with a speech impediment.' So, the dwarf shows up, and the breeder asks him if he's looking for a male or female horse. 'A female horth.' So he shows him a prized filly. 'Nith lookin horth. Can I thee her eyeth?' So the breeder picks up the dwarf and he gives the horse's eyes the once over. 'Nith eyeth, can I thee her earzth?' So he picks the little fella up again, and shows him the horse's ears. 'Nith earzth, can I thee her mouf?' The breeder is getting pretty ticked off by this point, but he picks him up again and shows him the horse's mouth. 'Nice mouf, can I see her twat?' Totally mad at this point, the breeder grabs him under his arms and rams the dwarf's head up the horse's fanny, pulls him out and slams him on the ground. The midget gets up, sputtering and coughing. 'Perhapth I thoud rephrase that. Can I thee her wun awound a widdlebit?'

I got home and found the Missus had left a post-it note on the fridge saying, "It's no good, it's not working, I'm staying at Mum’s for a while" I opened it, the light came on and the beer was well chilled. What the hell was she on about?

What deep thinkers men are... I mowed the lawn today, and after doing so I sat down and had a cold beer. The day was really quite beautiful, and the drink facilitated some deep thinking. My wife walked by and asked me what I was doing and I said 'nothing'. The reason I said that instead of saying 'just thinking' is because she would have said 'about what'. At that point I would have to explain that men are deep thinkers about various topics which would lead to other questions. Finally I thought about an age old question: Is giving birth more painful than getting kicked in the nuts? Women always maintain that giving birth is way more painful than a guy getting kicked in the nuts. Well, after another beer, and some heavy deductive thinking, I have come up with the answer to that question. Getting kicked in the nuts is more painful than having a baby; and here is the reason for my conclusion. A year or so after giving birth, a woman will often say, "It might be nice to have another child." On the other hand, you never hear a guy say, "You know, I think I would like another kick in the nuts." I rest my case. Time for another beer.

Being a farmer I find this quite amusing, everybody wants to eat the pig but no one wants to kill it. Just shows how far people have gone from reality, everything grows on supermarket shelves. When we were kids we milked the cow, collected the eggs, helped slaughter the chickens or sheep, learned to eat all parts of the animal (even brains) and had a real respect for how the food gets to the table. Must be showing my age!

I have seen a Foxbat LSA fitted with a chute at a private strip in Central Victoria. Not sure who owned it but it was the latest model (600 kg MTO) It was fitted into the top right hand of the fuselage behind the pax. cheer's Butch

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A twin-engine passenger plane has an engine failure and the Altitude and speed are decreasing rapidly. The pilot speaks over the intercom .... "I'm sorry it has come To this ladies and gentlemen, but unfortunately we are going to have to Jettison the luggage in order for the aircraft to remain airborne ". Baggage is thrown out but still the plane's altitude continues to decrease. Once again the pilot gets on the intercom, "I hate to do This folks but in order to save the majority we are going to have to Start off-loading some passengers. The only fair way is to do this Alphabetically, so we'll start with the letter 'A'". "Africans? Are there any Africans on board?" There was no answer so the pilot calls, "Black people, are there any black people on Board?" Again silence. " C - coloured people? Are there any coloured people on board?" Still there is silence. A little black boy sitting near the rear of the plane turned to his mother and said, "Mum, ain't we African? Ain't we black? Ain't we coloured?" She replied, "Yes, son but for the moment we is Niggers. Let them do the Muslims first. If that don't work we is Zulus"......

Who needs excuses SMART ARSE ANSWER 4It was mealtime during a flight on a British Airways plane: "Would you like dinner?" the flight attendant asked the man seated in the front row. "What are my choices?" the man asked. "Yes or no," she replied. SMART ARSE ANSWER 3A lady was picking through the frozen Chickens at a Woolworths store but she couldn't find one big enough for her family. She asked a passing assistant, "Do these chickens get any bigger?" The assistant replied, "I'm afraid not, they're dead." SMART ARSE ANSWER 2The policeman got out of his car and the teenager he stopped for speeding rolled down his window. "I've been waiting for you all day," the cop said. The kid replied, "Well I got here as fast as I could." When the policeman finally stopped laughing, he sent the kid on his way without a ticket. SMART ARSE ANSWER OF THE YEAR A teacher at a West Australian High School reminded her pupils of tomorrow's final exam. "Now listen to me, I won't tolerate any excuses for you not being here tomorrow. I might consider a nuclear attack, a serious personal injury, illness, or a death in your immediate family, but that’s it, no other excuses whatsoever!" A smart-arsed teenager at the back of the room raised his hand and asked, "What would happen if I came in tomorrow suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?" The entire class was reduced to laughter and sniggering. When silence was restored, the teacher smiled at the student, shook her head and sweetly said, "Well, I would expect you to do the exam with your other hand."

A frustrated wife buys a pair of crotchless panties in an attempt to spice up her dead sex-life. She puts them on, together with a short skirt and sits on the sofa opposite her husband sipping a glass of wine. At strategic moments she uncrosses her legs wide enough that her husband asks, "Are you wearing crotchless panties?" "Y-e-s," she answers with a seductive smile. "Thank God - I thought you were sitting on the cat."He never saw the glass coming

Is this total bull sh!t I've searched the net and can't find articles about structural cracks in Tecnams. Our flying club have 3 Tecnams with thousands of hours use for training .....no cracks as yet. I hope there is an enquiry if it's true .......putting your head in the sand about safety helps no one cheers Butch

Thanks Bruce for your explanation, I always thought Tecnams had a fairly good reputation as far as safety goes. Nothings bullet proof, we all know the risks when we fly. Hope all this issue with the Jabs get sorted out for you guys , They seem to be an affordable well constructed aircraft with a few engine problems ( no experience just what I read on this forum ) and it would be bad for all of us in RAA to see them grounded or put under severe restrictions, we all just want to fly safely, cheers Butch

HI I know this is off topic but what Tecnam structural problems, I'm interested as I fly one ? cheer's Butch

Takes all types......left my old wheel barrow out the front of my house. Went out one morning and there it is missing the wheel and axle....the bolts had been removed and left on the ground. The funny thing is I had run over some bindies and the tube was full of holes.....they will get there just karma when they try to use it. Sad part is I got a new one at the market for $25... some people are either stupid or have no respect for peoples property. hope your wrench is returned Geoff, cheers Butch

I just completed my RA licence and X country at 56. It took me 12 months to get there , I think the study and flight practice has made me more aware and sharper in general than I was before I started flying. The main thing is to keep your brain active , try something new and as my old Grandfather used to say " your only as old as the woman you feel" cheer's Butch

Hi jetjr, I know nothings bullet proof, I had an early model Mazda ute.....let it overheat just once and the alloy head would warp.....new head gasket. This happened 3 times in a few years. It was a known fault with this engine....what did Mazda do redesign the engine to improve or fix the problem. My logic is why tempt fate with a product that has faults and the manufacturer seems not interested in fixing when there are other alternatives that may still fail but the law of averages of this happening are far less, cheer's Butch

Rick, this is the problem! I'm new to this sport and there is no way I would fly in an aircraft that has a motor that is 4 stroke and you have to run it like a 2 stoke by adding oil to the fuel, put on an oil cooler to keep the motor cool and have decent oil pressure, add an air scoop to supply more air for cooling. If it needs all this why not produce the motor with all this done? It might fix your problems but what about all the standard motors with low oil pressure, overheating problems and run on avgas not 2 stroke fuel? I wouldn't by a tractor to drive around my farm with that sort of history and if it failed I could step off and walk home, it's a bit hard to do that when you are at 2,000 feet. When I started my training I had ambitions of buying a Jab one day, a neat looking plane at an affordable price. Nothings cheap if you end up C up on a golf course! I don't think it's a Ford or Holden thing, there are plenty like me that would love a Jab but not till the bugs are ironed out or option of another power plant. Happy flying Butch. PS sorry I thought I attached Ricks quote

If GMH had as many engine failures as jabirus it would be a national scandal , why hasn't CASA addressed the issue? Bewildered, Butch