Steve L

hi Merv, ya right about the trick questions, well they arnt really trick but one has to fully read and understand them before answering. I have done and passed my BAK but the Pre solo air legislation is a newey to me, could you please tell me what it entails.

thanks steve

Theres the Qantas museum at Longreach Qld. they have a retired Jumbo called the Bunbury (I think) sitting outside, the story of how they landed it is awsome. Apparently the pilot spent months in a simulator practising landing on the short runway. All the seats and other not needed equipment were removed and trucked to Longreach, also it only carried enough fuel for one missed approach then to make it back to Townsville. The whole story and landing is on film inside the museum.

Steve

heres a site that has videos on overhauling the 582 especially the ignition, it may offer some tips

http://www.lightsportaircraft.ca/rotax582rebuildingdvd/

hope this helps

steve

Thanks Darren, I sort of gathered it may be a military thing after Nevs post. Unless there are air police who may chase me at 5000ft :hittinghead: lol.

I have heaps to learn and my brain often goes into overload, especially when I'm on late finals to land, but I'll get there.

steve

Some people boarding small planes had been blown over by winds up to 140km/h after leaving the terminal, Radio New Zealand reported.

Hell Ben doubt if I would board a small plane in those winds.

If I departed in a 140km/h head wind in the Jabiru that im learning in I reckon after about two hours of flight it would put me approx. 10 mins till landing at the airport I previously took off from. lol

Steve

Thanks Nev I was kinda thinking it may have been more technical than that. I'm only about three months into my training so I have heaps to learn, this forum is proving invaluable.

Moz and Rocket: I pasted it in here after recieving it from a mate whos proberly as green as me on aviation so maybe I should have edited it. Anyway it is pretty funny wherever it may have originated from.

Steve

Does anyone know what "IFF" means ? all I can find in my flight rules guide is - identification friend/foe

Steve

Its not meant to be serious. Just a bit of humor

Subject: Qantas Mechanic vs. Pilot

Mechanic vs. Pilot

Remember it takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high

school diploma to fix one.

After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a 'gripe

sheet,' which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft.

The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the

form, and

then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight.

Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are

some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas' pilots (marked

with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance

engineers.

By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never, ever, had

an accident.

---------------

P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.

S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.

P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.

S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.

P: Something loose in cockpit.

S: Something tightened in cockpit.

P: Dead bugs on windshield.

S: Live bugs on back-order.

P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute

descent.

S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.

P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.

S: Evidence removed.

P: DME volume unbelievably loud.

S: DME volume set to more believable level.

P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.

S: That's what friction locks are for.

P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.

S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.

P: Suspected crack in windshield.

S: Suspect you're right..

P: Number 3 engine missing.

S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.

P: Aircraft handles funny.

S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious.

P: Target radar hums.

S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.

P: Mouse in cockpit.

S: Cat installed.

And the best one for last..................

P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget

pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.

Steve

hmmmmmmmm maybe its a shovel that fires at every 152nd lampost... heres another one forya Nev hehe!!

welcome Shovel and hope you enjoy your stay as much as I do

Steve

I was in Bougainville PNG in 68 + 69 where, when taking a couple of kanakas on the back of a 4 x 4 traytop to pick up some thatched roof sections for a donga they were building for my family, I saw in the distance something glistening like aluminium amongst the jungle. (I was standing on the roof of the traytop 'cause of snakes!). The natives tried to stop me from going over there as they were scared ****less of it - so I went alone to investigate. I found a Japanese war plane with the skeletal remains of the pilot still in the seat.........and THAT's the first time I experienced a truly cold chill! Upon getting back to the village, I told the local missionary/law enforcement officer and in a matter of weeks the wreckage was removed.

Thought nothing more of it for years (I was only 15 at the time) until 2006 whilst travelling in the U.S., we stopped at a Southwest private air museum to discover almost an exact replica of what I saw back then, still in the same decayed state that I remembered (minus the skeleton). I can't help wondering if it was indeed the same plane that I saw all those years ago. Anyway, I will dig up the photos I took of the US one and post it as soon as I can find them. Steve

At 120 kgs you proberly need that extra bit of speed to land lol (only joking)

Congratulations prety good feeling ay. I'm a new flyer too and lovin every minute of it. Tomorrow I'm doing stalls in a 170 Jab, dont really know what to expect but hope to get upside down a lot (wishfull thinking, dont think a Jabs the right kinda plane for that) keep us up to date on your progress

Steve

Congratulations Ian it is a top forum

Steve

Fair enough mate that is only YOUR opinion, which your entitled to. Most of us are not lawyers, I myself am a Mack diesel mechanic so I do have a good understanding of engines.

bit of trivia for ya

Harleys are the ONLY vehicles in the world which dont loose value, ask any insurance company. Not bad for a noisy piece of junk.

Cant make it there on sunday Roger, I spent last week in that neck of the woods and am unable to get any more time off work. BUGGARIT!!!

Anyway I would like to know more about the kit you mentioned, although I wont be able to purchase anything till later in the year.

BTW skyray or air hog as it was called has been forced to close completely due to a certain unamed company. They proberly didnt want chaps looking for a h****y in the sky and falling off their bikes haha!

Steve

Hi Cazza,

I'll be there to say hello too. Think my next question to you was just answered, I take it anyone can attend a L2 maintenance

workshop. When would the next one be conducted in SA

Steve

thanks Danda,

Rufus posted it earlier, its now called www.skyray.us and the engines are a lot cheeper than others on the market..

steve

Thanks Nev,

I stand corrected, I was under the impression that porsch had imput in the TWIN CAM engines as well as the V ROD. This I learnt from the Harley factory when I done a tour of the engine plant back in 2003.

Check out http://www.skyray.us/ its very interesting

Steve.

"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find out it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible."

T.H. Lawrence

Hi Rufus, thanks for the site its very interesting. I have had Harleys for a long time and how does one educate people on how good these twin cam engines really are, especially compared to the evos and shovels etc. from previous years. Mine ( also a 88B ) has done well over 100 thou, most of it was back in the US with my wife on pillion and pulling a trailer. I still give it a HUGE squirt when I'm out with the boys and dont pussyfoot around, change the oil around 25 thou, (norty norty I know) but have never had a problem or even a plug out of it. The last trip we done in the US was last year, 42 thou ks in 3 months, carried a 375ml coke bottle of engine oil (as I thought the synthetic oil I use was as hard to get there as it is here) and brought it back home with us. Anyone would think this is a Harley site the way I'm rambling on so enough is enough, the bike will now sit in the lounge keeping warm while I make room in the shed to build a Jabiru kit plane. At this stage its a Jab but I need to get my licence first and try some other planes out.

Steve

Thanks Cazza, I have only just started flying and my second time in the Jab will be tomorrow. So far I like it and am pretty certain I'll purchase a Jabiru. I am only able to fit a 500mtr airstrip on my property, hence the 170. Mike at Murray Bridge has 3 other planes, a Texan, Gazelle and I believe a Lightwing all of which I would like to fly eventually.

Don't plan to be in the hanger too much if there's blue sky above lol, anyway it will be good to catch up with you guys, share a few lies and check out your 160 if your coming in it. Let us know when your dropping in.

Steve

Heres two vids of harley engines fitted in couple of zodiacs.

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The later twin cam and ballanced engines (which i believe were porche designed) dont have the problems the earlier models suffered. Mine (in a 2000 model nightrain) has done in excess of 100.000ks mainly in the US of good ole A, two up pulling a trailer, oil change every 20 thou and has never had a new spark plug. I dont need to add any oil between oil changes, nor do ever have any starting problems.

Another plus is they are high h/p, (between 80 and 130 depending on model) light and dry sumped

steve

I was goint to post a message asking if anyone knew or heard of plane being fitted with a harley engine, thought if it wasnt taken serious one might have got a laugh out of it !

Well after reading ianrat's post then looking at zodiacs site I came across a couple of youtube vids.

They have the h/p, torque, low revs and I believe might be lighter than most conventional engines, and I know from experience that the new twin cams will go the distance. Dual ignition may be a problem ( and I wouldnt leave the ground without it ) but i'm sure that can be sorted. Wonder how one will go in a Jab? prolly have to chuck a couple of sandbags in with it lol. HELL IT SURE WOULD SOUND NICE .

Does anyone else know of any other foreign engines the have been used succesfully in aircrafts.

steve

thanks fellas,

Will be happy when I am able to cross country but thats a long way off yet. On top of that I wish to buy a kit plane, a jabiru at this stage, so im still thinking 18 months- 2 years.

I was truckie for 20+ years doing drill rig shifts in very remote parts of OZ in the early 70s ( now im showing my age lol) some of them are still remote and it would be good to see them from the air. Also catch up with mates interstate and just general flying around. Sure will beat driving the car

Steve

lol good one captain

I have a harley 2000 nightrain, which has done more miles in the states than here in good old OZ.

Hi all,

Well.....after about 6 weeks of 'lurking' on this site (Ian's been watching!! and it's fried rice for tea and bedtime will be a reasonable hour tonight :big_grin:), I thought it's about time I dropped in (before I run out of fuel) and spoke up. I have been wanting to fly all my life but due to family, business etc., etc., - old story, I have finally signed up to commence flying in a 170 Jabiru at Murray Bridge. Hope it can do loops and barrel rolls he he!

Have been reading loads of interesting articles about flying and am getting the gist of the language gradually.

P.S. This is a great forum and got to hand it to Ian - he's doing a great job.

Cheers,

Steve