Birdseye

Problem is that most of these councils are driven by ego. Once upon a time there were shire clerks, now we have CEOs. My local one decided that they should become a 'city' instead of a shire. Damned if I know on what basis, but I'm sure it makes the useless sods feel warm and happy.

Amazing what some modellers will build! Often see large scale models with faulty u/c, it's the one area that is difficult to get right/reliable.

I love these government self-improvers that use pointless and excessive words to add some sort of perceived credibility: "Just before 4pm we responded to reports of a light aircraft down, upon responding to the general vicinity it was noted that there was a light aircraft upside down," he said.

What is wrong with: "When we arrived at the scene we found an aircraft upside down"?

Of course it may have been just the quality of reporting that was the issue.

14 years ago I had noise problems as described in my J200 bird from my M760. I flew to Bundy where "Graeme", the techo, spent a couple of hours on my problem. Problem was my wiring but after placing magnets in key areas, problems vanished. Still working perfectly to this day. No charge for labor but small charge for the magnets. Great service so check to see if this techo is still there...

My first thoughts were that it was an ugly F*cker. An S-11?

Ok' date=' I didn't give up. Found it on archive.orgADS-Pi: Low-Cost ADS-B IN for OzRunways

www.buyraspberrypi.com.au

As FB above. Putting the ferrites on the leads is just a patch, replacing the light units makes more sense. I'm assuming you have the same sort of 'trading standards' as we do this side of the Tasman. Currently the aircraft is 'not fit for purpose'. Pays to be hard-nosed in these situations or run the risk of getting walked over.

No, they are the lights that came with the plane from new, now 23 hrs old.

Have the actual light units been changed?

I presume that you are talking to Aeroprakt (via the agent) about them fixing it?

Will we ever hear anything good about this poor donkey designed by a committee?

A long way to send a used aircraft.

Judging by some of the earlier comments perhaps it's WA - my 1980s WA number plate slogan was 'State of Excitement'. It was too!

Which State is the aircraft coming from?

The new one is the French one. Here is the original photo (unretouched) of the Nibbio.

Interesting comments. In my Jabiru J170, when I pull the throttle back, I have to hold the nose up to wash off speed. They are 'slippery'.

We pull back the throttle to idle opposite the piano keys on downwind, then glide to base & final at 60 kt 2 up & 54 kt solo (54 kt is best glide speed). We also pull on the first stage of flaps after closing the throttle. Depending on wind and judgement you may need to pull 2nd stage for landing.

hey birdseye, I remember what my instructor told me about pulling the throttle to idle at the end of downwind - on my first solo...first surprise was the acceleration on takeoff without an instructor in the back seat - Wow, big difference and you had to be on the ball with those pedalsthen I pulled the throttle at the end of downwind and I saw straight away why he said "get that stick forward FAST" - it felt like it hit a brick wall !!!

 

how interesting is that - to have an aircraft that behaves so differently for the student on his first solo - makes you really think about the "high drag low inertia" aspect of the WB Drifter

 

people say if you can fly a Drifter you can fly anything - not so sure about that but for sure it is a real classic little beasty - mine will be back in the air - soon......

 

BP

It's an Aviamilano Nibbio.

My pet hate is the hotel booking places offering me hotels in Perth. Why would I want a site to tell me about hotels in Perth, I live there!

I just wonder if I might not prefer the Chinese government reading my posts to Facebook and Google doing the same.

Has hint of Siai Marchetti 208 about it, but not quite.

The construction of the lad's aircraft wing and the Russian attempt are also quite different.

They didn't have a second try :-)

Sorry, on 7's early video it looked like there was a fence beside the ditch. Closer video later showed no fence.

Alf, a rear end shunt on the road is still referred to as a crash, even if both vehicles are still drivable.