ricky m

Hi all I brought this water colour from a guy in uk about 15 years ago.. He was I a separation and needed cash he pianted himself whilst he was waiting beetween lessons ( true story) now I Poss need it to help me out who would like to advise of approx value ( hopeing art people like trikes lol) Ricky

Hi, i fly 24 aircraft out of ypjt.. With rpl class two med and and raa pilot certificate, i do have transponda fitted and checked but from what i understand you do not need a transponda only a radio... for ctr..

My tank is on the side and that does make bit of pain as cant get full flow with with the small travel mr funnel i use.. so have to balance pressure from pump and triger control to stop funnel over flowing (would be embarasing reporting a fuel spill to the enviro department at YPJT !!!as i am one of the reporting officers there ....lol!!! hence y strugling to lift and pour fuel was not an option). Still since jabiru now advise only keeping mogas for two weeks i have been using avgass for last six weeks (ish).. :( :) so it makes great mower can ....(dont say a word the wife said enough)

Hi metal fits all old army style.. plastic need to match brand of 20litre can.. Here is a pic of mine.. Tanami were great i brought original from a dealer who was no longer a dealer and only had plastic fitting pumps as old stock.. Yet tanami just asked me to return pump i broight and then sent back a pro version for metal cans...

Hi yes changed to metal can.. Tried differnt seal better but still leaked.. May of been bad mould in can i brought.. From experiance i would go metal... Not cheap set up but safe and works .. Jerry can $70 tanami pump $75 nozle $60 ish bike pump $15. But works really well.. Therre is one that flylight in uk sell £40but frieght is same :( there has pump built in... http://140142.33.ekmpowershop.net/quick-transfer-aircraft-re-fuelling-pump-188-p.asp

I tried the tanami pump for plastic and it was a night mare for me to seal i split two sealing caps as had to tighten that hard:( tanami exchanged for metal one and with no quible... Now works easy and only a few slow pumps and its away... Well worth getting

I use a 20litre metal jerry with a tanami pro pump and only need a bicycle pump to get good flow (solid clip on bike pump) control of flow is through fuel gun i got from masters...

There is one at beverly.. Not been in there but if gliding is your thing there is a great gliding club there too..

so top bottom is yes u can fly weight shift in class D if jab or rotax 912 (not ul) and is factory built and u have the apropriate licences:) looks like i might look to start fly wieght shift out of ypjt perth :)

All very confusing then..:( hence my original Q, Kasper u say two types jab certified? I thought they all were? A,B And J... Now. I am more confused lol (it dont take much)

Is it possible to fly raa factory built wieght shift in class D? If u have raa endorsement and rpl with ctr endorsement?like u can fixed wing....

Here is something i was not aware of..( I own a jabiriru and love it) was at work today (ypjt)and saw a lame working on a r22 so stoped for a chat and asked wot he was doing.. To my suprise he was checking for sticking valves as per manual (every 300hrs) as the oil/fuel sizzles on stem seals and causes deposits to form potentially causing a sticky valve... So dont mater how much ur engine costs,they all have similar pronlems,,( stick to the inspections and dont scrimp and i reckon u got the same chance of a faliure as any other engine else... Its a shame somthing so cheap and more than reasonbly reliable is bieng Pushed to potentially not existing anymore by the people who asked for cheap affordable avistion because the 2stroke was unreliable and thirsty (lmao)...On another note there is an aircraft at thar airport with a jab engine in ( vh experimental) and i was taliking to the guy the other day about jabs, he said he had not done most of the s/b on the engine as he thought not needed ( choose wot he thought was needed ....WTF.... I say most jabs later problems are poor maintainece of older not updated engines....

Maybe it will go like the uk? caa (uk cassa equivalent) oversee licenses,BMAA(British microlight association) over see airworthiness ... The uk nppl (m) microlight (3axis and wieght shift) allows flight though controlled airspace matz etc.with basic medical.. If u are clear and precise on the request on the radio....ur cleared through the zone:) simples lol....but nppl is uk only (no jar priviliges) hence i now how nppl.rpc (raa aus)and rpl (casa). plus 3 radio liciences (yes 3... One for caa uk... One endorsment for rpc... And one for rpl, to get the cassa one i had to take an english language test..lmao.. yet the sylibuss is pretty much the same for all. ohhh well

Hi thanks for info...its looking good after the carb clean new plugs ect... Compresion test was good and also back using avgas.. Running very well done full power climb too 6000 ft to test.....

Totally agree but a bloody good indication if something has really gone wrong..

Carried out fuel flow test today 1.5 litres a minuite at fuel pipe fuel passing through float needle good... Float bowl level 11-12mm removed float needle and flushed found small bit debri in jug but cant confirm from flushing....Spark plugs replaced front cylinders plugs nice couler rear cylinder little sooty when wiped light grey/brown:) Replaced all plugs tightend ht leads,will check again after a flight tommorow get a better idea of colour as was only short taxi ground run...could not do compresion test as mine was wrong size and leak down tester not here till Tuesday :( so nothing conclusive..

Absolutely agree nev.. Was nice to read a balanced non judgemental opinion. ;) that shows all things made have problems.

http://www.aviationsafetymagazine.com/airplane/LSA-Engine-Safety.html Seems like a fair and well balanced article:)

Hi deadstick, checked balnce pipe after second time when i reset choke it was all clear routed well no low pionts...am going to compresion test and leak test on weekend, if all good there will remove and inspect carb:) concentrating on float needle...

http://www.jabiruownersgroup.org/viewtopic.php?t=324&p=1633 this thread seems to be similar to my fault....

Hi Nev luckily i can do the checks myself as licensed mechanic and l2.. Was hoping for someone who had similar prob... I now got too look deeper as first time thought carb ice second found choke not shutting off... Getting full power and still climbs when coughing...it is coincidance i think! That it missis on second full power climb out... As after I readjusted choke checked carb ect went and done 3 circuits all good flew about 4 hoours fualt free then after 1 hour tweenty flight 2. Hours on ground missed on climb at about 500ft and continued till about 1000 Then cleard,couple of laps in the over head cleared and all good :( will do leak down on weekend check lifters and then oil presure if that checks out... Thanks for your thoughts and sugestions :)

Will be doing compression test now and check plugs for cylinder prob...im lucky enough to work where i keep aircraft so turn prop twice week to ensure no sticking valves or corrosion... Im at a loss right now :(

It stumbles for about 1 minute then clears.. Unfortunatly no egt sensors just the standard cht... This is what is making hard to pinpiont:( after mis fire no prob and wating for silence all good.. fly home.then all good for 3- 4 hours.. Cant replicate on ground . as there is two ignition circuits cant see both going bad at same time....

Would b unlucky to get two on same cylinder faulty??? But spose poss