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Wear another coat?
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A 750Kg RAA weight increase is not going to increase MTOW of a single aircraft, or make a single XOS pilot fit any better in a cramped cockpit. While ever we fly European planes where weight limits are even tighter, staying slim is going to be an ever present challenge just so we can carry enough fuel to get the job done.
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Mark you know me! "Portly"??? I wouldn't have described myself as portly. 6'3" and 89kg. String bean and long thin streak of pelican sh!t have been mentioned.
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What did Tom do with the Savannah S he built before he retired? He tried to sell it to me but I bought a kit instead.
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That is where I got to with it, Guy has gone through the same process and arrived at the same point. Reg will crawl all over the factory installed 912iS with his camera and then we will all know a lot more about it. Have you bought your kit yet? If not you might be able to order a special kit for the iS motor now that the factory have done a fire wall forward kit for that motor.
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It was one of the first six kits Tom imported into Australia, but I think it was the second one flying. The adventurer Alby Mangles was first flying. His plane is also still flying.
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Was this one painted in "nipple pink" paint prior to the camo touch up?
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Wasn't a scam when I dealt with them. Real people running a real business, hang in there it sounds like a misunderstanding to me.
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That could be one explanation.
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Are you Hank-erring too Hank?
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Good luck with the law suit. http://www.9news.com.au/world/2015/09/23/15/36/peta-sues-on-behalf-of-monkey-for-rights-to-selfie
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Are you sure it isn't already available? I am sure Reg told me the factory are now fitting 912iS and 914 motors. It is just not the standard 912S kit that he orders for stock. A kit is a pretty big investment in time and money so it is worth thinking it through and ordering just what you want. When I ordered mine, I ordered it with the extended rudder from the tail dragger version for a little bit more rudder authority. That had never been done before but Tom just specified a different order for that kit. Each kit is individual if you are prepared to wait 13 or 14 weeks for the delivery you can have what ever you want in the box. If you can't wait and there is stock here in Australia it will be 912S, extended baggage, long range tanks and cabin heat because they are the options that most people want. That rudder extension was a factory copy of the one Reg built on his maroon plane and also on the white/yellow turbo charged one he built. Just as they copied John Gilpin's VG idea, the factory aren't shy about incorporating improvements thought of by others.
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Don't fret if one test is elevated above baseline either. An odd elevated level can be caused by something as simple as a rough week of mustering on the bike, don't lose any sleep until after your retest.
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This is what I did, But I live near Moree not the coast. I primed all mating surfaces and used the ICP black as well, this gives a layer of primer under the rivet heads. If you look closely at corrosion on Savannahs it is usually along badly de-burred sheet edges where the burrs poke through the paint or around rivet heads, take care with your de-burring which ever priming system you choose. If you are really worried about corrosion don't land on the beach along the waterline. Landcruisers go rusty if you drive them like that too.
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Anyone know how to fly a DC-9?
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If you are going to use alodine, take care not to absorb any into yourself, and if you are on a cattle place be careful with your rinse water disposal so you don't get hung out to dry for contamination. In 1995 I had a chemical contamination, the source was fairly easily identified, but we still couldn't sell another beast for 9 months. Also remove all the printing off the sheets with GP thinners and do all your de-burring before applying the alodine, otherwise you will be handling your treated parts too much, and be filing off a lot of your treatment.
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O is for Orange, O is for October...Now I get it.
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You are making it sound a bit like teaching Kindy kids to wash their hands before little lunch!
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Don't feel too special. You aren't being singled out.
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Airmaster deal with whirlwind direct, They fit the boss on the blade root that screws into the hub. It arrived ready to install
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It is the ATO/RSPCA way! It is what we do when we are spending someone elses money.
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Not funny! it is a serious problem with that font. That number could be anything.
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Put one of these on it! Whirlwind razor blades on an AP430 Airmaster hub.
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Sue there are naturist magazines, if you have a hankering to go nude.
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Sav uses special large flange rivets and specify hole clearance to avoid crazing.
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