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  1. rankamateur
    All that structure weighs very much the same in both models, then those very neat, extensively riveted seat bucket weigh about 4 kilos each. They are a genius example of 3D computer design and manufacture, but the stainless steel seat runners are the heaviest duty bit of gear in the whole airframe.
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    Not if he judged that that the water was too choppy where he was planning to land.
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    This is one we should have talked about. Took all of an hour to mount all three tyres. Only risk is pinching the tube as you do up the bolts to pull the two halves together, avoided by adding just enough air to pull the tube into shape BUT little enough to not push the tube out between the two halves of the rim.
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    Amphibians will become the safest class of planes RAA administer if they hand out three month suspensions for coming in to land. What happened to PIC obligation to go around if landing is not safe.
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    I got laser cut felt dust seals from Reg to help keep the grease clean, don't be shy with the grease when you are assembling them though.
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    See saws and swings...Now a three year old can even understand what you meant.
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    Over the last six or seven years I have been to so many air shows and fly-ins that I have completely lost count, but over that time I have met and talked with many pilots for the last time, I always feel for their friends and family who miss them much more badly than I do, but the sheer volume of them is starting chew away at why I like to fly. They aren't all arrogant, or careless, or a show off or in a hurry or...no doubt some of them were one or another of these things, but in every case they have appeared just like the next pilot I will meet for the first time at the next one I get too. When the third member of a group I was a member of was killed, I left that group, but it didn't stop people dying, it only made me fell better at the time. The simplest fact seems to be, the more fly-ins I see someone at, the more like they are to not be at the next one!
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    This is getting monotonous. A bloke like this wouldn't have reversed the inputs when the shit hit the sail.
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    News like this always makes it hard to explain to your family why you keep going. I find it knocks your drive to get on and finish a build too. I have 32.5 hours in my book and every one of these poor souls has had much more experience and logged many more hours than me. Always leaves me wondering why I think I am going to be any better than each of them, but human arrogance always makes us think we are different. That is why bad stuff always happens to some one else!
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    Keith, What part of a rego needs administering on an ongoing basis? It is right that GA registrations are paid for at establishment, after that the maintenance has to be kept up to go on enjoying the benefits of registration. The ramp check is the compliance inspection!
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    Bring it on, Bring your mates! We will call it the Savannah Muster. Have I heard of that before?
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    What about the linkages from the rudder pedals to the front wheel? The front wheel is a long way below the axis of the fuselage. I would think if it was just a little off straight at neutral rudder, it has more potential to be the culprit and also the cure.
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    Unless of course you twist it after installation!
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    Sport pilot at a new RRP of $8.80? What is the point of printing, let alone changing the recommended retail price of a magazine that isn't offered at retail? Could it only be to pull the wool over the eyes of the subscribers, to give the impression that they are getting even better value for their subscription? Could it be that I am just getting old and cynical?
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    Following your logic, a slide rule would be a better choice than an abacus.
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    You can't get a twist in a Savannah wing, all the holes are computer cut full size, you could build a straight wing on the front lawn. Unless of course you twist it after installation!
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    http://www.sambailey.com.au/helifirst Sam has no use of his legs and only partial use of his hands, and it is a long term project, but hopefully he will eventually crawl through all the hoops and satisfy the regulators to achieve his dream. Anything is possible!
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    Just out of interest have a look across the top of the wings to see if the rivet lines on one wing line up with those on the opposite wing. Being 6'3" tall I check every one I approach and have only seen two where the lines don't line up by about 20mm. The one with the trimtab I referred to above was one of them. I have no idea how you could build one with one wing effectively in front of the other by 20mm if you wanted to try, but at least two builders have succeeded
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    Ian Ellis, former NSW distributor, also had a small trim tab on the aileron of his VG.
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    It would make it hard, the right arm bit, I mean.
  21. rankamateur
    I used Vista 64 for years without issue, I have always wondered why all the bad press. I recently updated to Windows 7 because one web site, this one, kept giving me messages that my web browser was not up to date. Apart from getting rid of the nag message I also find it boots up about twice as fast but other than that, no noticeable improvement.
  22. rankamateur
    What happened to A and B? That is nearly as silly as launching the new iphone 2 all those years ago, would have made so much sense to launch the first one before the second one.
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    Hope Jim intends to continue.
  24. rankamateur
    He got in the May 2013 Sport Pilot for his trouble! Which I could quickly check because I have the PAPER copies close at hand, took less than 1 minute!
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    Was it that long ago? Well Ross time sure flies by while you aren't paying enough attention. A shame you feel so alone, I agree with nearly everything you have said right down to the pleasure the lowly member like me used to get from my paper magazine, and what other value if any I glean from my membership. You just mis-cued when you targeted the current board members, they have done a fair job representing the majority of the members, just a great shame more of them don't use stone-age internet access.
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