Tasmag

Superglue, with the addition of baking soda for dings, makes a good sacrificial layer on my Jab prop.

Shaken,

Would you have a link to that greenhouse manufacturer, interested in exploring it a little further.

Mike

A fellow I know says the jabiru has the best fuel pump ever made, gravity. Should run fine without any pump.

Prior to flight testing a new aircraft a fuel flow test is required at climb attitude to prove a 150% flow rate of full power requirements. I made sure mine could do 60 litres an hour with gravity alone.

From what I have read Aireon, who run the space based ADSB system will also provide tracks when requested by SAR agencies.

Which is probably the only way you could get a track in Australia if you disappear in aremote area.

Would be interesting to one whether the sky echo is picked up by the space based system.

It was definitely a lifepo4 battery in the J170, I had a good look at the damage and I am off the opinion that the Reg caught fire, not the battery.

I believe the Reg overheated because the battery had failed and without the internal resistance of lead acid the alternator just kept producing more power until the Reg ignited.

This is supported by the findings that the fire started within 400mm of the battery, from memory.

Just my opinion though.

Try this, will give ADSB, Avplan and Ozrunways paints into your EFB.

https://apps.apple.com/au/app/avtraffic/id1256899956

Should that ban include the use of other acronyms, ICAO for a start!

I went the VH route and found it to be cheaper than RAA, no ongoing registration and membership of SAAA saves me about 1K on insurance.

Not sure why you believe SAA are biased toward RV's, I didn't build one and couldn't have had a better experience.

Looking at the costs of rego with RA and membership, I am way in front going the VH route.

Mike

Still only useful in 3g service area though. The ADSB-pi fixes that. Limited range though!

Mike

Avplan do use ADSB paints, sourced from one of the internet sites I think. Their traffic seems to be much more comprehensive than OzRunways as a result. Perhaps being denied OzRunways traffic prompted them to get traffic from a much better source? 

 

I have only ever used Ozrunways, but this capability is something that would make me take a second look at Avplan.

Mike

I do the opposite, I have a self designed aircraft log book that I had permanently bound. Still much cheaper that buying one and I can eliminate a lot of unnecessary parts.

Pilot log book I do electronically and bind as needed. I'm not 100 % positive but I think the aircraft log book (VH reg) had to be bound while the pilot log book just had to be printed if CASA want to see it.

May be different for RAA though.

Mike

If you use the ADSBPi device that was on the Ozrunwsys website a while ago you don't need premium to get ADSB paints.

That was the case prior to OR8, can't confirm now as I have premium.

Mike

TasMag    They still havent fixed the cylinder problem completely and  I know this for a fact but I cant say too much about it

 

Kyle

Thanks for that, is there anything too look out for?

Mike

I am not saying anything specific ...but....your not looking in the right places maybe...they are definetly better but still problems

 

Kyle

I have a Gen 4 and would really like a heads up on problems that you are aware of.

Mike

I guess the question is however many have died from over reliance on GPS, compared to some use is DR.

I have been using GPS since they were commercially available, spent the first decade decrying their use and forcing the use of map and compass as primary, and the last decade embracing the convenience and accuracy!

I'm sure the use of VOR etc was considered cheating once!

Mike

I would think a big part of it could be to see what your oil has been doing.

Without a bottle you wouldn't know if it was burning or expelling it.

How is it that the weather had any impact, the draw was only available for online ticket sales. These would have been completed prior to the weekend, and weather, I assume.

In truth there are many occupations that entail heightened risk - farming has one of the highest , mineral extraction, oil rigs, emergency services, construction of all sorts, etc etc. What about the poor buggers in Qld cutting artificial stone, going down with silicosis?. The police volunteer, just like nearly every other worker - it suits them & the authorities to place them on a pedestal, but in my view they are little different from any other worker.  I feel sorry for all those who end up killed or injured at work or have their lives cut short,  suffering terribly befor death claims them, due to work related disease - not just the cops.  

 

Except you wouldn't call a stonr cutter when you needed help, but would be quick to critique any response that didn't fit your narrow view, and experience.

A quick update, should has said 19 rego, not 55.

I have not long finished a build through SAAA, they were very good in all aspects.

VH rego means it would be easier to access controlled airspace, from memory 55 rego requires specific approval from CASA. 

Jamie at jabiru is flying a 430 

twin, has been for a while.

An attempt to convince themselves that they aren't as powerless as they know they are. 

Some would suggest it is related to appendage size.

Either way it closely related to impotence - physically, emotionally or intellectually.

Kyle

Didn't know that Stratux works on standard licence, it may just be the AHRS functionality that requires the premium then. (I fitted a GPS chip and AHRS to mine to see how it went, the GPS is great, the AHRS not so much - has a lot of drift)

I went back through my saved files, unfortunately I only have the Pi3 version saved. Might need to find someone with an old working version to clone. 

Mike

Double paints are also a problem when one pilot carries another as passenger, who fires up own his iPad, which sends out his own aircraft's ID...

 

Has caused a bit of confusion during group trips.

 

That's the one problem with not being able to turn off your position in Ozrunways, and still receive other aircraft positions. I do, however, understand why they require it.

Having thought about it a little more I suspect that the levels and latency aren't as big a problem as first thought, I have seen double paints where there is an OZ icon and an ADSB icon for the same aircraft. The paints are all but overlaid on each other and the altitude differences are negligible. 

Doesn't mean that they will always match though.

Mike