waraton

Hi Ian, please check your messages.

I've replaced my Jabiru beacon light with one from the same company that made the original. Cost $205usd delivered and fits straight in the Jab mount. It sits about an inch higher than the original due to a heat sink which (the company advises) will prevent them dying early like their predecessor. Works great.

https://kestrobes.com/product-category/red-led-aircraft-beacon/

2 minutes ago, NT5224 said:

Hundred dollar burger? 😃

 

Alan

 

And the rest!

Flight yesterday saw a stop in at White Cliffs where we went to the pub for lunch. Matt from the pub is only too happy to organise a pickup or drop off or both from the airfield if you phone the pub. He rekons there is enough to do if you you have a couple of days to spare.

This was lunch !

The town has two main residential areas where residences are dug into the hills.

Bit hard to see here but hundreds of mine shafts very close to each other. Apparently there are around 10 active mines still in operation digging up opals. 

Hi Ian

Could you check Clear Prop orders please.

I had the best flight of my life today. My 15yo took me for a fly. 

38 minutes ago, RFguy said:

I undid the nut on the bottom and mine just came out. wow, did it live outdoors? the sun has not been kind to that lens. it might polish up OK otherwise chuck. Mine is pristine although the plane lived in a hanger.

Maybe your's has a ring of silicone goop holding it in. 

Got it! There was some goop and double sided tape as well. The top comes off with a hex head key but that's as far as I managed to get. Kuntzleman 610 326 9068 no luck for a replacement but a quick search of the web reveals 

"This self contained 14 Volt beacon uses surface mounted LED (Light Emitting Diode) technology and meets FAA requirements for anti-collision light systems in both airplane and rotorcraft categories. This rugged little unit measures 1.7 inches in diameter, 3.5 inches tall and weighs 8.4 ounces. The average current draw at 14 volts is 0.6 Amps with a peak input current of 1.2 Amps. It has a flash rate of 60 per minute and will not produce EMI or RFI interference. The color is Aviation Red LEDs through a clear Polycarbonate Fresnel lens. The manufactures projected life for their LEDs is up to 100K hours.

Mounting is accomplished by a #10-32 stainless steel stud that is in the bottom center of the base. NOT TSO’D"

54mm hole to go in so there would have to be some options out there.

This is the setup on mine. The light must be glued into the fibreglass housing because it does not want to come out!

4 hours ago, RFguy said:

Have you got the dead one  still ?

I am going to have a serious go at resurecting mine. might not be too hard. depends on what potting mix they used. wont be much that died.

Yep .... still in the tail.

4 hours ago, RFguy said:

Hi

I am looking for same.  (tail beacon) I pulled out the device, made by Kuntzlemann, A really nice unit with fresnel lens .

I talked to the company owner, its all potted. they have new ones, but nothing exact. . You can also buy just the lens assembly.

 

same one ?

Yep that's what I am after, a replacement which is fairly straight forward and inexpensive. Jab now have the replacement listed on the website at $950 but last time I called even these were unavailable. Most of them don't seem to last much beyond 5 years or so I guess dependant on use. 

Has anyone come up with a workaround for the tail beacon light on 230/430 Jabs which on my machine and some others I am aware of failed. When the original light failed I contacted Jabiru and there was no replacement available. A replacement which just plugs in would be nice!

Dubbo back to Broken Hill and a look at a rarely wet flood plain South East of Wilcannia getting a bit of a drink after recent flows down the Darling. From 4500'.

11 minutes ago, anjum_jabiru said:

I was planning to do something similar with my old S5, if everything else failed. I use Autoboy app on the phone as it records for > an hour. I was wondering what app do you use, so that it does not stop recording every half an hour. Also, I believe it will consume a lot of battery  about 1 % per min, in 720p with screen backlight off.

No App, just press record on the camera video button, records at FHD. It keeps recording as long as it is left on. If you want to record for hours you could connect via USB into aircraft to charge but I've never noticed a power drain problem. 

This is my solution a cheap ass clamp and a cheap ass lapel microphone which plugs in my Samsung phone. No extra gear, microphone sits in the headset earcup. High Definition video and with a 32GB memory card which will record long enough to send even the most interested aviator to sleep. The video is such good quality I can just chop high def photos straight from the video (see below). Less than $30. 

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/373394743010 

Old thread, any new products or techniques being used?

This is an old thread but relevant to a hangar chat I had today where we wondering how many projects get delivered and never opened or started and never completed. Do you know of any examples at your airfield?

Maybe this is helpful. 

1 hour ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

The thought of a security clearance for the pilots even made the CAA laugh...

 

ASICs - a laugh at regional airfields. Kids can fly from the age of 15 but cannot get an ASIC until 18. Curtis Cheng was shot and killed in a terrorist act in 2015 in a Parramatta street. Curtis was killed by a 15yo scumbag. In the past almost 20 years what has been achieved in that context. As has been raised over and over, they are a political gesture. 

18 hours ago, graham brown said:

On windy select temperature, then hold you finger on the point of interest. A menu comes up with sounding as an option. Select that. The height of the thermals can be determined by the ground temperature.

Love it, what a great feature. Thanks for the pointer.

2 hours ago, graham brown said:

GFA members get free access to sky sight. Dr Jack used to be used too, not sure if it’s still available. Windy has temp traces too.

Thanks, not sure where to find traces on Windy but found what I was looking for here... http://ausrasp.com/ no login, no cost.

A fun flight for some ultralights from the Silver City Recreational Aircraft Club today. Lunch at the Copi Hollow kiosk which was great and a look at the regulator letting water back into Lake Menindee for the first time in 5 years. The arrival of the water has livened up the town with tourists making their way in for a look. Some photos from the day.

Lake Menindee with water inflow for the first time in 5 years.

Darling river Menindee Main Weir. Note the "tourist".

Broken Hill to Menindee Road. Despite the water coming into Menindee it is still very dry in the Lower Western area of NSW.

Some of the craft on the ground at the Copi Hollow Caravan Park strip.

Is there a free service which forecasts thermal activity (times and heights). I have had a boy look and have drawn a blank. 

Just got home from a river trip along the the darling river in NSW from Menindee to Wentworth then along the Murray to Renmark and Loxton. South West NSW is still dry as bone which is hard to imagine given the drenching other areas have had. Few pics of some river towns along the way. Weather was about as good as it gets.

Poonacarie in NSW, the Darling river is pretty shallow between here and Wentworth.

Renmark in South Australia.

Loxton, just down river from Renmark and Berri.

In a thread about proposed major airspace reform in Australia we have wondered if Drones are a motivation driving this proposal. Reports there is currently drone testing in Brisbane so I am curious to know what others know or have heard about this or other developments in this rapidly evolving airspace invasion. Found this picture online, has Uber printed on the side suggesting that company is spending some bucks. There must be some seriously smart technology and money going into drones. Wonder what is on the way!

I wonder if part of the motivation is to develop a framework which will accommodate freight and passenger drones into the future. Sounds a bit Dick Tracey but considering watches receive phone calls these days as routine, possibly not! Who knows what airspace will look like 10 years from now.