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  1. ClintonB
    sunday looked good, home base weather was terrible, so I chose not to go, wind, rain and bad vis out to the west. maybe next year-here's to hoping.
  2. ClintonB
    All up I have spent 79 hrs with instructors, 6 hrs 20 years ago, the Raaus was around 35 inc endorsements then BFR’s plus I have grabbed an instructor after a bit of a scare on base to final until my confidence came back. It doesn’t hurt to ask for help.
  3. ClintonB
    I took 26 hrs to go from RPC to RPL, found going to 182 for learning meant getting used to weight difference, performance, the prop and mixture stuff, then cross country and minimum instrument time. Also some time spent getting used to radio in tower time compared to CTAF time in Raaus flying.
  4. ClintonB
    Very sad outcome. Friday morning weather was bad enough at Armidale, approx 500 feet cloud/fog at 0830. I headed west to go home to Tamworth and found clear sky 5 miles out, looking behind it was solid. Straight line track would have been over high unfriendly ground in poor conditions.
  5. ClintonB
    Am looking at Sunday morning if weather is kind.
  6. ClintonB
    182 AH is a bit out and 56 years young. Maybe when STC model is available it would be a good replacement. looks good and seems very functional.
  7. ClintonB
    Found them (Andrews race cars) very helpful for small quantities of 4130 also.
  8. ClintonB
    Did a great job under pressure and calmly. Glad the the outcome was good. Hope the instructor is ok.
  9. ClintonB
    Good odds you will have another aviator in the making there. looks like a good day out.
  10. ClintonB
    Would the full flap takeoff inhibit speed build up. Hell the cessna is slow enough on tar with 20 degrees(1/2 flap)
  11. ClintonB
    Cloud Dancer sparked my love of the Pitts aircraft, pretty dodgy by modern movie standards-no CGI back then. At school (early 80's)we watched an old film on reels with a bunch of kids stopping bad guys with remote control spitfires- RC gear had 1 stick and as huge. I have never been able to find out what it was called. After that I started building model aircraft.
  12. ClintonB
    Very sad loss of an aviator. I was only just reading his last closing article in sport pilot about letting go of a plane. I will miss reading his work, have filled a lot of bad weather days reading magazines with his articles. RIP Mark
  13. ClintonB

    Mini merlin

    ClintonB replied to a topic in Remote Control

    Is that a runner. Scale spitfire would be awesome with a 12 cylinder sound.
  14. ClintonB
    Pack your fishing gear, I moved to Carnarvon just for the fishing in the late nineties. Had some great times there. I miss the climate and tucker from there now. Pindan Is it true the ship wreck gone from the cliff base now? near the salt jetty at cape cuvier.
  15. ClintonB
    The Avgas bill would be more than this. And there are always specials when planning ahead. the country (emerald) bits are the killer $$$wise
  16. ClintonB
    This made me look on eBay, now watching several large projects that look “cheap” and fixable. I always see things how they will be, not how the wife sees them. Somebody slap me please!
  17. ClintonB
    Maybe a pimped up thruster on floats?
  18. ClintonB
    The hit cancel worked a treat, picked my first tap as origin. Easy to do that way.
  19. ClintonB
    Kitplanes for Africa, Bushbaby 500 and safari. I can find some pics and maybe SteveL from forum has a fairly recent one. They are similar to the Kitfox
  20. ClintonB
    How do you remember which is yours. All the same and way too faaassst
  21. ClintonB
    Very sad, especially with family there waiting/watching. Fire chief said plane was inbound with nine on board, wondering if that is correct as jumpers should have been gone when inbound.
  22. ClintonB
    Thanks for the info all. Will test out on tomorrow’s flight. Cheers Clinton
  23. ClintonB
    thanks. will do
  24. ClintonB
    Hi All, I cannot figure out how to get a plan started on Oz runways without it selecting me at home with a 5 mile leg to point of origin ie home to YSTW. When i tap airfield it only has option to add to plan, not start from there. Is there something i am missing. I want to print plan sheet which I can only do at home. Any tips appreciated. thanks
  25. ClintonB
    Whatever this one is, it looks good. Paint and colour choice could have probably made the previous one look better.
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