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  1. ClintonB
    I was annoyed with the news stripvacross the screens this morning, it had something like” light plane plummets 1500 feet after engine failure” planes do not plummet after an engine failure, maybe catastrophic failure. This bad reporting scares the shit of of families and friends of pilots, the public perception of us all. there should be some sort of standard these journalists have to use in reporting stories.
  2. ClintonB
    First buyer took mine, I think I underpriced it a bit, I had a line up of people waiting for the deal to fall through. even though it was old, everything had been redone except paint and plastics. I figured they didn’t make it fly better and I was always interested on what was outside not in.
  3. ClintonB
    Tried a. Few times with instructor, very hard on the arms.
  4. ClintonB
    Mine were like barn doors on the 182, slowed you down real well when applied to 40 degrees. I do miss TWM, I hope the new owner is enjoying it.
  5. ClintonB
    Many don’t believe I am petrified of heights, when I fly planes, I can only use a step ladder, not the tall leaning ones, I don’t like windows or edges of buildings though I can stand on a cliff and look over, somehow I figure it’s been there for a million years or more what can go wrong. I cannot ride show rides, coasters etc. I have done aeros ( with someone else flying) and loved it. My brain knows planes don’t fall, ( unless catastrophic failure happens, then you are just sh#t outta luck) and I treat where I am sitting as zero height. when I was a kid I couLd climb trees, and we used to walk along the top of the water pipe in the cataract gorge in Launceston from our suburb right into town wheeling our box bikes, fairly high up. It came along later, maybe a health fear of splat!
  6. ClintonB
    Done the same, too much back pressure, got airbourne, was not happy with performance and pulled of a text book aborted takeoff for real from about 20 feet. Went back and done properly, airbourne in half the distance and climbing. My first time passenger didn’t even take the offer to hop out if worried. rest of the day went well.
  7. ClintonB
    First one in light sport was ok, nervous but went ok. Second time when I moved onto GA, I was so nervous, flew my best on day before with instructor for check out, just thoughts got in my head about this is it at the threshold, I made one circuit, landed and packed up. Next day went back and no nerves, had a great day out. Don’t let your head get cluttered with stuff would be my advice. Your instructor must believe in you or they wouldn’t let you go up alone.
  8. ClintonB
    I have never been sick from aeros as a passenger, nor from manoeuvres flying an aircraft. But last week I tried vr with my daughter. I handled the big rotating swing, the roller coaster ride. But I sat on a flat sled, which rocked around and with googles on flying around a city above the skyscrapers on a track that was mapped out with a track, I lost my breakfast. some of the stuff I have read about ww2 aircraft, their manoeuvres and lack of training along with poor conditions, makes me appreciate what was done by our forebears. Holding it together under fire, sick from living conditions and away from home. Life was a lot tougher then than now.
  9. ClintonB
    He’s definitely one lucky man, that does not look like a survivable impact. Where has the front gone. Does not look like a low energy impact to fold up that much.
  10. ClintonB
    Wurth have screwless hose clamps with various sizes in 0.5mm increases as per picture, quality ones, tool is available for fitting and replacing. ebay list budget ones everywhere in 100 packs for 20 bucks or so. not sure of their airworthiness for lasting. cheers clinton
  11. ClintonB
    If you get further info to the source of this I would be interested. Nothing has come through any source at work as yet, but this stuff affects what I do for a living. Most people don’t realise that the cheap diesel heaters for caravans out there are uncertified and if investigated and found to be the cause of a loss would void insurance. Certification costs money which in turn gets passed on in price of unit. EBay sites just shut down and start again when they have problems.
  12. ClintonB
    Mike’s books on aviation engines are very interesting and informative.
  13. ClintonB
    Hi Roger, I have owned a 182 for 6 years, first year 26hrs, second, 18, third 12, fourth 6, fifth 5, this year 1hr. the cheapest ever annual was 4k and change, hanger is 4k pa, fuel at moment is 1200 to fill tanks at a 55lph burn, just to go for coffee run 100km away, insurance 4500pa. Its just got too expensive to justify. The rans is 17lph of premium, plus castrol 2TT in a 4Lt tank. I am going back to an aquaintences farm to fly and store at a few buck a month storage. I loved flying the 182, it was like my childhood dream to own and fly a "real aeroplane", but it is a financial nightmare just to keep up with all the obligations. I can no longer be honest with myself and say its justified. At the end i have some fond memories with my kids in it, photos of flying it around and i can say yes i achieved something i set out to do. Flying should become fun again instead of heartburn inducing thinking about it cheers clinton
  14. ClintonB
    I am coming back to the dark side and going RAA again, I am purchasing an S14 and would like any input from other operators of same. Being single seat I am going to have to teach myself its nuances with help from the owners notes. hoping to have it back at home in a month or two. cheers
  15. ClintonB
    Tamworth is a large enough airport and supports commercial and training, powerlines don’t really affect the dash 8 etc that fly out of here because they climb well and have 2 large turboprop donks, it’s us GA users with 60 year old conts and lycomings that need to worry about sudden stoppages. the 2200m runway is way more than needed, even the 1100 one is adequate for ops normal with reserve. It’s when the fan stops I am concerned about the limited options, and even less now.
  16. ClintonB
    Around our local airport, there are major supply lines 3 poles side by side carrying lines towards gunnedah, and the industrial areas around it. Whenever instructor was teaching about engine out on take and to look for no more than 30 degrees either side of straight ahead, I was always thinking about in that range was full of lines and what a silly place to put them. the airport has been there longer than most of these lines would have been. Now they are building more industrial area to the south parallel to the other runway. There will be no clear area in the circuit other than the runways.
  17. ClintonB
    What a history, and to still be airworthy. a beautiful machine and a great job of restoration
  18. ClintonB
    Kind of country where shanks pony would be best choice for transport, seems to be a common occurrence, then when you see the most dangerous road tv show I would not get on a bus in that terrain.
  19. ClintonB
    I recently purchased Mike Busch book called on engines, it has been a real interesting read so far. His personal aircraft ( a twin) was happily run to 3300 hrs per side, with lots of bore scope and non invasive inspections along the way due to TBO’s listed at 1500. His operation of the engines was a lot different than what is taught, LOP versus ROP being taught as the correct way to run for longevity. Recommendations on using CHT’s on all cylinders instead of EGT on one, which he explains does not tell us enough about the true operations. I will be asking my LAME to have a look and might put CHT monitors on all cylinders. On the hottest day I still never seem to get out of low green on all the factory car style 60 year old gauges. I don’t really have the funds to spend 60k plus on a rebuild for an O 470 in another year or two.
  20. ClintonB
    Getting $500 per 1000kg at moment. Saving dead ones is worth it at the moment.
  21. ClintonB
    Is much planned for Sunday, I was thinking of getting out and about tommorrow.
  22. ClintonB
    Do they have any sort of balance weights for when in flight? Moving free on the ground with no airflow might become difficult once 45 knots is blowing over them. I had 12 hours of my initial flight training in a thruster and do not recall it being heavy ( I was a lot younger and fitter then though).
  23. ClintonB
    Sad about the others, insurance may help, but never seems to cover enough to replace everything and the true loss
  24. ClintonB
    I’ve done it in Hawaii, but when you are the only one in a car park moving, it gets confusing with no one to follow. the road traffic islands and ramps would be a huge burden to change cost wise, driving on the opposite side is the easy bit, the controls being on the correct side for the road lane makes it feel natural.
  25. ClintonB
    There has been a nice one parked at Tamworth lately, I would like to ask the owner for a ride one day, to see the difference from 182 in performance. here’s to wishing.
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