Thruster88

More trouble for Boeing with the 777🙄🙄

Only thirty yes just 30 people responded to the recent Cessna SIDS survey. Good news is it has been signed off, no more sids for private and air work ops.

The requirement for spin training went away some time before I got my PPL in 1994. From reading historical ATSB accident investigations https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/safety-investigation-reports.aspx?mode=Aviation&sort=OccurrenceReleaseDate&sortDecending=decending&printAll=true It would seem like the stall spin training was of little use in preventing this type of accident. I don't believe airline pilots do stalls or spins even in the simulator, they just fly correct airspeed.

From my reading of accident reports, the accelerated stalls nearly always involve some type of hooning. The big pull following the low pass of a friends house etc. Not sure we can help that type of pilot. Fortunately this type of stall spin is not so common.

Interesting reviewing this April 2020 thread in regards to what people thought would happen with aircraft sales numbers and prices due to covid. We now know the market did not get flooded with distressed sales and prices of good used aircraft have risen significantly since then, also Jackc did not end up in jail😂.

There is probably more value in watching a few videos like this than going out and practicing stalls. General aviation will still be doing this in 20 years time unlike the airlines that learn from mistakes and implement changes.

The problem is the difference between an intentional stall which we can all do, versus an unintended stall occurring while the pilot is distracted by a moose, engine failure, rising terrain, sick passenger or some other issue. As flywires vid shows the time from stall to wing drop and rotation is not long more so in high performance aircraft, a distracted pilot could be a quarter turn into a spin before the shock/denial is overcome and a recovery is initiated. The only sure way to avoid dying in a stall spin "accident" is fly correct airspeed. We learn the aviate, navigate, communicate order of priority in any stressful situation, the most important aspect of aviate is airspeed.

RFguy is joining me, could not ask for a better copilot. See you all there.

The clay pans I am familiar with in western nsw remain quite hard even when very wet. They don't have vegetation on them because water will not soak in so the soil is quickly to dry for plants to survive. Have had lots of fun drifting vehicles on wet clay pans even before drifting was invented.

I guess the chute failed due to the aircraft being stalled inverted due to the massive dive brake.

Looks like the 21 cessna 172sp aircraft have flown one maintenance type flight each in the last month. Have such helpful politicians as peter dutton probably doesn't help any business dealing with the Chinese.

The cessna was saved by a BRS whole aircraft parachute system. I have done one of these installations on a 182, good system if you need it.

One of the cessna 182's did not have sufficient elevator authority to overcome the pitch down from the dive brake and went inverted. One less cessna in the world. Will the pilot get their license pulled like Trevor.

IMHO knowing how to recover from a spin is only useful for pilots who are going to intentionally spin their aircraft. No one accidentally enters a spin during cruise flight when there might be enough height for recovery. Stall spin accidents happen in agricultural ops, initial climb and circuit ops, following engine failure at low level and manoeuvring near rising terrain. In these cases there is nearly always insufficient altitude for a recovery even by the ace of the base, however not flying the aircraft at less than best climb, best glide speed always works. These two speeds are called best because they give the best performance in each case, no need to ever fly slower than 1.4 time stall speed.

I am planning to go, first timer, flyin and camp fri, sat.

With data from your instruments and assuming air temp of 25°C yields a true airspeed of 115knots at 5250rpm. That is super impressive for that style of aircraft.

I have used this style of gates universal coolant hose on ground vehicles. Has a wire inside and won't collapse, bends to any shape. Has to be the correct length, can only be terminated on the straight ends.

I didn't build my RV6a experimental, was cheaper to buy flying than the cost to build one. Beautiful to look at and amazing all round performance, it always makes me smile. Over 500 Van's aircraft flying in oz now and 13,000 world wide, a proven design. Excellent factory support with service bulletins etc. Almost two year wait on kits now is a downer for potential builders.

Agree there is no lift. They say the dive brake is creating 90% of the drag in the vertical dive and it is so far off the normal aerodynamic "centre" that the elevator would have to generate a considerable down force to stop the aircraft pitching nose down.

I have a question. The pair of Cessna 182's that will be used in the stunt have a MASSIVE air brake that extends out between the main gear, like 1.5 metre from the centre line of the aircraft. Seeing video of the aircraft in the vertical dive the elevator is in the neutral position, how can this be. We know how much pitch trim is required just with flaps extended. Is it real? We all saw Trevor Jacob jump (sky dive) from his "stricken" plane and then be able to miraculously record it as it flew way beneath him into the mountain. Maybe a he got very lucky and a thermal lifted him right up🤔 https://www.redbull.com/us-en/the-science-behind-plane-swap

The alignment was off with the c clamp. These things are the difference between someone who struggles and another who makes it seem so simple in sport or tyre changing. Not have a go at you.

Will that 10x battery tech come in 10-15 years? Would not all the alternative chemistry and limitations on current and future cathode and anode material be known right now? Internal combustion have gotten about twice as efficient in 50 years.

I see $230k usd for the base model with the 915 engine.

I would say cowra traffic thruster 400 one mile west joining mid field cross wind runway 15 cowra.

https://www.casa.gov.au/operations-safety-and-travel/aviation-safety-and-security-pilots/security-requirements-pilots