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  1. Thruster88
    The low wing has more dihedral to compensate. Both aircraft are very stable, they have to be to get certified.
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    Dan Gryder talks about the plan and ops on the day. Starts at the 32min mark in the vid.
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    Land O Matic was used in Cessna advertising when the C172 first came out. With nose wheel rudder was no longer required 😂. PA-28 landing advantage over the cessna is due mainly to the oil shock absorbers on all three legs imho.
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    Hi Kevin, assume you are from Canberra. This may interest you, it is a well run syndicate with a really nice aircraft. Rate is $220 an hour WET. If you fly 50 hours a year I don't think it would be cheaper owning an LSA when you factor in insurance hangar maintenance etc. https://www.youngflying.com.au/
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    13/11/2022 Conway QLD I C P Savannah Rotax 912 STATUS: Under review OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The pilot didn’t realise the aircraft... STATUS: Under review OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The pilot didn’t realise the aircraft was descending slowly, it then touched the water and stopped. It then sank in the mouth of the Proserpine River.
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    The calculator says 10mins/60x350=58kwh. 58/0.8=73kwh battery. A 73kwh battery will not drive a car this big and heavy 1000 km. The 001 is based on the Sustainable Experience Architecture platform specific to the electric models of the Geely group.[4] PerformanceEdit The top of the trim variant of the 001 has electric motors on both the front and rear axle, putting out a combined output of 536 hp (400 kW; 543 PS) and 700 N⋅m (516 lb⋅ft) of torque and can propel the 001 from 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) in 3.8 seconds, speed max over 200 km/h (120 mph).[5] Zeekr is claiming that the 001 can run on a full charge for up to 700 km (435 mi), and its charging setup will give it 120 km (75 mi) worth of power in just five minutes of charging time.[6]
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    Look at the flight tracks. A simple loss of situational awareness seems far more likely.
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    I see what you did there
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    Yes the only maintenance difference between a modern well design ICE car and the EV is the engine oil, filter, air cleaner and serpentine belt. EVs have cooling systems for the battery and gears, many ICE cars now have sealed for life transmissions. All the other stuff is the same.
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    One problem with ethanol, made from wheat or corn etc or bio jet fuel, made from canola or soybeans etc is the fuel versus food debate. A 200ha or 500 acre Australian broad acre crop paddock will yield about 2 tons per ha with canola. A ton of canola seed will yield about 400 litres of oil, the other 60% is a useful high protein animal feed, nothing is wasted. So our 200ha paddock will produce 160,000 litre of jet fuel per year plus the animal feed. 160,000 l is enough fuel for a 17 hour flight in a 777. Do we have enough paddocks?
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    Flew this morning to check out the farm and flood in Lachlan river at Gooloogong. Has been raining every week this winter so water everywhere and with harvest fast approaching never a dull moment in farming. 😁
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    If you have the traffic information then adjust your flight path to avoid the conflict. When driving and we don't talk to the other driver if conflict is imminent. As an avid watcher of dashcam some drivers do try to talk to the other driver, it never works.
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    I would not be blaming either pilot at this stage, we don't know what if any plan was in place for the fly by. There were at least three single engine aircraft in a loose trail formation in addition to the b17.
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    If the conflicting traffic is 5000m away by all means give the aircraft call sign. 2000m or less replace the call sign with a recommendation, Conflict 3 o'clock high distance 400 meters, recommend descending left turn. We can all work out the solution instantly whilst siting at a desk, flying there will be the startle factor, passenger talking on the intercom etc.
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    Relies on aircraft sending and receiving mobil data to and from a ground station. ADSB works directly between aircraft with zero latency. It is the only real solution.
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    There are 1287 casa VH registered gliders in Australia according to this report. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.bitre.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/australian-aircraft-activity-2020.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiSiN26g6f7AhXG9XMBHUXqCpsQFnoECAwQBg&usg=AOvVaw3UB5ZQclmDnioLkpVgsvS4 Gov could give them all a SkyEcho2 for a mere $1.3 million. It is great they have FLARM but limited value for the other 95% of airspace users.
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    I think Apen doesn't buy turbo's explanation, I don't either.
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    Last century while driving my VR commodore on a quiet country road there was a loud bang and shock wave. Stopped and found a 200mm x 50mm piece of metal had penetrated the rear foot well. As a truck driver I instantly recognized it as coming from a 8.25r22 steel truck rim. The front tyre of the VR must have kicked it up and presented it at the perfect angle. Fortunately no one was in the back. My thoughts are continuing to drive with punctured, blown tyres is not acceptable. Well done to the camera person. It would be nice if there were many many more places for trucks to pull over.
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    Sounds like a fear campaign to increase sales of useless pieces of plastic.
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    Depending on the depth of blemishes this might work https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/scratchoff.php
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    Radios

    Thruster88 replied to extralite's topic in Thruster

    The tacho on a Rotax 582 is driven from a single coil in the alternator, there are 8 other coils to generate electricity. A permanent magnet spins around the out side motorcycle style.
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    Facthunter, every experienced thinking pilot is always aware of the energy state of their aircraft and what control input is needed to increase or reduce said energy state for the next whatever time frame of flight. I don't think that is what they were talking about in the video. As I said they did not explain the concept.
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    After watching the vid a second time, one theme appeared to be "control energy". They did not explain this concept. Have been flying for 39 years now and it is a new one for me, perhaps it means FLY CORRECT AIRSPEED. Who knows. Except for broken aircraft or really freaky weather (both rare) loss of control on takeoff, climb and in the circuit occurs due to insufficient airspeed or insufficient control input, it really is that simple.
  24. Thruster88
    Just releasing the stick to recover from an INTENTIONAL stall is fine, you the pilot have your head in the game. If the aircraft stalls due to the pilots total lack of situational awareness then a positive push forward is warranted, it needs to be an instinctive response, no disadvantage getting light in the seat. I have been chipped by instructors during AFR's for being to aggressive during stall recovery, each to there own I guess.
  25. Thruster88
    How do we know if the people we vote for have the skills to make on point video using correct aeronautical language?
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