Thruster88

New Thruster single in 1985 and later the mighty Musketeer which is now the second oldest mouse still flying in oz.

Welcome to the site SuperThruster, let the adventures begin. At this stage Super and I are planning to thruster to Holbrook for the Easter flyin if anyone wants join in.

History of that Mustang http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austcl/VH-FCB.html History of the Musketeer VH-CTV that can be seen in Reds first pic http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austcl/VH-CTV.html

Do you have the reg on that pa28, always curious if the old ones are still flying.

I thought the Mitchell u2 was the coolest thing back in the last century. Total lust.

The maximum speeds are for a fully loaded tyre in continuous operation. A landing aircraft would be a fraction of that. Don't recall any tyre failure in the xxxxxx database.

I think real pilots have to be ready for what ever mother nature may throw at them. Fly the correct approach speed, adjust for sink or not with power, hit the spot on the centre line and keep it straight. Not that difficult if you have the understanding.

Not only a pilot, a real pilot who makes entertaining videos.

Was at Wedderburn today, I believe the twin pioneer will fly again.

If you look there was a stall with a substantial wing drop at only about 50 feet, that is high enough to kill every time.

This airframe with a standard 350hp lycoming is only slightly slower, the tuned up version is considerably quicker than the RR electric. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Nemesis_NXT

I see that Trent Palmer has removed the constant speed propeller from his freedom fox bush plane and gone back to a simple ground adjustable. The downside must have been greater that the benefit in his case.

The engine, which had given plenty of WARNING that it was not in good health failed at 3000 feet over flat farm land with a wind from the north east at 10knots. The late decision to turn down wind while not maintaining adequate airspeed sealed their fate. Even without the wing drop (stall) they would have had a 20 knot higher touch down speed than a landing to the north east. The aircraft crashed in this area. http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2019/06/beechcraft-a36-bonanza-n8014t-fatal.html

It is a complete mystery how PPL's manage without a passenger endorsement with multiple passengers.

They probably all go to Pirtek or their local no name hydraulic shop.

Flew my new Thruster single for the first time today. Had been waiting till after harvest in case an out landing was required. It runs and flies great, such a simple machine.

Sorry to see that Brendan. It will be easier to learn in a low drag tricycle UC type aircraft. Keep posting and share your adventures with us.

Got the thruster out today and flew with wife to a hangar dinner in the bush. The flight home at sunset was beautiful, not a ripple and perfect t shirt temperature.

Glen are you saying the jabiru electric pump fed with about 1.2psi of gravity input pressure cannot push fuel to the carburetor on a heat soaked engine? Heat soaking would be more severe than the 15 minute idle experienced by the OP. If that loss of power was caused by vapour lock they would all be doing it. If that loss of power was caused by vapour lock nobody will be able to fly in hot conditions with any confidence.

A sticking valve would cause rough running and power loss. The way the jabiru fuel system is designed makes vapour lock very unlikely. Piper pa28 with a mogas STC have two electric pumps mounted in the engine compartment pulling fuel UP from the tanks, that system works. It would be subjected to all the heat and long delays at busy airports.

The truth is well documented in the original video. It takes considerable effort to stop the prop with this type of engine, later it can be seen to be rotating again so the engine was not mechanically broken. It would have been very funny if Trevor's shoe laces had caught on the door handle on the way out.

USA has a 120 knot limit for their light sport category.

I am not seeing the humor. The pilot sounds like a dick, the aircraft was a POS. It could have all been made good. The aircraft had not flown for two years, that is not an alarm bell, it is a siren. Just gives experimental aircraft a poor reputation.

I measured the inlets on the RV, they are bigger than they look, total 640cm for 180hp. Your calculations are realistic. The RV cowl outlet is the same size so this may limit flow. Sustained climb last weekend in hot conditions resulted in 200°c CHT, ok for the lycoming.

The Shark.aero as flown by Zara Rutherford is one of the fast ones. It has quite large cowl intakes and a pilot controlled "scoop" on the main naca inlet duct. In google images of this aircraft the scoop is open a fair bit. Putting pre heated air through your radiator will surely increase the total cooling air flow required, that has to be more drag and less speed.