Thruster88

I wonder which section of "the working group" proposed the one passenger limit for class 5 medical.  

CAO 100.5 items can only be performed by a LAME with the appropriate qualifications using equipment with current calibration. I don't think RAAus has a lesser standard.  

45 feet or 13.5 metres. With the yields in this area it is bigger than required to load (use all the 400+ horsepower  available) of threshing bit of the combine harvester. They are contractors so it makes sense in lower yields to keep ground speed down to manageable levels.

On 10/12/2022 at 1:28 PM, Thruster88 said:

Checking out my canola harvest. Feel very fortunate to have only lost about 25% of the area to excessive wet. No bogged headers, chaser bins or trucks, it's a miracle.  

A quick fly in the thruster for '23 harvest. A little on the dry side this year, yields and prices are very good. Farming is a great life style for enjoying aviation. 

1 hour ago, BrendAn said:

Is the tell us about your last flight topic finished. I was going to post but I see the topics changed now.

Post. I think we all enjoy seeing what others are doing in the diverse world of aviation. Comments on posts should be kept to a minimum in this thread.  

Looks like not everyone got the memo. This happened at Spanish Fork, the Pateys home airfield. Two fight instructor pilots, wtf.

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51 minutes ago, red750 said:

In the same news broadcast, a Cirrus (model unknown) was involved in an emergency landing in Texas, overshot the runway and collided with a car.

That was a Lancair 4p, normal looking circuit entry, went off end at speed on the second attempt.  

These normally have a lycoming 320,360 or 390 engine. That one looks like a Subaru EJ.

Morgan tail wheel? How much will the paper work weigh?

Yes dry tappet means remove tappet, disassemble and clean with solvent. Normally only done when installing new or overhauled cylinder on to engine. Lycoming dry tappet clearance 0.028 to 0.08 thou. The worry (for rotax 912 people) is how the air gets out of the tappet/ hydraulic lifter when the engine starts. 🤔😂 

Your buddy could pitch the current Bolly prop for max power rpm in the climb to see how much climb performance will be gained. No cost and quick to do.

The people of regional  and remote  Australia  would probably  rather the $5.43 million  was spent on keeping the aircraft  that actually  work and can fly the vast distances  required,  B200 PC12 etc flying .

Be sure to use the correct type of fluid for your system. May be car type brake fluid or aircraft type hydraulic oil.

The title of the vid tells one not to watch it.

It did say in the early spiel? about the requirements that the card was only needed if in the secure area of the security controlled airport.

On 05/11/2023 at 11:06 AM, facthunter said:

It looks as though it's had an "UPSET" earlier in the Fight that exceeded a lot of limits and resulted in total failure later (as well it would).   Nev

The first descent and climb back to altitude was very obviously under control. The data shows at the end a gradual reduction of speed while maintaining altitude and track perfectly over a minute or two. Aircraft on autopilot with a reduction of power in one or both engines, a stall most likely but why? 

Only the altimeter should be used for vertical navigation. 

All transponders have a fixed baro setting so they are all on the same page.

I think the SkyEcho2 would only transmit baro information for height and would not use the gps data for that function.  

We need a picture. I have seen bush dweller Cessnas with mesh cable tied over the under wing breather.

If the mesh is very fine it might block if wet or hit by a splatter bug. 

On 30/10/2023 at 5:22 PM, BrendAn said:

i read something a while back about men over 50  taking up motorcycling after 20 or 30 years without a bike being at high risk of accidents . maybe they should make a refresher course compulsory at some stage. i have had my bike license for over 30 years and hardly ever ridden one in my life.

One thing I have noticed while watching YouTube motorcycle "accidents" is many riders forget how the steering works when faced with a stressful situation. To rapidly or even normally turn left the handle bars must be turned right initially to get the bike leaned over. We do this subconsciously I think. This revelation came to me as at a young age when we bought a honda ATC200 trike. Our neighbor came over for a ride on this new fangled machine and it was quite hilarious watching his initial steering inputs, bike steering don't work with a trike, they steer like a car. To go left steer left.

So our new to bikes rider gets out of his modern car with superb steering. All to often we see riders go off on the outside of corners with almost upright position. In aviation terms did they pull back on the stick when they should have pushed forward to un stall the wing with the ground rushing up.

Knowledge, understanding and discipline may keep us safe.

47 minutes ago, red750 said:

What annoys me is roundabouts with chicane entries which cancel your turn indicators. I use the below roundabout at least twice daily, travelling up Karwitha St and turning right to exit via Nurlendi St to the north. I indicate approaching the roundabout, but the chicane cancels it before I enter the roundabout. I put the right indicator on again till I pass the western exit then put on the left indicator to exit to the nortth. On the way home, it is the opposite, left, left again. The buildings above the roundabout are primary school classrooms.

 

If you took  the racing  line into the round a bout your indicator  would  not cancel.  

The Pipistrel has 2 70kg battery  packs that have the same energy as about 14L of petrol.  It gets even worse for turbine aircraft.  For a fully fuel Airtractor 802 the battery pack would have to wiegh about 8 tons.  That is not going  to fly.

I would need to see it or at least some good pics. I recall seeing a vid about a sonex, is the tail wheel operated by a single push rod? Differential action came to mind due to the angle of the rod. More left than right etc, good in an aileron system not so much in steering.  

In the above vid the Pipistrel alpha electric is just one of three aircraft in their fleet, it probably flies about 10% of the total hours towards a commercial pilots license. At the end Mentor Pilot points out that until there is a quantum leap in battery not much will change in aviation. Cars are completely different and very successful right now.

Good post facthunter, except for the bit about wings folding.  Scary stuff,  fortunately that is not happening. We need all forms of pilot education to be factual and focused on the things that are causing serious "accidents", nearly all easily  avoidable. 

We have to think about every takeoff. At Old Station there is a similar land form to lake placid off the departure end of runway when going west. I said to my friend RFguy, we will be turning away from that if the engine fails.

In the lake Placid case the right hand turn shortly after takeoff would have put the aircraft in a good position for the extensive golf course north of the field versus a possible under shoot for the runway with the deadly cliff awaiting.