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  1. Thruster88
    Interesting they had left and right handed heads. Most aero engines have only one type of cylinder.
  2. Thruster88
    Bolly test their propellers with a V8 engine and spin them to well in excess of there design speed. I like by 2 blade bolly on the 582 rotax.
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    JR rudys point 2 about ATC not providing the helicopter with traffic information is just plain wrong. Listen to the tape. Paraphrasing "Traffic is a rj700 at the bridge for runway 33" at the time of this transmission the helicopter was about same distance from the pinch point as the jet, both aircraft similar speed, what to do what to do, slow down maybe so the jet passes ahead?
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    We now know the helicopter was flying the 200ft or below route along the river. Looking at the chart, the passenger jet has to cross the helicopter route while descending, about 3/4 mile from the threshold of 33. 3/4 mile would put the jet at about 200ft yes? An accident waiting to happen.
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    Looking at the replay on fr24, runway 01 mostly and 33 occasionally were in use, this would have been on the Airport Terminal Information Service. The helicopter pilots having sighted the jet may have believed it was on approach to 01 thus placing it further away than it actually was on the 33 approach. Distance can be hard to judge at night.
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    Is the security check a one off for a part 61 license holder or is there an on going requirement to hold either an asic or avid?
  7. Thruster88
    My guess is there would be a fair percentage of pilots of both types that have neither an asic or avid.
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    Why would the helicopter not cross over directly above the runway?, to be flying in the known approach path of large passenger jets seems stupid.
  9. Thruster88
    What is the red ultralight hanging up
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    After watching blancolirios vid it could only be described as a cluster f on so many levels.
  11. Thruster88
    Farm, motorbike, our best engineer.
  12. Thruster88
    Airtractor 802 fire boss is a very impressive aircraft.
  13. Thruster88
    RFguy admiring the ? and a 1985 ultralight still being flown and enjoyed in 2025.
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    Tullamore is just down the road, about 140km from Nyngan
  15. Thruster88
    Skippy, without the inner wire the scat hose will most likely collapse, I realise the very short length won't allow a complete collapse.
  16. Thruster88
    Turbo, this is not about changing anything. It is about educational material on the current system.
  17. Thruster88
    I used to live near Nyngan. Nyngan to Nevertire is 64 km of complete straightness. Engine failed at 8000 ft near Mullengudgery, about 15nm from YNYN, a little to far to glide. Nice job.
  18. Thruster88
    Get a tail wheel endorsement and enjoy. Well done.
  19. Thruster88
    Was probably built for the same reason Allen Millyard builds engines, that guy is amazing what he can do with simple tools.
  20. Thruster88
    Has anyone read the fine print on the RAAus members liability insurance? Is low level covered, would any non compliance eg not getting land owner approval mean no pay out.?
  21. Thruster88
    Parachuting, balloons, warbirds and gliding are all VH and would be in the VH sport and leisure section. You seem to lack some understanding of aircraft turbo.
  22. Thruster88
    Interesting, I just looked at the latest, 2 month old tech manual and the section about 95.10 refers to CAO 95.10
  23. Thruster88
    The Ercoupe was made stall and spin resistant by limiting up elevator travel, isn't the a novel idea.
  24. Thruster88
    The only legal wood prop would be the one that was initially fitted. A wood prop by another manufacturer would require a maarup. RAAus already have a maruup for a bolly on the Gazelle.
  25. Thruster88
    Just some corrections Onetrack, Regarding the crashes, the most recent one in the Lockheed he was a pilot rated passenger, the crash was caused by a defective brake due to a maintenance error. In the cessna 150 with flaps stuck at 40° a forced landing was inevitable, he carried this out successfully with zero injuries and the aircraft did fly again. In the 2009 DC3 incident I don't think he was ever charged with anything, he returned to commercial flying with Delta 6 months later. In the texas defamation case the initial ruling was thrown out and the case is yet to go to court.
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