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I think I may have found why I thought UHF in the 400mhz band..I was told many years ago about it by a mate who was doing a lot of gliding back then and there was a early version in 2009 at least for OZFLARM and MINIOZ it was based on FLARM but a different frequency and it must have just transitioned to the usual FLARM parameters

Thanks for that great info..so that confirms the RF chip can do the range but its the modulation technique that is the issue. Interesting that the UK is the odd man out now for this. I am not sure but wasnt FLARM first developed here but on a much lower UHF frequency?

" As for the frequency/SkyEcho, FLARM uses the 'ISM' band (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISM_radio_band), which is a general-purpose unlicensed radio band allocated by the ITU, unfortunately the ITU allocated a different frequency range in AU/US to Europe. uAvionix will have to explain whether it's a legal issue or a hardware issue as to why the SkyEcho can't receive the ISM band in Australia (915Mhz). If that could be solved it would be great." It would be a hardware issue maybe thats why as soon as you select australia it will turn off the FLARM in the SE2 868mhz is not that far away from 915 but the antenna on the internal PCB is made for 868 so it would have a big mismatch The RF chip nowdays will do the full frequency range but it would be the microstrip antenna Most likely a new antenna and it would work fine but Australia is a small market so it would require different hardware version

Thruster if you have a SE2 then it comes up directly on the screen with the mobile data ones. Ozrunways only has mobile ADSB but it does show other Ozrunways users but again all via mobile data. Avplan does SE2 ADSB directly in its base VFR plan where OZrunways you have to buy the "Premiun" plan

Avplan has the ADSB as standard in their standard package

just a report of a accident on the local news in brisbane two died i believe

Hi Bob. thats the std setup but I cant see the throttle connecting rod. So i dont know. To my knowledge there are no other twin stick amateur built XL here in OZ except the Girlfriend and she had the twin operating rods. Mabel has twin sticks but a centre throttle this time though and again I have never seen a centre throttle version Sav here at all

Anyone on here who knows the aircraft that was the subject of this report for the 18th sept. https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/occurrence-briefs/2022/aviation/engine-malfunction-amateur-built-savannah-xl15-km-great-keppel-island-queensland-18-september-2022?fbclid=IwAR3PqqRTkiIMSHIaLvo9EXVN9m9yQH1pfwm6869qoIbLhFnJ0uDOlGZnqOs Good job whoever the pilot was...good thinking

I have seen the video from the cameras on the field...I agree to what you said Forsythem1972

Apen I think its time you get over yourself

It was mark and a student. Both are ok

Both men are ok..mainly cuts and scrapes although possibly broken thumbs for one of them. Happened about 8.15 this morning

Just saw on the news looks like a Microlight has come to grief on landing. havent heard any further info yet

There is no SW20 coax plug connector only a push on test connector which is quite long. I was dealing direct with Ipex in Japan they only do one for the SW23. There are some SW20 size plugs but it is the reverse genger. I have fitted a coax tail on my SE2 and tested it and it works a treat. Fitted to a normal transponder antenna while flying was receiving direct contacts up to 180km away. Transmit appeared to be about 20 to 40nm reliably possibly further but it is only 20watts compared to 200 to 250 watts for a normal transponder. There isnt enough room internally to fit a SMA on the case fed with a coax without major microsurgury and a deft skill.

The older VDO die because of the block vibrations not the oil hammering. First I have heard of the restrictor for the pressure gauge though. The remote mount I did worked a treat

Hi Mike There is a adaptor that fits into the block for the oil its a 10x1 thread on my engine. It then gives you the sealed type of AN fuel fitting for the raceteck stuff. Its basically just AN style liquid fittings and a teflon braided hose. I got a set for mabels engine and also got exactly the same for the RANS engine Mike Gearon The older analogue senders have a wire wound resistor with a arm that runs across the wire to get the resistance...nothing wrong with them provided they are not pounded by vibration like in the rotax. The arm wears through the fine resistance wire in the sender and it fails because the arm sits almost in the same spot all the time when the pressure is applied by the oil. Dont worry the electron 4-20mA senders fail too just they are 8 times more expensive than the old VDO style ones. Rotax I think is on their 3rd type now due to the failures of the Honeywell sender..thing they have a German one now but they are 400 bucks or so each

Parts came in yesterday for the remote oil pressure sender mount. After 2 failures of senders previously on The Girlfriend I did a remote mounted one on that engine and no more problems after that. even with a VDO style mechanical one which are notorious for failing on the Rotax

Thanks Onetrack... I havent chased it as I still have a heap of it from back in the old days :)..my stuff is probably more than 25 years old and still perfect. It should be in everyones workshop 🙂

Aluminox also was used by the power distribution companies when connecting alu clamps to the copper overhead mains and visa versa..that when I first came across it then used it exclusively in my radio busiess for all antenna assembly...fantastic product..hard to get now though but seach for aluminium jointing compound

The corrogated tubing is very similar to what ICP suppies for their kits now the last couple of years. The difference is the ICP stuff is really thin. This stuff is locally made down at the gold coast and is substantially thicker in wall. I would say at least double the thickness. I dont expect the flow to be any different to be honest. My fuel lines will be the teflon coated rubber injection fuel hose. ICP also use that thin corrgated stuff for the fuel but I am not using it for the fuel The corrogated stuff I have only used for the water and oil. I had a pulsing issuse in the oil pressure which drove me nuts on the girlfiriend. I posted a lot about it on the original savannah build thread. I ended up getting a adjustable oil pressure releif valve and that worked well but a LAME in WA that I know well had the same issue in a Sav and he found it was the curves in the hose from the oil cooler pipes becomming thinner in those bends and causing a restriction so he put a set of the internal springs into those 2 oil pipes to keep the hose the right diameter and that fixed the proplem. So I got the 2 output fittings at a about a 30deg angle coming off the oil cooler to make the bend better and of course the corrogated line doesnt squeeze small at all so this should hopefully stop that issue from happening again

I have been struggling trying to decide where I mount my headset jacks. I asked around and there are a million different solutions that everyone seems to have. I have my fuel switches on the Pax side so I can reach them eaasily..The Girlfriend I had them behind the pilot and the pax respectively and it was a royal PIA. So I decided to fit them on the pax side so I can get to both sets easily. The aileron control rod cover made a nice mount and the jacks need to be isolated from earth so a plastic box mounted with rivnuts does the trick. made up the fuel taps and made a bracket from alu angle..this works much better than the one I made for the girlfiend..no drilling or tapping the manifold..just 2 screw clamps and its held in perfectly. The angle is rivnuted in place its all as solid as rock. While I as at the fitting place I grabbed another manifold and the fittings and this will be my fuel splitter from the pump to the carbs and the return to the tank but also where the plug is on the left the fuel pressure sender will go in there and the lot will sit on top of the engine. Got all the fittings and pipe coming to allow the oil pressure sender to be remote mounted like on the girlfriend..that worked really well. Thought I had got a 22 way connector for all the sensor cables coming back into the aircraft from the engine bay to the RDAC but for the life of me I cant find it. It needs to be more than the std ICP one as I have 4 EGT this time and possibly a oxygen sensor. So tahts my main holdup now is getting another connector..there must be a world wide shortage of bloody connectors..no one has stock it seems. I used a Deutsch one last time and it was a ripper but just not available now..the connectors are very expensive..like over $100. !!!!

Had lots of stuff going on in the personal life lately and havent had a lot of time for Mabel. This weekend I have finally managed to complete some important tasks. A couple of weeks ago we got the exhaust system modified so its a nice fit with room for the water circuit and oil..also I dont have to remove the front left header pipe now to change the oil filter During last week the hooks for the springs on the two modified exhaust headers were tigged on also made the stainless rings for the EGT sensors they are also tigged on as well and I have finally fitted the exhaust to its final position. I decided I really like this corrogated stainless flexible hose. it is thicker than the ICP stuff they supply and I feel more comfortable with it. So the water circuit is fitted with it and now the oil circuit. The oil was a bit problematic trying to get hose that fits nicely over the 14.2mm outer diameter of the hose. It needed to be squeezed down to about 13mm to fit the good quaility oil hose I like to use and of course this stuff becomes the joiners. I used a collet chuck set from my CNC machine and used it to crimp down the tube to a size that I can get into the oil hose. It flattens the round ridges to get it to size but I did some tests and it does not affect its strength at all. Got a nice water fitting from Danny's stash pile of stuff so I could get a water temperature sensor in it and that is now fitted. I soldered a silicone wire... the stuff I use for my CDI modules onto the base adaptor so I can just earth that to the engine block so it works properly. Have been wiring the dash and just need to get the headsets run through and fitted to behind the PAX were I will have my fuel switch as like before in the Girlfriend but its a different tank system so only have 2 switches not 4 Concentrating on getting all the wiring from the engine side to the firewall plug then I can wire through to the RDAC and will be almost ready to start the big bore engine

I think its pointless to continue this conversation Oh as you say go back and read the previous posts and you will find the answer to your question

I am always prepared to reliquish my right of way in a circuit..period

Apen I hold to my original comment Your such a expert pilot then that your never wrong and you do everything perfectly correct after what.... less than 200 hrs? I make mistakes too. I have had several close calls there. Infact on this forum a long way back you may even see my posts somewhere where I actually posted them here. One particular one was with a gyro decending on top of me. I thought I was doing everything correctly and had to take drastic evasion late downwind. Either he didnt make a radio call or I didnt hear him earlier in his joining to the circuit. When I heard a call that made me think he must be near me I looked and couldnt see him until I looked above me and he was decending direct on top of me. I had only about 60 hours of time and I put that down to me not taking enough notice of my situational awareness and that taught me a lot more about flying than anything. When I am joining the circuit I am hyper vigilant coming into the circuit and during the circuit now and always am. My mistake was I was not being super vigilant at a time of flight that you need to be