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    For the record, a SPOT cannot be carried in lieu of a plb/epirb. I got this straight from AMSA. A plb/epirb must be carried when required.....
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    Just reading through the earlier posts. Don't be shy on reving the Rotax...... 5200 to 5500. And RPM at WOT should not be less than 5200 if using an inflight adjustable prop. Rotax changed the design of the crankcase in 2006 precisely because people were flying at WOT and winding up the prop pitch to below 5000 rpm and cracking the crankcases.
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    It all leads back to Boeing's marketing strategy with these new aircraft. Downplaying the differences between these newer Max 8 models and previous models to get orders from existing 737 users. Promoting the interoperability in maintenance and pilot training. There is a point I guess, where "upgraded" moves from simple to complex differences and these should be explained thoroughly to the customer.
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    To me it means you need more cross wind experience and not that you shouldn't fly in crosswind conditions. Be aware of only flying in good weather with good winds. It locks you in to a very narrow and dangerous skill set. Going out for day flights and cross countries you WILL run into adverse conditions. Either at your destination on upon return....... Best to have the skills up to handle it....
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    I agree he didn't see it climbing out, but did he know it was there? If it was his second go-around, he didn't see it first time around? Looking at the video and how close the strip was, I would have thought the ferris wheel would stand out like dogs balls.... I was taking off from a friends farm strip. There is a large tree on the left side, 1/2way down the strip. The wind was strong from the right. I couldn't see the tree but I could look down and see the strip.....I made bloody sure I was on that right rudder and followed the strip to the end...
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    Worldwide fleet now grounded. Ethiopia crash now linked to Lionair crash.... Boeing recommends entire global fleet of 737 MAX aircraft be grounded http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-14/donald-trump-boeing-737-max-8-grounded-faa-ethiopian-airlines/10899102
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    I don't know if it does make that but it shouldn't be difficult to do it. 150cc bigger engine and substantially heavier (stronger) ? Plus modern design and engineering from Honda....
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    I am under this SB. I'm starting to get irrate as it's been out for 5 yrs... Need to check the crank every 100 with special tool. Rotax need to find a resolution.....Remove the SB or compensate accordingly..... As for the problem at hand. Could it be the transition from neeedle to main jet? Check carb diaphragm and needles..... clip in needle 3rd slot down as factory setting. I'm running 2nd slot down......slightly leaner.
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    We've come full circle. Automation stopping pilots kill people. Now pilots stopping automation kill people.
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    Yes, but they have to determine the problem first......
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    Even if there was something in the splay, I would still be trying my best NOT to fly into it.... Is it a bit like watching someone ilegally cross the road in front of you but not slowing down, and hitting them because you were in the right......?
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    Very informative video above. So when the auto pilot is disabled, the mcas system still operates? Manual control, but not REALLY manual control..... The simple answer is to disable mcas system when auto pilot is disabled? Also what is the go with the mks system reacting to only one erroneous sensor input? Why actually have multiple sensors and redundancy then? Pretty horrific thinking the pilots were trying to trying to get the nose up with trim and yoke inputs but the aircraft is driving itself into the deck! In the past we had pilots making mistakes and crashing aircraft with automation developed to save aircraft. Now we have the automation crashing aircraft and we are relying on pilots to save the aircraft... To my mind there is something very very wrong with this way of thinking. Yes, perhaps the pilots should of known how to disconnected the mcas system, but that doesn't address the fundamental issues behind this. The aircraft WANTING to crash itself. .....
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    Just looking at the 737 wiki page. Flying for over 50 yrs and 10 000 built......So it's not the inherent design that's the problem. It shouldn't be too difficult to track down the problem here with a comparison of previous perfectly serviceable models....
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    I think Rotax charge $100 PER bend....lol
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    From the SMH. The now 21-year-old says she now suffers psychological problems and she's suing the Greater Taree City Council as well as the pilot. Mr Cox himself is suing the local council, claiming it was negligent in a number of ways.
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    Totally agree with that!
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    EVERY manufacturer is confident in they engine THEY sell aren't they? What often lacks, is the credibility seen through the eyes of the buying public. Eggenfeller was confident in those Subaru's he used to sell too....
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    Maybe the flew in front and caused some turbulence. ....I don't know really.....
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    The Lion-air crash in Indo was the same aircraft. Also about 3 months old and crashed shortly after take off as well.. We expect old aircraft to be the ones failing.... As said above, something is very wrong here.... Are we hitting a point where they are be coming so complex in operation, in the quest for efficiency, that it's starting to become detrimental to the reliability?
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    They seem to be marketing pretty hard now. I like the engines. They really need to hand a few engines out to get some "real world" time and reliability reports on them.......
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    I think at one of the RAA forums DB spoke about the requirement to fill out some form if you want to fly over built up areas in a non factory experimental aircraft. My take on it was that it was probably a liability thing, with the owner taking full responsibility of any incident. ....
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    Many types of public address systems use a "prompt" to get your attention before relevant information is given. A "ding dong" noise or other sound/voice ("attention shoppers...", "This is your pilot speaking, ...") It is NOT important what it is as long as you can then "tune in" to what is being said, to hear the core message after this prompt. For me when flying it is the word "traffic" at the start of a radio call which gives me the prompt to listen to the call. The next word is the "location". This determines whether I need to keep listening or not. If not, I can tune back out and do whatever it was I was doing before hand. If the word "location" becomes the prompt, it is a pain because half the time I miss it, and have to listen intently to the end, to hear the location again. Then find out the "location" was a strip 50 miles away and I listened to all that for nothing. So..... "traffic" then " location", in that order, is just pure common sense...... irrespective of the regulation. And where do regulations come from? God? Some almighty being? Satan? The alcoholic that lives on the corner? Nanna's dog? No people, they come from HUMANS. And humans are often wrong.....
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    Does that now mean it's a CTAF on Sundays?
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    If you have the genuine rotax muffler, the ball ends may not be rotax? Rotax sells the ball stubs 978-520 or 978-521 for SS..... I've not seen a bead roller that big....
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