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Welcome to the forum AMA....... can be a tough crowd at times. Look forward to hearing about Aeromomentum engine. They look like one of the better conversion engines. Good Luck!

This was in 1912. It seems that in the following 6 years lives were not worth that much also. ....

I'm not sure there are any defined standards. As I see it, the manufacturer "self certifies" factory built aircraft. Oscar could probably set that straight but I don't think he's posted for some time.... hope he's ok? If it was me, I'd look at working with a kit manufacturer to produce "factory" aircraft. I believe you can buy the Zenith range of aircraft as factory built, at least in the states.

Beaufort Inlet, west of Bremer Bay on WA's south coast. The water in the inlet looks higher than the ocean. Would make an interesting spectacle when it "lets go".

You hit the nail on the head. It's ALL about the PROCESS or more correctly having the process. When the RAA are asked about their accident reporting, they can proudly say "Yes, we have a process for that". What is written and what the results are, are irrelevant.......

Yes, I thought the same. Not one grainy "ufo" type pic at all..... They keep mentioning "verified" witnesses. I thought this would be police, emergency services and airport employees but I'm guessing now that they just know the name of the reporting person... Mass hysteria? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_hysteria_cases Looking up into a blank sky, it's pretty easy for some people to imagine seeing something when everyone else "says" they can see something.

One of the things I learnt to carry in a car, is a short bit of pipe to go over and extend the wheel nut spanner. Easy to loosen the nuts with extention on, but just tighten with spanner only. My aircraft came with a little orange "Rotax" bag. This came with a tube spanner for the plugs. I just added two spare spark plugs.

Gee, that would have taken you a while..... ...... sorry.

Rottnest Island, morning, first of January 2019.

So....... no different to the F 35 then.......

Don't fly a Foxbat at 3 degree circuits. They will take forever at 50 kts on final (important if you are creating a bottleneck for others in the circuit and those waiting to take off) and you will not be able glide to the strip if the engine fails. Unlike GA and other slippery aircraft, you will not gain speed if coming in steeper. The light weight and aerodynamics of a "brick" make that happen. At 3 degrees, that would be "on the power" for sure. Where I like it on final, is just sitting on 50 kts and the throttle just off idle. I don't know what angle that is and don't care. But it is far far greater than 3 or 5 degrees. Being just off idle allows the option of increasing power or DECREASING power..... Make sure lowest static idle on the ground is quite low( 1650/1700). 1800 static or higher and it will want to keep flying and will be difficult to get the power down on final. This does make a significant difference. I'm getting about 2100/2200 rpm on final. I generally use one stage of flap on takeoff and base/final. The main reason is that in a go-around situation I'm already set for flap. Your widest circuits should be the maximum distance you can glide to the strip from circuit height. If any instructor told me otherwise, I would find a new instructor. My life is MY responsibility. .... 600 hrs on type. The 22 is the Foxbat. The 32 is the Vixen......

Prop on the Atos looks like it's off a wind generator.... simple and lightweight, folding back over a conical nose.

Darwin harbour 99 yr lease? ..... Talk about selling your soul to the devil....

Yes, that's been done. Just needs the right electrics, charging parameters etc. I guess you need to look at how much drag it causes as well. The overall "gain" differential between regen charging and folding/feathering props probably needs to be calculated. It maybe overall more efficient to not have regen charging (weight/wiring/electronics) but have folding or feathered props.

My instructor complained that my electronic compass was too stable and not "swinging all over the place" when doing my cross country. I smiled and thought to myself how good it was to have a rock steady compass.....

Now they're not sure if there were any drones at all....wtf? Mass hysteria maybe..... I would of thought for flights to be stopped, it would require "confirmed" sightings but apparently there were none.

I changed my JR, 36 to 2.4 with a hack module..... back in the day. Hobbyking had 2.4 transmitters for about $30 last time I looked so probably not even worth converting these days... Just keep them as is, in the box and they'll become rare collectors items one day?

Ha ha...brought back memories of slipping my little blue plastic card into the correct frequency (36mhz?) on the board so no one else could use it. And waiting impatiently if others were using my frequencies (I had 3 sets of crystals) hoping the wind wouldnt pick up....lol...

At this point, with what seems to be a fairly ineffective counter-drone strategy, a very long prison sentence maybe the only real deterrent at this stage. I expect the culprits to be caught and given a very long prison term that will be well publicised.

I read somewhere ( may have been the twin electric Lazair) that they were surprised with flight times and endurance, which were something like 30% better than expected/calculated. They believed most of this was from decent in a glide which used zero power. I can't remember if they somehow locked the motor/prop or left it windmilling (perhaps IFA or folding). Whatever it was, it also reduced drag.

I have large analog asi and alt. The rest digital (as in numbers and simulated gauges) The analog needle gauges seems to register faster in the brain than the digital versions. It is almost instant with analog but takes a second or two to register the digital. As posted above, I'm generally on the analog in the circuit but use both when more relaxed and "out and about".

https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/cps15-05924.php EDIT. sorry, that's for the vdo sender only. FWIW... I replaced my honeywell with the latest Rotax " keller" sensor with an adapter. M10x 1 to 1/8 npt. Works good.

I'm thinking it was an exit to a loop (coming down vertically, nose at the ground), got into a high speed stall ( exceded angle of attack) and hence "pancaked" into the ground....

No updates or info for a long time. I think only a ptototype or couple made. Designed by Max Tedesco so cant be too bad. I like the idea of an aluminium drifter.