BirdDog

Well, All I can say, from someone who experienced this last year when we were locked down....

Never again will I allow myself to go for months without getting in the cockpit to remain recent and proficient.  Last year when that happened, it could have ended very differently.  I won't go into details, only to say, CASA have recent and proficient policies for a reason.

I will probably get flogged by some of you for this, but myself and my organisation are continuing to work (we deliver training to government and other essential services) and I can tell you, me driving to the AD to go for a fly, is the least of your concerns! LOL! 

You do you... I will do me.  🙂  Enjoy!

On 05/09/2021 at 1:47 PM, skippydiesel said:

 

 

My position is simple ; You (we) either do quarantine as it should be done or forget it. Where there is the threat of highly infectious disease, there is no such thing as success partial quarantine.

I don't want to be "that guy" but I am just identifying that it can't be as stated above.  There are many reasons why people leave their home.

Work

Education

Essential Utilities

Medical

Care Givers

Zoo Keepers that need to feed animals

The list goes on and on and on.

To single out one person (ME) and state that I have contributed because I drove from my house to my hangar in a community that has never had a single case, is a bit insulting.

1 hour ago, skippydiesel said:

 

I don t get it - how do you/your CHO and others not understand - in a quarantine situation, your personal risk, situation, wants & desires is not the issue.

You are either in lockdown or not, there is no grey area.

Every time the authorities make an exception or an individual decides the rules do not apply to them, the quarantine is compromised eg Sydney and its fake lockdown, now in its 12th (?) week or something, costing a squillion of dollars to the economy and almost completely ineffective, has (wilfully) exported the virus to other States and the NSW hinterland.

The act of getting into your aircraft alone has zero risk of CV 19 spread/infection HOWEVER, presumably you had to travel to/from the airfield, your vehicle/aircraft required fuel, you picked up a takeaway going to/coming from, you had a conversation with the security guard/fellow pilot/LAIM, may be your aircraft didn't start and a "jump" battery was required, your car broke down, was involved in an accident - the list of potential human contact goes on and on. In short you have increased your risk of contraction/spreading of CV19.

Even if your risk of contracting/spreading CV19 was nil - the example you set, both in your trip to/from the airfield, as you buzz around overhead, is sending the worst signal possible to the thousands/millions in lockdown, who are not so privileged. Shame on you! 

Hmm but by your example, then we should be at home in the dark, because in your "true lockdown" example, nobody could leave home to run the power station.  Deliver food to woolies.  Run the TV station.  

So you see, there are plenty of examples where people MUST leave their home.

Wow. That’s a bit of an event mate. 
 

So what I do in these situations instead of looking for the issue, let’s eliminate some stuff. 
 

Carby icing. If it was icing, I’m thinking it should not matter what tank you use, as it’s all happening in the carbs. So I would rule that out. 

you say you did a fuel drain with now water. So we can rule out contamination. UNLESS what you drained was all water. I’ve seen that. 

Can you rule out the vent. Not yet unless you check now that it’s not blocked. So could be. 
 

One last thing is… after you swapped tanks did you go back and replicate the problem? Because it may well have been a lock that sorted itself as you coincidentally changed tanks. 
 

Very cool man!  Something similar is on my list.  I have a Bristell currently which is great for zooming off into the blue to go somewhere at a decent speed, but I also wanting something fun that I can plod about in.

Good on you mate!  You will have a blast with it I am sure.

3 hours ago, jackc said:

For me,  I am happy as a cat with 10 tails, I have trip to make tomorrow to buy another aircraft, deal 95% done. Hope its got some wings on it!

BIG bonus is……I don’t have to run the wrath of the COVID Policemen to go look at it and get it home……It’s a bonus living in Qld.:-)

 

NICE!!  I upgraded not that long ago - what ya gettin?

Oh man. I ended up in a rabbit hole of CDC and Pfizer websites so I can’t tell you the exact link but I took a screen shots of the document. See attached. I will dig and see if I can find the exact site. 
 

The problem is main stream media will not fact check stuff.  I have a very good friend who is involved in one of the biggest. They just run stuff. If another network runs it, so will they.  If it’s a lie, they will simply repeat it. Sad. 

I don’t know mate. Mine is working perfectly.  460 hours in and still going good. 

4 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

Thanks BD - Many of the higher econamy, island states, have managed at least once, to achieve Zero  Community Transmission.

 

I have never suggested that Australia can remain CV free indefinitely, or even that this is practical objective. All I have suggested is that Zero Community Transmission is achievable & desirable, in the short term, while we develop a suitable plan (herd immunity being a significant part) and systems for on going management/minimisation of CV impact on society and the econamy.

 

As for your flying activities & your shopping (why not get delivered/click & collect?) - sure you as an individual have probably acted responsibly, as far as inter person contact is concerned. BUT successful  quarantine, does not allow for individual determination/interpretation/action, its an all in/out situation (no grey area). You have subverted the concept, even if you have acted within the wholly inexplicable NSW Gov rules.

 

Alarmist?? - I have some previous exposure to quarantine environments, nasty disseises - I can tell you, what Gladys has been doing, is nothing like what I understand a successful quarantine would require - not even close. This is not alarmist it is frustration with the political subversion of a well understood , tried & true concept,  that has been around for hundreds of years. 

 

My position is simple ; You (we) either do quarantine as it should be done or forget it. Where there is the threat of highly infectious disease, there is no such thing as success partial quarantine.

while I agree with some of your comments, I will say that there’s no way we will get anything like heard immunity.  Take a look at the likes of Israel. They are heavily vaccinated and going through more pain. The whole idea that these vaccines are a silver bullet is a farce, and our dumb governments just give people hope that “vaccines are our way out of this” 

Another comedy routine.
 

I am in no way anti vaccine. I am fully vaccinated (except for Covid) and the data I have read up re these vaccines (from the manufacturer themselves) is plain scary.   You should look into  it. Not media data.  Not Facebook data. Go to the sources. Trawl through their data and have a read. You will be shocked. I will give you one example. Pfizer themselves give little affect for their vaccine in people over 70. Yep. Read that again. 
 

Anyways. One thing is for sure. History will either see us look back and say we did the right thing based on science or the wrong thing based on Money. I have my suspicions which one it will be. Sadly. 

I don’t know but I’m also going to ask the question of Fitti as to what happens if the motor dies at full course. 
 

My last woodcomp would go full fine if it failed in flight. 

1 hour ago, skippydiesel said:

Well done - You and all the other quarantine breakers, are the reason why the virus has/is spreading.

 

Of course your metal health is important - if the quarantine/Lockdown had been swiftly/fully implemented. the few days-3weeks to get it under control, would not have had a significant impact on your metal wellbeing.

 

You may thank Pandemic Gladys for the negative impact on your metal health.

LOL. You are a laugh a minute. 
 

along with with what Garfly has said I have another question. 
 

Can you give one example of a country that has controlled the virus  - at all, let alone with lockdowns.  It’s surely a comedy routine to think any measure is going to get rid of it.  It is going to be with us forever, and so we better get used to living with it. 
 

And for what it’s worth, not that I need to explain myself to you, I go from my house to my hangar and come into less contact with people than when I go do my food shopping. 
 

Alarmists like yourself do nothing to aid the cause. Let’s get a real grip on what we are in middle of, and do the best we can to remain human, because right now it appears humanity is out the window, and I see nothing but division and hatred amongst us all. God help us. 

Hello all

I have a Garmin G3X system and have just recently had the XPDR replaced after it failed.  
 

the other day I was up flying and noticed it flashing up NO ADSB on the glass.  Just a couple of times but also noticed when I checked out flight aware the track ends right where the first NO ADSB error popped up.  Nothing past that point. 
 

I was above  3500 over Cootamundra area at the time. 
 

any info that could help would be greatly appreciated. 

Yeah as above. It’s a pretty rudimentary system. Just a 3 way rocker. In the middle there is nothing. Push it forward and it runs the motor to full fine until the stopper stops the motor.  Pull it backwards and it goes full course the same way. 
 

Regards having it set too course for take off - after my run up and I’m all, I have added a step to my checklist to run up to make sure it hits more than 5200 on the ground.  Takes 5 seconds to do and confirms the prop is in full fine. 

I have the same prop, although I top out at 115 so maybe he has the 914?

I know this thread is old. But wondering what the outcome was?

I have it from an insider to not bother with Express Post right now as it’s not being handled any differently.  If you have to post. Use normal post as it won’t get there any quicker. 

I have actually spent a bit of time looking into this sort of thing. I actually also recently invested in a new Garmin device that connects to my G3X to get traffic on my glass. 
 

I agree with others, not all traffic turn up on screens.   I am fortunate to live overlooking the AD and I’ve sat here many days with my ipad and my radio and watched many aircraft fly around, in and out, with no radio calls, and certainly nothing on OzRunways. 

It’s a daily occurrence here. MANY movements. No radio, and not showing up on anything.  
 

I have personally had a number of occasions when I have been in the air (making radio calls etc) only to find an aircraft landing as I am turning onto the taxi, or flying  over me on Midfield Crosswind as I am landing and I didn’t even know he was there. (Not the same aircraft)

I am surprised there aren’t more incidents to be honest. 

Damn. I don’t have mine yet. 😡

For what it’s worth I live within 5kms of my AD and i have been flying at every opportunity. Sometimes 2 and 3 times a week.  
 

Mental health is vital. Look after yourselves lads.  We are still a VERY long way from being anywhere near normality.  If ever. Too many agendas at play. 

Hello all, 

my Rotax 912 ULS likes to sit with its EGTs up around 850 on the cruise. 
 

Where does yours sit?

Good example of making the right decision.

Thanks Skippy 

I am surprised that there is no Rudder trim on this bird at all.  It has bias springs, and they may help.

Everything is aligned now, I have removed the front wheel spat to complete some further testing to ensure the actual control surfaces are all doing the right thing.   Then I will replace the spat and make sure it's aligned, and we should be good.

15 hours ago, Flightrite said:

The "don't push" (or words to that effect)  has nothing to do with checking control surface movement by hand, not very clever never checking them at pre-flight!

Yep!  I have certainly changed the way I do things now.  

6 minutes ago, Jabiru7252 said:

I would assume the nose wheel and the rudder can be adjusted independently of each other. So, disregarding the rudder, adjust your nosewheel so you taxi straight ahead with the pedals neutral. Once you're happy with that, adjust your rudder so that at cruise power there is no yaw. Remember, maladjusted ailerons or flaps will cause a yaw, but with roll. Under high power, a yaw to the left is normal, under a glide, yaw to the right is normal. Remember when your instructor kept yelling "MORE RIGHT RUDDER!!!" as you gunned it down the runway during those first few hours.

Yes! They are independent of each other.  A lot of the right rudder will be from the torque from the donk.  You should not have to be leaning on the right rudder in the cruise.

I cruise at about 90% full noise, with prop thickened to sit at about 5200.

2 hours ago, RFguy said:

what's the tendency to yaw say at 50, 70, 85 , 100% power etc ?  

any springs holding the rudder (pedals, wheel) centred? ) spring fallen off ? (happens in Jabiru's with big boots on ) 

 

I have been doing some investigations and I have a combination of things.

Firstly, it will do it more when under full power.  If I back off and let it glide, the effect is much less.  

I have already aligned the wheel, but have discovered a little too much play in the rudder, which I am rectifying.   I am of the belief that I have had the effect of both an unaligned front wheel (The LAME had replaced the rudder steering cable at the last 100) and the play in the rudder.

When applying full power there is a noticeable yaw to the left, and I believe this is the play in the rudder where the prop wash is forcing the rudder left.

I have never pushed on the control surfaces during the daily (especially when the sticker says "Don't Push") so it has gone unnoticed.  I would have picked it up on the next 100, but I might change the way I do things from this point.