zodiacpilot

Interested to hear about your trip to Gawler, I fly from there. You also own a Zodiac 601 HDS? I have owned mine for a month.

Cheers Roger

Yes, it was a mandatory ad. Having lots of fun flying it.

Hi - I have a small inspection " hatch" right side upper cowling, which facilitates oil level checking and visual inspection of the coolant overflow/serge bottle.The bottle is translucent, so the green coolant level can be seen without removing the lid.

I have marked the cold coolant lower level on the bottle, so a quick check with the metric eyeball tells me if levels are normal - system full of coolant.

 

The lower level also allows me to keep a check on coolant loss which, in a well maintained engine, should be very slight/negligible.

 

I usually open the hatch after an "opp" and again a quick check will show the hot, upper, expanded, level of the coolant. The upper level may vary slightly with cooling system temperature.

 

The observed coolant at or very near the cool/low level mark and the rise to the upper hot levels and back down as the engine cools, strongly indicates situation normal.

 

I agree that periodic inspection of coolant level at the "cap" is a good practice but doing this, at other than service intervals (cowl removal time), is impractical in my installation.

 

In short, I must rely on the coolant in the overflow bottle as an indicator of the condition of the entire cooling system.

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RAA is already the right arm of CASA. You only have to compare the manuals, some parts are 'word for word' with each other. Bet there is a clause somewhere saying we can't sack our directors. Still, we are our own 'worst enemies' cos most of us sit on our apathetic asterik's bitchin' & complainin' instead of formin' lobby groups to get what RAA was originally formed for, or have we forgotten?.

Only if you can call it a rigid framed hang glider ... who is going to do the Fred Flintstone foot launch to make the powers that be happy to allow it?

Thanks for the reply , I,ll look into all the information you provided! all the subsections, clauses etc no doubt seems all logical to you, but I find some of it a bit difficult to comprehend, I'm probably going to have to get advise on the wing loading determination,s in regards to aircraft category's! Thanks again

If we practiced passive resistance 'en mass' by ignoring ASIC requirements, would CASA prosecute ALL of us or see the futility of it all?. Scenario: I have no criminal record, suddenly decide to commit terrorist act, so I get an ASIC for airport access. Same if I want to commit a mass shooting. All these rules do is penalise honest people. A case of Governments being 'seen to do something' in response to an occurrance.

Welcome Denis, anytime P3 hangar is open, come & say hi. Welcome to come for a cruise anytime.

Cheers, Roger

FYI I believe Airbus 380 engine pods are 3D printed titanium!! And some fuse parts.

Cheers.

Jabiru engine manual says carb needle transitions from cruise mixture to full power mixture at 2850 rpm. Spot on on my A3300, 21 lph at 2800-2850 rpm, 29-32 lph at 2900rpm. I can watch cht & egt change as I transition.

Consequently I cruise at 2800-2850 in the Zodiac, have never yet encountered carb ice at this setting.

Do you have a reference for this please?Kaz

AkromasterYou haven't seen the "painted hills" then, I suggest a trip "outback" to see the wonders of Australia. Driven around Australia a couple of times, and will be going to do it again.

Jabirupilot,

 

I can drive to the airport, will anyone loan a plane !.LoL.

 

The problem with driving every-where is "there's an awful lot of Locked gates", some require a previous phone-call to council or someone unknown (manager),

 

Just to drop-in & say Hi.

 

Surprising were I get to & at what airport.

 

spacesailor

Do you have to be a member of RAA to have an aircraft registered in your name, even if you are not the holder of a pilot certificate?.

Cheers

YWTO, they are a very friendly/welcoming mob, 2 klm to town, car available to borrow. Local motels will pickup/deliver.

Appears we will all have to have the interweb in our aircraft as the CASA is proposing the abolition of airport markers.

So, possibly no more crosses & dumbells etc. We would be required to check notams before we take-off AND before we land. Dont know how I'll do that, not owning a ipad/iphone & flying a single seat/no canopy aircraft with only room for me, let alone in which I nearly need to tether my maps. Sounds like a good case for passive resistance.

Cheers.

We expect a full report!!!!!

Welcome Peter C hope your times on this site are as pleasurable as they may be informative!!

Ok, after reading all of these posts it appears that the rules apply to any of us 'entering or preparing to operate' a aircraft. So......, how come a CASA authorised breath alcohol tester can approach a pilot certificate holder doing nothing more than cleaning his aircraft, with NO INTENTION of flying it, & demand a test be submitted to?.

FYTI file: ANYONE participating in a MOTORSPORT event in Australia, whether as a competitor or official or pitcrew may return a result of 0.01 grams of alcohol on a second test sample. At 0.015 they are exluded from any further participation.

Cheers.

Hope this & the other incidents have been reported as per safety recommendations.

Thanks for that, I would take it back where you purchased & get them to demand an explanation from Ryco, or do it yourself direct.

Someone on this site recommended "windytv" a while back.I suspect it uses BOM data, but presents in a much better format. For example you can look at the wind direction and speed at different altitudes.

 

You can also 'play' a video over a period and see the wind pick up during the day or a front come through. And you can see the forecast several days ahead.

 

Very, very good.

 

I still check NIAPS first for the official story, but windytv for a more complete picture.

 

Web based: Windytv, wind forecast

 

Android app: Windyty - Android Apps on Google Play

Someone on this site recommended "windytv" a while back.I suspect it uses BOM data, but presents in a much better format. For example you can look at the wind direction and speed at different altitudes.

 

You can also 'play' a video over a period and see the wind pick up during the day or a front come through. And you can see the forecast several days ahead.

 

Very, very good.

 

I still check NIAPS first for the official story, but windytv for a more complete picture.

 

Web based: Windytv, wind forecast

 

Android app: Windyty - Android Apps on Google Play

Looks like good wind site but DONT use as a airport info site INSTEAD of ERSA!!!

Checked YWTO for 'curiosity sake' & found general field info to be incorrect.

ryco Z386 developed 8mm split, around 15 hrs old, most oil lost in flight.Landed safely, replaced and all good but very unimpressed on filter quality

If it is a ASIC fence then it only goes half way around the airport.

Huge bird smashes through window, lands in pilot's lap.

Well, I was bigger than him.

Good decision.

PHIL.

Check out these encounters on utube from Skypig999.

A opportunity for Jabiru to buy Camit at a 'bargain price', mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, just sayin;. Stranger stuff has happened.