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Thanks again to all, another full day yesterday without result. This is what I do know: I connected base station aerial from hangar into aircraft radio no change, I have sidetone on intercom on borrowed radio but no sidetone on transmit, I connect original radio and have sidetone on intercom and sidetone when I transmit however nothing is being transmitted. This is the faulty radio that does not receive or transmit and needs to go back for repair. Very little voltage drop on transmit when measured. I am reluctant to adjust the mic gain on the borrowed radio, I am using pretty new DC headset but have tried two others as well. At least the issue is constant and not intermittent as this would add to my level of frustration at this point.

Thanks Paul, one thing I haven't done is checked the SWR, due to not having a meter. Should have access to one next week all being well and that will be one more thing to check off the list. One of the drawbacks of living where I do I don't have easy access to technical people close by, hence I greatly appreciate the input here. Cheers Danny

Great info thanks. One other symptom is when I press the mic and not speak there is a hum coming into my headset, not the usual pre speak hollow sound??

Thanks again for all the advice, keep it coming I will eventually sort this thing out. Had a good yarn with Jake, appreciate he took the time, however without him being able to examine the aircraft I imagine difficult to diagnose. I have connected a fully charged battery pack to external jump point to rule out the voltage issue, no change. I have not changed out the multi pin plug that fits into the radio as CS suggested at this point, I have again checked them and they do feel secure, I imagine the crimping tool for this multi pin plug must be minute to fit between each pin. It's back to the drawing board. Cheers

Cheers for that Phil. Bones thanks but I have tried the ferrites, still no change. I will get the answer one day I'm sure.

Just on the good connection issue, I took the plug apart and all seemed ok, as each wire was heat shrinked I didn't remove this. Would it be fair to assume that as transmission takes more power and if a connection was only just, I would lose power to the set during transmission ?

Thanks for the replies, have pulled the panel out and checked for good earth and power connections, the radio I believe has worked fine in the past, in and out of CTA. This problem just started when I realized that I had no green light on receive and no squelch, hence the reason I put another radio in from another aircraft. Thanks again for your replys now if someone could direct me on how to PM another member that would be awesome

I have a microair radio installed(no I'm not a fan of them either), my transmission is so garbled it cannot be understood, reception is excellent. I have tried 3 different headsets, both pilot and co pilot sides, bypassed installed coax on antenna, checked all connections and earth terminals to no avail. I have side tone and seperate intercom works fine, no sidetone when I transmit though which used to be there. I have connected another like radio which was working fine in another aircraft but this too has not fixed my problem. To add to my frustration microair don't have any techs on site for quite a few months as they are focusing on another project, so much for the after sales service for those of us that have dished out a fair bit of money to purchase one of their products which they don't seem to want to know about now. Any help from those knowledgeable techos out there would be very much appreciated, I am at a loss at this point.

For what it's worth, firstly well done to this young man for taking the ultimate action that he did, in any event (for the knockers) a good thing he was in a jabiru, despite the nose wheel a very strong airframe indeed...

The local strip is glen Innes and is licensed , soon to be the home of an international airline pilot training centre so I think my mate may come to a few hurdles being that his strip would effectively be within the circuit area.

On a side note a mate of mine has a property that he was talking about putting a strip on however his proximity to the local aerodrome may prohibit that, I recall that you couldn't operate from a strip within 8nm, i would be happy to be corrected on that.

Airstrip was for private use and I need to keep a record of use , my log book accounts for my use and a visitors book in the hangar satisfies invited guests. Its not a large property but there are three other private strips within a ten km radius so precedent had been set. I know there is talk that approval to operate on your own land is not required but my philosophy is keep everyone on side you catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

I put in a DA with my local council for an "airstrip" and a "hangar", both were approved for that purpose. I did not want to have to fight them down the track if I ruffled their feathers, much easier to get the approval then you are in a stronger position legally and to combat any future complaints. Been in operation now a couple of years and no dramas.

When I learnt to fly many years ago I can recall an instructor saying if you hold your arm at full length your thumb will represent 500 ft below cloud when flying straight and level. This was only a rough guide but as good as any guess.

Welcome Roger. From the Glen Innes area

It astounds me that because we choose to fly aircraft that have numbers instead of letters we are not afforded the same investigative measures when something goes horribly wrong. I understand that it is a financial situation, we are all part of the flying community and as such it is encumbert on the government to afford the same investigative measures of a VH registered craft. I would be happy to read my magazine on line and have the money saved go towards paying for appropriately qualified people to find the cause of accidents within RAA. With so much conjecture and bias the truth often never is revealed. I was sitting in my hangar last Sunday morning drinking coffee with new friends, they took off from my place and within 20 minutes they were no longer with us..... I would dearly like to know some answers as would many others. I know this is now with the coroner but I wonder how in depth the investigation will be. I am feeling quite sad at the moment hearing of yet another of our brothers who has fallen, it clearly doesn't matter if your aircraft is powered by a Jabiru or a Rotax the end result is the same, for xxxx sake let's find out why so that all can be safer doing what we love. Sorry for the passionate rant.

Thanks Frank, sorted sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

Have just downloaded oz runways, could someone assist me with setting up the weight and balance for a J230. It requires a lon and a lat data entry. Have done many W&B in the past but can't seem to get the correct data to create the envelope.

You may very well be correct to a point, however when the engine stops the damn thing belongs to the insurance company so the primary focus is all getting out with the least injury as possible. For my money it would be to take the wings off between two trees if possible and hang on!!

Two elderly ladies in their 70s, never been in an aeroplane before, a gorgeous flight up the coast from Coffs Harbour. One of the ladies kissed me on the cheek when we landed and said "thank you young man for not killing us, we have so much life to live yet" I reckon they were right, probably ticking off the bucket list.

I apologise if this has already been written but here we go... As a J230 owner I certainly have a vested interest in the restrictions imposed by CASA but more importantly the reliability of my engine. It seems without argument that some engines will reach TBO however ther is also evidence that others will not if you can interpret the statistics correctly. I believe that CASA should have taken a different approach with the latest instrument. It is my opinion that instead of imposing the current restrictions the authority should have forced the company to revise the top end overhaul to 500 hours and the major to 1000 hrs. This being said it will be an extra cost to owners and businesses however it is a cost that can be calculated instead of the current one which basically amounts to putting a lot out of business. Again it is my belief that if this was done the reliability would improve as the maintainer would literally getting a look inside the engine. I realise that this may not solve all the failures but then again what engine is %100 fail proof. Potential buyers could then factor this into the equation, owners and schools using the aircraft would not have these restrictions placed upon them that will not do anything to solve the problem only wipe thousands of their investment. Again this is only my humble view on how CASA could have handled this thing.

It has just occurred to me that there is an identified risk in driving a motor car, apparently hundreds are killed each year in Australia, the government must act now and stop these vehicles being used around the public and get all who wish to travel within to sign a waiver.

With insurance costing about $250 a month plus annual rego costs you don't need a calculator to work out that a couple of months of registration backlog hits the hip pocket when you can't use the thing that you are paying the above costs for in the first place....

Maybe only 3 have responded on this site, however with a 5 week minimum turnaround logic would suggest that a lot more owners are or will be effected by the delay.

Hardly proof that the problem has been solved...still waiting to fly, perfect weather and no rego. Last year waited 3 months this year I am told up to 2 months. They have had over 12 months to sort this out, this is not a mum and dad company, this is a huge entity collecting millions of dollars from consumers who should expect better performance than that. If it sounds like a rant it is because I like many others are sick of the time it takes to re register when all the boxes were ticked last year. If the process takes 2 months then send out the renewals that far in advance so that the process can be seamless.