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  1. FlyBoy1960
    They do the transition the petrol aircraft once they go on to the cross-country endorsement. The electric aircraft cannot provide the endurance for cross-country so the electric aircraft is kept close to the originating airport for all of the operations that create noise and pollution, and then you can use exactly the same airframe with a petrol engine for cross-country. Apparently it flies exactly the same in just about every respect, except cruise speed and endurance (according to what i have read from the guys in the US)
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    All of the freight trains have been diesel electric for years and years, the diesel is basically just a generator for the electric motors (i am told) The electric carrying hundreds of tons are being used now by a co-owner of google, Sergy something. 80 kn speed, days endurance and a 200 ton payload apparently. You can see them in Moriarty New Mexico and Moffett Field in San Francisco
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    https://aroundtheworld.solarimpulse.com/adventure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Impulse https://www.fai.org/news/fai-ratifies-two-new-speed-records-set-british-all-electric-aircraft
  4. FlyBoy1960
    Not so fast. Think solar impulse and some of the latest electric's doing speeds over 120 kts with 6 hours endurance and heavy payloads. There is even one doing 80 kts for 48 hours between recharging and can carry hundres of tons
  5. FlyBoy1960
    No rego ? Looks to stall/porpoise when itgets too high out of ground effect. A good effort
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    Airborne, Gone to China a few years ago. Airborne Windsports is negotiating to move its manufacturing operation offshore by the end of December 2022. The supply of spare parts (from Airborne Australia) for hang gliders and microlights will be affected by this move. The last date for parts orders for supply from Australia is October 14th, 2022. The fulfilment of these orders will be subject to availability. The supply of spare parts for gyrocopters will NOT be affected. A big thank you to all of our past and present customers for your support. We apologise for any inconvenience, unfortunately the manufacturing business suffered substantially since the start of the Covid pandemic, and it has become impossible to continue production in Australia. For inquiries about Spare Parts please email: [email protected] any other inquiries email [email protected] Team Airborne
  7. FlyBoy1960
    They are not fake, there is YouTube footage of these pictures. Some program from Jetstar where your partner flies FREE
  8. FlyBoy1960
    Details released Pilot. Mervyn Mudge
  9. FlyBoy1960
    Looks like its upside down to me, the undercarriage legs are on top of the wreckage.
  10. FlyBoy1960
    Probably old stock fottage from somewhere. Dont let the truth get in the way of a story !
  11. FlyBoy1960
    There is some chilling audio from Canberra tower and approach trying to contact them
  12. FlyBoy1960
    More here. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/346298 4 Fatalities
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    Having owned and X-Air I know a fair bit about this, and I have seen more than a few of our airfield. The shock absorbers are made by Armstrong in India. The importer a long time ago tried to bypass the factory and buy them direct and if memory serves me correctly they were around US$60 each but you have to buy a minimum quantity of 1000 ! Fornalies (spelling) is a French specialty manufacturer which had nitrogen filled shock absorbers to suit the X-Air but they only lasted about 2 years before all of the coating came off the shaft and if any of the nitrogen leaked it was almost impossible to get refilled. One of the owners told me he had to pay $600 to get refilled by Dickey Johnson of touring car fame who had everything needed to do the job because of the shock absorbers used by touring cars. They were eventually given away as a bad idea purely because they didn't last and leaked. I don't only aircraft any more but I did buy a set and I think they were around $260 each or a pair I can't remember because this was back in about 2010.
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    I have an Enfield and they are different, not even close unless it is something from the 60s ? The ones on the motorbike holding 200 to 300 kg are not going to suit an aircraft which is 500 kg. They would be bottomed out as soon as they were loaded with the aircraft weight.
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    He probably has a headache, did a few somersaults and flew off to "bird" another day
  16. FlyBoy1960
    Any page that has the word "Investor" in the main navigation menu rings alarm bells with me !
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    I didn't mean it like that. There is just so much effort going into what is available but there is a perfect model of shock absorber out there which are approved for the aircraft, they are built to the manufacturer's specification, they are easily available from what I can read, and they are inexpensive. Everyone is trying to reinvent the wheel for something that has no problem. If the standard ones were not up to the task then I could understand all of the research, questions and complications of finding an alternative product, but when the standard ones seem to work perfectly well, are not overpriced, and are approved by the manufacturer, then you should just use that product. In many different countries you don't have a choice, you have to use what the manufacturer supplies and you cannot substitute parts. It's like me trying to find an oval tire for my motor vehicle even though I know a round one will work perfectly and is made to suit my motor vehicle.
  18. FlyBoy1960
    All this discussion over what ?, they are something like $180 each according to an owner, just buy the correct ones and move on ?
  19. FlyBoy1960
    They are made by Armstrong in India to the specifications of xair according to the box the new ones came in, if i remember correctly. The main member who looked after the plane tried for weeks to get them from Armstrong without success. This was about 15 years ago now but things might have changed. There is also a french supplier of an air shock but they are way expensive and the crome plating came off the shaft in less than 12 months letting the nitrogen escape. There is more on this on the xair support website. [email protected]
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    I had access to, and flew an X-Air owned by our club, great little plane. We looked around to find replacement shock absorbers and we spent more than the price of the originals in trialing some from a motorbike and some from a car neither of which worked. We needed to get replacement shock absorbers because of a really long taxi over rocky ground. It eventually wore out the rubbers in the ends of the shock absorbers that couldn't be replaced. The ones off motorbikes are not designed for an aircraft that weighs 500 kg, they were way too soft even with the springs packed out, even with nobody in the aircraft it sat down on its tail with a shock absorbers fully compressed. Someone else sourced a set from some sort of dune buggy but they were way too hard and you might as well have put pipes in where the shock absorbers should have gone. Just buy the originals and problems sorted.
  21. FlyBoy1960
    I just had a meat pie for dinner, tasty but i doubt any of the above were included
  22. FlyBoy1960
    Nay
  23. FlyBoy1960
    Unless this was the fastest horse in the world you would see him coming 2 minutes away, look at the nothing in the background in the photos ? Very strange ?
  24. FlyBoy1960
    He looked ok being driven away in the horse float, even looked like he was smiling Horse 1 - Jabiru 0 If he was in fact more injured, then thats a real shame, RIP Horse because now I feel bad for making fun of him and horsing around with some of my comments.
  25. FlyBoy1960
    Even the 'victims' will get a laugh out of these really bad jokes.
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