farri Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) Hi Everyone! The wet season has come to North Queensland with a vengeance! on Monday, here at home, we just missed Kimi a category 2 Tropical Cyclone, that fortunately! stayed off the coast and continued heading South before turning into a low pressure system. Most years, after serious rain, I go up in the Drifter and take photos of our area, so it`s nothing new or an unusual thing for me to do, but this year I`ll be doing videos! I took the footage for this video a couple of days after the rain started. When the strip at the Drifter shed is too wet, I come up to the one at the house...Franco. Edited January 20, 2021 by farri typo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSCBD Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Frank you old bastard - when are you getting the "push mower" out. I notice on the video with your departure the grass was a bit high. Stop polishing your propeller all day making these plane pornos! and do some work around the place. SSCBD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabiru7252 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Great videos! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted January 24, 2021 Author Share Posted January 24, 2021 On 20/01/2021 at 9:03 PM, SSCBD said: Frank you old bastard - when are you getting the "push mower" out. I notice on the video with your departure the grass was a bit high. Stop polishing your propeller all day making these plane pornos! and do some work around the place. SSCBD Hey! old buddy, old pall! I don`t sit around drinking coffee all day, like you! , you`d be surprised how much hand push mowing I do with my trusty Victa. It`s been raining here almost non stop for the last two weeks! cleared up yesterday and the forecast is, no rain for the next five days before it starts again, so I promise I`ll mow the strips.....I shot the footage for this video, yesterday...Franco. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 Well! I`m still flying and enjoying every second of it...Yesterday afternoon I took Vanoj Danturi for his first Ultralight. Vanoj, works at our local servo! he told me his dream was to fly so I offered to take him up! Vanoj was live streaming the flight to his wife, his parents and friends, in India! what better way to showcase the Drifter and our beautiful area of Deeral, North, Queensland. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 (edited) Sorry Guy`s, havn`t been able to upload the video that should have been with my previous post! any help appreciated. Edited September 15, 2021 by farri Add a comment about the black video screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 "This" one's not there either. Must be Ian's site Franco. Drifter pilots don't make mistakes. Nev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share Posted September 15, 2021 Vanoj, Live streaming the flight to his, wife, his parents and friends, in India. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 Hey Guys! surely I`m not the only Drifter Pilot left on this Forum!!! I refurbished my Drifter, a couple of months ago and fitted a new Warp-Drive prop! I had to cut the blades to 60 inch diameter, then adjust the pitch, several times, until I got the best performance. From memory, the last time I refurbished the Drifter, was around 11 years ago, so if I can get another 11 years, I`ll be 84 years old and who knows! it might see me out. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfly Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) Wow Frank, she's come up looking super spiffy. I, for one, am very happy to see you back in the air and back online. I think we've all missed your regular reports from the glorious deep north. I wonder who'll be the lucky first customer for the renovated, forever-young flyer (man and machine both). Edited October 1, 2021 by Garfly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 G`Day Garry, Thank you!!! I`ve just been a lurker, for a while! watching what others are saying and keeping up to date with the accident and incident reports. I did a couple of hours solo before taking anyone up! there`s been a few in the back seat since but my first passenger was my eldest Great-Grand-Daughter, 9 year old, Brooklyn, a veteran, , of the back seat of the Drifter, as I took her up for the first time at 4 years of age. Franco. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 No shortage, up here, of people wanting me to take them up in the Drifter...Here`s a short video of my flight to the Atherton Tablelands, with Kim, yesterday....Franco. https://youtu.be/gLL0e79bn_g 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Smooth air was it. How long is your strip? Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 G`Day Nev, Yeah! conditions were pretty good... These days I`ve go 3 that I can use! the one in the video is 510mt from end to end. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Is that length about right for you with 2 up? I've only flown the SB and I think they are a bit heavier and stall faster. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 The short answer! on an average day, at MTOW, (400 Kg) about 300 mts. Have flow the SB with the large nose pod and the Rotax 582! not as maneuverable as the WB with the small pod, which mine is. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Keep ‘em coming, Franco! Lots of us enjoy your videos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Jealous as all hell at what you have at your doorstep of course. Nev 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 This is a flight I did recently! I`m using a GoPro Hero 8 Black to shoot the footage, then I create the final video, with Shotcut, a free video editing program that I`ve downloaded from the internet. https://youtu.be/gP6hjN_2jzc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 59 minutes ago, farri said: This is a flight I did recently! I`m using a GoPro Hero 8 Black to shoot the footage, then I create the final video, with Shotcut, a free video editing program that I`ve downloaded from the internet. https://youtu.be/gP6hjN_2jzc Franko how come a cane farmer can create more entertaining content than all the global networks? 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackc Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Because he CAN 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share Posted October 5, 2021 30 minutes ago, Old Koreelah said: Franko how come a cane farmer can create more entertaining content than all the global networks? Hey O.K. A mere cane farmer??? I stopped cane farming at 60, 13 years ago. Just started doing videos` around this time last year! pleased you think they`re O.K. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 Most of us just got the cane at school often taking the blame for someone else. I was always perfectly angelic. Ha HA. Sugar cane farming . How sweet it is. What about the snakes. Isn't that why you burn before harvesting? Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 https://www.traveller.com.au/longest-commercial-flight-in-qantas-history-flies-over-antarctica-en-route-to-australia-h1z0qh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 The Map projection (mercator) severely distorts that track. It's not appropriate to use it in polar regions Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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