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[facthunter]

Leave Carb Heat on. on take off with Most Planes and you will be in trouble. You will have substantiality reduced Power IF it's to be effective. There are set Performance Parameters for de- icing  carburettors in certified Planes. How SOME get around it I do not Know. When it's Injection equipped it's a lot less likely. We still see Incidents where it's most Likely Carb Icing. Of course the  evidence is gone afterwards.it Melts away. Nev

[danny_galaga]

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

Leave Carb Heat on. on take off with Most Planes and you will be in trouble. You will have substantiality reduced Power IF it's to be effective. There are set Performance Parameters for de- icing  carburettors in certified Planes. How SOME get around it I do not Know. When it's Injection equipped it's a lot less likely. We still see Incidents where it's most Likely Carb Icing. Of course the  evidence is gone afterwards.it Melts away. Nev

Less power on takeoff and also no filter at a time when you most need it!

[BrendAn]

nothing to with carb heat so might be off topic.

 

had a great flight this morning . 1.25 hrs , did a few landings to adjust the weatherseal trim tabs i put on.

10 knt easterly and 14 knts on the last landing.  staright down the strip. landed with 50 knts airspeed and 36 ground. good fun.

[BrendAn]

Another great morning for flying.

Did 1.4 hrs . A few touch and goes.

Would like to do more but council is discouraging that with there silly fees. Very hazy but smooth air.

Wind 4 knts.

Dew point and temp were even. I believe I might have had a bit of carby icing. On the ground fast idle is 3000 rpm and smooth as silk. Today coming in to land dropped it to 3000 a couple of times and it stumbled and ran rough. Had to bump it up to 4000. Back on the ground it was fine.

[skippydiesel]

"Dew point and temp were even. I believe I might have had a bit of carby icing. On the ground fast idle is 3000 rpm and smooth as silk. Today coming in to land dropped it to 3000 a couple of times and it stumbled and ran rough. Had to bump it up to 4000. Back on the ground it was fine."

 

A good reason to carry power on descent, unless practising engine outs😈

[Thruster88]

Flew to Tumut for their breakfast which they have on the 3rd sunday of every month. TAS165 in the RV speed machine, no time for pictures. Love the differences between the thruster and RV.

[BrendAn]

55 minutes ago, skippydiesel said:

"Dew point and temp were even. I believe I might have had a bit of carby icing. On the ground fast idle is 3000 rpm and smooth as silk. Today coming in to land dropped it to 3000 a couple of times and it stumbled and ran rough. Had to bump it up to 4000. Back on the ground it was fine."

 

A good reason to carry power on descent, unless practising engine outs😈

true.  i was seeing what the glide was like. over the runway

[facthunter]

When Dew Point and ambient are the same FOG is Likely OR Icing if it's below zero C.  Fog can form very quickly, sometimes. Don't get caught. Nev

[BrendAn]

27 minutes ago, facthunter said:

When Dew Point and ambient are the same FOG is Likely OR Icing if it's below zero C.  Fog can form very quickly, sometimes. Don't get caught. Nev

we did have light patchs of fog this morning . not the usual pea soup we get.

[onetrack]

I've watched sea fog roll into Broome around midday on a bright fine day, like a fast-moving cold front! It was amazing to watch, and it was as thick as pea soup.

[Moneybox]

16 minutes ago, onetrack said:

I've watched sea fog roll into Broome around midday on a bright fine day, like a fast-moving cold front! It was amazing to watch, and it was as thick as pea soup.

We can get it here in desert, too dense to drive sometimes in a winter morning. It really surprised me because there's no surface water.

[Flightrite]

A hundred years ago on my very first lesson in a C150 during January Melb at YBSS  clear blue skies short final the donk stopped! Instructor said just keep flying, lower nose a little, landed, donk fired right up again, carby ice on day one, I learnt fast😂😂 Another time a little later on doing an RNP into YMMB in the old Beech truck (B200) early one morning as the sun was turning up for work sea fog rolled in real quick down the far end of the Rwy, by the time I got on to a taxiway heading towards the tower for parking I could barely see each taxi light, hence to say I left the old Beech truck there and went home via taxi, far more dangerous actually😂

[facthunter]

Good Info to Write Up.  Nev

[Moneybox]

Left at 7:00 for Coodardy. The iPad was fully charged last night and on about 60% this morning.

 

 

After landing a realised I didn't bring a chair. Then I grabbed the iPad and settled down on the ground with the ants and my iPad, it was dead flat. No book to read and an hour to spend filling the 1000L IBC's. Fortunately I watched where I was going on the way out because the old iPhone 6 is not too smart on OzRunways.

[BrendAn]

Beautiful Autumn morning today.

Did 1.4 hrs flying , very smooth and a light Westerly.

Took a video to show how it flys with a bungee adjustment on the ailerons. I can actually fly hands off which made me realise how heavy handed I was on the controls before constantly fighting the tendency to roll left if I eased up on the stick. Every instructor I have had also commented I was too heavy handed as well.

 

Flys knife edge good too

[danny_galaga]

If it's trying to roll left, shouldn't you trim that out? Or is that what the bungee is achieving? No trim tabs? Anyway, I enjoyed the (sideways) view 😺 

Edited yesterday at 06:46 AM by danny_galaga

[BrendAn]

3 hours ago, danny_galaga said:

If it's trying to roll left, shouldn't you trim that out? Or is that what the bungee is achieving? No trim tabs? Anyway, I enjoyed the (sideways) view 😺 

I was flying knife edge.😁. The bungee fixed it. Just need to make something neater now.

[Blueadventures]

22 hours ago, BrendAn said:

Beautiful Autumn morning today.

Did 1.4 hrs flying , very smooth and a light Westerly.

Took a video to show how it flys with a bungee adjustment on the ailerons. I can actually fly hands off which made me realise how heavy handed I was on the controls before constantly fighting the tendency to roll left if I eased up on the stick. Every instructor I have had also commented I was too heavy handed as well.

 

Flys knife edge good too

Looks like you need to get your inflight cockpit view video endorsement BFR done🙃

 

I've now got a sore neck.  Cheers.

[skippydiesel]

Yesterday : The Oaks - Rylstone Airpark. (2hr )

 

Great flight. Magnificent views. Met a pilot/builder, nearing the end of a long build - Constant Speed, Retractable, Tandem Seat, Rotax 912 Supercharged (140hp). Great workmanship/attention to detail. Hot machine!😈

[danny_galaga]

1 hour ago, skippydiesel said:

Yesterday : The Oaks - Rylstone Airpark. (2hr )

 

Great flight. Magnificent views. Met a pilot/builder, nearing the end of a long build - Constant Speed, Retractable, Tandem Seat, Rotax 912 Supercharged (140hp). Great workmanship/attention to detail. Hot machine!😈

Photos orbit didn't happen 😇 

[Moneybox]

I had a 4.5hr flight home yesterday in the Zenith Zodiac 601hd. Now I know what you're trying to fix with the rudder trim, I had to keep constant pressure on the RH side of the stick.

 

 

I left Murray Field Airport heading NW to Northam. I had cloud at 3000' over the scarp so just enough clearance to stay in clear air over some very rugged country with lots of hills, valleys and water reservoirs. It was a bit choppy but not bad considering the 30kmh gusts from the SE. I filled the 100L tanks in Northam for the rest of the trip almost directly north from there.

 

The first hour is over farming before nothing, no roads, tracks or rail lines.

 

 

I deviated from my course a little to keep a long string of dry lakes in sight. They could be soft and muddy but surely a better landing than dense low shrubs. 

 

Just on 10nm from Paynes Find the iPad blacked out. I'd had it on charge from the cigarette lighter socket but the MGL instrument was flashing Low Power Supply. I landed in Paynes Find and found the little Temp and Voltage indicator that he had plugged into the cigarette lighter. It showed 11.4v, just like last trip.

 

The MGL instrument was showing the tanks still near full so I wanted to dip them, and almost impossible task with the Rotax running and no park brake. I took the chance and shut it down, there was plenty of fuel in fact the instrument reading was spot-on so I never added anything from the 20L I had strapped into the RH seatbelt.

 

Fortunately the engine fired up instantly so I headed for home just using the compass reading and visual markers from my previous trip. I landed with 11.3v and tied it down.

 

This morning I checked the Stator voltage was good but those two wires just pulled right out of the multiplug where it connects to the rectifier. I've soldered them into the spade terminals now but I haven't run it yet to see if it's charging. I've got the battery charger running on the little Yamaha generator. I have to go back out there and top up the fuel to see how much it consumed but seems like not much.

[danny_galaga]

12 minutes ago, Moneybox said:

I had a 4.5hr flight home yesterday in the Zenith Zodiac 601hd. Now I know what you're trying to fix with the rudder trim, I had to keep constant pressure on the RH side of the stick.

 

 

I left Murray Field Airport heading NW to Northam. I had cloud at 3000' over the scarp so just enough clearance to stay in clear air over some very rugged country with lots of hills, valleys and water reservoirs. It was a bit choppy but not bad considering the 30kmh gusts from the SE. I filled the 100L tanks in Northam for the rest of the trip almost directly north from there.

 

The first hour is over farming before nothing, no roads, tracks or rail lines.

 

 

I deviated from my course a little to keep a long string of dry lakes in sight. They could be soft and muddy but surely a better landing than dense low shrubs. 

 

Just on 10nm from Paynes Find the iPad blacked out. I'd had it on charge from the cigarette lighter socket but the MGL instrument was flashing Low Power Supply. I landed in Paynes Find and found the little Temp and Voltage indicator that he had plugged into the cigarette lighter. It showed 11.4v, just like last trip.

 

The MGL instrument was showing the tanks still near full so I wanted to dip them, and almost impossible task with the Rotax running and no park brake. I took the chance and shut it down, there was plenty of fuel in fact the instrument reading was spot-on so I never added anything from the 20L I had strapped into the RH seatbelt.

 

Fortunately the engine fired up instantly so I headed for home just using the compass reading and visual markers from my previous trip. I landed with 11.3v and tied it down.

 

This morning I checked the Stator voltage was good but those two wires just pulled right out of the multiplug where it connects to the rectifier. I've soldered them into the spade terminals now but I haven't run it yet to see if it's charging. I've got the battery charger running on the little Yamaha generator. I have to go back out there and top up the fuel to see how much it consumed but seems like not much.

At what point is it 11.3V. is it a lead acid battery? at rest the battery should be about 12.4v. charging should be over 14V. But sometimes ya gotta work with what you've got so anything over 13V is ok with a load on. 

[skippydiesel]

Moneybox,

 

"I've soldered them into the spade terminals "

 

Probably telling my "grandma how to suck eggs" - I have found that solder connections can be unreliable. For best security, do crimp connections & support the wires against movement/vibration.😈

[facthunter]

That's an opinion. Proper soldering makes a better connection.  Nev

[BrendAn]

11 hours ago, Blueadventures said:

Looks like you need to get your inflight cockpit view video endorsement BFR done🙃

 

I've now got a sore neck.  Cheers.

Haven't you seen an xair flying knife edge before