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  1. Student Pilot
    I run 98 in all sorts of machinery, no trouble with it going "Off" even after months. With the lower grade fuels it seems to go off very quickly and leaves a green slimy residue in float bowls.
  2. Student Pilot
    Because they can, free enterprise is charge what you can. If the demand is greater then cash in and profits are greater. The idea is to make as much money as you can, fairness or equity doesn't come into the equation.
  3. Student Pilot
    I read how the pilot who groundlooped the Kittyhawk did a heroic job avoiding people on the ground. 😆 Was praised for his skill. It would have been incredible to see so many machines up close and flying.
  4. Student Pilot
    I saw a Paul Bennet interview a while ago, he was on about adrenaline and what a buzz it was doing aeros so close to the ground. Didn't impress. On another subject why all the bullshido with massive explosions and flames at airshows?
  5. Student Pilot
    The wooden blades shear off with contact. Col was marshalled into a ditch when he got his first one going and broke off the blades. With a smaller engine breaking wooden blades is a lot better on the crankshaft the hitting with a metal prop, not sure about something like a Merlin.
  6. Student Pilot
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_(tool) An aircraft is an aircraft Nev 🙂 and yes I agree, if it flies it should be treated as such. No matter the size or complexity.
  7. Student Pilot
    That power setup is a turbine 😁
  8. Student Pilot
    Yes a canard doesn't "stall", it's front wing/canard stops flying and the aircraft goes into a spiral dive that takes a LOT of height to recover.
  9. Student Pilot
    That would be 8,000' with a developed spin in a 210, they lose a lot of height very quickly.
  10. Student Pilot
    1 The ATSB have been known to get it wrong. 2 Yes a 210 will bite but it's hardly the space shuttle. 3 See point one.
  11. Student Pilot
    It's been reported the instructor involved was known to demonstrate spins in the 210
  12. Student Pilot
    In most of Asia pilots do what they are told, they do not question the authority of management. Bad enough in the west where whistleblowers are treated badly and even jailed (DoD and tax department). Speaking out about problems and flagrant regulation breaches in GA means you run the risk of being unemployable.
  13. Student Pilot
    Lower wing loading, shorter span, quicker roll rate (aileron configuration depending). Cabin looks roomy.
  14. Student Pilot
    Looks a neat design
  15. Student Pilot
    Air Tractor 802 empty weight 3T, carries a 3 T load and has 1 T of fuel. A lot of AG aircraft can carry their own weight.
  16. Student Pilot
    The report stated the pilot almost certainly wasn't in the seat.
  17. Student Pilot
    A 3 hectare load? That's a lot of loads on a 1200 hectare block 😜 Yes the technology is possible to have a high capacity aircraft flying autonomously, even spray. In real life it's just not going to happen. There are so many variables to try and allow for that it's an immensely complex task. Drones are pushed as an answer where any person can do these involved and complicated jobs. The drone operator will have a wide chemical knowledge, calibration skills, expertise with working gps and programming, weather insight with regard to chemical application and associated drift problems. That's just scratching the surface, obviously an intimate understanding on computer programming and drone aerodynamics would be a pre requisite. How much an hour do you think such a person would be paid? $50? $100? What do you think an agricultural pilot is paid? The technology is here, there are capable machines available. The reality of drones replacing all flying industry tasks is a long way away. Please post where broad acre spraying (commercially viable) is done by drones.
  18. Student Pilot
    Drones have come a long way in the last few years but still can't compete broad acre application. A lot is claimed of drone productivity with all sorts of grand totals quoted. Most labeled (legal requirement) total volume spray application rates are way heavier than the figures that are quoted in application rates of drones. Normal aerial application rates are 30 to 40 litres total volume per hectare. The chemical is mixed with a carrier of water or oil, chem rates can be as little as ml/ha to 4 or 5 litres to the hectare with the rest of the volume made up of the carrier. A very expensive working drone load would be 40 litres. There are ones that carry more but are very very expensive. Most of the spray figures quoted are below the labelled total volume/hectare.
  19. Student Pilot
    That book that does the world records has a lot to answer for. There are great feats and records but it has now turned into a farce. The most hats worn at one time has as much relevance as first to fly a Cessna on a Tuesday wearing a purple flight suit.
  20. Student Pilot
    I liked those big T+B's they had in older aircraft like Tigers. Very sensitive, they used to fly IFR with just airspeed, T+B and an altimeter. Better than me......
  21. Student Pilot
    Seems the way of the world, looking at close to 100k for overhaul of most 6 cyl aircraft engines now.
  22. Student Pilot
    Used to use chain saw 2 stroke, upped the rate to 35/40 depending on plug chop from cruise. That's from a long time ago. Used in Robyn 440, Rotax's 447, 503 and 582. Memory could be unreliable 😄
  23. Student Pilot
    Originally for training, now for hire and reward. Big market in joy flights, something like 5 flying in England?
  24. Student Pilot
    There would be a Market if they were cheap enough but the price is something like 100k US. It is a pretty aircraft in the Miles Hawk sort of classic Deco style.
  25. Student Pilot
    When everything old is new again? Seems a lot of problems of this subject has solved many times over. Fadec is talked about in newer aircraft, the FW190 from a couple of years ago (80) had a single lever throttle/propellor. The mighty Constellation had a very complicated engineers panel that involved all sorts of trickery to delay detonation on the Wright compounds. Water injection was involved in a lot of WW2 aircraft to delay detonation at higher power settings. Even lean of peak is not a new thing with Lindberg teaching rookie pilots how to get more range from Pratt 2800's in Corsairs during the pacific battles.
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