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  1. Student Pilot
    Nev, only about half a knot difference between three point and tailwheel low wheeler, I recon buggar all difference in landing distance between the two. If you come roaring in fly it on with the tail high it will take more runway.
  2. Student Pilot
    Kaz, watch working AG pilots who fly for a living, they wheel it on. That's anything from Pawnee to 802 Air Tractor. Working all day on super in a Beaver (none left in Oz now on super) you would always wheel it on. A well flown tailwheel low wheel landing takes no more ground than a 3 pointer. I will agree it's easier to 3 point Austers and Tigers, some of the lighter stuff like Avids and Thrusters are easier to land three point as well. While I have never flown a Spitfire an Air Tractor 802 with 1700 Shp and narrow track I think would be as challenging, usually wheel them on. There are always if buts and maybe's.
  3. Student Pilot
    Yeah but what about the aliens?
  4. Student Pilot
    Most of us are old enough to remember the fuel crises of the 70's, that was a minor glitch compared to this virus crises. Then when they said there was only enough fossil fuel left in reserves to last 30 years, 4 cylinder cars were all the rage and you could buy a low milage Ford LTD for $300. If things get as bad as people are saying then there will be a lot of stuff sold/traded or even abandoned. Look at the sub prime crises, houses were just walked away from with money owed being many times the value of the building. People who owe a lot of money are in for some pain. I see a property developer asking a restaurant owner for his months rent of 64k (how can you make any profit paying that a month!!), there are many examples of pressure being put on people to pay rent. When people can't afford rent/food, hobbies will cease to be a pastime. If this crises goes as long as they say then there will be a lot of cheap aircraft.
  5. Student Pilot
    Alarming
  6. Student Pilot
    But what happens if we get an alien invasion while the aircraft is on the conveyor belt? That's just as relevant as the original question.
  7. Student Pilot
    Agreed KG, no fly.
  8. Student Pilot
    When it all boils down, you just fly the aircraft. It helps to know a wee bit of the science behind it but ultimately you need the stick time. Fly as much as you can, get somebody who knows what they are doing to help you train. It's not that hard.
  9. Student Pilot
    Even some government officials are saying this dept won't have to be repaid, same as wartime dept. Country and international economics do not compare/equate to household budgeting, no matter what some say with an Austrian accent.
  10. Student Pilot
    That's good. Usually after a long drought there is a rash of accidents, that's maybe the 4th I've heard of in the last month or so.
  11. Student Pilot
    Have you been watching me land?
  12. Student Pilot
    Are they are saying 18 months before effective vaccine?
  13. Student Pilot
    Brave, looks like it hit pretty hard.
  14. Student Pilot
    No idea what you mean Nev? Do you mean all can train low level? Or all should?
  15. Student Pilot
    A private PC9?
  16. Student Pilot
    Interesting how they call Trumps lies untruths now or falsehoods, they are bloody lies. He is clearly saying stuff that is not true, thereby a lie.
  17. Student Pilot
    The premise is the aircraft is in a stationary position (Hence no airflow over the wing) on a moving conveyor belt. If you power up the aircraft it will then accelerate to take off speed thereby getting airflow over the wing, the aircraft is no longer stationary relative to it's resting position and has a normal take off roll. An aircraft cannot fly without airflow over the wing. The only video I have seen was the Mythbuster rubbish where they accelerated on a moving belt being towed by a car or something. The aircraft powered up and did a normal takeoff while the car pulled the rug out. The aircraft moved and took off normally, it was a Zenith or similar and had a very slow take off speed anyhoo.
  18. Student Pilot
    Yes it is, but you don't need to know flame propagation and the physics of the drag coefficient of over 50 weight oil on cross hatching and ring scraping action to know how to increase throttle to get higher revs. Do the complete training and know your aircraft. Low level handling should be part of every-bodies training, RAA and GA, including downwind turns.
  19. Student Pilot
    True
  20. Student Pilot
    Aircraft on conveyor belt, no matter how fast the wheels go round, propeller producing thrust, if there is no airflow over wing = Aircraft no fly. Can't put it any simpler.
  21. Student Pilot
    Stop it, there you go thinking again................................................................Just fly the aircraft
  22. Student Pilot
    Then we don't need wings to fly just a conveyor belt? If there is no airflow over the wing the aircraft will not fly, no if's buts or maybe's.
  23. Student Pilot
    AND don't write up snags unless you want to be unemployed
  24. Student Pilot
    ? Bit like a journey, the destination is important but there's a lot to see and do on the way.
  25. Student Pilot
    Yes, similar to a Merlin. The PC9 installation is flat rated back to 900(shp) I think. You get what you pay for, big HP, big fuel flow. The 802 has the same engine but most now have a PT6-67 F which is rated to 1700 SHP, is nice to have when you need it.
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