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  1. Student Pilot
    A private PC9?
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Student Pilot
    True
  6. 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.
  7. Student Pilot
    Stop it, there you go thinking again................................................................Just fly the aircraft
  8. 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.
  9. Student Pilot
    AND don't write up snags unless you want to be unemployed
  10. Student Pilot
    ? Bit like a journey, the destination is important but there's a lot to see and do on the way.
  11. 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.
  12. Student Pilot
    Not sure how they achieved those figures, a PT6-67 uses 80 litres an hour fuel flow at idle!
  13. Student Pilot
    Even if they were tip top condition they would be very expensive to operate. Cruise fuel flow of 300 litres plus.
  14. Student Pilot
    The likes of Indonesia with it's 70% smoking rates of males and non existent health system will take a big hit.
  15. Student Pilot
    We all make mistakes Nev, once I thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken ?
  16. Student Pilot
    Hippy, Hyperlight derivative with a tail made to look Stagerwingish. Many moons ago there was a bloke in Box Hill Melbourne had a design looked exactly the same, might have been built from aluminium. Edit: Looked up Hyperlight and came up with Sorrel
  17. Student Pilot
    180's/185's did a lot of work, most have lots of hours on them now
  18. Student Pilot
    I had lined up a job in the Northern hemisphere for our winter, unless things change drastically over the next month I'll be hunkering down in the Homeshed.
  19. Student Pilot
    Error
  20. Student Pilot
    You take too much too seriously Turbo, cut a bit of slack for some throw away lines ? The foreign students are a worry at times, with unintelligible calls and questionable circuit procedure's. On the other hand they are learning a new complex career in a foreign country with a second language, must be very difficult so I try to cut them some slack. I do blame some of their instructors for bad habits. They always join "Midfield crosswind" no matter where they are in the the circuit or inbound. Lighten up Turbo
  21. Student Pilot
    True ^
  22. Student Pilot
    Photo of painting doesn't really do it justice
  23. Student Pilot
    Best to avoid parachute ops anywhere, law unto themselves.
  24. Student Pilot
    If you pay a lot more for one of those good Chinese ones, the difference is night and day
  25. Student Pilot
    Have yoo thought of a drone Spaceman? I didn't fly for a while and it was the next best thing to actually being in the aircraft
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