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The "Koedoef" C4M Kudu. Tactical transport. 340 Hp Piaggio Lycoming, GSO480. Didn't have a throttle....it had a volume control! -
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Impala MkI's. Silver Falcons aerobatic team. -
"Impala MkII", K series, packed a punch, two fuselage underslung 30mm DEFA cannons, six underwing hardpoints. -
SAAF Museum Spitfire MkIX, near Pelindaba, Pretoria area. -
SAAF Museum Spitfire MkIX. Not a MkXVI as it normally was, same airframes essentially, but the MkXVI had an American built Packard engine, the low back MkIX has a RR Merlin 60/70 series fitted. -
"Oryx", a Puma airframe, fitted with Super Puma engines and tail/main rotor gearboxes. Urdated cockpit and avionics too. -
Alo III, hand held 20mm cannon, fired by engineer. Very effective in an anti insurgent role.... -
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Learning about lift generation - a waste of time.
F10 replied to old man emu's topic in Student Pilot & Further Learning
No way....all these scientists lied to us...I have found the mother load....the real reason for lift beneath your wings!!
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At Oakey, I was briefing a student to go solo, I was standing holding the RHS door open, plugged in chatting to him. Unseen by me, a willy-willy dust devil came up behind me across the apron. The only warning was a brief rapid fluttering of my pants (that pants fluttering occurred again a few seconds later....but for other reasons!!), and the next moment the Kiowa door was ripped out my hand, torn off the aircraft and flung about 10M away. Luckily not up into the idling rotor. Inertia and the upset short duration fortunately kept the rotor blades relatively stable. They are vicious.....if you see one on the ground due dust while flying at or close to 500Ft, I suggest avoid it, it can be a violent jolt...
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Some recent pics of the beast, all spruced and "anualled" up! 🤑🤙
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I get your point about the Drifter low inertia, I do believe that is very valid. I guess we will have to agree to dis-agree, on the point I don't think an experienced pilot needs 5 hours to learn that response. I also get the "pressure liability" thing....again, not that I agree that is the best and only possible option for CPL/ATPL pilots. I have done an hour solo so far in my Skyfox-G. I enjoyed it so much, it should be illegal. I look forward to the other solos, so be it.
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Not sure what point you were trying to make with Gazelle being "easiest to fly on the register"? Any aircraft can kill you. Any aircraft can autorotate if mishandled. I know from my military flying, what a "challenging" aircraft is. In a nutshell, it would be nice if this general rule was a bit more specific, like depending evaluation by your instructor, you may need UP to 5 hours conversion training, not you MUST do 5 hours. I would rather do 2.5 hours dual, then be assessed good to go, have my CPL validated, rather than 1 hr dual and then have to go boring holes in the sky solo, for another 4.
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That's every pilots nightmare.....!
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Possibly, but one thing I'm also considering is installing a small fire extinguisher in the cockpit, BUT, clearly this will have to be safe (not go off inadvertently) must be light enough, not potentially foul controls, so...may not be feasible. But it must be bad to have to stand back and watch it burn, powerless to do anything....
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Yes I've noticed a drop off in aircraft sales/adverts and general activity in some areas...hopefully this is covid related. Here at Yarram we have a great core of enthusiasts, always someone around for a laugh and chat. Seems to always be an aircraft ot two buzzing around. We've recently got our Gazelle up and running..grassroots aviation is alive and well at Yarram!
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I think the Bings are pretty cool, check floats regularly, easy enough with those pop off float bowls. However the fuel pump locarion on a 912 is not the best... I think I will take my Gazelles lower/top cowlings off every 5 or so hrs, to check for leaks, and all pipes and fittings.
