BrendAn
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What a great idea. Engine won't perform on the ground so let's try it in the air.. Darwin award candidate there. Lucky he is still around to talk about it..
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been there for years. raaus/auf would not let him register a twin engine aircraft. they had plans for these in america, i guess thats one of them.
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we did have light patchs of fog this morning . not the usual pea soup we get.
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true. i was seeing what the glide was like. over the runway
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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.
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silly rules by casa as i found out, not raaus . you only have to assist in the build to qualify. if you bought the aircraft off someone you knew and handed him a spanner or did a couple of bolts up then you are allowed to train in it because you assisted in the build.
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it might only be an ultralight but i think its a great learning and hour building platform.
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i have no problem with your comments. i might learn something. not sure if a spitfire is a good comparison. if i relax my feet off the pedals it will go hard left and drop the nose. i just want it to behave when i relax a bit. like i said i didn't have that problem with the other 2. one 582 powered with a 2 blade sweetapple prop. the other 2200 jabiru powered with 2 blade sensenich prop
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its not just me. go back a page you will see robinsm had a rudder trim tab on his xair as well .
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i couldn't care less about a spitfire nev. i get a sore leg keeping the ball in the center. it needs a trim tab.
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this is my third xair. i know how it should fly. it would be a big job to offset the engine on the xair mount. i imagine the only way would be to oval the holes in the mounting plate and i don't want to do that. i think the reason this one needs trim tabs is because it has a 72 inch 3 blade and 3.47-1 reduction.
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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.
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i had a go with the weather seal strips today. need to cut the rudder one down a few inches and it will be pretty good. aileron piece may need a bit added. i think i would prefer to make the aileron tab adjustable though.
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Four ways to get in a spin • C150 demo by Phil Unicomb
BrendAn replied to Garfly's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
I like how calm he is -
Keep comments to a minimum. After 5 pages of comments 😁
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have you come up with your alieron trim yet skip. i am going to see if i can fit a light bungy cleat system like you described earlier. then a fixed tab for the rudder. the other option i have been thinking about is rc servo operated tabs a bit like ilevil tabs. very simple .
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Four ways to get in a spin • C150 demo by Phil Unicomb
BrendAn replied to Garfly's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
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They were popular and had a good rep. I don't know if they are still available. Pretty long in the tooth now. It would be interesting to know if it was the engine or the redrive.
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Suzuki geo .1.3 Lt car engines are popular in gyros and some planes. They have been used for years. Proven very reliable.
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The aircraft version is smoothed out by the counterweight
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Hope I didn't offend you. I was joking
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Probably the only way to get enough blade area to absorb the power. Imagine the size of a 2 blade on. 2000 HP turbo prop
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these photos are off an old thread on this site
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The one I saw a photo of was on a pod mounted electric motor that folded away behind the cockpit. Might have been a giant scale model too.
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Yes , also used on motorgliders
