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  1. BrendAn
    signing a few new ts and cs does not bother me at all. won't affect me flying around on the weekends.
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    mercury outboards being 2 stroke had to have all the pistons inserted with the crank in one go .
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    steyr marine diesels are jug engines as are most mercury outboards up to the 1990s
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    doing a couple of circuits tonight i side slipped in to avoid overflying a house. i straightened out around 200 ft. just wondering how low is considered safe when slipping. i haven't done a lot of it so far.
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    Yes it has the wall adaptor mike.
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    Just wanted to post some feedback For Ian's shop. I was looking for a radio scanner so I can check the local atis from home. Found one here , looks like a great little unit. I also checked my local Jaycar and they could not match the price. Thanks Ian for providing this resource and now I will be doing some more shopping on clearprop.👍
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    Hi mate. What stage are you at with the Jabiru now.
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    They sounded unreal. I remember them racing at Paynesville in Victoria. Miss bud was the one I recall.
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    There is a big difference between wa which has no mountain country and the east coast. I think inaccessible mountain terrain is where aerial firefighting excels. Especially since Greenies have stopped logging and locked out the mountain cattlemen.
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    Don't think I ever worked on a petrol motor with roller cam followers. Yella terra roller rockers were a flash add on when doing up a Holden red motor.
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    I sat beside one of Coulson's Chinook pilots on my way home from the US the other day. He had 2 weeks in Sydney training with 20 other chopper pilots. How many chinooks do the RFS have..
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    Thanks Danny. Interesting that roush stock the parts. They are well known for vehicle performance
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    All true , but what about parts availability. Is there a huge stock of war surplus parts about or does someone manufacture new gaskets,valves etc for them.
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    How do they keep all those Merlin's running. So they have a large supply of war surplus parts
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    It's ok nev. I don't ever hope to have your knowledge and experience. I take onboard what you say but I disagree about the paddock landings. As you know my lightweight rag and tube glides like a brick so need to get it on the ground quick If engine fails. It stops flying at 38 knts with me and half fuel .
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    Yes. I just work on the assumption that it will but I am sure it will be a huge surprise still if it does.
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    Probably why sale is quiet too. I know one person who has had a go at Wellington shire . They have been double charging him using the cameras at each end.
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    whatever negatives you lot throw at me i will still land in a clear paddock when the time comes. and what do you call those things past the end of the runway with cows in them. are we not taught to land inside a 30 deg cone straight ahead with efato. not encourage people to turn back.
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    i have not chopped and changed , i merely pointed out what i considered good emergency landing sites , especially for my little aircraft. do you think the cut and windrowed grass might be a hint the paddock has been driven on. if i showed a pic of a long bitumen runway there would be a reason not to land on that too.
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    where is the bank on boom irrigated paddocks . most water efficent irrigation there is. have a look at the pictures . if i have an engine failure you recommend i don't look for a paddock to land in. complete opposite of every instructor i have flown with.
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    these paddocks are LASER LEVELLED. Not ploughed. They are graded with a blade. Flat as a road. Designed to make the water flow to a catchment at one end for reuse.
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    yes, would hate to land on a firm laser levelled paddock.
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    have you not done precautionary search in your training. clear paddocks are the preferred landing area.
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    they are not soft.
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    A bloke told me this yesterday. He rang them this week about getting a marap for an engine change and got told raa are no longer doing them as they have now contracted the work out. I bet it becomes too painful to bother with.
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