PureCaboose

Interesting flight route, as oppposed to runinng the magenta line?

I see the need to learn the basics of non-electronic assisted navigation. As someone who learnt land navigation pre-GPS and did many multi-day treks I am glad I have that skill when I see how the general public struggles withouot their phone to just get around the city. Sure, it is easy to just google how you are going to get there. I use Google Maps when I drive but I have the main points on a piece of paper to remind me where I need to turn etc. I have had Android Auto just shut off multiple times when in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney and would have been hoplessly lost, as my kids have been.

Paper charts, pencil/pen and paper for log, and a wiz wheel not the calculator/electronic version. I do use a big number calculator for the math as I am hopeless with math these days, especially when calculating groudn speed.

I do the same thing around YMIG (Mittagong), where I fly up to YWBN (Wedderburn), out to the coast and down to YSHL (Shellharbour), skirt the restricted zone around YSNW (Nowra) and up over the escarpment and then follow the 23nm circle around to ther west, and comeback into YMIG to the south of the Camden training area. I do it clockwise, counter clockwise, count my time, count my fuel etc.

It's a self centering technique to keep aircraft aligned on the centreline. 😄

so the ATSB will investigate a student pilot crashing a plane on a go-around where the student walked away, but won't investigate any RAAUS accidents involving deaths?

Just to stir the pot a little, does this mean if you are on auto-pilot so cease being a pilot as you are no longer 'controlling the operations of the machine"?

That is a good point, read the POH. For my Jabiru slips with flaps are allowed. The emergency decent method is take off flaps and slip like a MOFO.

All the way to the flare, my instructure at my last BFR made me do a 1000ft side slip to flare and land with engine at idle....was a lot of fun.

Keep it a private ALA, you need permission to land on it (unless it is an emergency) like when you mates drive their cars on your property.

This is exactly why I am on homebased on a private field, and also working towards acquiring a suitable property to have a long, flat, well drained paddock to support our Fly and Stay accomodation hanger. Eventually, we will need to become a private network of ALA's instead of airfields so we can go cross country.

Tell you about my last flight? Sure Took my vehicle mechanic up for his first light plane flight on Friday morning, perfect morning for a first flight. 15knt's, gusting to 18knt's direct down the runway line at 240 degrees. Did the W&B the night before, added 10l of fuel in the morning to MTOW, pre-flight before guest arrives so all we need to do it taxi to the club house, brief and then head off. Flight was magic, just enough turbulance in the early morning air to ensure the 'small plane' feel of the flight (JAB 160), but not enough to make you grunt when it comes. No haze, a few little clouds to play slalom with, plenty of photo opportunities, flew over his house and his workshop. Arrival back at the runway was fun, the wind has picked up, 20knts, gusting to somewhere in the low 30's and a bit of a mashing machine on the strip with the windocks pointing in opposite directions to each other. Nice approach, single stage flaps in case of go around and near perfect landing. Mechanic had a great flight, wants to go again. Took plenty of pics, and even wanted pics of him in the plane on the ground etc. Good outcome all round I think. Wile we were putting the bird away the wind picked up, went a little crazy and we had the socks spining around on the pole. Perfect timing. Cheers.

I use this page as well: Zoom Earth ZOOM.EARTH Zoom Earth

Yeah, I am in the same boat at the moment. I fly sub 2 kg units and always run an ADS-B tracker on the iPAD when flying, only doing VLOS but working on our BVLOS at the moment. I am curious as to when we will be requried to use an ADS-B transmitter on the airframe, I can see it coming, at least for BVLOS work.

I have an SE2, but am unsure it if will meet the ADS-B mandate as the SE2 is an EC device and not a true ADS-B device. I also wonder how I will go with my UAV's that do not currently have any ADS-B functionality. Interesting times coming up

extreme corrosion on just alloy engine parts is typically an engine cleaner or degreaser that has not been removed completely and has continued to react with the surface post clean.

I have an FC-10 flight computer that does fuel flow, if you have a GPS connected it can predict distance on current fuel. This is of course dependent on you adding the fuel to the unit when you fill up. I just use it for instantanious useage at the moment, so climb and cruise fuel use. FC-10 Fuel Computer — FLIGHT DATA SYSTEMS WWW.FDATASYSTEMS.COM It came in the plane, has the FT-60 installed for for the flow meter.

Is this still only 19 and 28 registered aircraft?

One of the new Bluetooth gauges 😆

Thanks Nev, the brakes are more akin to mountain bike brakes that automotive brakes. I will set them up the way I set up my MTB brakes and see how that goes. They work, just need to be adjusted properly. Compared to before the before brakes they are fantastic. New disks on the left, old disks on the left. Have a zoom in and have a look at the bearing surface on the old disks.

Bolts replaced, new brake disks installed and taxi runs done. Trying to get the balance between too much space between the disks and pads and too much travel in the brake lever. I just need to araldite in the screw in fittings for the fairings and it will be good for a flight test (and I can get back to flying).

I know of a 182RG that retracted the gear then the instructor sayd 'retract flaps' and someone grabbed the wrong lever. Good thing it was a grass strip......

2 previous owners, full(ish) maintenance records. It has not had the 500 hrs bolts done in the 1100(ish) hours it has flown. The black, rubber bushing on the inboard end were falling apart (hence the clunk that alerted me). There is a number of things that have me going WTF on this plane, it has a transponder that is not run through the avionics switch, just the main switch, the transponder and radio are sitting in a timber panel that is siliconed, screwed and pop riveted to the panel. The cover of the elevator horn and trim command was held on with machine screws into the threaded inserts, wood screws, plasterboard screws and builders adhesive. I had to cut if off the plane once all the screws were out. I has been sitting outside on the hardstand on a coastal airport for a few years, it has pumpkin head cover the windows etc are good but anything that is not stainless, non-ferros or composite has a patina on it. I will be doing a full fastener replacement and bolt inspection later this year. We pulled the control surface bolts for the annual earlier this year and they are all good, no sholders etc just discoloured by salt spray. It's a 2011 factory build 160, with the dual brake calipers. It does need (and I have them) the disk replaced as they are are a pitted nightmare due to the salt exposure, but they still work. I am going to referbish the whole brake, axle, wheel, tyre, spat assembly. PureCaboose

None of the supplied bolts are long enough, spoke to Jabiru and I was sent 26a and 27a bolts. But I might need 31a, 32a or 33a bolts. Now I need to take them all out, measure them and ask for the right bolts. This is a 24, factory built aircraft that even the manufacturer can't supply off the shelf parts for. And I have $120 worth of toolbox fillers that I can't use. I love my Jabiru, don't get me wrong. But between nothing being 'factory' and the poor paint quality I am beginning to thing I got a last friday of the month plane. Now I just need another day to head out to the airfield, jack up the plane and take all the bolts back out, measure them, put them back in and wait. PureCaboose

Hey Skippy, If you are flying west of Camden over the dam, you are probably in the grey zone of the mobile network. There is not much traffic (other then aircraft) that need to hand off between the towers so there is no 'fast handoff' programmed into the network so when you switch towers there may be an outage as you swap towers. I get the same effect when I fly over Bundanoon and head west. I have been talking to the Mrs on the phone (Hey Honey, I am flying over now) and it drops every time I fly over the same spot. I use AVPLAN-EFB, I have not noticed the internet traffic leaving, but I will look out for it next time I am flying. (doing main gear AD at the moment and the weather is killing me).