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  1. BurnieM
    https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/565911
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    "Good afternoon, We are please to announce our next iRMT training sessions for 2026! The attached brochure outlines all the details for the courses and what will be covered. Below are the dates for our March session: Line Maintenance Wednesday the 4th of March till Friday the 6th of March Course cost: $1800 Heavy Maintenance Monday the 9th of March till Wednesday the 11th of March Couse cost: $1800 *Heavy Maintenance can only be attended if Line Maintenance course is completed prior If you wish to book a spot on one or both of these sessions, please reply to this email ASAP, as spots are limited. Payment will be required upon booking to confirm your spot." Email: [email protected]
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    https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/plane-crash-lands-two-people-trapped-in-cockpit-as-field-burns-20260127-p5nx7g.html
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    My understanding is that Skippys Trig transponder has no GPS source and is therefore transmitting mode S only (not ADS-B out).
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    It is unheard of for a motorcycle to have a watercooled head and not watercooled cylinder. I understand that the cylinder generates less heat but enclosing any engine in a cowling has always created its own cooling problems. It is an odd thing to do but perhaps it is cost based.
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    Wish that english guy would stop talking, he does not know 50% of what he thinks he does. How you view Rotax aircraft engines depends on your background. I view the 912ULS as a 40 year old low revving motorcycle engine because my background is motorcycles. Those carbs are CV carbs and commonly used before injection. Not sure why they used water cooled heads with air cooled cylinders rather than watercooled heads AND cylinders. Not latest tech but very reliable.
  7. BurnieM
    Fatigue ?
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    But when ? I personally have been commenting on lack of advertised courses for over 2 years. Are they really this out of touch with their customer base ?
  9. BurnieM
    If you fill out the survey form they do respond. "Good morning Burnie, Thanks for contacting us about the upcoming training. We have put a lot of time into redeveloping this program so we can offer a higher level of training then was previously available. Below is the schedule we have coming up: Session Two Line Maintenance: Tuesday 27th - Thursday 29th of January, 2026 Cost: $1800 Per Person (Including GST) Heavy Maintenance: Friday 30th - Saturday 31st of January 2026 & Monday 2nd February Cost: $1800 Per Person (Including GST) iS Technology & Gearboxes: Tuesday 3nd January 2026 Cost: $600 Per Person (Including GST) I have also attached a brochure which will give you more information on each course. Please let me know which sessions would suit you or if you would like any more information on the programs. If these sessions are to soon, we will be announcing more dates for upcoming sessions in March/ April shortly with more courses to come during the year Regards, Travis Mcleod General Manager Bert Flood Imports PTY LTD 17-18 Chris Drive, Lilydale VIC 3140 Tel: 03 9735 5655 Mobile: 0432 583 326 Web: www.bertfloodimports.com.au Email: [email protected]" iRMT Training Program Overview (1).pdf
  10. BurnieM
    I went off you try to find some Bert Flood info. They have a website but this forwards to FlyRotax that has only very general information. They have a Facebook page which appears to have not been updated since 2019. Eventually found some current posts on Linkedin but again without any detailed information - https://www.linkedin.com/company/bert-flood-imports/posts/?feedView=all Wierd - a business selling a not cheap product that appears to have no interest in selling itself.
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    Do Floods have a webpage were they put up course dates, contents and cost ?
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    I think you are mixing up 2 separate issues. The wiring issue is because the Gyprock business owner would be kicked in the nuts by his insurance provider so you end up paying for a second tradesman to come out (travel time included) to perform a small second job. His insurance company does not care and the state government says he is being safe so... ... your problem. The only people who currently know the value of the Foreflight software engineers are the managers of the software teams and they are eiher gone or will be soon. The 'business management team' will find out in 12-18 months when they have to sell the whole business off at 5c on the dollar. Dumb and dumber and it will happen again.
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    https://www.flyingmag.com/foreflight-confirms-layoffs-disputes-reported-numbers/ Thoma Bravo lays off 40% of Foreflight engineering staff Appears that this work will be offshored. Several ex-staff commenting on minimal notice and zero handovers. OzRunways next ?
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    Another possible reason is to retain the original cowlings and reduce cost.
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    Not meaning to be sarcastic (well maybe a little bit) but a single throttle body beats 4 carbies anyday.
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    Can someone post a picture of the existing setup ?
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    Road motorcycles generally have paper air filters while offroad motorcycles generally use foam soaked in oil. I have seen thousands of motorcycles including hundreds at competition events. Over 40 years I have never seen a motorcycle air filter on fire.
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    I think it is misleading to say that an air filter originally designed for use on motorcycles should not be used on planes. All the different brands of oil filters I have cut open are low quality, mass produced products. This is generally acceptable on all engines as they do adequate filtering at this quality level. The retail price these oil filters are sold at varies enormously. Branding appears to mean very little. I have replaced 40-50 sets of sparkplugs on motorcycles and the occasional car. I eventually settled on NGK as they (in my experience) never failed and lasted well beyond their stated design life. I have only had 2 sparkplugs fail completely; one was a Bosch 20 years ago and the second was a Bosch 2 years ago. While Bosch may produce reasonable quality in other components I have no faith in any of their spark plugs. Many (most?) decisions on replaceable engine components are not made by engineers, they are made by accountants and lawyers.
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    I understand this approach and it works if you already have the funds for full product development. Does not work if you are trying to raise funds for development. So we are in wait and see mode now, with no purchases from retail customers.
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    What does a patent search reveal ? To meet their claims I would expect a lot of new patents. If they do not exist then they are probably reworking existing technologies which implies smaller gains in capability. Not to say that they may not have some good ideas but I am guessing that they are much earlier in the development phase than they would like us to believe. Perhaps the hype comes from fund raising to actually develop the product ?
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    I have a few hours in an Evektor Harmony wth a 912IS so no carb heat. Occassionally when the Harmony was u/s we would use an Evektor Sportstar with 912ULS. While I was taught to use carb heat when pulling power the instructor commented that on most 912ULS the carb heat did not make much difference. He is not the only experienced Rotax user that I have heard say this.
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    Looks to me like the pipe is too close, more like a 12mm gap. I agree that keeping the heat away from the filter is a very good idea. A heat shield may work but would further reduce the gap. At this stage of the setup angling the pipe outwards makes more sense.
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    In a previously edited post I said he should be jailed (if he was not already dead). This is pretty obvious poor decision making.
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    Read the regs.
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    Appears that he had the plane for 2? years. Had a RPL but no navigation endorsement and then took it more than 25nm for maintenance. The navigation endorsement covers weather, terrain and route planning for exactly this scenario. This is pretty blatant stupidity and not the first or last time this will occur.
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