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Blazecut and Ferrosticker make automatic deploying fire suppression devices for confined spaces. I know a few people who use them in marine and earthmoving applications. Not sure how they would go in an aviation scenario, I guess you need to determine which is the lesser of the two evils. The fire or the suppression system

No offence taken Skip, it would take a lot more than that to offend me. Interesting appraisal, those who actually know me know I am constantly looking to expand my knowledge/skills and experience new things. I am the opposite to you, I used to give everyone time, now I have realised that time is the most valuable commodity and refuse to waste it. There are plenty of people whose opinions I value, regardless of whether I agree with them or not, and they come from all walks of life. At the end of the day life is short, why waste time on irrelevant people.

Don't worry Skip, I haven't blocked you... yet 😉 It's not censorship, it's not about a lack of respect, which I believe should be earned, not just given because we happen to use the same forum. I don't want to read or hear their opinions, I have determined they have nothing to add to my forum experience so they are on my block list because I don't want to waste my time with their comments. It's no different to meeting someone in real life and having no interest in building a friendship or not reading the "The Never Ending Story" thread because it doesn't appeal to you. I haven't found a negative impact on the flow of information, I communicate with people whose opinions I value and I want to communicate with , much like in the real world, and I don't communicate with people I don't. If you think that is sad you are entitled to your opinion. I worked out many years ago that I don't have time to waste on people I don't wish to interact with.

The block function is brilliant, it allows you to separate the wheat from the chaff and makes the whole experience a lot more enjoyable

Once the CASA Part 43 instrument is released (Don't hold your breath, was supposed to be earlier this year) there will be a pathway for owners of VH Exp aircraft they did not build to maintain them. You will need to complete the SAAA MTC course that supports the CASA instrument

From the RAAus website: Who will be able to maintain an amateur built or Experimental Group G aircraft? A CASA Part 66 licence holder (LAME) or the builder of the amateur built or experimental aircraft, who meets the requirements of CASA instrument 18/22. So if you are the builder and have 18/22 you are good to maintain your own aircraft.

According to the article the pilot only intervened once because of weather over 12 hours of flying. Apart from that the flight controller handled the whole flight. Wonder what flight controller it is using? It has been proven time and again in the drone world that the flight controller more often than not does a far better job than a human pilot.

Great App John, Thanks for letting me be part of the Beta testing, looking forward to where it ends up with input from the flying community.

2 out of my 3 aircraft don't have ads-b, one doesn't have a battery or radio but I carry a handheld airband. I always make radio calls but I hear a lot that don't identify the registration since AvData got involved in collecting fees. Last I heard several US states including Florida, Montana, and others have passed or proposed legislation that prohibits airports from using ADS-B data to collect fees from general aviation aircraft. On a federal level the Airports Association is pushing back against proposed legislation stopping them using ads-b for fee collection, which is hardly surprising

It must be a profitable business model as Avdata have competition now. https://www.aerodromeit.com.au/simple/landingfees "Aimm automatically detects the movements at an airport using ADSB for most aircraft, and Pilot Voice calls only need transcribing for the remainder. This greatly reduces the cost of Movement Detection. It produces a monthly invoice file for import directly into an Airport's or Council's existing billing system with no deductions or collection fees."

Lucky we have the ASIC to stop people accessing aircraft and secure areas https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/jetstar-flight-delayed-after-man-boards-without-ticket-afp-called/news-story/50db75c26f883acf35c364471bab786a

This is a bucket list event for me, hope to get over there in the next coupe of years

I use them because they are light in unmanned aircraft, my race car, my classic cars, my dirt bikes and ebike. I have also used them as a backup battery for the airband in my old Supa Pup which had no built in electrics. I'll be fitting one to my daily driver if the battery in it fails. I have probably used over 1500 individual battery packs making up many different configurations from 4.2 volt up to 64 volt

I think more often than not the charging system and BMS (or lack there of) are the issue with Lithium batteries. I have used lithium batteries for the last 15 and the only one that has ever blown up I shot with a 223