bones

I got no idea on a FW but in gyros you can keep a jab cool, because they are working hard without enough air flow through the cyclinders, that said the 912/ 914's are cranking the hours regularly, well past the recomnended TBO

It seems the authorities have found the source of the dust storm.

It seem some idiot opened the NSW state of origin trophy cabinet and the rest is history :)

Despite a lingering dust haze all week, the Townsville 'skyshow' went off on Saturday with spectacular results. Thousands lined the beach foreshore of the 'strand' to witness the USAF Thunderbirds perform their faultless precision formation aerobatics. This is the only show this year in Australia, in their busy performance schedual. They had come from their last show in Hawaii, and will leave Townsville tomorrow for the next show in Guam. No doubt their two large C-17s will be carrying many cartons of our local amber fluid, when they leave. The F111 also showed what it could do, and uncerimoniosly did two or three daylight 'dump and burns' during the routine. Two other F111s performed a dual 'dump and burn' just after dark, to kick off a large very impressive fireworks show.A routine by an F-18 Hornet was also very impressive, and others by a USAF C-17 Globemaster, C-130 Herc, DC-3, Army helicopters and others thrilled the crowd throughout the afternoon. Around 80 thousand + witnessed the show, whilst relaxing along the beach forshores.

 

Sunday morning saw local UL pilots up at 5 AM, to make it for the 6.30 takeoff, for the trip through Class C airspace into the Townsville airbase. Despite a bit of dust haze, and the odd bit of early morning turbulance, six ULs consisting of a Lightwing, two Gazelles, and three trikes landed uneventfully at Townsville, after transiting over the city. We then positioned our aircraft in the generous assigned RAA area, and were joined by a Jabaru J420, and two powered parachutes that were already at the airport. There was easily enough room in the area for another four or so aircraft.

 

Thousands of locals and visitors also attended on the Sunday, and most military aircraft including the Thundersbirds and the Roulettes were on static display, with inside access available through most of the larger aircraft, plus cockpit tours of the Hornet and F111s.

 

There was endless interest shown in the Uls displayed, and all of the pilots spent most of the day handing out brochures, and generally promoting our sport. I can report that public interest in our aircraft doesn't seem to be a problem up this way, with particular interest noted from the newer generations, (young folk). I was happy to recieve a visit from our own Farri with his wife Francis, who had come down from Cairns for the big weekend. I can report that Farri looks as good as I have ever seen him, now that he has relieved himself of his general cane farm duties. Also noted as attending were Rod Tyson of Fly Synthyises, and Sue Woods from the Jab factory, with the factory demonstrator VH-PNP. Our mass departure at 3.30 pm into a steady 10 kts along the runway, was witnessed by hundreds of people still present, and was off the main 01 runway, with a return along the same VFR flight route as the one we took in the morning. Our presence should provide a great boost for ULs locally, and was made possible by a special exemption issued by local CASA, to allow us to transit Class C airspace without the normal requirements. Many thanks to those who made the extra effort to make this happen, including Chris Ungermann our Nth Qld RAA rep who also spent his day activley promoting RAAus................................................................The Maj

Yeah i understand all that Maj, but i am hoping that the outlay will be worth it in the long run, it is more of a project, steadily building a machine around it, is the plan.

If your 914 was 'extensivly' damaged, you may consider sending it to Wal at Bert Floods for a runout check on the crank, plus a check to see if any rods are bent, if the engine was running at the time.........Lest thy failure may beset upon you at an inopropriat time !..................

In regards to the guages yes i did a count up of those too, and i thought if i could get a modern type for a reasonable price, i could have the egt's and fuel flow, you know crap that you dont really need but good to keep your mind busy, on those days when your sitting in it for 8 hrs, all day every day, day after day orrrrrr sorry

Sometime ago i purchased a 914 rotax that was extensively damaged in a crash, as such the "flydat" was in about 3 pieces, so not usable, what other type of instrument is suitable to monitor a 914, with a reasonable price tag?

Other wise i need a huge instument pod to take enough guages.

Simple dont do correct calls, alot of locals here call Charlie 182 with no other call sign, so no chance of a fee, every one knows its a cessna 182, but no one cares since they allow drag racing on the strip and shut the air port completely to aircraft,,, go figure that out

Hi:I've just purchased a new Airborne XT912 Tundra with the bells and whistles. I'm doing my basic license with Dave Cookman out of Tewantin in Queensland Australia.

[shameless plug]Dave is one of the most kind spirited and generous guys I've ever met. If you want to learn to fly a trike, he's hard to beat.[/shameless plug]

 

My prior flying was in a Hughes Lightwing GR912 (15 hours). I've flown in Tiger Moths, Cessnas, Pipers and helis, but for pure flying enjoyment, you cant beat the trike.

 

As of this writing, I have 6 hours in the trike and at least 14 to go before I solo.

 

See you in the air or at an airfield somewhere...

G'day Mick,Yes I'm using it and have been for the past two oil changes. It is very thin and I, as well as others have reported higher oil consumption. I get it from Archerfield, can't remember how much I pay.

 

Next oil change I'm going back to Shell VSX 4. According to Richard Eacott (Rotax expert) it is the same stuff only a little thicker in weight. I can get VSX 4 from the local Shell servo but from memory it is a little more expensive.

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Hey all i only just stumbled upon this site, been looking about for a couple of days, seems there is a fair spread of people and areas here, so that should be good for the next xcountry trip i do, easter time next year about 6-10 flying to just north of perth, across the middle.

Also any people in NQ be interested in a flyin at YCHT? just a freindly get together for 1 or 2 days, i think we need to try and do more of it, trying to fit work in around flying is alway a problem though, we going to try and get to Atherton for the school hols.

I just added a couple of video of various stuff nothing in particular, just thought it might appeal to some of you

That enough for now.

Bones

You may not be getting it from Dennis for too much longer as the rumour is he is in recievership.

Bones, have you tried getting that new shell stuff up here, I mean anything less than 200 lts at a time. We kissed it off, and we are now all using, and happy with, Valvolene Durablend 15w50 which is readily available at Repco and other outlets.We were all happy with Castrol GPS, until Rotax came out and said don't use it anymore. You also need to keep a good close eye on your carb mount rubbers if you are looking for the 2000 hrs. Check them inside for cracks as well as outside.....lest one carb falls off and goes through your expensive Gyro prop...........................

Yep i get it from Dennis Behan here at the airport in the Towers in 12 of 1 lts bottles cartons, he sells it very reasonably priced.

Yeah the carb sockets, i replaced them about 50hrs ago, it started to run rough, so after a good check, i noticed one was starting to seperate, so i ordered 2 and done with it.

bones

I was wondering if anyone had a 914 that was toasted or otherwise not usable that i could get a standard 914 airbox off. Have a motor that was extensivly damaged in a crash, was hoping for some second hand parts.

Thanks

Bones

Oil for rotaxs, Shell have released an oil specially designed for rotax motors with an additive that rotax recomend, and the 2000 hrs is just that, a given, we use them for mustering on gyros, and dont even worry about looking at them until 2000hrs, then just throw them off buy a new one and flog the other one off for a good price.

Trick is to alway use premium fuel with good oil and really good filters, service 50 hrs and its a done deal, who says rotaxs are dear, they are worth every cent in my book.