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I hadn't thought of a coolant type heater. That's the option I'd choose. I should have had some new ones somewhere, fan and heater radiator combination. I just asked Mrs M but she hasn't seen them. I'm away flying this weekend but if I remember I'll have a look next week. I probably bought them through Ashdown Enterprises, that's a guess because it was ten years ago.

I can't even sleep without the cicadas as a constant background noise. I'll be sitting at my computer on the dining room table while Mrs M is watching TV in the lounge. She'll call out "Cant you get that?" "Get what?" I say. "The oven, surely you can hear that, you're sitting right beside it". I have no chance on those tones. I've been annoyed by a leak in the suspension airbags on the bus. It's been giving me trouble for months but even spraying detergent water about it remained a mystery. When we came home from the farm on Wednesday I asked Mrs M to take a look. I said the RR airbag is continually going down can you see if you can hear a leak. She said as she walked up "There's air coming out up the front." It's a tiny 1/8" hose running to the gauge in the dash. She heard it from just approaching the vehicle but that's one noise I simply cannot hear. We never had access to ear plugs or ear muffs in the first 30 years of my trade and it didn't seem all that important at the time. I've now got a nice Bose A20 headset and they seem to do the job.

They should come with a money-back guarantee, I'd be rich...

I didn't really have to look at the forecast for my flying next weekend but I decided to look anyway. 😒

If the first one doesn't work out just try again. I had three all up. The last was the best so I suggest you just look around for a better one...

I tried hearing aids, top of the wazzer from Specsavers but they didn't fix anything. All they did was amplify all sounds and in many cases reduced my chance of carrying on a conversation in noisy environments. When I went for my Class 2 medical I failed the usual tone tests but I passed a verbal test with flying colours. The best thing for me is to raise the volume slightly. Some people speak gibberish on the radio anyway and then I have trouble.

Charge them a fee for using your airspace, that'll sort them out. 😅

Set up a ring, as long as we're all invited at a reasonable entry fee.....

Split rims are usually easier, just make sure you release all the air, valve out, and break the bead before you split the rim. There will most likely be a rubber sleeve to prevent you pinching the tube on assembly however a tiny bit of air in the tube can help prevent that. Ps: Inflate the tyre very carefully, they don't take much air.

Sounds like a great idea. I'm surprised my plane doesn't have an attitude indicator at all. I'm looking for something now to fill that blank 3 1/4'" hole in the dash. I think I'm going to end up with the SuperEco AP that will do both jobs.

The biggest problem is the way houses are positioned in relation to bushland. In years gone by when common sense prevailed we built houses on cleared land with fire brakes. Many years ago now we contemplated purchasing a building block on Molloy Island in the Blackwood River, WA. The only way to get to the island is by vehicular ferry or private vessel. When we viewed to lots for sale they were under the canopy of very tall eucalyptus trees. On each block they had a small number of trees with red ribbons around the trunk. They were the only trees approved for felling and in some cases the surrounding tree's canopies connected. In the case of a bushfire all properties would be doomed as there was no chance to defend the fire. For that reason alone we chose to look elsewhere. I grew up in Upper Brookfield, a dead end road surrounded by water reserves, Lake Manchester, Gold Creek and Enoggera. When the fires came the community came together to defend each property as it was threatened. The general practise was to backburn. You'd start at or near the home, shed or yards and ignite the vegetation in a controlled manner using wet cornsacks and howes to maintain the fire break until the fire itself widened the break improving the defence from the face of the bushfire. I never saw a home or building lost and in all cases the fire was left to burn out. These days if you tried to back burn from your property you'd most likely take out your nearest neighbour. Now there's a case for duty of care, who approves these building sites? Perhaps I strayed from the thread theme a little, sorry about that. 😇

A bird’s eye view, well, you know, if you’re an emu. The observant would’ve seen this in the photo above. 👀

I did a couple of side slips during lessons just so that I understood the process and reason behind it. When I read my Sportstar instructions it said side slips can be performed but with no useful advantage. They suggest a full flap landing if needed however second stage of flap is all that is required for most short field landings.

Duty of care can be stretched way out of proportion and if the legal system used a little common sense in judgement we’d all be much better off. Let me give you an example. Earlier this year some irresponsible people broke into our shed. They first attempted to break the heavy duty padlock on the entry door but failed after doing considerable damage. After failing there they cut two holes in the corrugated iron side walls using what appeared to be tinsnips. Not only kids by the look of the strength that would have been needed. After gaining entry they proceeded to smash expensive glass display cabinets. Then they broke the ignition lock out of my Honda quad and attempted to hotwire it failing because the battery was flat so then they smashed the instrument panel. They stole a stamp collection, a coin collection, an antique clock and more heritage items. They smashed a locked steel tool box until they gained entry to some old china. We still don’t know the extent of what was taken. When the police arrived they tried to contact me but got Sandra in the end. They said they had a fair idea who the perpetrators were but there was nothing they could do without proof. Their only interest was in seeing that she had the holes in the wall repaired asap in case they returned. Their reason was so that they wouldn’t injure themselves going through the hole. Apparently my duty of care to the thieves was to give them a safe working environment. Sandra called the shire workshop and had it repaired within a couple of hours. If I’d have been home I’d of taken a file to the edge of the iron and sharpened it. That’s my level of duty of care.

We're doing a little work on a local station for a few days. Just a couple of hours morning and night, three airstrips and I can't fly.😒

You can't blame RAAus for trying to protect themselves from the ridiculous liability issues that plague our society these times. We just can't help but follow the US in all this insanity. Why must somebody be to blame when another makes a mistake and injures themselves. People these times have lost their sense of personal responsibility. This is the type of behaviour that the greedy blood sucking lawyers and courts enjoy and use liberally to guarantee their income. If the average person behaved responsibly and owned their mistakes we'd all be able to afford insurance for those few times we really need to call on it. How many man hours are wasted every day on SAFETY related documentation and time wasting practices that are just put in place to cover somebody for liability of another's accidents and mistakes. 🤮

The original Hummer/Humvee was held together with a similar style of 3/16" rivet to those Skippy posted. I couldn't find them last night but they are stronger than the common pop rivets we buy locally however their panels are bonded together, not relying on the strength of the rivets.

I've not followed this thread but I've popped many thousands of rivets. Rivets are very easy to buy from any amount of hardware and fastener suppliers however all rivets are not equal. Apart from a variety of metal rivets available they vary in design as well. The ones shown in the photos above are not waterproof. We used to use these 40 years ago and then follow up with a card of tiny plastic plugs, one driven into every rivet hole where the broken mandril pulls out. These times we can buy sealed rivets. These are just a few I grabbed from the shed. Any of the ones showing the mandril ball on the end are much easier to insert into the drill hole but will surely leak even after painting. The square ended ones are fully sealed and are unlikely to leak after the job has been painted. They are a much better option on areas where you want to exclude moisture. All are readily available at fastener suppliers, even Bunnings will have a fair range and they are quite inexpensive. Just take care of the material you chose. Some will have a mandril that will rust.

Nice bit of research, thank you. I think they've left this little bit to catch me out. I've asked for an appointment with the shire CEO but he's on holidays until the 18th Nov. Hopefully they are too busy backbiting each other to be bothered with my affairs.

I just needed to see it in writing...

Response today from CASA.... Thank you for contacting us with your enquiry. Enquiry number ********** Question: I am planning on constructing a 500m private airstrip on my mining lease in Cue, Western Australia. I just wanted to reach out to CASA to be sure I'm not contravening and regulations in doing so. Answer: Aircraft landing areas (ALA) and are not oversighted or approved by CASA. Airstrips can be constructed at the landowner's discretion, though a pilot must only use a place to land or take off if they determine it is appropriate for that purpose. Likewise, the landowner may choose a surface that is appropriate for the intended types of operation/aircraft. CASA has produced some guidance on the use of ALAs. This guidance is aimed primarily at pilots to assist with the assessment of a location for landing or taking off, however may be useful as general information for the operator of an ALA. Please see advisory circular AC 91-02 v1.1 Guidelines for aeroplanes with MTOW not exceeding 5 700 kg - suitable places to take off and land. There are no specific regulatory requirements relating to the operation of an ALA. The responsibility for safe operations at an ALA lies with the pilot in command and operator under the conditions of subregulation 91.410 (2) (a) (iv) of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR). For an ALA, Chapter 6 of the Part 139 (Aerodromes) Manual of Standards 2019 may be used as guidance. Your enquiry will close automatically after 5 days. If you have any follow-up questions or have been asked to provide more information, you can access your enquiry and send us a message here. If you have more questions after your enquiry has closed, please send us a new enquiry here. Regards, CASA\Regulatory Guidance

In my opinion the BMS is the problem for aviation use. I've not had the experience with lithium in the plane but I have 4x100 AH batteries in our motorhome. The output may be great, they accept fast charge but may disconnect with fast discharge. In the case of small electrical short circuit that may be a faulty device or worn wire might in usual circumstances blow a fuse or trigger a circuit breaker. With a BMS in your lithium battery it can take control and shut off all battery power. Then reconnection cannot be achieved without first removing any current draw. Of course it may be as simple as flicking off the master but still the BMS takes its time deciding to reconnect, time you don't have when suspended in air a long way from the fast approaching earth. For me it's a risk I can easily avoid by installing a good quality AGM battery.

We would always hose the booth out and paint with the floor still damp. Everytime your spraygun points down it stirs up dust. Insects are a real problem too. They tend to land and manage to struggle along for quite a way before getting bogged down. It leaves a unique pattern in the gloss finish.

That's the sort of accuracy I expect with Autocad but I have trouble with Sketchup. Maybe it's just me but If I try to select a point of couple of intersecting circles, I cannot accurately select the intersection.