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  1. Moneybox
    Yes OzRunways says 250km drive but the Emerald is the closest place to hire a car. We've been there but it was a 4500km drive. I'm getting ready to head down to Northam to visit my plane. I'm digging through the shed to see if I can find a 12v solar panel to look after the battery. I intend to start it and do a few laps back and forth just to keep everything working. I can't fly because I haven't found a trainer with the time to take me onboard.
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    Just as well they had a spare 11,000 ft to sort it out. Even though they had plenty of elevation they exceeded the maximum speed and load on the aircraft while in a vertical dive.
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    I think a partly built kit like this is a great way to go but if I was to take on a project like this I'd need to have a time slot to knock it off real quick. Too many things like this never get completed in time to enjoy them.
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    As Burnie says, the RAAus online course is free and not specific to any model as L1 does not give you the authority to do in-depth engine repairs. You can do this course to allow you to maintain your aircraft legally using the manufacturers service procedures. You are supposed to get your RPL first but mine went through. The message came back that the L1 endorsement would by applied to my RPL certificate. https://members.raa.asn.au/learning/l1-maintenance-authority/ Under member training.
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    As Burnie says, the RAAus online course is free and not specific to any model as L1 does not give you the authority to do in-depth engine repairs. You can do this course to allow you to maintain your aircraft legally using the manufacturers service procedures. You are supposed to get your RPL first but mine went through. The message came back that the L1 endorsement would by applied to my RPL certificate.
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    The Bustard is a very big bird. We were stranded on the flooded Roper River about 50 years ago. Four of us ate one for four days and there was still a lot of meat left but with no refrigeration we decided to throw it away. I had one hit the LandCruiser windscreen in 1987 and punched it in about 130mm. We had lots of small cuts and shards of glass in the back seat of my new dual cab.
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    I doubt you'd have time to activate the horn. I had what looked like a magpie avoid me while in the circuit at Jandakot. It missed the canopy by a couple of metres and went over the wing in the Harmony. I never had time to react but the bird was swerving wildly. All I saw was wings and legs and my instructor said "that was close".
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    From Google : dominate (a strategic position) from a superior height. I think that's what they mean 🤣
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    Yes, parents have a lot to answer for.
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    Thanks BrendAn, I'll discuss it with my current fellow first. I don't like to burn my bridges and I may need him for my cross country out of Northam in my plane.
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    Yes that's a possibility. Like you I only have to finish my RPL and then I can at least take to the sky. It's just over 800km from here but if I can knock it off in one block that's not a problem.
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    Well that's prospecting out of the way for a bit. This lot took three and a half weeks then we had to return for a couple of weeks on an organised tour of China. All that climbing hundreds of steps, all I could think of is I could be doing this at home and there'd be a gold nugget waiting for me at the top. This is the result of our last two and half weeks out and about. That's taken care of my training fees for a few more weeks 😅
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    Congratulations BrendAn, I wish I could say the same. I'm a little handicapped at the moment. I've been off training for three months and now I'm having trouble getting back into it. We just got home from another couple of weeks prospecting for gold so I decided to give it another go. I called my first trainer to see if I could get back to training in the Evektor Harmony. I finished off in April with 2.4 hrs of solo on the Jabiru but I'd prefer to be in the Harmony so that I could slip into my Sportstar with very little familiarisation. I didn't do any good getting back in there because he said it's complicated. I can't fly solo from Jandakot, solo must be done in the training area further south. I guess that means he has to leave Jandakot. Next I tried my recent trainer in Esperance 1200km south but that didn't work out too well. He's given up full time training and has gone back to his trade for the next six months so he may be able to arrange something on a weekend a month or two down the track. He's talking about hiring a Foxbat to knock off my solo. I don't want another change but I don't have a lot of choices.
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    I find some devices won't charge properly without the original Apple cable and the original certainly seems to outlast all others. The one on my Honda quad is so old that it has no plastic cover left on the cable. It's just bare metal from end to end and still works. The DC Distribution marine cigarette lighter outlet on our bus (comes with a panel of six rocker switches and circuit breakers) is now over ten years old and has a Nava twin cigarette lighter outlet hanging off it to charge the phones, ipads, headphones, detector batteries, torches etc. It's never given any trouble but the aftermarket cables are always an issue.
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    I cant help with the feet but this might work on the calves?
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    If you're concerned about CO2 entry could you possibly plumb radiator cooling air instead of using an exhaust shroud?
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    Mmmm... that could slip into my Polaris microlite. My old 503 needs a rebuild before it can be reregistered. Can't do it now though because I have too many unfinished projects underway.
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    The carburettor needle and seat controls the fuel level and therefore mixture regardless of fuel pump pressure (unless excessive). Your fuel flow measurement will be fuel consumed plus by-pass fuel that is returning to the tank. The electric fuel pump should not have any effect on engine performance or fuel mixture unless the mechanical pump is faulty.
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    R.F.D.S. emergency air strips east to west... There may have been more if I was having a micro sleep as I passed by...
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    Great if I was not spending weeks prospecting, then tripping to China, then a quick trip to Melbourne and Adelaide (7000km in 8 days by road towing), then a quick trip to Geraldton and back. Now I'm rebuilding the car trailer that I brought the plane home on so that it can handle the new Bobcat and a quad bike. That gold was for three and a half weeks so Mrs M wants to go straight back. I'm hoping by the time we're ready I have a POW (program of works) in place so we can operate Bob, the new Bobcat. Then I might get a chance to get back into the plane 😳. I desperately need to be able to fly.
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    Does OzRunways list R.F.D.S. airstrips? If you ever get the chance to navigate your way across this big wide country of ours you might find it useful to have a few extra airstrips recorded just incase you need an unscheduled stop. This might be particularly useful to those navigating IFR. Each time I came across one of these I checked OzRunways but they didn't show up. Perhaps it's just the options I have set. In any case I've recorded the coordinates of each one I came across between SA and home in WA.
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    Doesn’t anybody take responsibility for their own actions these days? We shouldn’t always have to worry about who’s going to pay when an accident happens. Accidents are just that, take responsibility for the part you played in it and move on. Lawyers love this stuff, they thrive on litigation and most of it could be avoided if we just accepted responsibility without looking for somebody to blame when things go wrong. its this sort of mindset that holds us back from just enjoying a good carefree weekend away with friends in the way that used to when growing up. How ridiculous is it that the land owner who offers his property for others to enjoy has to worry about those using it will possibly sue him for damages if they make a mistake?
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    I'd really like one of these from Levil.
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    Very nice, what timber did you use?
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