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Is that going to create an over supply bringing the price down?

Your phone obviously has more memory than me. I wouldn't be able to remember what each app does.

Perhaps he'd like to borrow a metal detector...

If it was my Jabiru it would simply have a second switch on the left side of the panel. The slow action is not as bad as having to reach to an uncomfortable position to activate it. It will be a simple six pole momentary on switch with an open circuit when not active. The addition might take an hour and a $20 switch. If necessary put the switch a little out of sight but within easy reach.

I did get to training this last Saturday and Sunday but not everything went to plan. After sitting on cruise at about 115kmh for several hours Friday I pulled up in Wongan Hills to boil the kettle. The Hyundai iLoad was running well as usual until halfway between Wongan Hills and Northam, the airport, I had to stop for roadworks and there was an awful rattle coming from under the bonnet. It was only at idle, as soon as I touched the accelerator the engine ran smoothly so I just reduced my speed and continued on the Northam. Once there I lifted the bonnet expecting to find the noise coming from the timing chain at the front of the engine. It was not. The heavy metallic noise seems to be coming from the rear of the engine and the engine shakes quite badly at idle but runs smoothly with light acceleration. It seems like a loose flywheel or clutch. It can't be gearbox because I can stop that rotating by selecting a gear with the clutch depressed, that makes no difference to the clatter. One thing that springs to mind was a similar experience with a 6.5L GM diesel many years ago. You'd have sworn the engine had blown up, the owner did and it was near new on warranty. Upon inspection the fix was as simple as replacing one fuel injector. Of course these engines are altogether different but the heavy metallic knocking was similar. One difference is that the 2.5L common rail diesel Hyundai only rattles at idle. Anyway it stuffed up my flying lessons to some extent. I was meant to do a little work on my plane Friday and then make my way to Serpentine airport for a 4:30am start on Saturday. We'd planned to fly the Jabiru 160 from Serpentine to Northam for circuits etc. Prior to take-of we'd do the preflight W&B and flight plan, another stage of training. It didn't happen because I couldn't drive the Hyundai any further. We commenced circuits as soon as the Jabiru arrived at Northam at 5:50am in cool calm conditions. I hadn't been up since April and it seemed like I'd never learned to land a plane. My landings were all over the place. Some too high, some too low, some too fast, some too slow and some simple to crooked to land properly. I didn't track the Saturday morning's flights but the pink track was some of the afternoon. The yellow was Sunday while I was still in the Jabiru instead of in my Sportstar where I was meant to be by then. I did repetitive circuits sorting out little problems one at a time. I'm wasting my time trying to get everything right together. I had to sort out the best way to handle the stupid electric flap switch that is located forward and right of centre. I can't use the right hand because that is on the stick so the left must reach across beyond the centre of the panel and the process from one stage of flap to two takes a good five seconds. Last time I chose to only use one stage of flap but I had to get it right this time. Then there were all the other little things like holding a steady 1000' while turning, using the radio, setting the trim, going through the various checks etc. In general I was all over the place. We did some stalls, emergency landings, steep turns etc to help break the monotony and that helped but in the end the biggest challenge was to get a string of neat successful landings before going solo again. I didn't achieve that until after the first five hours of Sunday but I managed 1.1 hrs solo instead of the 2.6 that I needed. The Sportstar was difficult to start, perhaps the 12 month old fuel is the problem. It runs well once started but getting it to fire the first time is difficult. My trainer was meant to take it up for a test flight and then I was to spend some time in it as well. As it worked out he realised he couldn't fly it anyway because he hasn't got his variable pitch prop endorsement. Hopefully that will all be sorted out next weekend. I have to go back anyway with a trailer to retrieve the Hyundai. We just got home just after dark tonight. Weather permitting we're back into it on the coming Saturday.

This seems like the best of all options although the installation may be a bit more complicated. You are using engine heat without plumbing water and no risk of exhaust gases when in the air. I like it although you might get even more heat ducting from the oil cooler.

How many amps do you get from a Rotax charging system? I doubt there’s enough spare to run a heating element.

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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.😒