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Thanks, but it's such a nice pristine looking motor that I'm a bit reluctant to part with it at the moment. I bought it some years ago thinking I might try RC. I bought a Pilot C182 kit (60in span) way back in the late 1970's that I finished to covering stage but never fully completed as life got in the way. The plane gradually deteriorated through family life and several house moves, but I still have the original plans and hardware, so I could scratch build it. I bought a JR F500 R/C set about the same time as the OS intending to rebuild it, but so far it's still a future project. I uploaded the plans to this very useful site in 2014. Just checked again now and see that someone has very helpfully scanned and scaled the part profiles. Scroll down to the end of the link to download the plans. Oz : Cessna 182 Skylane plan - free download OUTERZONE.CO.UK

We used OS motors, mostly. I still have an unused OS40 FSR in the box and a 0.15, 0.25. and 0.35. One of our group was into team racing and used a couple of Super Tigres or Oliver Tigers. Can't remember which now but his planes were works of art. I flew one of his models once while he was tuning it for competition and we clocked it at 131kph.

Yes Nev, it would be much harder in bad weather or at night and the turns are no steeper than we all do in a normal circuit, but to someone like me who doesn't have your many years of experience flying all kinds of aircraft in all types of conditions and into difficult airfields, it's still pretty impressive. Having said that, I think I could get the RV in there in good weather.

Yes, I missed that the first time I watched it, but I’d be tempted to add it to the checklist too. The airport is at 7300 feet, just to make it more interesting.

Nice flying! Not much room for error. I'd find it challenging enough to land here in the RV, let alone an airliner, but they make it look easy. Make it full screen for a pilot's eye view:

It would have been one of these according to a list of the fighters they have in their airforce:

I have one of those in my RV-12 and it works very well. Best of both worlds. Available from Aircraft Spruce although I got mine direct from MacFarlane in the US who manufacture them. Vernier-Assist ™ Throttle Controls For Dual Carb Rotax 912 / 914 | Aircraft Spruce Australia WWW.AIRCRAFTSPRUCE.COM.AU Vernier-Assist ™ Throttle Controls For Dual Carb Rotax 912 / 914 This type of control has all the fine adjustment benefits of an old style...

Some nice work being done here:

Duck tape and duct tape are different products, but duct tape is commonly used for both. It is also a brand. It is water resistant. Agreed.

Not quite, Nev. It was originally called `duck' tape because it was cloth/canvas based. It became popularly known as duct tape after the war when it was used for sealing metal ducts.

Friends of mine have just restored a Bowers Bi-Baby and have sealed the lower wing gaps with ordinary silver duct tape. Seems to work. The Bi-Baby is flat out at about 70kts.

It ducks under the gap, Nev.

Anything that won't peel off under the airflow. Duck tape, `100 mile per hour' tape, etc.

Worth a try. He was quite a character and it was the sort of thing he could well have done. He was forced down and lucky to be found at one point.

Clyde Fenton??

I think you've just described the occupant of the Oval Office.

I notice it has a pretty big gap between the wing and fuselage and no wing root seals, which is not good for aerodynamic efficiency and could potentially be a safety issue due to disturbed airflow.

No worries, Red. You don't have a Manned Model Aircraft category anyway.

Here's one for Red750's list. https://youtu.be/hxrvSocW7IM?si=K0IC9yVdW33NvM5g

A really good landing is when you can use the plane again afterwards. Edit: Just saw that Blueadventures beat me to it but I can't delete is now. Still, worth repeating.

Please switch the engine off when filming next time.

That’s part of the pre-camera switch on checklist. That’s why you don’t see it.

I've experienced a couple of breakdowns on the way across the Nullarbor. The first one was an overheating engine just outside Southern Cross in the 1990's due to what turned out to be a cracked head. Wife and four young kids in a LWB diesel Hi-Ace towing a camper on our way to Victoria for a holiday. The local mechanic (Jaimie at Southern Cross Motor Mart) was a bit reluctant to help at first but then spent his Saturday morning pulling the engine apart. Vans (he called them `pie wagons') are not easy to work on as access to the engine is pretty restricted. He rang the Toyota dealer in Kalgoorlie and commandeered a new head about to go into another vehicle, gave me his old Landcruiser to go and get it (just as his wife had hooked up a horse float to collect a pony from Cunderdin for their daughter), arranged for me to take it over to a backyard mate of his in Kal to have the valves and springs assembled in his home workshop and then spend a very hot Sunday morning putting everything back together. He had it done by lunchtime (after a heavy night as he was the president of the local hot rod club and they had had their annual dinner the might before). He sat on the step with a beer while I took the van for a test run. When I came back there was water dripping out because the water pump had packed up. He didn't have a spare but said "I know who does", hopped on his pushbike and rode down to the oval where another mate of his was watching the cricket and came back with a box under his arm. Back over the pits to put the pump in, another test run, and we were back on the road the next morning and got to my parent's with the kids in just time for Christmas despite all the odds. Jaimie (and his wife Michelle) were absolutely unbelievably kind and generous. We always called in on subsequent trips. The second time was a few years later, same van but this time towing a caravan. A local garage had installed a new towbar just before we left but it turned out they had used 10mm mild steel bolts to secure it instead of 12mm high tensile bolts. As a result we almost lost the caravan not far from Caiguna when the bolts on one side sheared and a bracket failed. We barely managed to limp into the roadhouse with the caravan almost dragging on the ground. I phoned the garage back in Perth but there was nothing much they could do. The roadhouse didn't have anyone who could do the welding but they rang a workshop in Norseman who agreed to do it if we could get the towbar there. I left the family at the caravan park and drove back to Norseman and found the workshop. The young owner was very helpful (turned out he was a qualified pipeline welder so he knew how to weld). However he didn't have the right bolts, nor did any other place in Norseman, so I drove to Bunnings in Kalgoorlie and got some and the right size drill bit just in case. Back to Norseman, towbar welded and properly installed this time and an overnight drive back to Caiguna. The garage in Perth picked up the bill, which was the least they could do as we could easily have had a very bad accident. It just shows there are really good people out there who will go out of their way to help if you are in trouble.

Yes, but if you're pretending to be a qualified commercial pilot flying paying passengers for an airline, that puts you into a very different category than flying solo around the backblocks without a licence in a C152. You may be a great natural pilot but both are illegal and one carries a very substantial risk to the general public.