old man emu

Emus only walk on your plane when they can't get to your dunny to kick it down!

 

 

Put a damp cloth over the stained area and leave it there to soak for a while.

 

Wash the stained area with a solution containing a pure soap ("Sunlight" or "Lux")

 

Use a non-cutting polish such as Turtle Wax over the area of the stain.

 

Remember that bird poop contains not only faeces, but also urine, so it is Acidic in reaction. Soaps are the opposite (Basic). Also the droppings can contain grit from the bird's craw, or other sharp solids such as bone, seed husks and so on. Make sure that you soften them well with water before you try to wipe them off.

 

I'm told that the worst animal excretion for damaging paintwork is possum pee.

 

OME

 

(Who sometimes sh its bricks)

 

 

. He is getting on and is not in good health we just have to hang in there

Time wounds all heels!

 

OME

 

 

Well, I bet the original Piet used a Model T spring leaf. What did that Piet at Somersby have?

 

OME

 

 

Are you going to two spring leaves?

 

OME

 

 

Here we go again.Singleton Council insists that each and every aircraft must satisfy their noise requirements. Whatever they are. They can't supply a noise level standard that has been set by council.

We recently changed our aircraft .... certified under the same type certificate and this includes both ICAO noise requirements and Australian Airservices Noise certificate.

 

If the aircraft complies with global and federal noise levels can a local govt order additional noise testing?

Point 1. One cannot conduct a test to give a Pass/Fail result unless there is a Pass/Fail value to compare the test results against.

 

Point 2. I think that you are quite correct in believing that an Airservices Noise certificate would over-ride a Local Government condition of use.

 

Point 3. Usually it is the Complainant's task to collect the evidence to prove a complaint to a tribunal. In other words, The council must show a Court that there is a condition that has to be met, and then it must show that that condition has been broken. It is not very common for our laws to be written so that the Accused has to prove that no offence has been committed (example - handling proceeds of crime)

 

Old Man Emu

 

 

Frank,

 

I'll be at work at Camden on Monday, but I've got to go to Bankstown to pick up some hardware. If you get out to Camden around lunchtime, I shoould be back. Come down to Dent Aviation.

 

OME

 

 

I couldn't get enough of it when I was in Satiable.

 

OME

 

 

"Bred in Germany, the Boxer is a breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dogs."

I hate it when a pun goes over the top of the audience.

 

OME

 

 

Chinese engines are fine, on what foundation do you post your considerations?But anyway, what the problem really is, is to co-ordinate so many component manufacturers to come together to produce such small numbers each - very difficult and you would also have to rely on smaller not so accurate small businesses and that's when trouble would show it's hand. as you would only need one of them to be sub-standard to break the chain.

I've nothing against Chinese engines, or other manufactured items, but you have answered your own question by saying that some small businesses do not produce accurate products. If the engine was built in the one factory from start to finish, then I would have no problems. If you were building most of the engine in one factory, but using outsources components, then I would expect that there should be rigorous Quality Control inspections at the parts receiver point in the manufacturing chain. Also, I would expect that workers on the engine assembly line would be more skilled than similar workers on an automotive engine line.

 

Stringent quality control of components and assembly processes is the only way that an airplane engine can be trusted by the end user. And yes, all engine manufacturers suffer from assembly mistkes from time to time.

 

Old Man Emu

 

 

They look like Boxes to me.

 

OME

 

 

But why punish the British/Mooney owners by not servicing their planes?

We don't punish them. We have just chosen not to develop our levels of expertise on these particular airplanes, so the level of customer satisfaction would not be to the high level we expect of ourselves.

OME

 

 

Well that's a contradiction if ever I saw one - leave the Jabs alone then.

Now there's the rub! If we say, "No!" to servicing Jabirus for the flying school and the private owners who come to us because we have a good reputation for quality work (no advertising intended), where are they going to get their servicing done? The private owners are people who don't want to put a spanner in their hands, but appreciate that their airplanes deserve good maintenance and are willing to pay to have that done.

 

Also, with the amount of experience we have in our shop, we are in a good position to identify problems with the brand before they are commonly know. Then we can be the first to bash our heads against the Bundaberg barn doors.

 

OME

 

 

There's no reason why a rag'n'tube airplane wouldn't work in this market. I'd throw the Aeropup's cap into the ring as an example.

 

OME

 

 

If you build a copy of a 912S you have a market for your engine.

Yes you could build a copy of any of the 912 series, but it would be just that ... a copy. If I was going to have any copy of an existing aero engine made in China, I would want a team of quality control inspectors to check every component, sub-assembly and assembly, then I'd want some expert people to bench test each engine before it was pushed out the factory door.

 

It seems from the input received so far that there are two major sub-assemblies to consider in an airplane - the airframe and the engine. I think that we can design and build a suitable airframe, either as a factory build or as a kit build. The engine is the fly in the ointment. Does one reinvent the wheel as Jabiru has done by designing and building its own engine, or does one import an existing engine such as a Rotax or Lycoming? In reality, most airplane manufacturers design an airframe with the intention of fitting a third party engine.

 

OME

 

 

OME, if your boss doesn't need the Jab business, why is he taking it?

Because business is business. We are there to serve the needs of aviation, and to keep what exists flying. The problem is that it's only five or six Jabirus that we service, and they all have their problems. We don't service Mooneys or anything British.

 

The frame of a jab stands up to training doesn't it? I've never had any concerns about one coming apart in the air. Nev

I have no complaints about the fuselage of Jabirus, per se. They are strong enough overall, but we have had problems which have been of the manufacturer's making, like landing gear nuts stripping because they were not aviation grade; engine control cables failing because they were not swaged properly; lack of documentation (we need Release Notes because some of out airplanes are VH reigistered). Another problem is the way Jabiru makes alterations to its engine willy-nilly and without, it seems, following CASA rules.

 

The Rotax engine is a good one, agreed. But how does an imported engine improve the viability of manufacturing in Australia?

 

What I'd like to see is an Australian airplane that can compete with Jabiru in all facets - engineering, affordability, ease of service, after sales service, ease of operation.

 

OME

 

 

fly-tornado,

 

You comment is tending "Off Topic". I know that you are confirmed Jabiru hater and have declared jihad on them, but the idea of this thread is to discuss possible Australian sources of two-seater tourer/trainer airplanes with adequate range and mile gobbling performance.

 

As for my boss' employment future, LSAs provide only a small segment of his income. Most of his work is GA, and with over 40 years' experience, I think the next industry he'll work in is funereal.

 

OME

 

 

Why do you think that the Brumby is more expensive than the Jab?

 

OME

 

 

While I've been away, my boss has been having more than the usual headaches with the Jabiru company and its products. He's nearly to the point of pouring 100LL into the cockpit of any he sees and then having a quiet fag beside it.

 

Now, I appreciate the concepts envisioned for the Jabiru and I'm all for supporting an Australian made product, but for ages Jabiru's concepts have not materialised into a really reliable airplane. Also the quality of some of their replacement parts has been questionable.

 

I'm wondering if the market should be looking at other factory-built Australian airplanes that could give Jabiru a run for its money. What's available in the marketplace to compete with the Jabiru?

 

Old Man Emu

 

 

Good!

 

You'd be spewin' if you didn't find out until after you closed up the fuselage that you couldn't get into the cockpit.

 

OME

 

 

Scotty,

 

Before you go much further, make some enquiries about enlarging the gap in that bulkhead between the cockpits. Ask on the Pietenpol forums if you can fit a cross cockpit stringer at the height of the curved cut-out and fit diagonal stringers from the lower fuselage cross member to the newly fitted cross cockpit stringer. Then cut away the plywood sheeting to enlarge the hole for your feet to go through.

 

I found that with the foot hole as narrow as you have it, I couldn't get my No 10's through the hole. or get enough bend in my legs to get out. I'm sure that this modification won't reduce the stength of the bulkhead, but will make getting in and out easier for the pilot.

 

OME

 

 

B Utey Phil!

 

OME

 

 

If it ain't a Boeing, I'm not goin'.

 

OME

 

 

Old Man Emu has returned!

 

Sporting an English "wet and bedraggled" look, OME touched down at Sydney Kingsford-Smith just after sunrise on Thursday 14th February. First port of call after clearing Immigration & Customs was Liverpool Hospital where No 1 Son was recovering from operations to mend a broken leg and a broken werist courtesy of a fall from his bike on the way to work.

 

A big Thank You! to the NSW Liberal Party for abolishing Workers' Compensations for injuries sustained on the journey to of from work. Six to eight weeks of no income. So OME will have to get back to work pretty soon as I now have one wife, one son, one daughter-in-law, one grandson, one daughter and a mother-in-law to support.

 

Until I can get an arrangement made with Ian, the Administrator, please don't use this site for business contacts with me.

 

Glad to be back!

 

OME

 

 

Considering the tyranny of distance, I'd say that confirming things such as identification marks by photograph, which is then included in an airplane's registration file is the best way to do things.

 

OME