old man emu

Pilotdave, should I be bringing the fleece?

OME

Check the section in ERSA that deals with survival. There used to be an illustration of the ground signals. Photocopy it, laminate it and put it in your crash box.

OME

What should I carry in the aircraft as far as safety and survival gear?

2. Get a Tupperware container and make up a "Crash Box" containing:

a) 75mm wide x 2000mm long strips of brightly coloured cloth that you can use to lay out as ground signals.

b) a small mirror so you can make sunlight flashes

c) a box of matches or a cigarette lighter (put them in a little peppermint tin)

d) a small LED torch

e) a triangular bandage and some rolled bandages

f) a tube of antiseptic cream

g) a tube of sun screen

h) sheets of toilet paper

i) some cloth band-aids

j) an orienteering compass

k) a tube of insect repellant

l) the bladder from a wine cask - to carry water collected from ground sources

All these things will fit into a lunch-box sized container and the whole lot is not too heavy. You can keep it in your flight bag so you always have it. I've still got the one I made up in the later 70's.

Old Man Emu

It is inconceivable that Jabiru has not issued a SB to all operators despite being aware of the problem for some time. Popuppete1

OME

I will be there with bells on , my mobile number is 0425-702-333

OME

I'm leaving Sydney by car on Thursday morning and intend to come back to Sydney on Sunday morning. Anyone want a ride? You'd have to arrange your own accommodation, but I'll have room for camping gear.

OME

OK.

Where are we assembling when we get there? I'm driving up and am going to be there Friday & Saturday.

OME

I'm pretty sure that Wilton airstrip is privately owned, or maybe owned by the parachuting mobs that use it. It's just a bit of a gravel strip, which is OK for the meat bombers to use, but you wouldn't want to operate your own little plane from there.

The reported plan is not an attack on aviation, it's just more of the same of what we have had to endure in the Sydney Basin - housing gobbling up productive land. State and Federal Governments of all persuasions have failed to develop regional areas of the State, so that the Sydney megaopolis is sending its tentacles into the countryside which once made the Basin a self-sustaining entity.

10,000 houses = 42,500 people. Where is the water coming from to sustain them? Not to mention, where are the jobs to employ them; where is the infrastructure to enable them to move about; where is the open space to let them unwind?

The whole idea sucks.

OME

I suppose our highly educated journalists have now got two brands of aircraft to use in their stories: if it is a single engined GA aircraft, it's a Cessna, and if it is a single engined ultra-light it must be a Jabiru.

Long ago I came to the conclusion that the only thing that you could believe in a newspaper was the date, then I realised that the date on the paper was the date it was printed, not the date I was reading it.

OME

Since the majority of you aren't LAMEs or L2s, it's up to Old Man Emu to enlighten you on the meaning of a number of terms your might hear if you are in the vicinity of Engineers.

1. "A number of different approaches are being explored." (We haven't guessed the right way to do it.)

2. "Preliminary operational tests were inconclusive." (The bloody thing broke when we powered it up.)

3. "Test results were extremely gratifying." (We couldn't believe that it eventually worked.)

4. "It represents a major technological breakthrough." (It's an old design in a flashy new case.)

5. "It is all NEW!" (Parts are not interchangeable with previous models.)

6. "No maintenance required." (It's impossible to repair it if it fails.)

7. "Low maintenance operation." (It's nearly impossible to repair it if it stops working.)

8. "Customer satisfaction is assured." (It's taken so long to get it right that the customer will accept anything that works.)

9. "Widespread research will indicate a fresh direction for development." (Even the tea lady is googling the Net for an answer.)

10. "We are following the standard." (That's the way we have always done it.)

11. "Give us the benefit of your thinking." (If we let you have some input, you can't say 'I told you so' when the project goes belly-up.)

12. "We will look into it." (We tried that already and it didn't work.)

13. "Give us your interpretation." (Can you figure out why it broke?)

14. "Please note and initial." (We want written proof that you were involved in this.)

15. "The project will have to be put on the back burner." (The only bloke who had any clues at all has gone on Long Service Leave.)

Old Man Emu

Would you put me in contact with them OME, Met

OME

As far as I know, no insurance on the hull. I believe that the owners are keeping the engine for another project. So, the airframe could be repaired as a project, but getting a Franklin engine might prove difficult.

OME

Check out Gostner Aviation at Camden.

OME

Sad to say, my company only just finished engine work on this plane. We had to chase all over the USA for cylinders.

The story that was related to us was that the pilot lifted the tail too early on the take-off run and gyroscopic forces took over, sending the plane off the runway. Why the power wasn't pulled, I don't know. Perhaps some panic induced inertia on the part of the pilot. Anyway, it continued away from the runway until it hit the hangar. Only injuries were a severely wounded Pride and deep lacerations to the hip pocket nerve.

The plane is a write off, but the engine may be OK.

Old Man Emu

This is a very old thread. A suitable propeller has since been sourced and fitted. Thanks for your replies.

OME

24 ft-lbs is a bit tight, according to Jab manual, prop tension is 7 ft.lbs, prop flange is 30 ft.lbs Brian

Keep an eye out for delamination of the fibreglass covering over the surface of the blades. Also look for dings at the hub.

Don't forget that the rotation of the engine is transferred to the prop as a result of the friction between the prop hub and the crankshaft flange. (Poor description of the metal bit on the end of the crankshaft, but I forget the name of it). The prop bolts are just there to keep the prop in contact with the flange. So make sure you check the prop bolt torque (24ft-lbs) and look out for elongation of the prop bolt holes through the propeller hub.

Always leave the aircraft with the prop horizontal to the ground so that if it rains, water will enter the prop equally on each side of the hub. At the same time, make sure that any openings into the engine bay close to the prop are blocked off to prevent birds entering and making nests in the engine bay.

OME

I might ride the Harley up and stay with Mum at Gilgandra, then ride over to Narromine each day. OME

OME

I might ride the Harley up and stay with Mum at Gilgandra, then ride over to Narromine each day.

OME

What days would be the best to go? Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday?

OME

S you like them truss headed. Personally I preferAN515.

OME

You should never knock back a good screw!

AN525; AN526, and my favourite: 10Rx 1/2 THA, SS

OME

Signed up yesterday - only charged me $29.97 for 12months - bargain

OME

I'm having a bit of a problem connecting to this site's server this morning. I copy the URL to the address bar and hit , but it is taking forever to download the document that the link goes to. Maybe it's the slow service I'm getting from the work's connection.

If you are having problems, keep trying.

OME

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Now, I'm not an L2 or LAME, but I work in a maintenance facility where we talk about maintenance matters at smoko and lunch. The boss also has a pretty extensive technical library and he subscribes to a number of aviation technical and informational publications. So when I post stuff here, it is after I have done a bit of research on the topic and I'm assured that I'm not blowing it out my rrrrs.

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Old Man Emu

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