skippydiesel

My understanding of the NSW hospital system at the moment:

Staff shortages, rather then beds, is the most likely short term problem. Gladys seems to focus on beds, however the medical profession are concerned about staffing the beds/wards.

I have a close relative working in the Campbelltown, NSW, hospital - she says the situation is becoming very difficult with people presenting with conditions,other than CV19 but also infected with CV19, so needing to be isolated  - something not mentioned by the Gladys team.

33 minutes ago, BirdDog said:

I hope you are right Skip.  Saldy yesterday more people died Vaxed than unvaxed.  Let's hope that is not a trend!

Vaccination only reduces your chance of serious disease/death. It's not claimed to be 100% effective AND although the vulnerable will have a greater chance of survival, CV19 vaccination does not remove their initial vulnerability/co-morbidity.

If we were to reach 100% vaccination, all deaths would be people who had been vaccinated. Just means that they were on the edge anyhow and even a mild CV 19 might " tip them over".  

18 minutes ago, jackc said:

https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/grim-satellite-images-show-australias-covid-restrictions-from-the-sky/news-story/78e7c5a5508eec07c029a2cdfa2da9e6?utm_campaign=EditorialSB&utm_source=news.com.au&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_content=SocialBakers

2 minutes ago, aro said:

Only 1 reason for that: not enough people vaccinated in Australia.

 

And 2 things are holding back vaccination:

1) People avoiding or delaying vaccination

2) The federal government delayed ordering Pfizer vaccines and didn't order enough. We are probably 6-8 months behind other countries as a result.

I see it differently (surprise !).

Despite the incompetence of some of our Governments, we have been luckier than most other nations, in our very low CV19 pandemic.

They (most of the rest of the World) are in the unfortunate situation where they must live & die with C19, so no point in quarantine/Lockdown - hardly a desirable situation.

You can bet they envy us - way lower infection/death rate/damage to our society/econamy.

Sure we are not as open as they are or we would want to be - thank whichever deity to subscribe to. Our time will come soon enough and it may not be pleasant.

Aro 2) - personally (& surprisingly) I am behind the Gov on this. I hope they made the best decision at the time. Turned out to be wrong but that's just "how the cookie crumbles" - we need to move on and take what happened as a lesson learned. I dont see us as being "6-8 months behind" - we are way behind their hospitalisation & death rate - to me that puts as in the lead.

4 hours ago, pmccarthy said:

I was also on the road to Sturgess once and thought those bikes were perfect for the dead straight, dead flat highway. They should be fitted with autopilot.

I think I saw George, on the road to Sturges, I may be mistaken but he looked positively skeletal, no signals, no response, just the occasional body part falling of.😁

3 hours ago, facthunter said:

If you don't know much about them why pile it on? Harley owners get a bit sick of this rubbish.  You didn't respond to any points I made either.  Nev

Actually I pretty much coved my position/made my response on this topic,  in my last line.

Its many years since I did any serious motor bike riding/touring - back then you would be hard put to go past a Japanese or European bike - HD's being a reflection of a particular movie, rather than a serious motorcycle, didn't really rate.

Many years back, accidently called in on Sturges, USA,  never seen so many geriatric,  leather clad, aviator dark glasses, wannabes in one place, the bling was dazzling - couldn't get out of the place fast enough😁

2 hours ago, jackc said:

He told the truth about what he has done?  Skip, have you ever wagged school, b/s’d you way out of dong something so you could escape the task and do what you wanted?

May be - aint telling (that's the difference)

15 hours ago, facthunter said:

Why insult people who like a bike with a good finish that you can enjoy without breaking the speed limit?. They are not fuel guzzling either. That's a furphy as regards the modern stuff. It's electronic fuel injection.

   Each to his own anyhow but your critical statements might carry more weight IF you had ridden one and their value doesn't drop away like many others so the Market makes a  decision there. They meet noise emission standards when sold  like any other machine .  If you go across the Nullarbour and up the centre you'll see quite a few  even some pulling trailers. They are not designed for racing  and are suited for highway cruising even two up with a level of rider comfort you won't get on many bikes. Nev

Didn't intentionally insult anyone - Did insult a motor bike.

Each to his own Nev.

My view of the general run of HD's is they are 98% promotion & 2 % something else (bling?).

1 hour ago, BirdDog said:

 

I don't want to be "that guy" but I am just identifying that it can't be as stated above.  There are many reasons why people leave their home.

Work

Education

Essential Utilities

Medical

Care Givers

Zoo Keepers that need to feed animals

 

The list goes on and on and on.

To single out one person (ME) and state that I have contributed because I drove from my house to my hangar in a community that has never had a single case, is a bit insulting.

 

 

 

 

The two previous posters pretty much said it all.

Yes, unfortunately for quarantine security, there must be exceptions, your list gives some of them.

"Work" , play, etc etc in most instances is not essential for the few days - 3 weeks, a proper quarantine/Lockdown would be for - it becomes essential when quarantine in unsuccessful, due to inadequate controls/restrictions/people breaking quarantine, thereby extending the length of Lockdown.

You singled yourself out, by telling us all about your flying activities.

I beggars belief, that such a simple concept as quarantine, that has been around almost as long as man stood up on two feet, can be so misunderstood/flouted in this so called modern age.

Sure, our complex interdependencies make implementation difficult but as long as individuals somehow believe their right to independent determination on this point, trumps the pandemic, quarantine will at best be prolonged/ partially successful and worst fail altogether (Sydney).

Curtesy of Octave from CV19 conversation/thread:

As an analogy it is like we are on a boat that is taking on water. 

 The captain wants us to urgently bail water out of the boat.    Most of the passengers can see the sense in this and are putting in a joint effort to save the boat.    A few of the passengers are objecting.  "You cant tell me what to do"   or "you are exaggerating the danger of the boat taking on water" or "we just have to live with a certain amount of water in the boat"  or "you people are just afraid and hysterical, it is just water after all"    or " we are all going to die one day anyway"   or  "I don't mind bailing water out but this bucket this isn't the best bucket, I will just wait for a better bucket"  or  "I will wait to see how successful the people bailing out water are and if it seems to work then I will join in"

Not only this but some the "anti bailers"  want to convince people not to bail even though they are likely to benefit from the majority.   I respect your right not to help bail out the water but just get out of the way and let the rest of us do it.  Don't be surprised if the other passengers judge you.

3 hours ago, derekliston said:

When Qld was in lockdown our CHO said, live on television,” A pilot getting into his aeroplane and going for a fly isn’t a threat, of course he isn’t” I was happy to take her at her word!

I don t get it - how do you/your CHO and others not understand - in a quarantine situation, your personal risk, situation, wants & desires is not the issue.

You are either in lockdown or not, there is no grey area.

Every time the authorities make an exception or an individual decides the rules do not apply to them, the quarantine is compromised eg Sydney and its fake lockdown, now in its 12th (?) week or something, costing a squillion of dollars to the economy and almost completely ineffective, has (wilfully) exported the virus to other States and the NSW hinterland.

The act of getting into your aircraft alone has zero risk of CV 19 spread/infection HOWEVER, presumably you had to travel to/from the airfield, your vehicle/aircraft required fuel, you picked up a takeaway going to/coming from, you had a conversation with the security guard/fellow pilot/LAIM, may be your aircraft didn't start and a "jump" battery was required, your car broke down, was involved in an accident - the list of potential human contact goes on and on. In short you have increased your risk of contraction/spreading of CV19.

Even if your risk of contracting/spreading CV19 was nil - the example you set, both in your trip to/from the airfield, as you buzz around overhead, is sending the worst signal possible to the thousands/millions in lockdown, who are not so privileged. Shame on you! 

8 minutes ago, robinsm said:

 

How many p[eople remember the smallpox vaccination certificates that were required for travel overseas in the sixties and seventies.   etc etc.   Nothing changes,

 

Still got my little yellow vaccine booklet somewhere - have been traveling the world(with my parents)  since childhood, got jabbed for just about every preventable disease on the planet.

1 hour ago, APenNameAndThatA said:

You would get much better function if you hired someone to fly you where ever you need to go, be it in a Cessna or on Virgin. Cheaper, faster and you would have SO much extra time. (Of course, if you have very specific circumstances, like flying to muster or commute between two rural properties, then this post is me being wrong.) 

I understand your comment but fail to see your aviation point - we pilot are own/hired aircraft, mainly drive our own cars, ride are own motorbikes/horses - none of these are rational economic/safety decisions but once committed to one or many, we than have to decide what is important to us, in the conveyance of choice  -looks/ramp/sex appeal or performance. Occasionally they combine into one sublime creation but not often.

My apologise to any supporters out there but the worst example of "Ramp Appeal"(form) ,  that springs to my mind, would be the Harley Davison motor cycle - almost completely impractical, fuel guzzling, noise maker and as ugly as sin and if reputation is correct, handles like a" dead dog on ice" BUT loved with a passion, that defies understanding, especially by me.

Just guessing:

Seems to me it can only be one of the following:

• Blockage - filter, vent, line. Could even be a "flake off the inside of the tank, or a large insect body 
• Tank Selector - faulty, not fully selected

You appear to have eliminated fuel contamination/quality and carb icing.

19 minutes ago, Kyle Communications said:

Skippy we dont live in China....my son does he lives and works there and has done for the past 13 years...I can tell you some facts that you dont read about here.

I still maintain if your doing nothing wrong then its not a problem. I think people are just too petty and full of their own importance now. Personally I still maintain there is a minority and a majority...usually in the end the majority rules because they have the required push to make things happen when it counts.

 

Maybe I am too set in my ways. I would just like to go to my farm and get away and stay away from all the crap. OH&S and all the legal crap and paperwork and risk assements you have to fill out to even fart in a church nowdays is stupid...... well it will probably get to that...someone will be offended because I farted in church. It seems everyone gets offended even if you look at them...its all too precious now

 

My comment's are not directed at you per say - its a general observation about all police forces and the use (potential miss use) of population surveillances.

The fragility of democracy, particularly when our  Government(s) seems to be moving towards a level of secrecy,that seems to me, to be incompatible with a democratic system.

Its not a big step, to the police  & surveillance being used against the population and its democratic processes.

I have long felt the Australian public is remarkably blasé about the misbehaviour of our leaders - a dangerous trait, if you value democracy.

For some reason or another, people do not see the police force as being an arm of Government - they are wrong. The military are prevented, by legislation, from acting against the Australian public. Not so the police.

The police force is a quasi military organisation, who do the bidding of the Government of the day - there is no doubt in my mind, that we are always just a step away from the police being used, by Government,  for political outcomes.

You dont have to look very far to see communities/populations that are under constant CCTV surveillance. China, UK, being just two. 

Kyle is unconcerned about such surveillance, he being an upstanding pilled of the community - he may think differently if the data collected by such systems is use to manipulate elections, sideline political opponents and possible even jail individual activists.

Such technologies have both good and bad potential - we as a "free" people should be very much on our guard  about their use. This is particularly so with our Governments increasing tendency to secrecy in their activities.

1 minute ago, RFguy said:

thanks everyone for the input. 
slab plan is 150mm , reinforced (of course), epoxy sealed .  thickened at the edges.   there's been recent hangar built  that would provide plenty of ground info. 

 

ONETRACK , that link was EXCELLENT. 

 

Problem at the moment is the steel price. hangar price is up 30% approx from December....

 

Registered "Lachlan Valley Avionics"

 

 

 

 

 

You would have to work out if the savings are worth the hassle; Marty d's comment might be explored. Perhaps not to the point of "3 thick bits where the wheels will go" as this would limit the aircraft applications but certainly aa stronger are within the pad .

11 hours ago, Marty_d said:

Wouldn't you just need 3 thick bits where the wheels will go?  Guessing that it ain't going to deviate much if you don't want to bump the wingtips on the way in.  There's no weight on any other part of the floor.

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This is a unsubtle manipulation/selective use of fact,  probably designed to appeal to those who are experiencing anxiety about the CV 19 vaccination regime.

Kyle - first my apology (you will see why) - saw a very interesting unsolicited claim for a Sonex/Rotax 912 ULS , fitted with GA Eprop - 140 knots True at 5300rpm, 8000ft and apparently very smooth/low vib. Allowing for "fishing story" that pretty darn good.  

Have tried to find it again, to pass on to you, so far no luck, that's what I am apologising for.

Should not be to hard to make a reasonable guess at the max point loading - this would then lead to a discussion with an experienced concreter or Civil Engineer - with the specifications supplied - talk to the concreter about cost.

5 hours ago, facthunter said:

There's nothing new in trying to adapt other motors to aircraft but nothing beats designing one from scratch. Getting the drive from them is difficult "what is strong enough to mount it to? Same with mounting the engine. Where do you place the carburettor(s)? ALL import considerations. not easily dismissed if you're serious. Nev

All true Nev - what attracted me (in a complete theoretical sense) is that the Yamaha engines I looked at appear to have  the ability to maintain sustained high rpm/power ,in just the right band to be geared down (eg Rotax) for an excellent prop speed and all in an already compact/light package.

Nothing is ever simple but I suspect carburation is not one of the issues, as the engines are fuel injected.

I agree with your principal - cant just turn an engine 90 degrees, mount it with what into an airframe, drive a g box capable of supporting a prop and probably other fasters that would need to be addressed /solved

2 hours ago, Markdun said:

I was with you all the way till this Skip.  The ‘not-for-profit’ gambling dens/so-called football clubs, Catholic club, Labor club, in the A.C.T. get tax free on the basis of them spending dollars on community programs of ‘their choosing’.  So it ends up being a mates’ rotting of who gets funding.  Sure there are lots of deserving community grants made, but those aren’t necessarily the priorities I, or even the broader community (in the form of an elected parliament) would make.  Why can’t I then decide to spend money that would otherwise go to public funds via tax to my pet priorities, eg. I don’t want my tax money going to subsidise mining companies, agriculture or the military.  I say make em all pay tax and have our elected representatives decide the priorities through appropriations laws....of-course this fails when ministers don’t comply with laws on spending public money (like McKenzie) or when parliament abrogates their responsibility by purporting to delegate to the finance minister the power to shift funds from one appropriation to another.  (I say ‘purport’ because in my view that provision of the FMA is invalid as an impermissible delegation because under the Cth Constitution only parliament can make an appropriation, not the executive.)

Hi Mark,

Club in my context is all activates /organisations currently enjoying tax free/ or tax reduced status on the basis of being a charity, religious organisations of every "strip" (including affiliated schools, clubs of every description) etc  -  This "loop hole" has passed its used by date by decades & should be closed.

I am all for organisations doing good works & supporting them by not taxing the money/resources that goes directly to the poor/needy/oppressed/marginalised/etc BUT moneys & assets over and above this, must be taxed appropriately, on par with every other business.

I dont se much chance of this happening any time soon, with the ability of the religious lobby to get to the legislators (such is our secular state).

I am at a loss as to how you would prevent a charity from directing its efforts in the way that they want and am not sure that this is actually a desirable direction to take ie If the religious raise the money for the support of the faithful, that will benefit from thet support, who are we to cry foul? (even if we think the money might be better spent elsewhere). Perhaps supporting certain activates might be proscribed eg terrorist groups, misogynistic men's clubs, cults, etc

26 minutes ago, Kyle Communications said:

Hey Skippy

 

Your always doing compares to a Sonex...just had a call this morning from a guy who bought a Eprop from me who just re engined his Sonex with a 1500hr used Rotax 912ULS..I got the prop for him a while ago now. They flew it yesterday and they still have not got the prop adjusted correctly yet and expect more speed. At 5000 rpm the Sonex now does 145kts and the airspeed indicator has been calibrated and certified just recently..at 4500 rpm it was doing 130kts.

Just some info for you

 

 Very interesting Kyle - Thanks for the info. Still looking for a suitable aircraft.

Small point: My reference aircraft is a Sonerai 2,VH SGS,  built by Robyn Austin: http://www.worldrecordplane.com/aircraft-development-story

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https://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/threads/vh-srs-170-knot-sonerai-ii.34596/

5 hours ago, cscotthendry said:

True enough. We have a doctrine of separation of judiciary and state, and a doctrine of separation of church and state. We need separation of business and state.

And BTW, in Trumpistan, the separation of church and state was sorely tested. If I were POTUS Biden, there are a lot of churches that would lose their tax exempt status for politicking from the pulpit.

In Au, reality would seem to be at odds with the doctrine.

I agree with your "separation of business and state" it would seem all sides of politics avoids any commitment on this (vested interest) - look at all the polies employed  in post retirement jobs closely related to their political portfolio.

The religious clubs seem to have the ear of Government in a whole range of policies. Wasn't some bishop creature elevated to Governor General  a few gears back - stepped down after sex scandal revelation.

Polies "see the light" as every election approaches, with photo opportunities galore,  singing their little hearts out or on the steps having a tete a tete with the robed one - its sickening.

It about time we changed the tax law around charities & religious sects, schools, etc - I suggest, for all profits/assets, same levels of taxation as business - moneys spent in recognised good works tax free.

"Item 2 of the Plan says:

“Where reasonable and practical, control people, equipment and vehicles entering the property, thus minimising the potential for property contamination and, if possible, keep a record of such movements.”

I support your right to control entry to your property - you do not have to justify this.

However if my opinion is being sought:

The key words are "Where reasonable and practical" - are you being reasonable in your interpretation and is your interpretation practical ?

I would suggest you are being a tad over the top - we are talking about one hypothetical aircraft stopping/landing, for the pilot, who has poorly planed his/her flight, to have a leak - not going to put your biosecurity status at risk.

Unless the aircraft/pilot, have come from an area where a ovine and/or zoonotic infection is active and/or some invasive weed species is prevalent and likely to hitch a ride on/in the aircraft - then you might have a problem.

In summary: I support your position (even if I think its a bit extreme)

7 minutes ago, BirdDog said:

Oh man. I ended up in a rabbit hole of CDC and Pfizer websites so I can’t tell you the exact link but I took a screen shots of the document. See attached. I will dig and see if I can find the exact site. 
 

The problem is main stream media will not fact check stuff.  I have a very good friend who is involved in one of the biggest. They just run stuff. If another network runs it, so will they.  If it’s a lie, they will simply repeat it. Sad. 

 

Yep! it makes it hard for us, the average Joe, to make sense of it all. For my part I try hard to listen (dont read as much as I used to) - if the person appears to be qualified (as in recognised in "the field") - doesnt use too much jargon and makes sense (logical consistent argument/presentation) I tend to believe him/her. What more can I do?