spacesailor

I put an air scoop on the Hummel to cool the magnito, forward facing , and when the prop wash stops  it can vent upwards.

Little bit of tin work to put upturned vent with baffle riveted under to direct the air were needed, only small.

Made BIG difference to temp's before & after, as no airflow near Mag, before. (mag on top, rear of motor).

spacesailor 

OH, 

Really thought it was your trusty "Thruster".

spacesaillor

One Hundred & five litres.

Seems a lot for a 582 Rotax, Or do you do a lot of long distance flying ?. (20 LpH =5 hour)

spacesailor

Queensland's 

Town of Norman had to be renamed 

KARUMBA

On the Norman river.

spacesailor

"Gillard during her quite successful term as PM."

Every time she opened her mouth. people said, "SHE"S LYING Again"

spacesailor

hARMLESS missile !

spacesailor

And 

NOW the Silent Harley

"The Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycle. Built in collaboration with Panasonic Automotive,

     it can go from 0-60 mph in under 3.5 seconds and requires no gear shifting."

Each time one ROARS past, us oldies will be checking our Hearing-Aid batteries. LoL

spacesailor

Thanks Turb's

Any rich old ladies ?.

Any one with Spare Memory chips? . (I need a couple  for my brain( always blamed the Opiates the hospital gave me in the 40's but now they say it's head trauma (concussion))

Had lots of head bashing from the teacher's trying to instill some Education, Had a 14 day sleep once and lost three months memory before the event then loosing day ( wake up missing the previous day's memory, or two/three !. no primary ed makes the teacher's when 10yo. blow their cool super quick.

So back to school is (lost word for "frightening the sheeet out of me" 

" and exams you learn how to pass but don't  really know the subject.. "

NEVER EVER PAST AN EXAM, not even my driving licence, (didn't get my name right, Examiner after telling me Failed verbally gave me more questions then said "PASS".

LOVE this country. ( won't happen with this new computer testing.)

spacesailor

THOUGHT 

I'll show the pictures of my mishap !.

I did at one stage have it all safely stowed, but things get moved around And then the S hits the fan !.

spaesailor

Home_prop_run.mp4

Home_prop_run.mp4

Home built 95-10 ,

With a 1/2 VW motor And home made wooden prop.

Should be Home maintenance, (or they may find annoying engine parts not to their liking).

Can register it as VH experimental or RAA 95-19 , ( I don't know were that would leave my maintenance).

Would be unwise to "truck" an aircraft fuselage & engine some were to have a Licenced mechanic  do the same check as I do anyway. (probably ask for the OTHER two cylinder's)

NOT that broken VW motor's are New.

glad I run a filter as an oil cooler.

spacesailor

Nothing is set in concrete !.

I was caught out, Hummel Birds flying & registered. BUT when I came to the time for final inspection RAA CHANGED the RULES.

18 builder's on my list and none were registered after rule change, existing flying H B's were "Grandfathered" 

Except one Rotax powered H B in the 19 category.

spacesailor

Not necessarily fun.

I failed my Basic air exam, was told I'm wasting the CFI's time & my money.

So I'm back to being a dreamer of a pilot. 

When the prop shattered I put a Gauge on the hub to check for problems (not out of round), replaced the prop remains, with my next home made prop,  

restarted and gingerly did my test run (success). Home made prop is lighter than commercial and splintered into a shower of shards (less torque damage to motor).

I really miss being a real airman, as I didn't think my practical flying was BAD. 

Big problem is No education in formative years & easily depressed by any knockback, plus the worst memory you could live with.

And I love this forum & Your contribution too , So many thanks to you & All who allow me to be here.

spacesailor

Turbs 

Should I have done an Accident Report When the DeckChair Fell onto my prop & caused a broken deckchair & prop ?. LoL

spacesailor

Did you get the feeling HE was trying to fail you.

spacesailor

I practice Airmanship.

"If you genuinely practice airmanship you are less likely ever to be caught up in one of these discussions".

No licence,

No insurance,

No registration,

No landing fees,

Just sit in the pilots seat, rev up to takeoff rev's touch the joystick rearwards a little, Close eye's AND 

AWAY WE GO .

spacesailor

All the Best get well wishes from me.

And don't go "Olympic Athlete" after your operation.

spacesailor

COPY CAT

They'r just copying the 1/2 VW HummelBird

And not as Pretty.

Not far away by mr google's map There is a DC3, (guessing).

spacesailor

Only to be expected (the yanks taking Our record ) 

Did they make a record at Oshkosh "number's of aircraft landing within one hour".

I heard after a rain delay, the light-weight aircraft were disobeying Air-traffic -control and coming  in "Nose to tail, staggered. All trying to beat "last-light".

spacesailor

Fantastic (wall of fire) show.

When will you try for that new record?.

A lot of people seem to miss a good show & hear about it later.

spacesailor

Ridiculous having Equipment on an airfield 

Equally  Ridiculous Not checking his landing objective (area).

I hope they can settle "out-of-court" & cut some of that expense down.

spacesailor

Iv'e Noted Down thro my life there's always someone to make a Law/rule that stops Some people enjoying themselves !.

"Extensive amounts of rules and regulations regarding safety, are generally put in place to prevent idiots from killing themselves and others."

And still Unlicensed driver's kill themselves.

A strong swimmer drowned at Clovelly beach while Snorkeling in calm waters. and another within minutes at North-Stradbroke isle.

More and more seam to be oblivious to their surroundings, thinking "It wont happen to me"

F T, maybe they will change it's name, Blacktown, started as "Blackstown" according to what Iv'e read of this area.

And an acquaintance has the name,"Blackass" (spelling).  I mean how can you call him without feeling embarrassed, his mates go all the way & say it as "arse"

And so a " A Rose by any other name still smells as sweet"

spacesailor

What ever happened to the SAFE  helicopter the Autogyro'd to land without endangering the passenger's.

spacesailor 

That's the Dream machine I had GIVEN to me.

The late 60's, I was an apprentice and had to go to the airfields to chop the wings off, prior to trucking back to the foundry for smelting back into ingots.

the company made 300 pound per ton after tax(net).

My Canadian Super Sabre, was not only fully fueled but also Fully Armed.

The Boss wasn't pleased at all when I wouldn't get out of the cockpit, To start work dismantling Many different types of planes.

They didn't let me take it home after all. And Mum would have had a fit.

So I just collected motor-bikes, All from the army disposals.

spacesailor 

A lot of people are saying "can't learn from internet"

But what of those great "Video's" from Kings training videos?

spacesailor