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  1. pylon500
    Very sad news. Knew Sy well while working at AirAg. Helped in the rebuilding/restoring of his beaver and Twin Pin. Went to the first Tassie air races with him back god knows when.....? Really nice bloke, will be missed.
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    I would have thought it would then be like a Pitts Special !!!
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    Thread-drift The early Beavers had alloy strut fittings that would hold up to original maximum design weights, (there's a photo somewhere of a float Beaver that went IFR and looped out the bottom of a cloud and bent a wing about 30°, but landed safely). But when they came to Australia and started Ag work in our rough conditions, a couple managed to pull the wings off (not sure if it was a new aircraft that failed). All beavers now have steel strut fittings and doubler plates on the wings for Ag and sea-plane work. There may have been a few extra mods around the tail as well, I know the tailwheel fittings were beefed up.
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    Despite the stories, as far as 'Looking good (or right), the BD-5 still has to be the sexiest looking thing ever built....
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    I often wonder about the ability of 98 to hold it's octane rating, but fortunately, I tend to have a fairly high turnover, so it's rarely more than two weeks old (from the servo anyway). Usually around four days from the servo to use.
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    I keep wondering why people will go from 100LL Avgas to 95 Mogas? Just because engine manufacturers say you can use a minimum of 95 Ron fuels, doesn't mean this is the best fuel to use. 98 Mogas is still a lot cheaper than 100LL (if that's the reason to use Mogas). A lot of the Avgas fuels, specifically in aero engines, often caused run-on, this being the reason most aircraft engines use an idle cutoff, rather than just killing the mags. But more to the point, run-on is more likely to be caused by engines being run hotter than they should, in conjunction with carbi's set up a bit lean at idle?
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    From what I can see, it is usually LESS of the tail wheel type, that end up on their back.
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    I would have thought the easiest way to solve the problem was, learn to fly a tail dragger, build a taildragger (as Vans envisioned them), and only worry about breaking propellors if you get carried away with the brakes. Flame suit on, ready for the 'training wheel' set
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    This AD was probably brought about by this report; http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2005/aair/aair200501905.aspx Which includes this photo; So the text is referring to swaged terminals, and possibly any of the 'thin' looking terminals typical to control systems. or, And so on......
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    With regards the Kooka', is actually ALL wood, fuselage included. where my flying all started:chuffed:
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    One see's a lot of PT-6's doing the vertical descent thing, and usually getting away with it. I, and probably ozzie are aware that some Garrets don't take kindly to sort this treatment, maybe there is a possible problem with the PT-6 under these conditions?
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    My feeling as well...? An empty Pac 750 would glide pretty well, but if it's caught fire, might be better to get out.
  13. pylon500
    My fathers name was Len if you're asking me... I've done some modelling in the past as well. Yes, I'm an ex-Sandgroper. Some of my modelling stuff in the google link below.
  14. pylon500
    They don't always work...;
  15. pylon500
    Talking rocket powered, check this out !! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL8Pv2J4HbE
  16. pylon500
    Love the little twin Cox, how did it run?
  17. pylon500
    The Solar T-62 core , typically uses between 60 and 80 litres an hour.
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    Many have suggested this, and I half agree, but your point fell over when you mentioned two 90kg pilots. This means I'm limited to 80kg passenger/students. I was happy enough with 544kg when we had it. We also needed to tie in with a stall speed, thereby giving us the low inertia thing we are were supposed to hold to... Bring on RPL, then all the old GA pilots can go back to their Cessnas, and leave us to fly recreationally.
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    So, what was it?
  20. pylon500
    Remember that the original prototype Jabiru flew with a Rotax two stroke......
  21. pylon500
    Regarding rough running with 912's, you'll probably find it occurs as you throttle down through the 'zero thrust' rpm. At this point there is no load through the gearbox and the crankshaft impulses will excite the backlash in the box. Below that, the aircraft is pushing the prop.
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    Hey, I resemble that remark, well, sort of... This is from a Simpson's 'create a likeness' page that I can't find anymore. Megh...
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    This idea has been touted about for many years, especially after the debacle of storing the C130A's at Point Cook, and having them corrode away in the sea air. However, I have heard from a reliable source, that storage at many central Australian locations turns out to be just as bad due to the number of (sometimes) dry salt lakes around.
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    Yeah, looked like you were about to suffer a birdstrike from BEHIND
  25. pylon500
    Things are definitely looking on the up..... Had a registration that was a bit of a doozy; change of ownership (from deceased estate), back into the 'fold' (unregistered for a few years) and change of designation (95:10 to 19-xxxx). Filled out reams of paperwork, stat. dec. for ownership, numerous photos and weight & balance sheet. Scanned the whole lot, forwarded by email (about 7.3MB); TWENTY DAYS !!!! Now if the weather could just clear I can do a bit of re-test flying....
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