Marty_d

Wow, thanks for the responses... maybe the 82% figure wasn't that far off after all!

I've always believed there's a link between bikes & planes. For a start they both lean the right way in a turn, unlike those 4 wheel thingy's.

I started with RC models and Honda XL185, graduated to VFR750 and Cessna 172, hang glider, Triumph Speed Triple, another VFR750, then Suzuki GSX750F (dog of a bike; would never get another).

Then kids and 2 cars and motorbikes aren't financially viable, but damn I miss riding.

Model planes from about 1955, Got my bike licence in 1965 & started flying Hang Gliders in 1975 & PPL in 1995. Funny I never noticed that before, all things started half way through a decade. Now what should I do in 2015?

Hi,

Just out of interest, how many pilots out there are also motorcyclists?

I've always been interested to know if there's a higher than normal proportion of motorcyclists among pilots than general population. Obviously no conclusions can be drawn from a straw poll of this type, as most people who actually respond will be those who have an interest in the question (which probably won't be many!)

One US site did a poll and the result of that was that 82% of pilots have a motorbike licence (see http://us.ridexperience.metzeler.com/2012/04/82-of-pilots-ride/). For the reason above, among others, I don't believe the number is anywhere near that high, but I do have the feeling that the proportion of pilots who ride is higher than the rest of the population.

I'll put my hand up as one, and I know a couple of others. Over to you!

.Do you have to house and feed the guy turning the fan or does he go home at night?

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(I know it's the chute but it looks like a person sitting there!)

Looks like the ride has made him... er... airsick...

Now if only it was a motorbike! (hmmm... that reminds me, I have to start a new thread).

Marty. . . .are you SURE you don't require therapy ?(!) Phil

Oh, I know I require therapy!! I never understood that old joke "Insanity is hereditary - you get it from your kids"... until I had some. Kids that is, not therapy.

Yes but I can still handle those fancy looking birds !!!!!......................Maj....

"Handle those fancy looking birds"... "Fondle the old girl once again"...

Are we still talking planes??

MartyThe L angles between the ribs do not attach to the ribs they are about 4 mm short

I will take a pic of the plans and email them to you

 

Cheers

 

Allan

Thanks Allan, got that email. Thanks everyone for your advice!

Cheers, Marty

Glue some stiff foam ribs across the drumming areas??

That's another option, and certainly one I'm considering for the fuselage. However it seems easier just to use L (or Z) angles riveted to the skin rather than worrying about what type of glue to use, whether it'll eventually work loose due to vibration, etc etc.

Thanks Terry, that'd be fantastic.

I don't mind going out on a limb sometimes and putting in my own mod (after a LOT of thought), but always much happier if it's signed off by the designer. (Or his son).

That's how 'they' do it ............on the plans anyway!

Don't know about that - my plans have no false ribs shown at all, but I believe from anecdotal experience that many people add false ribs because of the large spans of unsupported 0.016" skin between the ribs (600mm). Apparently if you don't add them you get the banging noises as the skins "oil-can".

Hi MartyThe 750 and 650 now have L angles between the ribs side to side (parallel to the spar)

Cheers

 

Allan

Thanks Allan. Are they riveted to the rib flange as well, or just to the skin between them?

Thanks all, Marty

Hi,

I've cleco'd the top rear skin on the right wing and turned it over to do the bottom skin. However before it all gets put together I thought I should add false ribs (curved L angle) between ribs to get rid of oil canning in the wings.

How have people done this? Did you run the L angle all the way to the front and rear spars, or have a gap between them and just rivet to the skin? Or instead of running curved L from front to rear, did you run straight L span-wise between the ribs?

Interested in all discussion on this.

Thanks, Marty

His business is for sale!

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/nerang/business-for-sale/aircraft-wrecking-and-spare-parts/1014489743

...."religious education"...

Anyone see Kevin McCloud's "Man Made Home" series? He used a B737 cowling as a hot tub. Looked great. Wish we had an aircraft graveyard here that gave away parts!

I agree with all the comments - well done Sabrina!

Brings back memories of my first solo - totally unexpected at 6 hours (think they changed the rules the next year, this would be 1990!) - was just doing touch and go's, the instructor told me to come to a full stop, he jumped out and said "Off you go!"

I remember 2 things... the aircraft (C172) seemed to leap into the air without the weight of the instructor, and I couldn't get the grin off my face when I landed.

So treasure the memory and enjoy flying!

I just happened to flick the channel and saw the scene in the movie Face/Off where Nicholas Cage is trying to escape in a Lockheed L1329 JetStar. After John Travolta knocks one of the elevators off with his helicopter's skid (weak hinges there!!) young Nick shoots the pilot then, STANDING in the cockpit, steers the plane off the runway and into a hangar by turning the control column...

Good luck with that one!!

(Obviously leaving out the whole premise of being able to swap faces with another person to infiltrate their criminal enterprise and even fool their brother).

"...Police identified the offending stations by the queues of aircraft waiting to fill up..."

As long as you didn't serve airline food...

My kids have something like that for a playhouse.

I was thinking today that it'd make the world's best cubby house. Make your kids the most popular in the neighbourhood - that's gotta be worth $700!

According to the ad, seller could get $900 for scrap but prefers to sell it as an aircraft - good on them for that!

Jeez even wheels, brakes, control cables etc would make it worth it - if you had the space to store it. Then sell the rest for scrap.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BEECHCRAFT-EXCALIBUR-QUEEN-AIR-AIRFRAME-LOCATED-JANDAKOT-YPJT-/271213951591?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid=111000&algo=REC.CURRENT&ao=1&asc=14&meid=8022047571532556906&pid=100015&prg=1006&rk=3&sd=161036393587&

$700 will buy it now! (minus props/engines/avionics/instruments).

Surely some budding inventor out there could do a "flight of the Phoenix" job on this? Use the outer wing panels, wheels/brakes and tail surfaces, bolt them on a home made fuselage and off you go!

I'd really like to have a flight one day. The other day as I was coming out of my piano lesson (in Kingston), the beaver was flying overhead and the engine sounded fantastic.I don't think it'd be able to fly today though, with the wind like it is.

 

Tom

Yeah, we live in Allens Rivulet and I've seen (and heard) it heading over for points south, probably Melaleuca. It was doing joy flights from Kingston Beach on Australia Day, that was pretty cool to see.

Sometimes my wife & I get fish & chips and sit on the wharf where it's tied up and I drool over it a bit (well, I think I'm drooling over the plane, might just be the crumbed trevalla from Flippers).

I'm pleased to hear it (wish that I lived there - LOVE the sound of round.) Don

The latest OzRunways uses a term rubberband in relation to an IFR approach point - is this a regular computer term? It means nothing to me, can anyone shed any light on what is meant by it/how to do it?

Very true, look at the videos of Bob Hoover, rests a glass of water on the instrument panel and also pours a glass of water while doing a barrel roll without spilling a drop.

Talking of low flying though, check these guys out... at 4mm below the surface I think they get the prize for lowest flying!