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  1. Jabiru7252
    Take your Jab up high, do a 45° turn and let it stall. You'll find the Jab does not flip into a spin or turn upside down, it will actually level off if anything. Jab stalls are very benign.
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    You should be able to handle 45° turns without a worry at those speeds. You might need them when trying to get down between trees into a clearing during a forced landing. Go out and try some steep turns at slower speeds with plenty of height just to see how things feel.
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    Where did that info come from? It's wrong! When I learnt to fly the Jabs it was in a J160 and my speed on late final was around 60kts. I think you'll find 45kts clean and 40kts with full flaps. (10 minutes later....) I downloaded the POH for the J160D and it does state what you said. That's very strange, I'd be tempted to contact Jabiru.
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    Has anybody read the last post in its entirety?
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    I think it is.
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    I built a crystal set...
  7. Jabiru7252
    Well, you can download degrees from the internet, why not a pilot license. Go for ATPL, they look authentic enough to fool the masses.
  8. Jabiru7252
    Did you mean 'elevator' in this part of your comment? "No matter what you do to the rudder in level flight it will not cause you to turn, ...." Cause, my rudder makes me turn. In a turn, especially a steep one, pulling back on the elevator will tighten the turn, but we all know that...
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    Buyers are not prepared to pay a fair price and sellers ask too much!
  10. Jabiru7252
    I Google that aircraft make and get motor bikes (sigh....)
  11. Jabiru7252
    My halogen light causes no interference - why would it? The strobe doesn't either though some can. The strobe electronics fried not long after I bought my plane so I replaced with a cheap unit from Dick Smiths. (A burglar alarm unit). Cost $40 as opposed to $350. Been working great for the last 10 years.
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    A simple way to describe what's going on. The airflow pushes on the deflected surface (elevator/aileron etc.) and the reactionary force pushes the surface in the opposite direction of deflection. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The downward pointing arrow is a vector representing the deflection force and the drag.
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    What about paving bricks? Is that a silly thought? Seems a hell of a lot of money to concrete a hangar ($18K). I know of one or two hangars with no floor, just dirt.
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    100mm would seem thick enough to me, but I'm not a concreter's ass...
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    When the shed at mums was concreted the idiots didn't put down any plastic sheet so we had this problem of salty stuff coming up through the floor. Ended up coating the floor with some goo using a broom and it did the job.
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    From my experience the folks who build the hangar should know what's required. If they don't then they're shonkys.
  17. Jabiru7252
    When I want GPS backup I use an old Garmin Nuvi in 'off road mode'. It displays the planned track as pink lines and my actual track is displayed as a blue line. Works a treat. And you can overlay the data on Google Earth and replay it.
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    I find this a bit like using calculators. Why 'do' the math if you can use a calculator? I know a few folks who cannot subtract 35 from 50 without using a calculator or pencil and paper. It's sad that technology can actually makes us dumber.
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    Nope. I enjoy doing it the old way, both planning the flight and flying the plan.
  20. Jabiru7252
    I thought that Jabiru engine debacle was due to corruption and abuse of power. Somebody had it in for Jabiru and was gonna make em pay. Or am I mistaken?
  21. Jabiru7252
    It's all fun until you divide by zero!
  22. Jabiru7252
    Jeez, stinking hot and windy here so he must have been keen! Glad no damage or injuries occurred.
  23. Jabiru7252
    Two ways noise gets into the radio. Via the antenna or via the power lead. Disconnect the antenna at the radio, if there is no change in noise, it's coming via the power lead. Maybe need an inline choke (easy to make). If the noise goes away, it's coming via the antenna which means you need to check your RF suppressors (if fitted) or fit some if not. That's how we handled this sort of stuff when I was an apprentice radio tech years ago, installing/servicing two way radios when they were as big as shoe boxes! Of coarse you first check all antenna and radio connections are clean and secure.
  24. Jabiru7252
    There IS a Jabiru twin. In South Africa I think. Google it.
  25. Jabiru7252
    To think it took "bird brains" to utilize this idea first! maybe we're not so smart...
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