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    Standard Jab battery I believe, Odyssey sealed lead acid, probably PC625 or similar.
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    Destruction was such that I doubt anybody will find out what happened. If a rat chewed the wires, it would have been in the last 24 hours and as far as I know the hangar, being used so much has no rodent problems.
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    A Jabiru, parked in a hangar, master switch off, battery hooked up to a smart charger. Without warning the aircraft catches fire and is totally destroyed. All aircraft are checked at the end of the flying day to be sure they are stowed properly. This aircraft had not flown for a few days. A look at the wiring diagram shows that the battery is pretty much isolated from the aircraft when the master switch is off. No fuel leaks around the plane. So, I'm suspecting either the battery caught alight (standard Jabiru battery fitted) because it was faulty or perhaps the smart charger cooked the battery. I would think being 'smart' that would not happen. Your thoughts....
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    I don't need to show off, I have a pilot licence.
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    Interesting comments. In my Jabiru J170, when I pull the throttle back, I have to hold the nose up to wash off speed. They are 'slippery'.
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    I need to get out more, I have no idea what IR and IREX means. (IR means Infrared in my line of work)
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    I'd say he stalled because his angle of bank was way too steep for his speed. Pretty simple in my book.
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    Oh well, at least he didn't kill anyone on the ground.
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    78 years old! I'll be happy if I can make a coffee at 78. RIP.
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    Steam trains carried a few tons of coal to burn and a few zillion gallons of water. It's no wonder it never made it into anything else, apart from ships and factories.
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    Armature built? :lightning:Welcome to the mob...
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    You only ground one end so you don't get currents flowing through the shield. That can cause problems itself.
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    When I was in about grade 5 or 6 I remember how a teacher said that hydro-electricity was where water was turned into electricity. I thought that was amazing and desperately wanted to know how it was done. When I discovered what really went on, I was quite disappointed.
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    What gets up my nose is that an aircraft transceiver is just a simple AM transceiver, like the old AM CB radios, just using VHF instead of HF. Now, if we have to pay $1000 for a simple piece of kit then I would assume that's because they are built to a far better standard than a CB radio. So, how would MicroAir be allowed to produce rubbish? There is nothing that justifies the ridiculous price for any equipment we put in planes. I know folks who still have working AM CB radios from the 70s.
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    The last time I looked inside a modern radio, I could identify the audio chip (LM386 I think) and a few components. All the rest has shrunk, never to be seen by old eyes again. Been out of the radio servicing game for thirty years after taking up digital electronics and programming. My retirement plan is chemical engineering, I intend converting port, wine and beer into urine, probably on a daily basis. Perhaps the suspect radio should be placed on a vibration table while testing its performance. My Microair has been faultless since 2009.
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    Hmmm, if the radio works on the bench, that is, transmits and receives without any problems (with antenna as close as it would be on a plane) then any problems would have to be with the installation in the plane. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. I have seen radios misbehave because RF is getting back into the wiring. Sqeals in the speaker/headphones are common when this happens. I miss the days when the radios were as big as a shoe box and weighed a ton.
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    All the wind turbines, solar panels and other 'green' energy supplies are a waste of time if we don't reverse our population growth. God help the kids who'll be around in 50 years or so.
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    Nothing scarier than when you hear the pilot say "Jeez, I've run out of aileron".
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    Had she died, a man would be blamed....
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    But, wasn't it suggested that the pilot of MH370 switched off all the tracking? That Jumbo (Korean Airlines flight 007) that was shot down didn't switch off its equipment. It (apparently) wandered off course and strayed too close to Russian sensitive airspace.
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    https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/39478454/pilot-and-passenger-receive-minor-injuries-in-emergency-landing/
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    Oh man, the new website is corrupting messages. The last one looks like double dutch to me...
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    At Gawler, we have three windsocks and they can be pointing in three different directions at the same time.
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    I used to be in the Darwin parachute club, jumped a few times over Batchelor. Way back in the early eighties. Much prefer flying a plane rather than jumping from one. I remember a few jumping into the Noonamah pub for a beer at the end of the day.
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    I take my hat off to anybody who can enjoy flying a light sport aircraft in hot, bumpy conditions. I find it just awful. Good luck with your 'real' test. I'm sure you'll do just fine....
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