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  1. rhtrudder
    Maybe they will lift the stall speed as well otherwise what would be the point of going to 1500kgs , my other choice is to go with the rpl , but my question was more so to do with min cab width , any sugestions?
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    If the weight increase goes ahead I have been dreaming of maybe stepping up to a rv7 , but watching lots of y tube videos the cabin looks a bit cramped, great cruising along at 170 but nothing worse than rubbing shoulders on a long trip. The plane I fly has staggered seating , works good, what would the narrowest cab width you would go for.
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    My tyres are 8 ply , strong in the walls but not that thick in the tread, ended up using the goo and still had one go down over a few days used a bit more goo and it stopped and haven't had any more trouble , not bindie season at the moment though, wheels didn't seem to get out of balance so all good
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    I think under SAAA rules only the original builder can only do the maintenance , if sold it needs annuals done by a lame ,
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    Will this mean if you are the second owner of a RV7 and not the builder you can do your own maintenance which would be a huge plus
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    Thanks for that , I will get on it as soon as my strip dries out a bit
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    Might have to get radio nurd mate to figure it out
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    Driving me nuts, hard to track down the problem , the uhf unit doesnt pick it up so it maybe in the vhf aerial somewhere
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    plane has just developed a radio buzz on receive , the buzz goes up and down with the engine revs, volts look ok, replaced reg not that long ago, I have little knowledge when it comes to these problems, hoping someone can give me some ideas. engine is a 914 ,1350 hrs
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    The Rotax.com crowd gave it a good review, anyway I've ordered one through a mate who is in the trade so I hope it works as good as they say.
  11. rhtrudder
    Anyone used the Synchromate 11 , electronic gadget rather than vac gauges , read about them in eaa yank Mag , seems they are more accurate , I have a set of the tube type ,carbmate, they seem to stick and hard to get right.
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    Thanks for that, it's sort of what I figured to be on the safe side, our track is a long way from the military base so I guessed it was possible to transit , and we have all the life vests so we should be OK
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    Track is under adelaides steps ,below 8500 , but it looks like it takes you through restricted military zone flt 250 to sfc , could we contact the military to get permission or Adelaide twr
  14. rhtrudder
    Sorry never finished , try again , crosses r279 , what's involved to transit, rather than fly around .
  15. rhtrudder
    Planing a trip which will take us from Kingscote on kangaroo island to William creek but it crosses restricted r2
  16. rhtrudder
    You blokes need to get your heads out of the gutter and not between the jugs
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    We are using tuff jugs, got 4 of them, really easy to use, no spills and stop running when the tank is nearly full, no good on filling tanks that have vertical caps , got them from off road motorcycle shop , I think ballards import them , unsure about the static, cost about $90 haven't caught fire yet
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    I know of the odd pilot that are puzzled by how a nut screws on a bolt , but are still safe enough in the air and been flying for years, will this make any difference for them as I don't think it will teach them how to do any maintenance if its only ticking boxes
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    Unsure about the l1 maintainer online training wouldn't this be open to cheating ,is it in the form of a test, what happens if you fail miserably , do you have to hand your badge back in,or have I got this all wrong wouldn't be the first time
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    That looks like a very neat set up , I have a mate with a Savannah and has trouble with high oil temps , could you take some more pictures so I can show him how you set yours up . The cowl scoop on my plane faces backwards so I figured the air flow over it would draw hot air out. We overcome cold running by fitting thermostats in the intake radiator line , works good.
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    Just ordered them, stuck on the outside of the oil tank should give an accurate measure of the operating temp of the oil , am I right in thinking this?
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    Plane is a sabre ,I think mine is the only one with a 914, there was another but was crashed , the rest ,5 maybe all have 912's . Now the weather has cooled off temps are good . I opened the vent up on the cowl but it didn't seem to make any difference , prop is variable pitch set full fine on climb out, revs to red line. There is a small gap between the cooler and cowl so I might try and fill it with foam before next summer, thanks for your help
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    Where do you get these?
  24. rhtrudder
    KP 5 or sabre ,120 kts at 5200revs 34 map it will do 130kts at 5400 36 map but gets thirsty at the higher speed nearly run out of forward trim ,staggered seating which narrows it up a bit, retracts help also
  25. rhtrudder
    Check out a plane called the Millennium Master, .
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