turboplanner

1 hour ago, APenNameAndThatA said:

There is a shortage of hanger space everywhere it seems. 

Yes, that would indicate Recreational Aviation is thriving and has not collapsed.

1 hour ago, skippydiesel said:

OOOH1 Looks nasty - perhaps the pilot managed to round out between this moment & contact with the ground.

The wings aren't crumpled, looks like the engine and rear fuselage have been snapped off so it's had a hit and snap each end, which would have absorbed a lot of the energy; sometimes you can be lucky. I don't think there was any rounding out. We're hampered by just the one shot. Maybe a video will surface.

....he was right; there was a slim bulge in the pants about the size of a stiletto. Fred realised Cappy had seen his tool; Cappy had seen Fred's furtive look, and they both moved at the same time. Like lightning, Fred had his stiletto out and struck for Cappy's heart. Cappy was too quick, he'd grabbed the Chamber pot, easily parried the blow and heard Fred's wrist bones crack when the blade hit cast iron.

Mustapha, who hated both Italians and playboys, on the basis that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, grabbed a piece of 4x2 from some renovations Cappy had been doing, and laid Fred out, but just as .........

20 minutes ago, ClintonB said:

Glad to hear both are ok. Why do the reporters use words like “plunged from the sky” , it looked more like gliding for an emergency landing than plunging. You would think they own a dictionary to check meanings of words.

Have a look at the vertical pole, the tree branches and then the attitude of the aircraft; it wasn't gliding.

6 minutes ago, RFguy said:

Agent recommends at least disassembly and checkout at 1000h on gearbox.  Rotax is excellent value for money IMO . 35 grand / 2000 = $17.50 per hour.  Admittidly some people will never fly > 500 hours. yes, higher cost for them per hour. (putting aside good resale options)   great for schools that do lots  of hours and there is scant  care for the engine like an owner would.

 

Good to see someone thinking through total cost of life. It's not the upfront price its the cost from the time you buy it to the time you sell it, and the calculation includes how much you get for it.

1 minute ago, old man emu said:

Is the negativity we are expressing a symptom of COVID-itis? 

The first part could be anything, but after people started to say it isn't dead it's people not reading or understanding what they are saying. 

Didn't anyone read the posts above where people actually visiting airfields and talking to real people flying aircraft in several different parts of Australia gave very positive stories.

If you look for misery you'll find it, but if you really think its the end of Recreational Flying, check the RAA Numbers out; my bet is tey are not collaspsing.

Better to have a positive thread.

.......saw an Army Surplus store ahead of him with the sign Historic Arms. Racing in he saw on a wall an 1800's longarm with 20 inch bayonet, grabbed it ran over to the counter and paid. He didn't ask for ammunition because that may have offended. He had just enough time to turn around when he heard a thump in the doorway; Cappy had tripped on the step and the sword sliced through some delicate 19th century lacework (Loxyref).

he was up again and heading for Mustapha, but Mustapha knew that a rifle and batonet easily outreached a sword. That had been proven at the Battle of Culloden, so he stood there and slashed at Cappy just as Cappy was getting ready for the kller stroke. The sword went wide and knocked over a stack of Willow Pattern dishes. The shopkeeper, Abraham Plane yelled, "Get out of here you dastards! Play in the street!"

But they never heard him; Starlight stepped lightly back but knocked over a stack of Bibles, and Mustapha went for the gut.

Cappy had no guts, so the rifle over-reached and Mustapha fell forward. Cappy slashed down with the sword straight for the throat but accidently struck a giant chamber pot.

By this time the police had arrived, accompaqnied by young stringers Sherly Holmes and Hercule Poirot, each hoping for a death they could solve.

The police were powerless; a whistle is no match for a rifle and bayonet or a sword.

Saved by a chamber pot, Mustapha leapt forward and stabbed Cappy in the left buttock with the bayonet. Cappy started squealing and wailing, and Mustapha had to put his arm around him and settle him down. Mustapha said he was sorry for burning the chairs and .......

TURBO WAS MERELY DOUBLE POSTING IN AN EFFORT TO HELP GET MORE POSTS MOVING ON WF.

Just now, turboplanner said:

......particularly the garden recliners which had become lost in his front lawn. "I mow the lawn every year whether it needs it or not"  he said defensively, "but now I can't find them and these chairs were given to me by the last Czar of Russia, so I can't afford to run over them."

 

Mustapha Turbas, who had been missing for several pages set fire to the lawn and when the fire was out assures Cappy that he must have left the chairs somewhere else.

 

Starlight had a sneaking suspicion he had been ...........................

......particularly the garden recliners which had become lost in his front lawn. "I mow the lawn every year whether it needs it or not"  he said defensively, "but now I can't find them and these chairs were given to me by the last Czar of Russia, so I can't afford to run over them."

Mustapha Turbas, who had been missing for several pages set fire to the lawn and when the fore was out assures Cappy that he must have left the chairs somewhere else.

Starlight had a sneaking suspicion he had been ...........................

.....that matter the RAA itself. Pooh could feel a thesis coming on, so ......

On 09/11/2020 at 9:06 PM, skippydiesel said:

Friend - your naivety is breathtaking to think that somehow the market will dictate in all situations. Commercial history is full of suppliers that dictate retail price (check out De Beers) - you just have to have a commodity that is sufficiently in demand that the retailers will agree to the suppliers terms.

We're in Australia and subject to the Competition & Consumer Act 2010

The supplier (manufacturer) cannot set a minimum sell price in Australia without risking massive fines. Dealers frequently sell at reduced margin and even below Dealer Net cost if they are temporarily going after market share, or need to move stock to avoid floor plan charges.

Manufacturers on the international scene can strategically price their products to what the market will bear. The best in the world, by far, at this are the Japanese where a product sold in Paupua New Guinea may cost only 20% of the same product in Australia. The end result of that is we are subsidising PNG buyers, but they can afford to buy new product, so the volume increases, the Walton's principle takes over and our price becomes cheaper because of the higher volume.

People who bypass Australian distributors are usually their own worst enemy. The overseas price looks greate up front, but the Manufacturer may be selling a particular variant for Australia with different specifications, different sub-assemblies, and sometimes different direction of rotation. Get past that and there's no way you can even get close to the volume rates the manufacturer gets for shiiping. At times I've sent trucks to the US for specialised body work, shipped them back on the bulk routes to Japan and done it again to Australia, and still finished up with a viable product. I've also handled about a thousand phone enquiries for non wearing parts from people who bought an engine only to find it doesn't fit.

I've actually set a marketing policy that produced huge sales volume, based on the local dealer being able to make his full margin and this being willing to do minor repairs at cost, supply parts on Sundays etc.

Then, as we have seen in the last few post engines aren't just engines. Sometimes you have to spend hours trying to find out exactly what sub assemblies come with the engine.

On 31/08/2020 at 2:29 PM, facthunter said:

Where a brand name meant something? . Even good stuff can be demolished by barbarians but bad stuff does it by itself if it EVER worked properly at anytime. Lots of US and Japanese (even) include parts made in China. . I'll say it again.... People buy only on price Paid.. IF they won't pay any extra who'll be able to sell stuff that's better (but more expensive)? Nev

Professional salesmen; that's what they do for a living.

........his mother named him Winnie.

Not many people know that he was a real person, educated at Harvard, where he has been a student for nearly 60 years with degrees in any subject that didn't require going to work. His best work was in history where he produced a 1700 page thesis on the manufacture of hoof picks for the animals taking part in the American Civil War.

This background made him an ideal mate for Cappy, who imagined he also had degrees and would spend hours telling ...................

....Whitlam ere where men were men and women ran for cover.

"There was none of that ABCFBI then" he said, and without the slightest change in knitting speed, Beryl corrected him.

"Why can't they plant XXXXXXX LAWN in these places" said Mauie, who'd just dropped his sausage in the stones.

"Pooh!, who dropped that one" said James, covering up his own...................

......cook two sausages and an onion for the 387th day in a row.

Cappy didn't have his glasses, and when he saw the information about the six inch shells, he knew he would have to go bigger. He drove the land cruiser over to the RSL and dragged back a WW1 15inch Howitzer. It took 48 packets of 12 gauge shells before it filled the breech, and Cappy lined it up carefully on the MMFFA. LuckilyCappy also suffered from severe stigmatism because he missed all the MMFFA members but cut a trawler in half. 

He'd forgotten to peg down the Howitzer and the kick back launched it right across the road and though BOK SOY's Chinese Restaurant.

Cappy jumped in the Land Cruiser and .......

.......packed caravaners cooking dinner after having driven 5,000 km to pat a dolphin, and finding out only kids under 3 were allowed to pat them.The language wasn't too good before the rockets were fired, but once they started to skim close to the tops of the vans, it was on and they responded with.............

....she was walking next to me I don’t know. I was undercover for the CIA doing a troop count and she kept walking up to me saying “Cappiski!, Cappiski! you see him? Tell him I have babiska!”  Turbo had forgotten about it but thanks to Bull has been reminded. Happy news Cappy, you have a son in Russia. He’d be 54 now, and......

....perhaps getting closer than he should to someone in jodpurs. Turbo had never flown with him for this reason (not that Turbo had ever worn jodpurs) but you never knew when a innocent called aloud would be taken the wrong way, and then ...........

...........Tiger Moth; it was Foxhunter complete in jodpurs, leather jacket and silk scarf. He waved to ..........

............just get in the wrong door by mistake, press this button, hit D, right foot down, and he ran the BMW straight into the 35 punturing the radiator on the BMW and the nose wheel on the 35. The Constable looked at him with a faraway look in his eyes.......the paperwork......the witness statements......."had you secured your vehicle Constable?"..... the independent inquiry. "Just go" he said to the Captain, "no one wold ever believe me anyway" The Constable stood there as the last of the coolant drainer from the beamer, then a thought...............

.............Highway Patrol diesel BMW emerged from a side road and ..............

1 minute ago, skippydiesel said:

Come on guys - help me out I am just trying to get a bit of lively/life signs - someone defend those obsolete air cooled monstrosities

I will, just need the $5 billion first though before i lift a finger anywhere near a drawing board.

.....was dipping air. He needed fuel, and a lot of it, but ...................