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Apparently.

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11 minutes ago, facthunter said:

They don't do you any good either or guarantee no heart problems going forward. Nev

You've said this many time and that's the way it was in the sixties and 70s before scanners.

However, now, with multiple scanners in big hospitals and different types, and pushing camera's up from the wrist area into the heart,  they can see what % Plaque, and stent an artery, they can see the valves and replace them, etc so there are less surprises.

What they do after surgery now is send the patient to regular clinics where they do quite heavy work outs; from what I saw heaveier than Stress ECG, so if you are interested in heart it would bve well worth a look at what happens today. For a start not too many die in their 50s and 60s like they used to.

2 hours ago, Geoff_H said:

But when you hit 75 the rules even for class 5 change.  Is the stress test etc mandatory then, even without prior problems? It is with a class 2

You just got some very good advice.

The tests you describe are serious heart tests, so personally I wouldn't mess around with them.

2 hours ago, BrendAn said:

True but where do you even find these stories 

On RecreationalFlting.com.au

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

IT would NOT be a GENUINE  FORD "Motorcraft" hose for sure. Do you believe every thing you ,read Turbs?   nev

Of course not. I do got top Supercheap from time to time, I do look up their ring binders and get Part Numbers for items and even though you might not believe it they do fit the Falcon when you take them home. Is there anything wrong with that?

Did you find the report he made?  It was actually about a Recreational aircraft and it was actually a good lesson in safety backing up what you had said. 

3 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

Sorry.l was a bit rude. I only asked because Supercheap don't sell ford brand hose afaik

You were; you could have looked up the story yourself.

4 minutes ago, Captain said:

dear bull. please pay attention in future. Somewhere around page 673, doubtfire used numerous pronouns reflecting several genders and signified a preference for standing while ......

And also Constable Doubtfire had numerous liaisons which produced many officious offspring, and then there were her 8 bros who produced many young Officers and then there were her 7 uncles and 6 aunts and they were spread all over Australia. Next time you get on a flight to the Gold Coast you could be sitting next to one.

1 minute ago, BrendAn said:

Did U make that up

No, you can go on this site and read all his reports and a running commentary on his fortunes, including getting lost when he didn't recognise Gippsland and I mean coming south off the mountains.

.........Then there was the guy who bought Ford oil hose from Supercheap, and down he went. Good forced landing but a lot of damage. I can remember him saying "God made sh!t; Ford turned it into cars.

..........not happy with these unflattering tattoos, blown up even more when viewed up through the water, and although they couldn't speak or understand written language, they knew what fat was; most of them dieting on sea cabbage for most of their lives trying to get down to mermaid size. 

They could see the turtles given batter feed and treatment so they herded and waited.............

...a lot of other houses as well apparently.

• Mountain Passes South Africa (Action photo of the day) where Lucy innocently asks: "What's happening to the road at the bottom of the photo?"
• Las Vegas Athletics Club (reversed photo)
• RAF A400 following the road 4 years ago r/aviation
• Airlines.Net 4 years ago
• Pinterest - several
• Tranquil Flight Scene
• Jet refuelling over landscape  [really]
• Qatar Airways Wallpaper
• Linkedin 
• Defence Express

......assist and educate the local extinct tribespeople on how to become rich beyond their dreams.

As TENT and Flagon's PR consultant Cappy Cook IX put it at the release: "Kill one mother turtle with 300 eggs inside, a good meal for the tribe; catch 10 mothers and let then lay their eggs in our aquaculture tanks - you be like Sultans.

Soon the tribes were driving round and round the Community in Lamborghinis.........

.......drawing straws to see who woul be going into the waters but....

.....Turtle him.

Turtling was a WA thing until the government outlawed it, and we can't say in public what it actually was or describe it, but ........

fed on the chololate smarties that sent parents insane trying to break up fights between the kids, and fish guts from the professional fishermen who frequented Monkey Mia after dark and seemed to have some very big Snapper.

This got to the ears of WAFISH Inspector Doughtfire. 

The first night he was on the jetty huddled under a blanket with a beanie on and fishing rod in his hand he was pushed off the jetty, probably because the only ute for a mile had WAFIS "Measure your catch" on it.

The second night he covered himself with sand on the beach and breathed through a straw. After a while he decided he needed to go, and cautiously lifted his head to see he was surrounded by ..........

Cleanup Operation (EPANZ35645879654) which required spraying 100% of the Lake Taupo surface and because of the steep hills around it the only airctraft crop sprayers which could do it were the  Turbine-Drifter Cropmaster aircraft. On this dangerous operation the Cropmasters were limited to 20 litres of spray, so 30 aircraft were bought on the basis that the NZ Government would offset the cost by reselling them to microlight clubs.

The operation was a success and all whitebait were killed.

The professional whitebait fishing companies were outraged and went to the government. "You've killed our industry!" they said, "there aren't any whitebait to sell now!"

"Well what do you expect" replied the Minister for The Environment. You wanted us to clean up the bloom, and we've cleaned up the bloom!"

This wasn't getting them anywhere so a delegation was sent to the Mekong Delta pair for by the fishermen. The first delegation had to be cancelled after the Vietnam Post wrote a story with photos ...........

3 hours ago, Moneybox said:

https://decalinchemicals.com/products/decalin-runup-fuel-additive/

 

Decalin RunUp is approved for use with the new 100VLL (Very Low Lead) fuel announced by the FAA on Special Airworthiness Bulletin NE-11-55. 

This is a Chemical Company Ad.

It may be approved by FAA, but an owner, pilot of an aircraft should be looking for the approval of the engine manufacturer, who does the failures per 100 engines on the dyno tests. 

That's not to say the product (a) hasn't been through those tests or (b) would not have passed them.

1 minute ago, spacesailor said:

Do you mean no endorsement  required?.

Going " solo " is the start of being  " PIC " .

SO I've go a couple of hours in the Foxbat  then change to train in a taildragger .

I have been " checked " to fly any  tail dragger .

Even ' Draco's turboprop hyperstol ' taildragger .

spacesailor

 

 

 

Hang on, there's the jump from sitting in your aircraft on the trailer and starting the engine to going through ALL the training to RPC first.

12 minutes ago, aro said:

According to Wikipedia,  mogas is "a slang for common gasoline (for cars, motorcycles, lawnmowers ...) used by aviators to distinguish it from avgas".

According to BP, "Mogas is otherwise known as motor gasoline, is used by ground vehicles, while Avgas is specifically developed for aircraft use"

 

Neither indicate it is a specific fuel different to what is available in Australia. Unless you can point to an example that shows Mogas actually exists as a specific fuel, I'm inclined to believe BP rather than just your say-so.

BP at Sunbury-Upon-Thames might be pretending to be Yanks, but we're taking about Australian fuels here so that's not adding anything to safety in our country when people are confused and sometimes misled about the correct fuel to use for their aircraft.

I was running through the Australian fuel suppliers this afternoon and there are 88 different companies with from 1 to 1540 outlets

Of these there really was a Mogas with 19 outlets servicing Regional South Australia and Northern Territory. OTR was the owner and was acquired by Viva Energy on April 2, 2024.

39 minutes ago, spacesailor said:

more endorseendo's .

Don't we have enough. 

Endorsement for radio , air to ground then another for ground to Air ! .

Endorsement for flying then another to fly the a different landing place .

Endorsed to fly the training aircraft , then another Endorsement to fly tailwheel .

to high then, to low flying endorsement. 

spacesailor

If you study CASA history you will see what the Endorsements were, and how they were dropped.

If you go on the RAA site you will see that they do have some endorsements but just a few.

20 minutes ago, Moneybox said:

Some of the old Ferguson tractors would start on petrol and then switch to kerosine and those engines worked hard and lasted forever. I guess some fuel requirements are overstated a bit. Good marketing to get us paying premium prices.

The engines and carburtors were designed for that.

With a kero tractor you would get the best result by turning the kero off and just as the engine stuttered, turning the petrol on so it ran on the petrol and kero residue. Start the next morning was instant on petrol and when the engine was warm the taps were reveresed; petrol off, Kero on.

On the diesel tractors the fuel cutout was pulled at the end of the day. The next morning the decompression lever was pulled up, throttle to idle and the engine started on petrol for 3 or 4 minutes then both levers were slammed down for a spectactular roar in the bigger models and you were ready for work.

It was a nuisance filling with two fuels, and that process was followed by the dedicated diesel where glow plus in each cylinder were held on for 30 seconds or so and there was enough heat to fire the diesel.

However, this interchangeability of fuels is a red herring. As a pilot your issue is an engine failure.

So your concern is what causes an engine failure and using fuel other than that specified by the manufacturer is the start of where you don't want to go. You may be lucky and get a No Start, so no crash. You may not and get a blockage in the fuel line, the carb, of if fuel injected, in enough injectors to stop the engine.

35 minutes ago, skippydiesel said:

Onetrack,

I have to call you out on this statement:

 

"................fuel and refining standards are vastly different between the U.S. and Australia.

 

You are clearly the expert on Australian fuel BUT  "vastly diffrent" ???  if this is correct, how can the same engine run equally happily on either Australian or US petrol??😈
 

I'll give you an example; Australia was not able to introduce a CO2 emission level (so Australian cars had no maximum enission level for CO2, like they did for NOx and PM), because fuel quality plays a big role in CO2 test results. 

You could build a very efficient engine, but the fuels being imported into Australia were so bad that we couldn't get stable CO2 results. In the finish the automotive industry and the fuel industry got together and made an agreement on the standard of fuel which would be imported into Australia goinng forward and it's that agreement that allows Australian suppliers to quote a CO2 output.

A second example was diesel distillate where the imported standard being sold in Australia was one of the lowest in the world.

2 hours ago, Moneybox said:

I don't know if anybody takes the time to read previous posts but I find information in this thread quite confusing?

 

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I use  exclusively 91 RON in the last 30 years and on previous occasion 91 or 95 RON. 

 

I have never, repeat never, had a plug fouling, starting, carbon build up or any other fuel related problem, while using this grade of fuel.

 

Those that promote the use of higher RON fuels (including AvGas, WTF!!!!!) in such engines are, without so much as a sceric of credibility.

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I have no experince and only anecdotal knowledge of using ULP in LyCons, Jab engines. My local flying school is exclusively Jab aircraft, they all run on ULP 98 RON, have done for very many years, apparently without any negative effects. My Rotax powered aircraft has a preference for 98 RON - will run on 95 RON and if needs be AvGas .

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Perhaps I'm being a little picky but if you were trying to learn something by following this thread I doubt you'd have much success. 

The fuel you use in your engine should NEVER be chosen from a social media platform; NEVER.

If your engine stops, you are going down and several people who commented on this site, are no longer with us to emphasise that point.

Manufacturers list fuel and oil specifications. They are based on failures per 100 engines, so the manufacturer's recommendation will give you potentially the longest life.

It's quicker to get an answer from the manufacturer (not the dealer, because the dealer may get tangled up in the same things as social media posters), than is is to try to pick a winner from  the posts.

That's the engine.

Some car manufacturers will sign off their engines for Ethanol, but they note that they are doing that after signing off the whole car - everywhere the fuel sits or goes.

So, for example, If Rotax sign off on ethanol in an engine, that doesn't mean you can use methanol, unless you've gone through every item when the fuel sits or moves to ensure every component is ethanol-proof. No good having an Ethanol-approved engine if it's sucking up a soup of molten plastics and shuts down.

As some have mentioned, in selecting a fuel on the market for your country, the RON rating has to also meet the engine specification. 

And as a guide, whenever you see someone say "I use X", bin the information, unless he adds, after dyno testing 153 engines with this exact same specifications. I can remember one poster here who would post the engine he used and argue they were totally reliable if you did x, Y, and z. (which cost around a thousand dollars. The engines still failed and so did his.

4 hours ago, RossK said:

Mogas 98 at Tyabb

And Ross is that the genuine Mogas or has someone icorrectly labeled the pump?

On 20/01/2025 at 6:12 PM, NT5224 said:

Hi Team 

 

I have a question. Every year I get repeat billed by the ‘Country Airstrip Guide’ people for their  latest update. It isn’t cheap, (probably upwards of $50) and they don’t make it easy to unsubscribe. 
 

But as far as I can tell there are very few updates and differences year to year. So you keep paying  for the same document on repeat.

 

Furthermore, the ‘pilots touring guide’ that comes packaged in Ozrunways seems to contain virtually identical information and Ozrunways  itself provides the airstrip  diagrams.

 

Can anybody explain  to me what is the advantage of a subscription to the Country Airstrip guide? How does it compare with the pilot touring guide, and is it worth having both? Maybe there’s something I’m not getting…

 

Cheers 

 

Alan 

 

 

A subscription to ERSA may cost a lot less, and with ERSA you get updates.