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6 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

I don't need a link to make radio calls. We are taught that you know.

I was just saying none of it is compulsory and I think it should be. 

I don't care about court cases or whatever. It's about being safe.  . I would rather be safe than worry about who I can blame for an accident.

This is a good opportunity to check whether what you've been taught is current with today's requirements in plain English and a very short read and whether you are a hazard to other fliers.

2 hours ago, BrendAn said:

There are no mandatory calls at an uncontrolled airport. You don't even have to have a radio. The same as circuit patterns are recommended not compulsory. I think these  2 things should be compulsory, that way everyone follows one set of procedures. 

"recommended" simply means the government agencies are not Prescribing (instructing or dictating a rule). 

However, the government agencies made it clear they were no longer prescribing and the onus was on the PIC when the changes came through decade ago for Class G.

So far in this thread people have been talking about CTA as well as Class G (different rules), what happens in the UK, what some airfields do, what some instructors should do etc. Circuit Diagrammes have been posted which are wrong etc.  That just confuses everyone.

Instead there are recommendations for Class G in this link.:

They include:

• When you MUST make a call
• When you SHOULD make a call
• Calls recommended ALL the time
• Calls when there is other traffic

https://www.casa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-05/radio-procedures-in-non-controlled-airspace.pdf

If there is a bad accident, and you were complying with the above radio procedures, you have an industry benchmark to defend any negilgence action against you.

You will also be in synch with the rest of us who follow those procedures.

....quiet reminder from the helmsman that he was navigating a ship.

bull didn't like the raised eyes and made the mistake of taking his concentration off the ship; the cunning helmsman allowed him to run it into the North...........................

14 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

I have two EGT probes on my Rotax 912ULS (just went 90 hrs) read by a Dynon Skyview.

 

About 10 hrs ago, one of them started to peak at over temp. This coincide with a remodeling of the exhaust pipe that the probe is in. 

 

Checked and double checked everything, including carby balance - no apparent cause.

 

Swapped EGT probe from left to right exhaust - problem followed EGT - problem must be defective EGT (In my limited experince defective EGT's under read or fail).

 

Replaced probe (today) with new Dynon supplied part. Most of the time the EGT's read one a little higher than other, Unfortunatly still have problem.

 

Took note of when it overreads - Happens when Airmaster CS, switched from Cruise to Climb  and rpm reduced for a gradual descent (wiered) EGT went into the red (again). Increase rpm -  EGT temp drops. Reduce rpm further, to say 3500. EGT drops

 

Any suggestions???

Summarising what you've said, you remodelled the pipe and since then it has been running hotter than the other one with an EGT probe?

.........followed the magenta line back to safe Harbour.

Suddenly he realised he was in Goulburn which is not on the coast..........................................

........bowsprit figure on the ship, and was horrified to find it was of rotund build, the spitting image of CT, although unshaven, and was carrying a Brno .222 in its hand and ...........

Pointless is bringing US confusion to Australian students who are never going to operate there.

49 minutes ago, jackc said:

Don’t look to the FAA for FAR Part 103 crash statistics. They have NONE, last time I enquired. That sector of Aviation in the U.S. must be considered ‘disposable’ 🤩

 

Well we operate in Australia and we don't have FAR Part 103, but if you intend flying there you are unlikely to be "enquiring" when there is a database instantly available showing something with 1400 high level injuries. I lost interest in the subject at that point.

4 minutes ago, skippydiesel said:

I think you're probably correct.

It's interesting, at least to me, how biased statistics (in this case recreation, death & age) can be used to sway/influence people.

The statistics may be correct but that they reflect a very limited/biased view of the dangers inherent in activities in question.

In this case using the fear that we all have of untimely death, would lead people to believe that certain activates are so dangerous that they should be avoided.

I suspect that if the risk of  injury (resulting in a visit to an emergency department) was the criteria being studied, flying a small aircraft would likly be very low on the scale, horse riding (I have been a rider all my life) on the other hand likly to be high on the scale.

 If you're an administrator in an operation or sport, you need measureable statistics and the statistics need to relate to an avoidable risk (or similar criteria)

When grading your horse riding or flying there should be another cutoff; degree of injury. If you suffer non-life-changing accidents and you wnat to pursue the sport regardless, there's nothing wrong with a broken arm here or there.

On the other hand if you own a hotel, those accidents can cost tens of thousands of dollars in compensation, so there are different criteria.

You also need a grading factor; RPT flying risk per person per hour is extremely low; flying risk per hour in Recreational flying is much higher per hour, so you need a workable target to measure from.

The measurement of these statistics needs to allow you to see when progress is being made or when you are slipping back.

2 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

What do you think a recreational activities chart, showing relative risk of an injury, requiring hospital attention would look like???

From memory, horse riding has more injuries than flying.

Talk to your local school bus operators and see what they do on the rubber floors of their buses.

75% will do nothing but 25% will have smooth, shiny floors and clean and use a floor wax regularly.

.....a good case for delivery in refrigeration ships rather than dangling from an aircraft.

bullmarine products inc. made the big stepup and bought a refrigeration ship, registered in Panama

where the registration fee is only US$9.76 per year and no insurance is required.

The Captain's Cabin (not our Captain) was luxurious compared to the little trawler, the ship had a half - good engine and so bull reversed the old tradition of Tea Clippers from China to London and registered bullmarine P=clippers LLC. and did the rounds of the trawlers each day, finding them by using his trusty Drifter and sailing to China every tenth day..............................

2 hours ago, Captain said:

...... the extra oxygen would restore the Drifter's magnificent power and the air amsl would lift the efficiency of that exceptional wing profile to .....

.........climb effortlessly, even with the weight of the giant prawn. He had already sold it to a Chinese Restaurant supplier, wo had already sold it to 56 restaurants, so time was of the essence and there would be more than a big stink if it wasn't delivered fast.

The hot sun ..............

........not so obsessed with the huge white prawn to tackle it bare - handed. He knew from his prawning job that there is nothing like the kock of a Tasmanian prawn. However he managed to get a rope around it and gave the Drifter full throttle and headed for the surface where ....................

12 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

As usual you are insinuating I don't fly.Well I do fly and I have not seen that link in the raaus syllabus. We do a radio section and practice radio communication. Have you ever been a member of raaus or flown ultralight aircraft. How long is it since you actually flew yourself. It was last week for me and hopefully another 4 hours this weekend.

OK then if "anyone" is flying "they" should have looked at that link very early in training.

In fact "they" should be up to speed with that document before first solo.

"Someone" might train in RAA, but "they" also fly in Airservices and CASA airspace and have to be up tp speed with their requirements also.

1 hour ago, BrendAn said:

I never looked at your link, I was just saying how radio calls are not mandatory at uncontrolled airfields.

I was surprised when I learnt that a while back that's all..

If you are flying you should have looked at that link very early in training.

1 hour ago, BrendAn said:

Do you have to come out with some crap about getting sued in every conversation.  You can make a point without that surely. 

No I don't really; I've recommended all PICs sit down with a PL lawyer and find out for themselves for not much more than an hour's flying cost, and it's interesting to see that most in business and mining are aware and don't pose these crazy questions, but plenty haven't done anything about updating themselves.  It doesn't seem to dawn on people what the reason is for CASA/Airservices etc withdrawing a very workable prescriptive rule system that was used in the past.

21 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

It still surprises me that radio calls are optional not mandatory in uncontrolled airspace. Anyone can drop into an airfield with no communication at all. While it may be the wrong thing to do it is legal.

The link I posted doesn't say you can drop into an airfield with no communication at all.

It provides some benchmarks.

If someone sues you for negligence after a collision, a defence could be that you were complying with the industry benchmark at the time. (It's the reverse of the old prescriptive system where you had to comply with someone else's rule or get fined).

13 minutes ago, facthunter said:

I'm not inventing anything. Match your response to the situation. This has nothing to do with Clearances etc We also don't want people too afraid they will use a "Wrong word". Keep it simple. Keep it short.  .  Nev

I didn’t quote you. You understand the whys.

The requirements we fly under are Australian Regulations, so procedures in the US, UK, superseded circuit procedures, or dreamed up as a good idea or "what I do" don't apply.

The aim should be to minimise the number of different broadcasts rather than invent more.

Here's the link from "Be Heard, Be Seen, Be Safe"  document June 2023

https://www.casa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-05/radio-procedures-in-non-controlled-airspace.pdf

Note that early in the piece it says: "Australian Non-controlled or Class Gis different to most parts of the world."

Calls ALL the time are on Page 4

Calls when there is other traffic are on Page 5

Regs involved are on Page 7

It's not a difficult read; it's only 7 pages long!

.....tied in with his sinking stomach.

Unlike Captain Ahab, Captain bull was ..........................................

.........Mercurial, particularly since it had a "Climb Meter" out of a 1948 Mercury Chieftan.

bull smiled as he thought; "its dive rate is faster than any XXXXXXX prawn too!"

Like Captain Ahab, he regularly spoke to Methusla on high.

He always got an answer because he started with "Hi Meth, rivets come out of the Thruster yet?"

On this occasion he was more reverent and Methusla wished him well for the coming battle.

He saw the HUGE outline of the big white praen ahead of him in the murky water; in the distance was a sunken ship ...................

.....press a button on the trawler and run to the stern where a very unusual Drifter, with wings closed had been parked on a ramp ready for him.

This wasn't your normal Drifter with the flapping and sometimes clapping wings, it was amphbious and that's not all; it was Submersible, and that's not all ........

........think back through all Cappy's nefarious acts and finally admit that he'd beaten even Cappy.

All we can say it it involved six grains of wheat.

It's good to see the NES being graced by the Big Prawn Ship Captain. Not many people know that for the last month bull had been engaged in an epic battle trying to land a giant white prawn.

It had simply eaten through his nets, so he tried shooting it, running over it in his tinny and even tying a cable around it and dragging it backwards towards shaw but each time it just gave a flick of that giant tail and ....................

2 hours ago, Red said:

In this instance evidence of what?, having an opinion?

Just let it all play out; we're starting to get theories on theories.

You have to declare any known medical issues; it's as simple as that.