ClintonB

46 minutes ago, jackc said:

In which case I would never fly to or from an airport I did not think safe enough.  Serves as a good reminder to me when planning any trip to make sure I feel safe to fly to a location, or not.

Tamworth is a large enough airport and supports commercial and training, powerlines don’t really affect the dash 8 etc that fly out of here because they climb well and have 2 large turboprop donks, it’s us GA users with 60 year old conts  and lycomings that need to worry about sudden stoppages.

the 2200m runway is way more than needed, even the 1100 one is adequate for ops normal with reserve. It’s when the fan stops I am concerned about the limited options, and even less now.

Around our local airport, there are major supply lines 3 poles side by side carrying lines towards gunnedah, and the industrial areas around it. Whenever instructor was teaching about engine out on take and to look for no more than 30 degrees either side of straight ahead, I was always thinking about in that range was full of lines and what a silly place to put them. the airport has been there longer than most of these lines would have been. Now they are building more industrial area to the south parallel to the other runway. There will be no clear area in the circuit other than the runways.

What a history, and to still be airworthy.

a beautiful machine and a great job of restoration 

I recently purchased Mike Busch book called on engines, it has been a real interesting read so far. His personal aircraft ( a twin) was happily run to 3300 hrs per side, with lots of bore scope and non invasive inspections along the way due to TBO’s listed at 1500. His operation of the engines was a lot different than what is taught, LOP versus ROP being taught as the correct way to run for longevity. Recommendations on using CHT’s on all cylinders instead of EGT on one, which he explains does not tell us enough about the true operations.

I will be asking my LAME to have a look and might put CHT monitors on all cylinders. On the hottest day I still never seem to get out of low green on all the factory car style 60 year old gauges.

I don’t really have the funds to spend 60k plus on a rebuild for an O 470 in another year or two.

On 10/04/2022 at 9:47 AM, Bruce Tuncks said:

Last time I bought a new auto start battery, it was more than $100!

I asked the guy, and he said "world price of lead mate".

So I said that my old battery weighed the same, so I reckon I hadn't used any lead. The recycling center offered $2 for the old battery.

Getting $500 per 1000kg at moment.

Saving dead ones is worth it at the moment.

Do they have any sort of balance weights for when in flight? Moving free on the ground with no airflow might become difficult once 45 knots is blowing over them. I had 12 hours of my initial flight training in a thruster and do not recall it being heavy ( I was a lot younger and fitter then though).

Sad about the others, insurance may help, but never seems to cover enough to replace everything and the true loss

On 08/03/2022 at 7:04 PM, turboplanner said:

Yes, then we can all have the Offset windscreen wipers, angled instruments, and "all-model" production lines where Robotics allow the production line to build a different model every 20 seconds or so, because 10,000 robots can weld, drill seal, pick parts and install without having to scratch their heads, so car costs would come down. We actually made the changeover from giving way to a car turning right as we were about to turn left, in 24 hours and anyone who has driven a LHD car in the US knows, that you pretty much handle it 10 minutes after leaving the airport, if you've studied the rules, so no big deal. At this stage there's no great incentive to make the switch in Australia though.

I’ve done it in Hawaii, but when you are the only one in a car park moving, it gets confusing with no one to follow. 
the road traffic islands and ramps would be a huge burden to change cost wise, driving on the opposite side is the easy bit, the controls being on the correct side for the road lane makes it feel natural.

There has been a nice one parked at Tamworth lately, I would like to ask the owner for a ride one day, to see the difference from 182 in performance.

here’s to wishing.

22 hours ago, howe said:

The best part of flying is the take off and landing, the rest is well so so.😊

 

I agree, Doing stuff is a lot more fun and interesting, the cessna is a lazy mans plane, feet barely required.

raaus planes take a lot more effort.

On 12/02/2022 at 11:42 AM, Thruster88 said:

The jabiru climb speed may also be about keeping the engine cool.

 

Here is an example of how the back of the drag curve slow approach can go wrong. Lot of risk for no reward. 

 

 

There was no discernible sink rate with this slow approach, lots of stol videos I have seen show a high rate of sink to come in over obstacles like trees, high terrain, that they seem to be able to arrest quickly at the flare (maybe with a quick burst of power.

as a kid I watched an ultralight above a row of trees near cressy in Tasmania, not moving forward in the wind, thought it was cool at the time. Later on when I first started flying I realised how potentially dangerous it was.

My Bushbaby is in MPH too, was built and first registered in South Africa. I will try to get another when I am finally able to use it again.

Garmin is good for knots and ipad also as a back up for checking progress. Long as you know the right speeds it is fine. cessnas hand book is all in MPH and dial in Knts, it is a pain reading pencil scribbles next to all figures.

Advice needed for a short notice trip I may have to take.

are there any members who live in the Yass area , or my intended track, who could give me a bit of knowledge on area weather and what’s expected by Friday, Saturday and Sunday this week. ( also any properties near there with strips suitable for a bush 182 with big wheels). My trip is for compassionate reasons, only overnight, maybe 2 at most if weather no good to go. I would be travelling from Tamworth probably tracking over Mudgee, Cowra and onto Yass if I can get permission to land at Jindalee, otherwise need to find nearest centre with transport.

I will be checking everything available, but as we all know, when are forecast’s completely right. Local knowledge is always valuable. 
thanks in advance.

Clinton

Shorts and T shirt, I used to wear hiking sneakers when I came back to flying, then one day in work boots it felt awkward. I figured with big old pedals in the cessna I should get used to it. Now it feels OK, and sneakers don't feel weird when used at other times. 

Nice looking machine, any info on how it flew.

On 04/09/2021 at 12:12 PM, kasper said:

I wish they did not take interest in aircraft … this was 3 weeks ago at home.  The delightful chaps who did this also went through the entire house and we have a collection of 23 swasrikas with nice SS insignia through the lounge room and kitchen less pleasant words through the bathroom and the bedrooms also have new decorations. The fact that the little shits are the 11yo and his mate from over the road is making it quite uncomfortable … they are not getting off lightly … and it’s not cheap to fix an entire house including furniture. 

Grab the little sh#ts and flog them. It’s the best way to teach them. This soft nanny state way of dealing with them never works. Little pricks become car thieves and crims next. They might have a little chance of straighten out if they remember what happened when they screwed up last time. You would be doing them a favour.

Mike from Mojogrip on you tube showing a turbo prop 200hp on an ultra light size aircraft at Oshkosh recently.

no radiator required. Was only mock up at moment, but think of the performance. I think 270lbs was quoted install weight (122 kg). 

55 minutes ago, Butch said:

Hands up if you still can use one ! 

They are so scary when you are a newbie, when you finally get your head around what they do I lost the fear, but who needs it now with iPad and oz runways.

Looks lean and mean, might not meet RAAus specs on current wing loading and power😁Lots/0m2

is the rudder going to be small due to speed aspired to? 

Eucalyptus oil or tea tree oil gets rid of sticker residue on cars and caravans skins. Try micro fibre as its grippy soft surface works well without damaging delicate paints.

if fibreglass or metal an eraser wheel works, not on soft fabric though.

cheers

clinton

Ice does weird things even to cars aerodynamics, we had a minus 4 frost on Monday, my roof bars on triton only make a small amount of cabin noise at around 100km normally, they were solid with ice lumps on them, and the howl was deafening in the cabin all the way to work. They are shaped like an airfoil, but the upset was noticeable. If your wings/struts had that happen I don’t think it would be real great for airflow

My workshop rained coffee coloured water on everything, every night until I pulled the roof sheets of nd fitted Aircell insulation, now no more raindrops. It is like bubble wrap made from foil. It is not cheap (around 300 for 30m by 1.3m roll) if you get in and do with hanger owner to save on labour it will make a big difference. Knocks the heat out of the shed in summer, which will help with heat sensitive aeroplane parts.

Just what we need, people seeing us as privileged a$#holes with transport that can cross borders when restricted
says a lot for the pilots regard for rules.

Hope the public don’t lump all of us in one basket.