ClintonB

I watched his you tube vids over and over again before my check ride for rpl, next day I did some of my best landings ever consistently. The timing of the flare using the width of runway expansion was very useful. I should do again as they are getting untidy again.

Buy or borrow a large enough paddock To land in all directions just like some of the WWII fields, takes all the hassle out of it.😁

I had a spare cut for 182F from local key and shoe man, being older it may have been a more common blank, not much good though as security, a local opened it for me in about 30 seconds with a lock pick one day when I left key at home, hence spares now in bag. 

Nice looking 182 in your pic Country Flyer.

Cheers

Clinton

First time in 182 i was guilty of trying to taxi with the steering wheel. DOH! moment Homer.?

I think duracell and eveready are both made by American carbide, so when they make their claims of being better than the competitors they don’t get sued. Bulk buying packs are best value with the long shelf life available now.

That's a bit harsh! My preference is that caravans and motor homes be only allowed on the roads between midnight and dawn.

Their happy hour usually would make that more hazardous, but more work for me with all the carnage, mmm ideas

Seems to me the building trade & supply have never converted - even when its in M its still mostly in the old Imp dimensions

caravans are the same, who designs a window cutout at 914mm by 565 mm or 280 mm by 1524mm. Doors are 622mm by 1823mm/1750/683 high. awnings are sold in feet measurements, alloy cladding covers 254mm deep (10") good fun when trying to get customers to provide an awning length the correct way when they dont want to come in first for me to check.

Cessna works well, 172 or 182 with long range tanks. Load good, space good (in the 182) speed 120kts is decent normally. Sids is biggest downside.

I use a farm strip at moment which is unimproved and works with big wheels 8" and no spats. Pretty hard to break undercarriage, I have tried?, not deliberately.

I like the cable along ground at airports. They seem to be anchored quite well, and the tension on cable pulls ropes taught with some spring if require. I don’t know if the claw set I have in cessna would help in high winds. I do have some alloy star posts and dee shackles to put in kit

"Badly damaged" is an understatement...

Nothing a good buffing shouldn’t fix?

it is a shame this one is broken like this. when you look at what some of the restoration projects start out like, there is hope for it.

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What’s your rego no on that one, is a 19-xxxx ?

2 bottles of red later this still hurts my brain to think about.?

Set it at what is published for airport or area and we should all be ok, without the headache And at worst case look at your iPad or phone and go with it.

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Speaking of Bex, does anyone know if he is OK and where his build is up too.

Had a short run from Somerton to Baraba today, took a NZ farmhand for his first light plane ride.

I aborted my first take off when I wasn’t accelerating enough, first time doing it for real and didn’t stuff it up, I was just off the ground and not gaining speed. I know what my error was, a little too keen to get airborne with back pressure. My passenger took it well and didn’t ask to hop out. I went back uphill to the start, held the brakes a bit longer and was correctly airborne in half the distance.

the rest of the flight went excellent. Nice walk into Baraba for a coffee, then a run around the mural on the silos, Manila at 1000 feet agl over Lake Keepit from one end to the other at around 700 agl and onto the farm strip.

a great day and a new friend made.

There are also certain groups with a lot to lose if it all gets sorted and the longer it stays the more they gain. Who got the most money for the least effort?

I think the unemployed, a friend of mine bought a new shotgun and has so far banked about 6k extra and spent nothing on going nowhere. I had to spend $4k with the accountant to get some business help, and I think we get taxed on the income, so less than a third of it lands in your hand to pay the things it was for. Almost like a save the African children campaign.

Glad it was quiet for you, it certainly wasn’t when I was out!

 

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Busy looking day there, was it Tower of Babel stuff on the radio?

I’m glad I live in northern inland nsw. We just crossed border tonight in 1 minute with our passes and questions if we had been in Sydney or vic latel.

Another reason I will not have a diesel or gas heater in a caravan....

Hi Jack, good quality diesel heaters like the dometic one are safe, their intake and exhaust are outside, only air over the head fins heats the van. fitted probably 100 of them now, I don’t like the gas ones by truma, exhaust and inlet are inside and prone to leaking if installed poorly. They do cut off f intake breathes fumes from exhaust inside the intake tube. Cheap Chinese copies should be avoided, they are poorly done with no safety features. One customers read 190c on the heating outlet when I tested out of curiosity last week. That will melt clothes, shoes etc, and burn you if not careful.

It’s noticeably more taxing under The hood, I always felt exhausted after doing it. I found out my artificial horizon is a little out, if I keep level with it I end up in a slight turn which needs correction every 5 minutes.

I would like to. I will work extremely hard to get a leave pass for me and the 182.

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Just waiting to be sucked into that Rolls Royce engine and spat out the back like a bug

Extremely envious, I one day hope to have a chance to aero tour. The trip looks awesome.

I can do that.?

I find cheap LED’s in caravans lead to bad tv and radio interference which we don’t need in aeroplanes. Good ones swapped over fix the problem. Narva marine LED’s are nice and bright, and have aerodynamic shape for tip mounting, might be an optio.