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    Yeah. Screw flashing codes! It's not a 1980s digital watch 😄 Do you happen to have a USB outlet fitted in your plane? To keep things light, I put in a small 2 X USB outlet (25 or 30mm hole from memory). But I really installed it for the digital voltmeter built into the face 🙂. I also noticed my radio has a voltage readout but it's not easy to see. Anyway, once you have everything sorted, take note of what voltage reads when everything is working properly, in flight. Otherwise you have no baseline to compare. At rest a lead acid battery is roughly 12.4v. Mine charges at 14.6v on the USB meter, 14.4v on my radio. It doesn't really matter what it says, 14.6v, 53 bananas, 37! Etc. if it's something less or more, then start thinking about what's going on. On my plane, I've decided anything less than 14v is noteworthy. And since 14.6v is pretty high, even a smidge over that warrants attention.
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    Fantastic. Such a lovely looking aircraft ❤️
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    The reverse is true. I support Geelong, so maybe I've been bad because they were sucking 😄
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    Last week I went off the rails here, and there's no excuse for it. I unreservedly apologise for the language and the agro, and I especially apologise to Turboplanner. I promise to stop and think when I post, and if I'm feeling off, just stay away until I'm feeling better. I'm confident I've put my issues behind me. I've actually been so well behaved on another forum that they made me a moderator. I will endeavour to bring that level of decency to this forum.
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    Have you taken a blow to the head? I'm not planning on towing a fucking banner myself, with my fucking ultralight, you numpty. I just thought someone here might know. You don't, so don't cause even more injury to your brain thinking about it...
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    Man, when I was in highschool, my friend got to do work experience in the RAAF. He ended up going in the (leer?) jet that towed those drogues. Me? I went to a sign writer and mostly stood on roofs in the hot sun holding signs while the sign writer screwed them in.
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    With or without a banner in tow? 🤔
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    That's a long way of saying you don't know 😄
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    I haven't done any training in banner towing aircraft, that's why I'm asking what you would do with the banner when flying over Coorparoo and you had an engine failure.
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    Over populated areas?
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    Sitting in a park with mum. Watched a green and white (decathlon?) towing a banner. Looks like a nice job to do 😊 But what happens with an engine failure? Would you immediately drop the banner? Is it made in a way that won't cause serious injury on the ground? What about if it hits traffic? Or legally, if over populated areas, do you just have to accept that extra drag?
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    good observation. Looking at the flightradar info, it looks like they were doing everything right. Hitting a line would explain a lot. This is extra sad.
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    Sounds like a clever byline to me. Good. Different. I wouldn't sweat it 😊
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    Apparently this aircraft: https://www.planesales.com.au/details/listing/single-engine-propeller/8189/1979-beechcraft-bonanza-a36-aircraft
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    Leuk 😊
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    Finally got the silly Black Widow running ok, on 30% nitro and two head shims 😄 . No wonder so many 049s just ended up in a bottom drawer. I'm glad I got a nice reliable OS 15 for my 12th birthday, and not this POS! Anyway, right at the start is my first loop in about 30 years. Totally lost line tension, because of course I didn't just follow the plan and use 18° offset. Luckily, because it's a 3D printed mount with 3 screws it's easy to just swivel it and drill new holes in the core flute wing 🙂 Messenger_creation_AA9C1A54-BBAF-4269-BCD5-574EE68431BA.mp4
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    Well spotted! Yes it mentions that in Wikipedia 🙂
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    I was looking for an old backup CD of some software, which I didn't find. But instead I found my backup CD of the photos I took in Kittyhawk, North Carolina in 2003. I'm sure to find other interesting pics, but this was really interesting. I had a really good chat to the owners back then. I asked them about how they got the cowl so slim, and one of the problems they were having is the exhaust pipes burning through it. So between the pipes and the cowl surface was actual heat shield tiling from the Space Shuttle! That insulation was able to be really thin. That's an 0360 under there! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polen_Special
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    Yeah, I think it's Old Warden. It's fine for the 35knt touchdown speed of a 1911 bleriot or what have you. I think they need to start a different museum for faster aircraft, else move the whole thing.
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    I think it would be great for practicing navs.
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    Was trying to read on the web browser version. I was having all sorts of concurrent problems. For instance I have a Mac mini. For some reason the Apple store is linked to my mums phone number 😄. Anyway. I am.able to read it through the web version now, despite Amazon shenanigans. So now I'm back to feeling overwhelmed by flight plans and weather reports. I'm not dyslexic but I swear that I understand what they go through when looking at this stuff...
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    Ok, I’ve now paid for this twice and can’t read it on my computer for various reasons. How do I pick ip a p1rat3d copy? Stop the press. I somehow made it work. I really fucking hate this century...
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    If you race drag cars, make sure you don't mix the nitrous and oxy cylinders up 😀
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    For such a quick plane, it is surprisingly low. With that virtually solid undercarriage, I think the mistake is not so much the competency of the pilot, but the choice of landing area. If you look at previous videos of it landing, there's always some amount of bounce. I reckon with something so valuable, a flatter strip, with slightly unkempt grass would be way better. An example of a successful landing. One wheel nicely down, all textbook. But watch it near the end. Like I say, if I were a passenger, I'd be totally puckered up every single time 😄
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    I saw some more comprehensive video and explanation. That was the second attempt. He landed long, and was nearly out of runway. So either do what he did, or through the hedges and onto the road. If you look at previous landings, that airstrip is not ideal for that plane. I think I would be totally puckered up for EVERY SINGLE LANDING 😄
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