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The write up on the crash had it as poor maintenance. Apparently that airline had a string of issues with shoddy maintenance practices

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I didn't know anything about this accident. Apparently the aftermath lead to standardised pre flight briefings for passengers. It seems most people would likely have survived in a more modern setting. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.kiro7.com/news/trending/pan-am-clipper-endeavor-found-plane-missing-74-years/WT4EDEASSZAPBEQK32CE2ULPFQ/%3foutputType=amp

Too windy this weekend, so this is from last Saturday 🙂 over lake Moogerah. I've just deleted FB off my phone, so maybe I'll start doing the navigation course so I can fly further away VID-20260711-WA0018.mp4 😄

I neli I believe it can be inspected by taking off the fuel pump, so you wouldn't need to remove the gearbox. But obviously I haven't done it myself so find out for sure.

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Absolutely need a 😲 emoji for these occasions. Mods?

Latest is my mechanic says mine isn't affected after all

Cool. I still can't tell if my ENGINE is in the list, but it's academic because my gearbox definitely is, so I guess I'm going to have to get it inspected. I could do it myself, but it's good to have an official mechanics stamp in the paperwork I think.

https://services.casa.gov.au/airworth/airwd/ADfiles/PISTON/ROTAX/2026-0121-E.pdf?utm_source=Swift Digital&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Airworthiness Directives I can't actually tell if my own engine is affected. What does Rotax 912 A1 etc mean?

Funnily enough, I was actually referring to the fact the Drifter engine is high and behind, and there's no cabin, so CO poisoning would be pretty unlikely 🙂 But the way my comment was misinterpreted is funnier 😄

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You don't. But you do get immune from the queeziness that can develop from ODOURS like exhaust fumes, petrol fumes etc You only get a high level of co if it can build up. This is why people wind their windows up when they're trying to top themselves. My plane is so drafty everything just goes straight through. Naturally I must be copping a small amount, since I can smell the exhaust fumes, which must have the odourless co in it as well. And I'm aware that once breathed in, it stays for a long time, as the reason it poisons you is by latching onto (haemoglobin?) in lieu of oxygen so can build up that way. The last two passengers didn't even notice the exhaust fumes. I'm endeavouring to find where it's coming in though. I would know if it's dangerous levels of co if the piece of crap co sticker things I've bought twice weren't already out of date and permanently black. Might get an electronic detector.

Flight on Saturday. The usual pootle around Boonah, with passenger. Unfortunately, she started to get I'll from some exhaust fumes leaking in. I'm so used to driving bomby old cars I'm immune by now 😄. Will have to try and figure it out

They look great in a living room 😄

Generally easier with an alternator, since you only have to regulate the rotor field current, not the whole output current.

It's designed for what, 15 amps? If you keep your load under that, an amp is an amp. A modern motorbike runs a headlight/s, electronic instruments and EFI etc. it's not like Ducati design the regulator to just work for an hour or so. It should work as long as the engine is running. If it can last 3 or 4 hours, it should just as easily run twice that long. Yes, it's true that many pilots are running their system close to the max, but it still seems to me to be poor design to not reliably run at its top end. As witnessed by my Carmo and moneybox Chinese copy.

They do. Big name brands set up the whole factory. Quite often bringing in German or American machinery. They don't hide it. Look at a genuine iPhone charger for instance. It has made in China written on it. Where the quality Chinese manufactured parts get a bad rap is from people buying a counterfeit part. It LOOKS the same, but is made by some fly by night company, they spend just enough to make the exterior look the same, but if it's electronics, then the design is inferior and/or uses inferior components. If it's mechanical, then, as before, they make sure it LOOKS the same, but the materials are inferior. And people keep pushing this nonsense about them all coming from the same factory. Usually the sellers, spinning a yarn about it being the same but they can sell it cheaper because it's not through an official channel, fallen off the back of a truck yadayada. Counterfeits do not come from the same factory as the genuine products. Just the same country. All this aside, I don't think there could be a worse design than the genuine Ducati regulator, so even a cheap Chinese knock off, in this particular instance, would probably be an improvement 😄 I went with the Carmo. I think it cost MORE than the Ducati, but is designed and manufactured by a reputable Dutch aftermarket outfit. Because it was a new build, I just wired it to suit that regulator.

This is a terrible generalisation. Didn't I post here about the dangers of fake mobile phones chargers? The genuine ones AND the fake ones are made in China. All I'm saying is the looks don't make the electronics work

Totally agree. But 'looked the part' could be your epitaph after it caught fire because it was dodgy 😄

I'm glad it's still going well, but when it comes to electronics, never determine its veracity by whether it 'looks the part '. In the long run, what will determine this parts veracity is you reporting back from time to time. Google is the judge of its veracity for any other potential user 🙂

You want forward slip to lose height, side slip to keep your plane lined up with a runway with a crosswind.

Yeah, my instructor was great, he kept up to speed on a Tiger Moth and a Gypsy Moth. Also a Bird dog. Since the school closed down I've felt it. In the past, if I was feeling a bit rusty, I'd get him to come up with me to iron things out. And yes, I don't think I was getting the wing down enough. Will practice at altitude next time 🙂

My flight before last was doing circuits after being overseas. Was rusty, pretty strong crosswind, with a bit of gusting. I got into a bit of bother on several of the landings. Was not handling my side slip technique well. So my last flight two days ago was no wind at all. Practiced a few different things in the circuit- flapless (with a half arsed 'almost' wheeler landing) and a number of deliberately high approaches to do some forward slips. Easier than side slips for me but at least it helps me keep my crossed control 'feels' up.