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    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0c7jMiRxzwu7N1QSD5vkjprUx9eYBDwH1VHfrtnAHPNCdp2MQhJq15CY6xikEsEzul&id=100063710587260&mibextid=ZbWKwL Some lovely tributes to Dave
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    In regards insurance and politics, perhaps we could continue that discussion in a new thread?
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    Thanks recpilot, I thought that was the case. It should be noted that Dave regularly flew a number of different aircraft at the same airfield other than the Tecnam Golf. In the school itself an Aeroprakt Foxbat. But also a Tiger Moth, Gypsy Moth and when the flying school had it, an Aeronca Champ. My first taste of a TD was with Dave in the Champ. I'm sure he was flying other aircraft too, but these I know for sure. I guess I feel it's worth mentioning so people know he was in constant familiarity with a number of aircraft with different 'personalities' , not just the Golf.
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    Again, take this with a grain of salt, but I believe Armin had purchased the plane, and was going to lease it to the flying school. I was to be flying it to get back up.to speed with TD. Seems to me that Dave was giving him a 'type' rating for that plane. In any case getting him familiar with it. I feel that's the general situation. But I don't know who ferried the plane from NSW. So the reverse could have been the case too if Armin was the seller and had ferried it , and then doing a few circuits with Dave to familiarise.
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    Dave was flying tecnams every day. But I don't know about the other pilot.
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    Names officially released now. The second pilot was Armin Sickinger.
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    This accident hits close to home for me. One of the deceased is Dave Briffa, an instructor. I talked to him the day before. I was going to go for a fly with him because the wind was a bit tricky and I hadn't flown for a little while. I didn't end up flying though. I was also going to have some tail dragger refresher flights in that P92 once it was online. He was a good person and a great instructor. We always joked about how long it was taking me to build my plane. He almost always had a smile and was always interested to know what was going on with you. It's going to be strange for me to not see him at the hangar.
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    Yes, repainted..same plane https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wde9TWvUr-M/XcXtBykKn4I/AAAAAAAANTw/F5iHK74V_A0d4W1oZaIixCuZi1brVTpRgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/248357.jpg
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    Two deceased. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/103318442
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    Take it with a grain of salt but ultimate aero were getting a Tecnam tail dragger. This may be the very one https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TECNAM_P92_Tail_Dragger_(24-8357)_parked_in_the_general_aviation_area_at_Wagga_Wagga_Airport.jpg
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    Was there yesterday. I have grave fears for someone I know there. I didn't notice that aircraft yesterday.
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    Good point! I already first tested my skyecho on my phone 😄 Mind you, you can't even fly 60 minutes at 100km/h in these things before you have to return so navigation will probably not be much of an issue!
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    Sorry to hijack, but I am entertaining the idea (My original plan actually) of getting a part 103 ultralight. While I'll just be pootling around in it and probably not navigating, would a sky echo still be worthwhile? I assume if I have that and nothing else, then at least it makes ME more visible? And obviously, with that sort of ultralight, I'd best be making a mount similar to bluesadventures, else it just winds up in the landscape below 😄
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    So keep an eye out for HR station wagons is what you are saying?
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    Sorry I thought it went without saying that you are replacing each pair of bushes with a block. I think there's 4 pairs of bushes in your photo? So 4 blocks. Instead of washers you would sandwich the 'outside' bushes with a strip of metal 250 X 50. It all adds up to just more of what you wanted (vibration absorption) in the same space. Did you say that mounting system was lasting 30 hours or something? With all that extra rubber sandwiched in there, maybe it could make it to the 100 hour mark...
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    Hence why I thought instead of those bushes, which obviously must have been thought to be at least nominally ok, you replace the bushes with a block. You would at least have more longitudinal rigidity without having to change anything else. I'm not sure people are picturing what I mean so I'll give an example. PLEASE these are just numbers for an example. Say you have a mount like yours. With 4x rubber bushes of dimensions 50mm diameter and 25mm thick. The distance between the bolts is 200mm. Instead of those bushes, you have a 'block' of rubber that is 250mm long, 50mm wide and 25mm deep. That seems to me that it would have more rigidity than the 50mm bushes. I'm not saying it's the solution, but you also haven't said anything I didn't already know. The blocks must surely be somewhat better than the bushes, which remember are considered ok else no one would fly with that setup. Again I don't know that it's the answer, but an improvement on something already being accepted, whilst not having to change anything else.
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    Not if you watched The Goodies 😄
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    Im no expert, but just a slightly left field idea- could it help if, instead of those 8 rubber bushes, you had 4 complete 'blocks' of rubber instead? Maybe with an extra bolt each side to increase to 6 bolts? Thereby not having to make any new brackets etc.
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    DIB DIB DIB DOB DOB DOB DIB DIB DIB! everyone knows SOS 😄
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    Oh, fantastic! I see too in your first post you reused part of the RAM mount. All those tubes are pretty much the same in the Bushcat so I think I'll do the same. Except the flap handle is somewhere there too. But ill have a look soon. Let us know if you have any dramas with reception etc but it actually looks like it should only be improved 🙂
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    I have no idea what that means but it sounds simpler. I guess 😄
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    I did ONE nav lesson in 1996. From memory the Warrior had a VOR thingy. Nothing I did seemed to involve any of that stuff. I figured it was all commercial stuff. Still haven't done my navs. Do I need to learn morse code? If so, my dream may still be over 😄
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    HIs museum in Blenheim NZ is fantastic. The dioramas are first class, maybe his movie guys built them? Two great ones is of NZ pilot Keith Caldwell jumping out of his plane just before it crashed, living to fly the next day! And another of Aussie diggers robbing the body of Manfred Von Richthoften after they shot him down. Because of them, Jackson has on display one of the actual crosses cut out of the plane, and his fur boots!
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    On this Morse code thing, one of the things that always scared me about even starting to learn how to fly when I was young was that apparently you had to learn it, and I thought that seemed impossible. I was pleasantly surprised when I did decide to learn to fly that you didn't have to know anything about Morse code anymore 😄
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