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  1. bushcaddy105
    After too many puncture problems early on with the thin supplied rib tyres, I put on 15 X 6 X 6 Maxxis golf cart tyres. Strong sidewall, deep chunky tread & no punctures since. Only downers:- on loose gravel they chuck stones at the tail, and on rough bitumen there is zero chance of sideslip. Just land straight!
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    As one of the many Australian citizens who already has been told we WON"T ever get NBN other than by satellite, and that the eventual system is in the promise basket without a deadline, I will resent having to pay extra for the paper magazine. My preferred option? - have a "stripped down" version on the web, i.e. remove all pictures and advertisements and just post the text content. Make this available to any member who can't download the full version. That way we still get the vital info, letters to editor, etc. without the costs to both expensive downloads and the ridiculous time it takes to get them.
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    Like everything else, you can get a crook one. As previously posted I replaced a perfectly good Odyssey after 8 years (it's now 10 years and still going strong in a ride-on mower). The new one didn't make 2 years, but was replaced under warranty after a bit of to-and-froing with the Adelaide distributor. HINT - don't say it's for an aircraft! Even though mine is starting a car engine they tried to avoid a warranty claim due to aircraft use.
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    Thanks for clearing that up, Tim. See you there, weather permitting.
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    Tim, do you mean Barossa Airshow at Rowland Flat on Sunday 12th April? Seems unlikely that the Barossa Birdmen would also have a fly-in at Truru Flats on the same date.
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    An interesting sideline to wind farms; When the early farms in SA were built (Hallet, Clements Gap, Snowtown are all close to me) they installed red lights on every 3rd or so tower and flashed them in unison. The claim was that the lights were necessary for aviation avoidance. Driving up Highway 1 at night the horizon consisted largely of synchronized flashing red lights, which drove everyone nuts. At night seeding and harvest times the farmers also found that they lost spacial awareness when going round their paddocks. When challenged about the safety aspects, it turned out that the aviation regulators didn't require the lights and they were turned off. More likely the wind farm companies frightened of litigation? Wind farms built since don't have lights, even though the latest Siemens 4MW turbines at Snowtown 2 come pretty close to 500' AGL at the top of their blade arc. (And they are at the top of the range).
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    Still looks the same on my laptop, with menu bars on top. Using Windows 8.1 on a Leader laptop about 18 months old.
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    First 30 hours was in a 582 Lightwing, which taught me heaps (particularly what a rudder is used for) while having lots of fun. Last 650 hours or so has been in the BushCaddy, a well sorted all-rounder. What more do you need?
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    If you are handy with a soldering iron and can work your way around some simple electronics I can supply you with the details of my add-on VOX for the A200. It's based on a Jaycar Minivox kit plus a couple of extras, mainly switching circuitry which mutes the opposite seat microphone when either seat transmit PTT is operated. It has worked well for 8 years so far. No extra intercom unit is needed and no mods to the A200. PM me if interested.
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    Have a look in ERSA Special Procedures. It is a prescribed route at specified heights and no, it doesn't include over the top. It is, however, a spectacular flight and well worth the planning required.
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    And greetings from my BushCaddy R80, a great Quebec product. If the avatar pic was from a slightly different angle you would see the maple leaf on the tail.
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    Back in 1994 when a newby (if somewhat old already) pilot, I bought a Citizen Promaster Wingman pilot's watch in Chinatown, Singapore for a fraction of list price (about 30% from memory). Yes, it was genuine, it is still my daily timepiece and has only needed a battery about every 3 years. It is much thinner than the current Ecodrive models. Downside - I rarely use any of the multiple functions. Every possible timing task needed is done easier and better by OzRunways and/or a smartphone. Great watch, but overkill in today's world. A disposable cheapie would be just as useful (and buy a good tablet computer with the change!)
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    Without the benefit of having read the above posts, I tried tonight to do the L1 test. I got to about question 28 when the system crashed, reporting "Internal Server Error" and requiring me to advise the time that this occurred. Also frustrating was the way a new connection had to be established after each question, often taking longer than it did to answer the question. Does Canberra really understand that some of us have super-slow satellite connections and that NBN is a myth in the sticks? I've emailed RaAus asking for an alternative way of gaining the L1 rating, but it now appears that I don't have to do it anyway. Why couldn't they have advised us of this when sending out the advisory email?
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    I use the wheel sensor fom a car ABS system to trigger my VDO tachometer. The flywheel bolt heads can be used to drive it, or a pair of steel tabs as per Jabiru setup. The tachometer simply needs to be programmed to the correct number of pulses per engine revolution. This setup totally separates the tacho from the engine ignition systems, removing one possible cause of ignition failure.
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    While in the big city on Monday, I visited the Apple shop to compare iPads. Side by side, the Air2 definitely has less glare than the Air it has just replaced (and it has the fastest processor of all the iPads). Urged on by my wife (strange, that) I bought the Air 2 to replace my old faithful iPad Mk. 1. My aging and genetically defective eyes find the mini just too small to read in flight. A kneedock puts the screen at a comfortable focal length for my multifocal glasses when in the driver's seat.
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    I should have remembered from 40 years ago. I put wife on back of motorbike and discovered that she had to keep her head level with the horizon. Bank left, she'd lean right to keep her head level. No more pillion passenger! 8 years ago I convinced her to go flying and all was well ( and she enjoyed it) until we did a gentle circuit to land after a 90 minute cross country. Her head went to jelly and she lost the plot. It took the rest of the day and that evening in hospital until she could stand up and walk again. That's why I don't have a regular flying partner.
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    No problem with my 19 rego upgrade to 600Kg. when it first was possible. Done in October 2011. Only had to provide evidence from the kit manufacturer that the higher limit was approved and as the particular model had been approved as an LSA in Australia this was no issue.
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    a_jricho, No, it's not- I'm not good at explaining the idea! Don't twist the grip at all, the spring which keeps it centred also ensures that the fluid pressure is applied equally L & R. Twist the grip left or right and pressure is only applied to the relevant wheel. How much pressure is still determined by how much force is applied to the lever which is attached to the twist grip, so rotates with it. Only a few degrees of rotation is required, enough to cover one valve port and open another in each direction.
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    Use the same principle as the control valve in hydraulic power steering. Mount the lever on a twist grip rotating around the stick and couple this twist grip to the proportioning valve with a torsion spring. (Probably mount the valve at the bottom of the stick to allow easy connection to flexible hoses). This provides self-centering so that no twist gives equal L - R braking but increasing amounts of twist gives increasing bias to either left or right brake. The amount of braking pressure still depends on how much pressure is applied to the lever. I can visualize just how to make this work, but please don't ask me to draw it! My brain is also old, but it must have momentarily connected the dots. Trust the above is food for thought.
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    Thanks for the replies, fellow flyers. After absorbing the 27 pages of explanations I had completely overlooked the "in vicinity of" provision. All is well!
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    Regarding section 7, Radio Broadcasts Today I tried to digest the wisdom of this change, but must be a bit confused. I have occasionally flown in to Stirling North (the home of the Port Augusta Flying Club) for their regular Saturday sausage sizzle. This is a private airfield, owned by the club and 7 nm from Port Augusta aerodrome. YPAG is security controlled, has RPT, charter ops, a flying school and a busy RFDS base. 126.7 has up to now been a perfectly workable common frequency for ops at both sites. As Stirling North does not appear on charts or in ERSA, I read Part 7.3.1 of the CAAP to require Stirling North traffic to be on area frequency 123.9 Note 1 of this section makes this explicitly required for the benefit of transiting aircraft who may not be aware of Stirling North as an active airfield. Can anyone please explain to me why being on a different frequency to YPAG makes it easier and safer for me when visiting Stirling North? Or conversely, please explain the error of my interpretation of the CAAP.
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    I recently landed at Ayers Rock/Connellan. It took less than 2 minutes from shutdown for the security car to arrive and its contents to ask for my ASIC. The security officer was, however, very friendly and obliging. That only made it the second time in 6 years that I had been asked for the red card.
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    You'll need a BP card for Avgas at Ceduna. They don't do Visa or M/C. (As at 2nd July when I last fueled there)
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    Am I reading it correctly that the mandatory inspection is only required after maintenance as described has been carried out, and not required for an aircraft which, after the original inspection and sign-off, has not required dismantling of any control mechanisms? I'll get mine checked anyway, but the intent of the notice isn't clear to me.
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    I now fly with a carb body temperature gauge, and use varying amounts of carb heat to maintain at least +5 degrees. My setup has both hot and cold air going through the air cleaner with the carb heat able to go from full cold to full hot or anywhere between. By a lucky coincidence, the SU carby has a blanking plug in the ideal position between the jet and the throttle spindle, and the port is the exact size and thread to accept a VDO temperature sender. A smear of heat conducting grease ensures that it reads actual body temperature. It has been a revelation since fitting this gauge to see just how cold the carby can get in relatively warm outside conditions.
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