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The DC3's are just north of Molong, checked them out the other day while going to see the Rans s12.

Was a little noisy even with Bose A30, yes it looks well built, will get to know it better in the coming weeks.

Got to fly a new type on a ferry flight, first time pusher.

Yes same at Cowra, local businesses owns the avgas tanks, no price rise.

It's 43 cents per litre not 43% so no wind fall there, consumption may even drop. Yes the government is getting more gst from non business users. Lucky to have my on farm diesel storage full before the netanyahu trump shit show started so planting no problem, harvest, who knows.

Should have been plenty of time to get the correct information into the current ERSA. Might be a few NORDO aircraft at Tumut for some time.

Just checked ERSA for tumut on ozrunways, have the current cycle 2603 19 march 2026 100% downloaded, and it is showing the old CTAF 126.7. The notams show the new CTAF 126.85. Why is it so.

Interesting tumut with not much traffic gets a discreet CTAF, Cowra with the flying school and Ag ops and surrounded by Cootamundra, Young, Forbes, Parkes and others could, should have a discreet CTAF. I am guessing for some time not all aircraft in the Tumut ctaf will be on the same frequency, who checks the ERSA for every flight in their local area.

No not at all, I am all for green energy and EV's. Just saying without the battery cooling system the car could not continue. Battery cooling systems are required for both fast charge and high discharge like a truck or performance vehicle would encounter.

EV batteries require a cooling system so swap systems are not likely to be the answer. Max Verstappen had to retire from the Chinese GP last weekend because the cooling system for the 1.1 kwh battery failed in the hybrid power unit.

In a "proper" aircraft one could use the red knob to control the engine.

27 posts about people's preferred method of making electrical connections in the TELL US ABOUT YOUR LAST FLIGHT THREAD.

The Australian ATSB has produced a comprehensive report into EAB aircraft accidents 1988 to 2010. A snippet is copied below since a link to the report called "Amature Built Aircraft Accidents (part 2)" is not possible due to it being a pdf. Airframe failure not involving the engine is an extremely low factor. It's the pilots choices not the airframe that results in EAB aircraft having such a poor safety record. The NTSB study found the following. • Amateur-built aircraft account for a disproportionate number of total accidents and an even more disproportionate share of fatal accidents when compared with similar factory-built aircraft conducting similar flight operations. • Accident analyses indicate that power plant failures and loss of control in flight are the most common amateur-built aircraft accident occurrences by a large margin and that accident occurrences are similar for both new and used aircraft. • Structural failures have not been a common occurrence among amateur-built aircraft. • In comparison with similar factory-built aircraft, a much higher proportion of accidents involving amateur-built aircraft occur early in the operational life of the aircraft. • A similarly large proportion of amateur-built aircraft accidents occur shortly after being purchased by a subsequent owner. The findings of the NTSB report about US accidents are consistent with the conclusions of the ATSB report about Australian accidents. However, both reports also bring unique factors which may provide mutual benefit to all participants in the amateur-built aircraft industry.

Went to the Tumut breakie a few weeks ago and actually saw a canard flying.

The RV12 is a matched hole kit with mostly pulled rivets with and and good build manual. Less likely to go wrong.

Thin wall, 2mm, silicon 50mm tube could be an option. Possibly it may only need to be clamped on the carburetor allowing more movement. ID 20mm-235mm Silicone Tube Hose Large Calibre Pipe Soft Rubber High TEMP 300℃ | eBay Australia WWW.EBAY.COM.AU ● Nam e:Silicone Tube Hose Large Calibre. ● Material:Silicone. -In the field of new energy: heat dissipation/transmission of batteries and energy storage devices. Wide Range of Applications. Also it would be wise to plumb the carburetor breather tubes, bearing in mind they need to sense air pressure near the carburetor, so that any discharge of fuel exits the bottom of the cowling to reduce fire risk.

I don't see the down side with ditching the cold air intake and going pod filters. Very slight loss of power at full throttle but how often is that used. For any part throttle operation the throttle just has to be a little more open to compensate for the less dense warmer air. I see coolant carburetor heaters so carb ice should not be a problem.

Is the airbox mounted to the engine or the airframe? Given the way your engine is mounted, it obviously moves a fair bit at times. Is there a risk your airbox could pull a carb out of its socket? Alot of rotax installations just have a pod filter on each carb, simple, light weight and it must work.

I used a ram mount, two ball ends and a 100mm long arm allows a lot of flexability of position. The foot is about the size of an engine gauge. I made the tablet mount. 10 inch tablet takes up little space because it is on an angle facing the pilot.

A quick look on google maps, satelite, shows a terminal building, probaly has a toilet, gliding club, most likely toilet beer and food. Plenty of grass parking much like Narromine. I talked to my antique friend today and we are going.

Skippy, not seeing altitude on any of the rotax charts you have put up. As you can see from this Lycoming chart there are numerous combinations of RPM (prop control), manifold pressure (throttle) and altitude to achieve a known fuel flow/performance.

To make use of your manifold pressure gauge you would need a power chart. Such charts for say a Lycoming O-360A1A will include altitude, rpm, manifold pressure and show fuel flow for each setting. 23-23 @3500 feet is not the same power as 23-23 @5500 feet. Rotax do not seem to publish such charts, good luck finding one.

There is a similar story involving a Lycoming and some dodgy oil hoses on an experimental Osprey In the hunter valley nsw. Collision with terrain involving amateur-built Osprey 2 amphibian aircraft, VH-WID, near Maitland Airport, New South Wales, on 17 May 2020 | ATSB WWW.ATSB.GOV.AU

The only requirement i can find for remote areas is to carry survival equipment, MOS 26.64. Remote area survival equipment (MOS 26.64) An aircraft that is flying over a remote area is required to carry appropriate survival equipment for sustaining life for the area that is being overflown.