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  1. Thruster88
    Totally agree Nev, I have over 500 hours flying low level, started before the endorsement became a thing. Only ever did it on my and friends farms that I knew very well. Don't do it now because of the risks. It is fun and really hones one skills having that ground reference.
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    The "don't lose control of the aircraft " (maintain sufficient airspeed) is the number one thing.
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    It is not to gain altitude, that doesn't happen although an increased climb gradient will result. My comment was based on the assumption that both aircraft took off on 04 with the wind SE and turned left one normally and the accident aircraft very low. If flying an aircraft you had little confidence in you would be thinking of maximizing your chances if a forced landing was required by flying straight or turning right in to the very strong wind until gaining sufficient altitude to allow manoeuvring. .
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    I totally agree the aircraft doesn't care about turning down wind. There is no such thing as the down wind turn stall, Aircraft can turn down wind with total safety. What does matter is flying down wind in dodgy aircraft in strong wind with insufficient altitude to get the aircraft turned back into wind for a landing following loss of thrust. PS the down wind turn is a myth. Hope this is clear enough.
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    From the information we have there may be similarities with this accident. https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2016/aair/ao-2016-112 Mechanical turbulence, stress etc. As Poteroo said, it would have been prudent to keep the nose pointing into wind while climbing to an altitude that would have allowed for a turn back into wind in the event of an engine failure. With a 20knot wind we have the choice of landing that aircraft at 25 or 65 knots of ground speed. There is 7 times the energy in the down wind landing option, not good.
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    That is something only the PIC pilot in command can decide.
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    As a farmer who watches weather especially leading up to harvest, it varies quite a bit. Right now you could go in a Thruster no worries, decent tail wind to boot. If in doubt Glasair III my friend.
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    The wind is not a mystery now days, WINDY, that's an app for smart phones, predicts it with remarkable accuracy days in advance.
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    Within RAAus if you own the aircraft which is not used in a flying school and you have an L1 certificate then you can maintain the aircraft. If the aircraft is used in a school then only an L2 can maintain.
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    Production has ended
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    I think it may have been the last one built.
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    Hi Jack, I am using multi focal glasses now, my distance vision only needs minor correction and they are less distracting than reading glasses when looking in, out of the aircraft. Flying to farm type air strips can be a challenge, I don't think binoculars will help. Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. I use six maps in NSW to have a good look before the mission. Can measure strip length and distance to some visible reference. Check terrain and power lines etc. Fly higher, it is easier to find a strip from 2500agl than 500agl. Have been to this strip a few times, the shape of the paddock will not change and the land use will nearly always make it stand out. As you can see on the satellite image the strip is not that visible at times.
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    2RS means it has rubber seals both sides. Z is the steel shield type, those are not completely sealed
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    Kawasaki P-1

    Thruster88 commented on red750's aircraft in Military

    Lots of electronic at each end of the optical. They could have used good old stainless cables, just have to remember to change them after 15 years😂🙄😥#casa
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    I believe the initial rpm limits on 9 series Rotax is due to the oil pump sucking that cool thick oil out of the tank, cavitation? There is nothing in the cylinder or crank that would cause any limit. Good thread drift, that's how conversion goes.
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    8.5:1 It is the high compression 160hp version. Why can't we compare rich and lean mixtures, if the engine is built to take it and the cooling was totally sorted by the airframe factory, in 1963?
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    Agree, my beech/lycoming 0-320 burns 29 lph @65% power = 104hp. Rotax 912 @100% power = 100hp burns 27.5lph according to rotax graph. That is not even a bees dick of difference. The airframe consumes the energy. Rotax is economical because they are in small light aircraft.
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    In the part 23 certified world there have been propellers that were in wide spread use that have since had AD or Airworthiness Directives applied to them removing them from the fleet after a very small number of failures. As we have discussed Glen things don't always work this way in the LSA world. Some engine/propeller combinations are not agreeable with each other. If the prop did in fact fail in this case will we even get to read about that?
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    Checking out my canola harvest. Feel very fortunate to have only lost about 25% of the area to excessive wet. No bogged headers, chaser bins or trucks, it's a miracle.
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    The Piper pa32 with the unique up draft cooling. Note the baffles behind the engine at the bottom. Also has exhaust on top of cylinders. Probably just makes it a pita to work on.
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    The Piper pa32 Saratoga sp turbo is the only piston aircraft that has a non traditional in the front and out the bottom flow that I can think of. Have not seen inside the cowl. Are engineers just lazy or is the traditional way the best?
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    That would seem the most likely scenario. It is unlikely the blades sheared off completely with the engine at idle on the landing roll.
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    We should not be distracted by the kangaroos, the real story is what happened to the propeller.
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    They have kangaroos in Canberra so they can't be that fussy.😂
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    I was thinking the propeller blades sheared of in the landing. Reading the report about increasing vibration perhaps they went fa coffee.
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