Thruster88

They might be pitching over with almost zero g as the load comes out.

My RV has a heavy Hartzell CS prop and with just me and full fuel the CG is at the forward limit. RV6 has a small tail. The farm strip is bare earth and I nearly always have a look at the touch down marks after landing. Always land with the stick well or fully back however the nose will always touch within 5 metres of the mains. Cant keep it off and I don't try to when taking off, I like a positive rotation at the correct speed, departure stalls suck big time. The nose leg on the RV is plenty strong enough, it is the same type as the other legs on nosewheel and tail wheel RVs. If it can support the weight in the hangar it can support the weight going 50-60knots down the runway. So why do they bend? I think it may be some form of violent shimmy. We have a long spring with a heavy piece (nosewheel, fork and spat) on the end. Imagine the aircraft lands in a crab or the free castoring nose wheel is at a slight angle at touch down, it flicks to one side and then on the next touch it binds slightly and drives the nose leg sideways, repeat a few times and the leg bends. A few years ago there was one at Narromine with the leg bent out the side, it got me thinking why is it so. The one at William Creek had an after market reinforcement, it did not say what type in the ATSB report. What can we do. Correct nosewheel tyre pressure, Van's recommended 25-35, they say less is better, I use 25psi. Correct breakout force on the nose leg, 10kg for my aircraft. No side slips on final, we want that free castoring tyre to be straight at touch down. Land it like you are doing a wheel landing in a tail wheel aircraft, smooth, straight, no crab touch and a slight pin, we don't want that free castoring nose wheel skipping about.

There is no doubt, it was a departure stall. Cannot fault this reporter, correctly described type of aircraft and operation. https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/seaplane-crashes-at-north-stradbroke-island-20230126-p5cfph.html

I have a small cross pein hammer in my 6a. It is held in place by the seat velcro and should be easy to access if required. I have tested it on aircraft plexiglass and it works very well.

Was landing in the opposite direction possible or not due to slope? As an RV nosewheel operator I am curious if they were able to break the canopy and escape without outside help.

I use same Samsung charger/ cable that is used for my tablet and phone. SkyEcho2 can take about 5 hours to charge.

Stuck valve relief?

Are you sure that carburetor heat muff is a genuine Rotax part? The parts books I have looked at do not show one. The last Rotax 912 annual I did was a Foxbat A22. It had air cleaners inside the air box so no dirt or shrapnel can ever enter the engine regardless of hot or cold selected. Good engineering.

Hard to understand how this can happen in a two pilot aircraft equipped with stick shaker and stick pusher. Runaway trim?

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I must be doing something wrong. Just tried ozrunways with SkyEcho2 at home on my new Samsung phone, have mobile coverage but can't get oz traffic and adsb traffic at the same time. Knowledge base has no info for android on this issue.

I have a 5yo Samsung s3 tablet, ozrunways and SkyEcho2. Has always worked. I do lose the ozrunways telstra delivered traffic when the tablet is wifi ing with the SkyEcho2. Suspect this is due to age of tablet not being able to do both?, it is a 3g unit, old.

Runaway trim is a MEMORY item. Not a 737 pilot but I know the location and function of the 2, yes two, trim cut out switches that have been fitted every model of 737. We have nothing to fear flying in a jet in Australia.

Flow rate through an orifice will be dependent on diameter and to a great extent the length of orifice. The 0.35mm carb jet would have minimal length and could have a similar flow to a 0.5mm drilled hole that is say 2 or 3mm "long". Only a flow test will will determine actual performance of any orifice in the system.

There is avgas available in all directions 60nm from Tooraweena. Mogas is available at wings out west 60nm south of Tooraweena. I WOULD NOT BE PUTTING FUEL IN EX CHEMICAL DRUMS. Have heard of some not so good results.

Rylstone has some. https://rylstoneaerodrome.com.au/ Cowra is Hangars only. http://www.cowraairport.com.au/airport-project

It's a cessna 172 apparently so pilot could have night VFR or instrument rating.

It has been said this aircraft had only been flown twice in the previous 12 months. Why? If that is true, why the pilot flew in the heat with a passenger in a direction/height that would result in a tree landing if the engine failed is probably the more important question. Alot of RAAus accidents are the result of poor decisions.

My 2 cents worth. Clear pics on Facebook show glassy water in all pics indicating light winds. There is a fire truck about 100m behind the aircraft, most likely on the end of runway 35, so takeoff to the north on the shorter runway, could be wrong but seems to fit the pics. Runway 26, 1400 meters, has no obstacles to clear. Always do a pre takeoff briefing to self. Both runways are sealed now.

Maybe Ec130 heli is flown from left seat single pilot.

If only they had kept the cockpit doors locked before 911.

Yes however they will be coming from every which-way to the initial "approach point". Aircraft could be going head to head as they turn towards the airport. Then there could be over taking on the confined approach path. It will also add to radio calls required and they will no longer be standard. With normal CTAF circuit procedure everyone should approach with the runway on their left and only turn left as they descend into the circuit All the Nat fly, Ausfly, Old Station etc events have used standard circuit procedure.

Most likely it was the Freedom Formation. 11 Van's RV aircraft lead by a Yak 55? out of Wedderburn. Totally awesome.

I personally think you should just use the standard CTAF procedure. Having aircraft converge at some other point away from the runway will not make it safer. There is no liability on you if standard CTAF procedures are used.

One of the more bizarre incidents involving an Anson aircraft. Was down at Howlong a few years back on a job and came across the road side display at Brockelsby. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Brocklesby_mid-air_collision