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    A gyro copter on a dawn flight.
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    Tyre Pressure

    Thruster88 replied to Siso's topic in Thruster

    I run used, because they are free and lighter than new, 6.00x6 aircraft tyres. Goodyear flight custom etc because I dislike getting punctures. These are fitted to 6 inch kart wheels. Pressure only needs to be about 8-10 psi. Tyre creep on the wheels is a problem solved by two small self tapping screws each side into the bead.
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    xair standard

    Thruster88 commented on BrendAn's classified in Aircraft

    Fast aircraft have to be a lot faster to make a real difference on a long trip. The main advantage with the gazelle would be fuel economy if that is something that concerns you. Fit your HKS turbo to the xair and there would not be much difference in speed, range between the them. I am minding a Skyranger with 100hp rotax in my shed atm, they are a great all-rounder if you can only have one aircraft.
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    To end 2025 I got the thruster T85 single out for a fly. Compared to the RV, Beech23 or two seat thruster it seems a little tricky to fly, perhaps I just need to fly it more often. I did see that I had missed a piece in the fallow spray for the 2026 crop.
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    Welcome, your machine looks something like an Australian designed Corby starlet. These started life with a vw, many have been retrofited with a Jabiru 2200, more power and lighter. The jabiru may be a better option than the long discontinued KFM.
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    Interesting, what are you going to do with it.
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    Unfortunately I sold the 1984 mk3 scout i bought new after the first year of flying and moved on to the Thruster.
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    Looks like a taildragger doing taildragger things.
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    I am planning to take my single seat Thruster to represent the beginning of AUF/ Raaus. Weather should be nice that time of year. You would be welcome to come here beforehand, I am only 33nm south east of Parkes.
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    The only alarming thing about that is viewers unable to detect slop or as it should be called shit. Slop can be feed to pigs.
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    Dan Gryder has a vid on why this most likely happened. In summary the aircrafts emergency return to the departure airport turn onto final approach was with insufficient energy. To my simple high school physics mind aircraft have 3 types of energy. Kinetic, Potential, Fuel/engine. This aircraft had, 1 low kinetic, airspeed. 2 low potential, altitude. 3 low fuel, the ability to burn it with one engine inoperative. The inevitable sink happened with flaps and gear out, high drag resulting in the this terrible accident, it will happen every time. We can learn from this accident even if we fly simple single engine aircraft.
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    If he had used the more classy mini corrugated iron sheets it would have looked like a Junkers. Nice garden ornament.
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    Here is a "new" engine that is actually flying. Only 3 moving parts, yes it is a piston ported forced induction jet A burning 2 stroke. Has been in development for about 20 years. Small Aircraft Jet Fueled Engine - DeltaHawk Engines WWW.DELTAHAWK.COM Powerful Technology Through Time-Proven Innovation. The first clean sheet piston engine design FAA certified in over 60 years.
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    The transmit function, adsb out must be turned off in the SkyEcho2 settings if an ADSB transponder is fitted to the aircraft. Can't have two outs. One advantage for the pilot of an aircraft equipped this way is continuous viewing of your own ADSB transponder, ie you know the out and the in is working and altitude and position is being transmitted correctly, far better than a check every two years.
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    If the pilot knew how the turbocharged engine systems worked and looked at the manifold pressure gauge a diagnosis of loss of boost due to a hose failure could have been made fairly quickly. The engine will continue to run with enough hp to maintain level flight. No biggie.
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    When turning in a strong wind, 10-15 knots with a slow aircraft 50-60 knots cruise speed there will be visual illusions of skidding or slipping in turns. Wind on the higher wing will feel like the aircraft is slipping into the turn which could make one use inappropriate rudder inputs. The rudder is for correcting adverse yaw. Adverse yaw only occurs while the ailerons are deflected to roll the aircraft, once in a steady bank with the stick back to centre the rudder should be fairly neutral. The ball is always right. I am not an instructor so this could all be incorrect.
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    As an ATPL pilot you would know RPT aircraft fly correct airspeed for the configuration at all times. Also most light aircraft do not have angle of attack indicators. Yes we can all agree a stall happens when the critical angle of attack is exceeded.
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    From the pictures it could be said the aircraft crashed heavily in a left wing low attitude and then rolled/pitched over. The vertical stabilizer and RH undercarriage has minimal damage. Perhaps a departure stall. Airspeed is life.
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    Birds were roosting on the diagonal bracing cables in my shed roof. I coated them with plenty of wheel bearing grease and them problem was gone.
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    So the part had been in service for some time. I think the lesson here is just because you fit a part a part and it seems to work fine doesn't necessarily mean much. The Lycoming 320, 360 carburetor or fuel injection engines have been in service unchanged for at least 65 years now. The very few parts that have caused problems have been the subject of an Airworthiness Directive, AD.
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    Hopefully the cables will be replaced and not just removed to reduce liability.
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    Yes the data plate says o-360 and it would have left the lycoming factory with an updraft Marvel-Schebler carburetor bolted directly to the sump, just like the one in my RV6a, however the picture clearly shows that was no longer the case unfortunately.
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    When this dust storm hit Narromine SAAA flyin in 2019 I was glad the thruster was tied tail into the wind.
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    They have two turbine engines. They can fly on one engine in most cases.
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    Looks like this aircraft had rotec? Throttle body injection also called a pressure carburetor. I think they can suffer from carburetor ice so it is possible carburetor heat was in use during the low power decent for landing.
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