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  1. johnm
    often wonder about left turning cars and consuming all the left side of the road - can only think that drivers don't know how wide their car is (there is so much car shell built around the vehicle occupants) you see it also on narrow roads and bridges - some drivers don't know where their wheels are / width of their vehicles
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    I've been there - they have some books on anti-gravity (theoretical analysis) - once reading them ................. they are very hard to put down
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    in post No 1 (point 2) it says ............ 'the engine stops before deployment' ......... - is that part of the standard installation / system requirement ? - the 'chute pull handle' stops the engine ? BRS shortcomings are: The BRS unit and mountings weigh around 30 kg. It has to be placed in the tail section (thus moving the C of G aft) and requires parts of the airframe to be strengthened to withstand the forces associated with deployment, adding another 7 Kg. Combine weight and balance considerations and at least one passenger seat has been sacrificed for the same endurance. There is no control once the system is activated because the engine stops before deployment; and the descent speed is 25 feet per second… The system is airspeed limited: the aircraft must not exceed a set speed before deployment;
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    contrived analysis follows !: a quick look through the list seems to me that insurance sees 'impact' and 'gravity' (sudden stop at the end) ............. as a risk Insurance seems quiet forgiving when it comes to 'water' I wonder which category has killed the most (I'd have thought water would be the biggest killer) ? maybe playing with water is tolerated cause we have been doing it longer ......... but those new fangled flying contraptions might take another couple of hundred years to wait before they are tolerated more
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    might be all the same but if you have a superannuation account that you are contributing to - ask them re life insurance
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    ironically you are our ? potential benefactor sfGnome - you could well enrich this website and one members life with this potential half-built project !
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    call me a dinosaur but I can't see how a car (a 2 dimensional thing) can ever be a flying car (a 3 dimensional thing) - a flying car for the masses (I mean you've just picked up Pizza - all the drones could not fly that 24 hour period) so it was a drive / flight to the Pizza shop and it was time to get home ............ quick case in point - insurance claims for cars - some good ones such as below: “Going to work at 7am this morning I drove out of my drive straight into a bus. The bus was 5 minutes early..” “I knew the dog was possessive about the car but I would not have asked her to drive it if I had thought there was any risk.” “I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way” “The pedestrian had no idea which way to run as I ran over him. “Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don’t have.”
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    good work on your first post Ben I don't even know what bankstown looks like ! - but I think commercial pressure for capital and rent seems to exceed what flight schools can generate in income ...................... they move to where things are a bit cheaper ?
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    re AVDATA - Council's logic would be money ! - some money is better than none
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    i tried looking for performance specs for some of these planes - stall speeds seldom mentioned (if at all) my guess is: - lowest stall speed - Hurricane - 80 knots - fastest stall speed - Electric Lightning - 155 knots Any one wants to argue ? .................................... winner takes all (plus the light green 2 tone '55 vauxhall velox (with 5 new ! retreads))
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    hope the terminology is right ? been wondering when a radial motor has hydraulic lock (oil bottom cylinders) I imagine you either pull the prop through or take the spark plugs out a) how is that achieved when a radial powered flying boat is moored in water ? thanks
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    and also the moderators are very well rounded individuals with superior life skills that WE mere members can only dream of (the moderators know best)
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    RE RAA member numbers I tired of the incessant financial commitment owning a plane so sold it and built a ................... When my RAA aircraft rego lapsed RAA rang me and said 'rather than paying the incessant $ 200 rego fee per year - you can be a non flying member ?' - think that's the term ........... and was only $ 35 per year So when you say 10,000 members - there's probably lots of deadwood in that number
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    Heard you say that once before FH I'm curious to know the circumstance if you care (of course I (we) understand if you decline) ?
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    or by attrition and time in service ............... some call it seniority ? ................... they are next in line for the next level
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    so what you are saying OME is that when you get a speeding ticket - personalised with 'on site' attendance by Mr Plod - they are actually giving you an 'in built' $ 197.20 discount I'll have to start driving with more panache
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    another option might be that some aero clubs have a preferred insurer (in other words the 'insurer' gets all the business - some provisos are that you are a member of that club) the aero club gets buying power - you might swing that one AvidSteve (get some club members on side - ................. an admin / aeronautical task for the future !)
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    OK Asteve - when I had plane - these people insured it and were good (it had a training wheel up front though) give them a go ?
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    probably telling you how to suck eggs ASteve ................... have you tried an insurance broker ?
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    that's ridiculous - the 4 engined plane would glide twice as far as the 2 engined plane - its got twice as many engines - do themath
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    don't know if this has been posted - could be applied to planes ? see link https://youtu.be/MNnB_50Z20I
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    .................. the lady in the bikini ........... will she be there ?
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    philosophical with a drizzle of physcological FH - well said
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    definite NZ my guess ? would be 1950 ? - new plymouth or perhaps blenheim .......... good photo though - everyones busy
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    lunch - tea and bread - tiger moth days ?
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