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    Leave Carb Heat on. on take off with Most Planes and you will be in trouble. You will have substantiality reduced Power IF it's to be effective. There are set Performance Parameters for de- icing carburettors in certified Planes. How SOME get around it I do not Know. When it's Injection equipped it's a lot less likely. We still see Incidents where it's most Likely Carb Icing. Of course the evidence is gone afterwards.it Melts away. Nev
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    No. It's NOT just for aerobatic Pilots. You have to Use an aerobatic Plane to do the training in and all Planes spin and recover differently That's a Problem in itself and it there's a Placard "INTENTIONAL Spins Prohibited" you won't get Much of an idea of what it's likely to spin Like. Also IF you get into a fully developed Spin you are Likely to Need 1500' to recover from it. A "Flick Roll" is a Horizontal spin . Aerobatic routines are In and out of STALLs all the time. It's nothing to these guys. Being an angle of attack thing stick position fore and aft is everything. The rudder decides which way you will rotate.. A simple loop will kill you if you start with Insufficient energy. Speed and Height. Always be situationally aware. When LOW and turning, Put extra Power on or lower the Nose (OR both) BEFORE the speed starts to Decay. Keep your turns balanced (Ball centred). Prevention IS the Key. IF you don't have the Height you are going to crash No Matter how good you are at spin recovery IF you get into one and that Happens when People react instinctively and apply back stick when the Nosed drops , usually. Nev
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    I recall some Cessna I flew had that Mechanism. It's a bit delicate and subject to wear . BAD idea. Not needed either. All you need is a friction nut. The cable itself is heavier than what Most U/ls are equipped with. It's an ITEM that should not be prone to Failure . Nev
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    Good question. The cooling is where the Fuel evaporates and the Air pressure reduces. There MAY be some heat travels into the Carb Body. Nev
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    Very time consuming to TRY to alter a Certified Aircraft. Is yours RAAus registered? Nev
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    Can't you put the spring back on? Fuel hose for a chainsaw may be better with sharp bends. The type used inside the tank. Nev
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    I don't think It's a Major Airport.(If it exists). Nev
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    The Title of the Blog I recommended is "Adrian's Model Aero Engines" . Nev
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    Maybe it goes under the runway? Even the extension of Rwy16 at Sydney into Botany Bay can give you some Moments. Nev
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    Of the Highwing Cessnas, Only one type of C-150/152 is Certified for spins, to my knowledge. I've done some pretty awful things to them AT a Safe Heigh, and they are Pretty spin resistant and were Built to Be. THAT doesn't MEAN they WON'T spin especially IF they are tail Heavy (like any other Plane). Nev
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    Some silly things said in that narrative. Nev
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    I used Much longer Leads than you Might have, and also got the leads off fast. I wasn't hard on glow plugs. No way could I afford those Large 1.5 V carbon zinc batteries that can't be recharged.
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    You Pull a pretty high vacuum with the throttle closed if the engine is in good Nick. Bigger dia Hoses are More susceptible, but it wouldn't be the end of the world in any case . You have to allow for a slight change of length. Nev
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    Well MAYBE he was incapacitated or the seat went back in the runners OR a student Froze on the controls. WE may never Know for sure. I wouldn't consider him OLD at the stated age and he would have passed the required Medicals and Probably not likely to be showing off, with his age and experience. It's ALL very sad.. Nev
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    IF you get the revs up the Plug element gets heat from the combustion plus the Battery and that's not good for the engine OR the Glow Plug. I always used ONE cell of an old 6v Lead Acid Battery which is 2.2 Volts Cut the Hard Rubber case. Money was short. Nev
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    AT LEAST RAA "instructors" should do Unusual Attitude Recovery, NOT Aerobatics and Have advocated THAT for YEARS. Since the available planes ceased to be aerobatic Mid 60's, the emphasis was on avoidance and I 'd suggest THAT Is just dodging the Issue. Progressive Airline Managements have encouraged their Pilots to do extra flying in aerobatic Aircraft to expand their skills base. People continue to Fall out of the sky turning onto final etc Because they lack the awareness and skills they need to survive. RAAus Forbids SPIRAL teaching as it's quite risky in plane not stressed for what loads it May have to tolerate, Nev.
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    Maybe looking out the side and not watching the Pitch attitude or a cramp in one of your Legs. In a turn, you only have to give a slight pressure to the Lower rudder Pedal, and you start descending and speed increases. IF you correct with BACK stick, you're stuffed.. Nev
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    The difference is IF the speed increases it's a spiral. Most spins are flatter. Spiralling builds up speed. Let's see the training records. The FIRST thing in spin recovery is SPIN OR SPIRAL? Speed and G increasing ,SPIRAL Ailerons effective. Roll wings level and pull out of dive. Nev
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    It was brought up if there was a risk of the Pipe collapsing, remember. I wouldn't be altering the original set up which is multiples lower in Volume. without a lot of testing including throttle response. Nev
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    I could not make out the position of the controls but to Me it Looked as if there was No positive signs of a recovery or even a Partial one. Perhaps the training record will shed some light on it. Such a Waste of life. Nev
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    Any plane with a tail heavy condition is a death trap. Hands off most Cessna High wings will come out of the stall spin by themselves, but you CAN always Improve on that. The Lack of proper training in this area amounts to Criminal Negligence .Nev
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    Water doesn't expand anything like as much as you suggest. Air in the system can cause Local hot spots. Real bad idea.. Stop a motor that has been working hard and it may Boil AFTER it is stopped. High suction can pull air Past the Pump seal into the water passages in the Motor There are Better systems made since the Mid 90s that have the Pressure cap on the reservoir which has a fill level Indicator and often self bleed capacity. I don't think you can isolate British cars these days. Most are International and built in Many places to similar designs. Most cars temp indicator sits in the same Place whatever the CAR IS DOING, once it has warmed up. Nev
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    The Network gets the message. This bloke is Trouble IF you refuse to fly CRAP which by Law you Must not fly. Also you DO WANT to keep your Job. I refused to go with a safety clip Missing and got written up (secretly) as "showing NO initiative". How NICE to have THAT on your file? . I discovered it about 20years Later when the Union demanded such files be divulged and could be seen by the affected pilots. Nev
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    These Planes don't enter spins easily, or want to stay in them. I wonder If we will Know what happened? Spin training hasn't been done Properly since the Mid 60's. Nev
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    Whip the leads off as soon as the engine starts to save the Glow Plugs.. The blog I mentioned is Adrians Model aero engines. It's well laid out. I only have about 8 engines remaining of My collection having been persuaded to Part with the others by serious collectors who I trust to care for them.. Nev
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