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    As airspeeds increase Turbulence is More Noticed particularly with Low(er) wing loadings. The Mini flaps working in both directions are better than Pitch changes and would cause less drag..Nev
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    Lets face it. Most People want More and the 2 stroke Motors are a bit out of fashion. Holbrook as it was is a distant Memory. Nev
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    Refined and cast into Bars. Most from Tennant Creek. It's a "dump" now. You don't want to stay there. Nev
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    It's incredibly Heavy (dense). Used to Lift it out of Mining towns on the F27 when going up the centre in the Late 60's. Gold bars. No security anywhere. . Don't drop one on your foot. Nev
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    Only Pilots can understand Pilots. No one else has a clue what goes on up the front where the Buck stops with the PIC when it all goes pear shaped. What ever Plane it is you have a feel for it IT (situational awareness), otherwise you're a Passenger. Not everyone has what it takes. They usually drop by the wayside. Scare themselves and stop or come to grief.. Called "Nervous on a FINE day" People. You can't hide it from anyone you are flying with. Nev
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    It carries too much Liability to be sustainable.. Nev
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    It's not an easy job running RAAus. Nev
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    It's a 100% BS book based on what you have stated . I flew with and Knew Many ex RAF and RAAF Pilots. They didn't make much money either in the early days. There was a surplus of them.. Many had quite Low hours at the end of WW2. Not one detested their Job. Money Insecurity exists as you can't be sure you will have a Job after your next Medical or sim check or Incident/Accident. Experience counts in a Flying job and there's a good reason for that There's not much "Joy of Flight" on the Middle of the Night in a storm. I doubt your author is a Pilot. If He/she is they haven't got a clue. Nev
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    Over tight cables are a considerable structural risk and feel rotten. It's easy to overstress something. Nev
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    It's reasonable to ask for evidence. You learn that the Hard way. From experience. A picture is worth a Thousand words. Manufacturers say "Filled for life" for some gearboxes. In Practice not a good idea. Nev
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    Pan Am was an Enormous Enterprise for a long time.. It's worth spending a bit of time Looking over it's History, which ended about 1991. Airlines are often not a good investment and the Best performers have government contracts to support them. Flying near empty Planes is a quick way to go broke . I'd NEVER recommend investing in a Airline. Piston Engined Planes operated nowhere near the safety level that Jet engines provided even though they were derated from the Military spec in RPT ops. One Nickname for the 3 tailed Lockheed was Super Consternation. The Boeing Strato Cruiser often lost Multiple engines on Long flights. Nev
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    Tetra-ethyl lead.( TEL ) only helps EXHAUST valve seats when the Metal temps are hot enough for it to be a fluid and act as a lubricant. The Rotax Alloy Liquid cooled heads do not operate at High enough temps for this to consistently happen and a build up occurs where some breaks away and a damaged (eroded) valve seat is possible with compression loss. Sometimes just running with Mogas will correct it. I'd still Like to Know the Nature of the alleged gearbox and engine damage and some actual evidence. Nev
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    That is true, but not my Point. Formating is difficult with real planes. Near impossible with Models due to the extremely quick reaction times required. The vision technology adds an entirely new dimension to flying RC. Nev
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    Why is the 30% figure critical? . Nev
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    Have there been images of engine and gearbox lead build ups in Rotax 9xx Motors? I'd like to see some evidence. The more Blow by the More lead transferred to the Engine oil. Most larger engines have reduction gears using the Common oil supply. 100LL(Low Lead) is much LESS lead that any other Avgas like 130/145. . I've NEVER seen lead build ups in stripped motors that run on 100LL The filthiest Motor I've ever seen stripped was in a Grumman Cropduster that had run Auto Petrol always. It was gummed up like no other aero engine I've ever seen. Nev
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    The people who sell them would like that. Nev
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    It's good to be Paid for doing things You'd pay to do, but long Haul and Shift work can take it out of you. You also can't guarantee to be at Places and Organised Sport is out of the Question. Instructing is a worthwhile Pursuit if you don't mind getting bu@@er all for doing it. Nev
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    Nothing I know of would do that, except a well trained Pilot dedicated to Maintaining control and limiting "G" forces and extreme attitudes. Limits of Possible weather effects are ever changing. There will be conditions that No Plane can Guarantee safe Passage without being a special Military thing with Massive Power to weight and high Structural strength..Nev
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    I think the level of concentration required would tire you out quickly. Nev
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    I can't see how your above post relates to anything I have just said. Please desist from this Practice in the future. Nev
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    I personally had many contacts with BP's Chief fuel technologist, who was by far the Most helpful of the Brands I contacted on the Issue that I was investigating. That article reads more like a Promo for their Optimax Products which have additives added to help . Please ignore the Hotter plug advice with aircraft Engines...Nev
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    How would they Know the Cause since the Plane has only just been found.? It was also not very Old. Pan Am was a pretty large show, flying long Routes . Years Later their reputation degraded when they flew B 747's that were never washed. and Qantas Crews refused to deadhead on them because their accident record was poor. They eventually went out of Business..Nev
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    It's really a Las Vegas thing. A place I have No desire to Visit by the way. Never done a cruise either and and not likely to. Too boring and artificial and there's NO escape. Nev
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    What happens in Taswegia stays in Taswegia.. Nev
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    Losing two on one side together, is usually fuel management. They have a very complex fuel feed layout. Nev
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