Ultralights

Cant wait for the rest of the trip, wish i was doing it with you..

gday, the camera isnt a trade secret, its a GoPro HD camera, mounted to the wingtip, set to take pictures every 2 seconds, then you edit all the thousands of pictures into a time lapse movie. the camera will also shoot in 1920X1080 video at 30 frames a sec, or 720 at 60 frames a sec, and a few other resolutions.

makes me appreciate my 4 point harness even more..

a quick timelapse video of the trip.

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im interested in this as well, our savvy only has cabin static, but opening and closing the snap vents changes ASI by about 3 kts, but also changes the altimeter and VSI

i have had 1 smoke in the cabin incident in Raaus aircraft, turning downwind runway 36, the cab began filling with smoke rapidly, gave a mayday call, advised all at the airport i was making an emergency landing runway 18, turned off all electrics and made a normal landing opposite to the direction we just took off. once on the ground shut down engine and got out. smoke stopped. source was oil leaking from a oil line onto the exhaust.. got the heart rate going i must say.

pretty much every intrument you listed above, except with the addition of the radio below the fuel press guage.

Flying dog, how was your trip home? do any sightseeing?

The cabin heater is a duct/tube built into the muffler which then feeds into the cabin and diverted to an outlet above your feet and another towards the windscreen. normally the cabin heat works ok, as in there is plenty of hot air flowing through into the cabin, but due to a vent in the rear of the cabin,which creates negative air pressure in the cab, and therefore sucks in a lot of outside air through gaps above the doors, and in through the control stick. its this negative pressure that allows the cabin heat to work, just sadly, the warm air departs the cabin quite quickly, but it is noticable. once i track down and seal all the leaks, im sure it will work brilliantly.

OAT above Kosciuszko was only -1, we were dressed in warm clothes, with ski jackets and pants, and we were comfortable. though you could feel the cold air on your face and hands. well i did, as i was not wearing gloves. the OAT remained about 0 for the flight from the snow right up to descending into wollongong, we weren't uncomfortable.

after departing Tumut fly-in on Sunday morning, i fulfilled a long time dream of mine, to fly over the roof of OZ in Mid winter.

fortunately the weather gods were smiling, perfect weather over the alps, Scattered cloud to the west, Nil wind, and 2 metres of fresh snowfalls the previous 2 days.

ill let the pics do the talking.

Departed Tumut, on climb to 7500, direct to Khancoban. Snow already on the higher ground around Tumut

with Khancoban off the right wing tip, we turned South East and headed for the highest peak in sight, Mt Kosciuszko. The great Dividing range living up to its name, Scattered CU on the western side stopped by the Main Range peaks.

Looking East towards Charlottes Pass from above Mt Tate

Charlottes Pass at the head of the valley.

The view out to the right, Mt Kosciuszko itself. holding the cloud back.

looking North from overhead Mt Townsend, Yep, thats the Snowy River in the valley.

Front Valley, Perisher Ski Resort.

overhead Perisher, looking towards Blue Cow and Guthega. can you spot Guthega Dam?

From Blue Cow, tracked south to Charlottes pass as can be seen here

Charlottes, Via Mt Kosciuszko. lone track to the peak.

Turning east, Looking at Thredbo and the Thredbo Valley

tracking along the Thredbo Valley to Jindabyne, looking west into the Perisher Valley and the view North.

Overhead Jindabyne

Turning finals runway 18 Cooma for refuelling before the final leg to Wollongong.

finally got around to getting pics uploaded

Saturday afternoon arrival.

Sightseeing in a J430

Saturday arvo arrivals.

in that last pic, why would you take a photograph of a dude taking a photograph of flying dog taking a photograph? :P

yep, it was a great weekend, arrived mid afternoon saturday, stayed at a brilliant and very cheap B&B across the road from the airport, and met heaps of cool people! sadly we had to depart at about 11 on sunday to get the rest of our tour in, as can be seen in the pic above, our flight over the ski fields was awesome!

weather was perfect.. climbout looks steep in that pic Dodo, but that was 65 kts, and 800 ft/min. almost a cruise climb!

more pics to come

this might sound like madness, but the more you thrash a jabiru, the better it will be. ever notice how school jabs that work hard rarly have engine probs, sure, they might dump a tonne of oil, but the school jab here is on its third engine, the previous two made it to TBO, even if it was burning or loosing 200ml per hour. advice from our CFI to instructors, when in the Jab by yourself, fly it at full power. it helps prevent sticking rings, bore glazing etc. though i still feel more comfortable behind my 912ULS.

After reading all the supposed abilities of "traitorware", i call BS.

and record the heartbeat and “vibration signature” of the user.

According to the patent application, if these identifiers do not match the "authorised" user, the system then determines if there is "suspicious behaviour".

and i like to know how this software will work, when jailbreaking will remove said software.. yes, i have iphones, and yes, there always been jailbroken.

are students REALLY having issues with control in the late stages or early stages of take off and landing because they do not get taught using the Stop and go method? every student i have trained has had no issues with slower speed handling, i have found with Taxiing, and the rudder/steering inputs required during a touch and go transition from coasting while retracting flap, to full power, they have already learnt the required control skills. is it REALLY an issue?

ive paid from $50 A Month at Cessnock to $550 a Month at Bankstown. at the moment its somehwere in between at Wollongong

Finally found a positive policy, well, part of policy on aviation in Oz.

Labor still have the white paper policy of 2007, which,well, was nothing but white paper.

JOINT PRESS RELEASEThe Hon. Warren Truss, Shadow Minister for Trade, Transport & Local Government

Leader of the Nationals

 

Senator Guy Barnett, Liberal Senator for Tasmania

 

FOCUS ON LAUNCESTON

 

Wednesday 18 August, 2010

 

A Coalition Government will commission a review into the use of radar in Australia’s air traffic

 

management, with a particular focus on Launceston, Shadow Minister for Transport and Leader of the

 

Nationals, Warren Truss, and Liberal Senator, Guy Barnett said today.

 

The review will obtain international expertise to ensure that Australia uses radar in the best possible

 

way to ensure the safety of our skies. The review will have a particular focus on Launceston following an

 

incident in the area more than two years ago.

 

“Plainly, Labor is not interested in this issue,” Mr Truss said.

 

The review will consider the conclusions of the ATSB report on the Launceston incident and whether the

 

better use of radar could have prevented it.

 

Senator Guy Barnett welcomed the announcement on behalf of Tasmanians.

 

Senator Barnett said, “The fact that it took Australia’s safety authority, the Australian Transport Safety

 

Bureau two years to report on a near

 

‐miss incident that took place over Launceston, is unacceptable.”

 

“Mr Truss said, “A Coalition Government will ensure that Australia’s air management agencies are

 

resourced properly,”

 

A Coalition Government will also seek to make Australia a global leader in flight training. The Trade

 

Representative for Services, to be appointed by a new Coalition Government and the Australian Trade

 

Commission, will be tasked to promote Australia’s pilot training services around the world.

 

Australia is one of the best places in the world to learn to fly and obtain skills in the aviation industry.

 

The Coalition will build on this by seeking to enhance Commonwealth loan assistance for commercial

 

pilot training. Australia has highly professional aviation sector and a Coalition Government will keep it

 

that way.

 

“I am also concerned that the Federal Labor Transport Minister Anthony Albanese refused my invitation

 

to attend a stakeholder’s forum on air safety in Tasmania,” said Senator Barnett.

 

“What could be more important for an island state than air safety?

 

Media Contact: Philip Clayton – 0414 317441

resourced properly,”

A Coalition Government will also seek to make Australia a global leader in flight training.

Anything that helps grow aviation in oz is a good thing...

Missed approach -NONE, cooked goose transition. :P

i think the Jabiru has 1 major flaw thats holding it back from being a great engine, the carby position, which creates intake manifolds of differing lengths, resulting in different mixtures reaching different cylinders. the cylinder closest to the carby get a nice rich mixture, and run cool, whereas the front cylinders have a leaner mixture, resulting in higher temps, if the carby was centred under the engine, im sure this would eliminate 99% of their problems, then again, i believe the secret to rotax reliability is the water cooled heads., which results in minimal discrepancies between cylinder head temps.

"the airplane appeared to overshoot the runway centerline during this turn and then level its wings momentarily before entering a slight right bank simultaneously as the nose of the airplane pitched up,

As I understand it the arguments given by the Greens for closing Essendon are:* the lack of an adequate safety buffer zone at the end of the runways which abut residential housing;

Trainer, Savannah

Fun, P38 Lightning

Transport, Cessna Mustang and Dash 7

".... and an aircraft on the ground asks if you dont mind if he crosses the runway, then just a double click"

The guy on the ground has no idea if he was heard or not and should he or should he not cross in the limited time available. The crossing pilot must have had some uneasiness about the closeness of the situation to even make the call.

 

I'll stand by the "just not good enough" statement.

 

Cheers

that better..:big_grin:

funny how politicians tend to forget how they get around to so many places so quickly while on the campaign trail.