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I really like that Rotax powered Piper Cub replica!! any more on it?

 

 

yep, have about 200 hrs in it now..:)

 

 

What traffic do you think the guy was conflicting with?

you would be quite surprised by the number and types of aircraft operating out of Albatross regularly!

today, the RNZN was operating a PC3 Orion at Nowra, the RAAF HAwks are regulars, as well as the C17 on training flights from Richmond. not to mention the C130 Hercules doing troop drops, and the Learjet fleet of target towers. then there is the regular mail run with a Aerocommander 2 times a day.

 

on the rotary wing stuff, the Army Blackhawks use it as a base when doing training exercises onto the boats, and dropping SAS into the forests west of Nowra.

 

the RDFS and RAAF Kingairs regulars as well. even as i type this, i have heard 3 817 sqn SeaKings pass overhead.

 

all of these i have seen in the last month while working at Albartross 4 days a week.

 

 

make sure you get all your Visas and paperwork done well before you depart, especially for Indonesia, and sadly, bribe money, lots of it for the indonesian islands as well.

 

sure, you might have your paperwork in order, but 1 annoyed official can "lose" them, and you will be in a world of trouble.

 

thats all i can think of at the moent

 

 

yes, aircraft damage is a consideration, but an aircraft can be replaced, you cannot. and if your prec search and landing goes well, there should be minimal chance of damage, thats the purpose of a precautionary SEARCH and landing.. fly around until you find a suitable "airstrip" you can use again to fly out of. golf courses are great for this, nice smooth manicured lawns.

 

 

Cessna 172 on the 9th hole.

 

 

how many remeber their PRECAUTIONARY SEARCH AND LANDING LESSON?

 

if you find yourself trapped below cloud, with no way to a destination or alternative....

 

find a nice smooth paddock somewhere and get on the ground....

 

 

sorry, must have been the curry!

 

 

with 80 hrs already in the book, you should need no more than 5 hrs to get your certificate, 1 hr or less upper air work to get the feel of the new aircraft, a hour or 2 of circuits, and probably a nav. that should be it.

 

 

We should all be looking at this soon, i heard from good authority the CTA endo is only weeks away..(VERY good authority)cheers

I have heard this same thing, probably from the same person, just i have heard it a few times now...for more than a few weeks.. :)

 

dont forget a CTA endo will require a Medical.

 

 

If I fly at 130 knots with 65hp, what speed at best guess would I travel at with 120hp?

you might get 140. or 150, if your lucky. dont forget, drag forces are exponential, doubling the speed, quadruples the drag. and hence the power required is 4 times as well.

 

 

maybe not a old C150, but something more classic, like a Piper tripacer! or even Tiger Moth, Piper Cub?

 

 

jabs have reliable engines, you just have to treat them right.... run them hard! our school jab has always been run hard, and is on its 3 rd engine now, every engine went to TBO without a hitch. the airframe has 6000 hrs now.

 

if you baby a jab engine, it will not like it. run them at full power often, to free up the rings and remove carbon and lead deposits. in cruise we have a minimum RPM of 2800.

 

 

i hope they find the new seats i installed in that aircraft comfortable!

 

 

Pip Borrman..... i cant believe this....

 

 

have to agree, remembering the basic of a checklist will help with confidence, but dont rely on that memory, though saying that, there are 2 checklists tthat will be very helpful to learn by heart, 1st would be the Downwind checklist, you will need to know this before you go solo, and basically it is BUMFISH (brakes-OFF, Undercarriage-DOWN, Fuel-ON and sufficient,Instruments-scan (alt) temps and pressures, Security-loose items stowed, seatbelts tight, Hatches-doors/hatches/canopy locked) 2nd would be the emergency/engine failure checklist... though dont worry to much about this until you get to that part of your training.. and you will be required to know this procedure for your licence test.

 

hope this helps.

 

 

technically there should always be a checklist in the aircraft, and every time you fly, you should use the checklist, as memory can and will fail, and if you have a chatty passenger, or distracted by a radio call, you can and will forget items on the checklist if relying on memory. even 747 captains, and fighter pilots still use checklist every flight.. even a 20,000 767 captain uses the checklist when flying our Tecnam.

 

 

damn, missed it... if only i had seen it earlier....

 

 

Flying with MAF will give you a flying experience and skills you will never get anywhere else!

 

sadly Mr Hadly, the MAF pilot lost in the the gulf recently was an ex student of ours. :(

 

 

have a look at most business jets, they cruise at 0.#mach numbers, but not supersonic

 

 

i wish his parents would release the plans and moulds of the facet opel so that otehrs could be built. i feel it would be a honour to his memory and design skills to have the opel back in the air. also, i do understand their feelings in not wanting to release the moulds and drawings..

 

 

The coldest temp I can recall operating at is minus 56 degrees C. You start to wonder how brittle some substances are at those temps. Nev

thats one thing no one has been able to answer for me, working at Qantas, i was a structural engineer, specialising in composites, now on a standard 747-400, there is a large amount of fibreglass and carbon fibre, all flight control surfaces, all the wing to body fairings, spoilers, leading edge slats and krugar variable camber flaps, and half the vertical stabiliser and horizontal stabiliser, are all made of composite materials, not to mention, all the engine cowls, internal cowlings, and thrust reverser blocker doors.

 

now, according to the boeing repair manuals, to seperate the bonded components, for repais, the general procedure is to cold soak the component in dry ice, when its at the same temp as dry ice, then we break it apart with surprisingly little force... now, when these parts are in service, they are cold soaked at below -50C for 12 hrs at a time or longer! yet funnily enough, still maintain most if not all their properties.

 

as for the Jabiru, i wouldnt worry to much about a 40deg day, they are built using polyester resins, which as a general rule, will hold their design properties up until 70 deg c. Epoxies usually the same, anotehr genral rule is the best cure temps is usually the temp i will begin to loose its designed properties, so a 70Deg general purpose resin will start to soften at about 70 deg, if its autoclaved to 1000 deg, then 1000 deg will be the point it starts to loose strength... though this is a general rule only..

 

but, if the Jabiru in 40 deg heat was painted black, then the surface of the resin will quite easily reach the best cure temps.

 

as stated before, i think the reason a jab is limted to 40 deg, is that the density atl at those temps will fast approach the aircraft ceiling height.. eg, 34 deg at Wollongong, gave a desity alt of over 4000 ft! with those conditions, but at 40 deg, im sure the density alt will be well up over 5000 ft if not approaching 10,000

 

 

doesnt have to be in the desert, Coonabarrabran, 300 Acres, for under $100K!!!!

 

 

enought land on the water for my own airstrip, a fleet tof Jabs and tecnams to teach people to fly with, and a nice Lockheed P38 Lightning! you know, for the Long trips.

 

 

everyone, including the politicians has forgotten the Navy helicopter fleet. 817 Sqn with the Sea Kings, each equipped with their own Bambi buckets and crew, and 816 Sqn operates the Sea Hawks, again, each with a Bambi bucket in its equipment list, not to mention the Squirrels. again, capable of firebombing..

 

Not ONCE have they been called into action....

 

and the guys want to get into the action, they have the training, the equipment, and the will to want to help, but they have never received the phone call from the Chief of Navy to deploy. of course, the Army gets called in to clean up the mess after its all to late.

 

 

not the best day for a fly.