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  1. RossK
    I'm using an S7 Lite with AvPlan. Works well. Yes, you miss out on some of the features of the Apple version, but for VFR flying, it does just fine at less than half the cost of the equivalent Ipad.
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    And this is the part that gets people killed in the impossible turn. From the vidoes I've seen online, and my own trials (with an instructor at altitude), to make the turn work, you need to bank hard (60deg angle) and keep the turn tight. Hard bank increases the load factor and the stall speed. The increase in load factor increases the stall speed pretty much to the best glide speed for most aircraft. What people forget is during the turn, you need to push the nose down to keep the airspeed up - higher than best glide speed Doing that with the prop stopped would take every ounce of your mental and physical courage to resist the urge to pull.
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    Reports of an attempted turn back  “The airplane attempted to return to the airport but failed to make the runway,” the statement reads. Doesn't look to be many good options departing from Lake Placid. He was in the right seat apparently, so not PIC, but still a bit of a surprise, considering this video he did in 2021. Impossible Turn Terrible loss, his videos were always informative and I found them helpful.
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    Hi Skip, I'm not advocating no boost pump in your aircraft. I'm just suggesting that the fuel system should be able to work comfortably without it. As to the Sportstar, I agree it's comforting to have the pump on in those critical phases of flight, but when I was last flying with an instructor in the RH seat, his comment was, "it's unusual, but follow the POH" ie. leave it off.
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    Hi Skip, don't take this as criticism, but you may be looking in the wrong area. It seems that your fuel delivery system may have a lot of restriction (lines, connectors, pumps etc), which is limiting pressure and flow. As an example, the Sportstar POH actually says the boost pump is on only for start up and emergencies. It's off at all other stages of flight, including take off and landings. The boost pump is actually an optional extra for the Sportstar, ie - the fuel system will work just fine relying on the Rotax pump alone. I'm not advocating deleting the boost pump, having the boost pump there is more than nice, redundancy in an aircraft critical system is a good thing to have. But I don't think your fuel system should rely on it to give satisfactory performance.
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    Preliminary Report, ATSB
  7. RossK
    A friend of mine has just received his Wing and Fuselage kits from Vans. 70% of both are Laser Cut, and some not great. To say he's disappointed is an understatement. With that amount, he's delaying building until Vans come up with a solution, ideally, replacement of all LC parts.
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    You need to try harder Skip 😁 Robin Austin Records
  9. RossK
    Too early to get accurate info from commercial News, some sites are showing a Jodel D150 VH-PNH??? But VH-PNH is listed a a Kavanagh Balloon!
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    First Nav, my instructor had my first landing at a short grass strip, 650m. Should be doable, right? This strip wasn't suitable for a first time away from home, new Nav pilot, with trees, powelines and fences. What he was looking for was for students to say "Nope, not for me, off to the alternate", which I did after 1 low pass and 1 attempt at a landing.
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    Seems to be a pattern here 🤔
  12. RossK
    RH wing is folded along the RH side of the Fuse. LH Wing tip and aileron have also departed. Tends to happen when you put a 9.5m wide aircraft through an 8m gap between a hangar and a water tank.
  13. RossK
    The information comes from testing, following the forced landing of a PA32, that had plenty of fuel onboard, but the pilot cycled through the tanks too quickly. Forced landing was spectacular effort though, so well done to the pilot on that point.
  14. RossK
    Probably plays good music ✌️
  15. RossK
    Not sure about water, but I've been told it takes 13 seconds to get fuel from the useable tank after running the other tank dry in a PA-28. I reckon that would feel like a very long time.
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    Winner ! 🤣 Give this man a prize 🏆
  17. RossK
    Evektor were using a Pierburg 12V pump, part number 7.21440.51, but since 2021 have been using a Facet 478360 pump.
  18. RossK
    The above has been good discussion. The circuit or within 5 miles of the field have been where I've had all my close encounters. I'm certain the Skyecho has saved us once. Anywhooo, my last flight was a good one - first solo in the Archer this morning 😎 . Currently doing the RPC to RPL conversion.
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    Also through Avplan (no affiliation...😄)
  20. RossK
    The Android version of Avplan works well and so far I haven't come across any bugs. My only gripe is that it is also written for IOS, so the Android version misses out on features. I get an email every wednesday informing me of all the great features of Avplan and how to use them, most of which are only available on the IOS package 😒 But for a VFR pilot, the Android version works fine, and my Samsung A7 lite is yet to overheat.
  21. RossK
    Just because it's a Cirrus, doesn't mean you have to pull the chute. Cirrus forced landing Here's an example of a Cirrus pilot executing a successful forced landing. Result - new engine and plane files again.
  22. RossK
    Yesterday was one of those flights that will be forever etched in my memory. I got to take two kids for their first ever flights in any sort of aircraft The girl, is my 4yo Grandaughter 😁.
  23. RossK
    I haven't agreed to sell it to you yet 😆
  24. RossK
    Back to the topic. If you're flying your own aircraft regularly, I doubt most pilots are doing the calcs or plotting the graph every flight. I've done the calcs and plots for my aircraft and know that my wife and I, 25kg in the baggage area and 95L of fuel are under MTOW and within the envelope at all stages of flight. So the 3 things I do are confirm fuel qty, actually weigh the stuff going in the baggage area, and then politley ask my gorgeous, stunning, love of my life what she weighed that morning 😱 😲 😬, If the numbers are within my limits, were good to go. I know that 95L is going to keep the Rotax spinning for 5.2 hours, which is far longer than I can cope. We are typically on the ground again in less than 3 hours (longest to date is 3.5hrs).
  25. RossK
    A quick google finds the Atec Zephyr 122 Flight manual. Section 5 lists the Best rate of Climb as 1180ft/min at 54knots, MTOW of 472.5kg. I have no doubt the Atec are great aircraft and the book performance numbers are better than most, but Skip does seem to flavour the numbers with a bit of bias.
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