Heavy Landing

[DGL Fox]

Good luck mate...great to see you have got her all fixed and flying again...

 

David

 

 

[Hargraves]

Good on you Geoff glad to see her all right again enjoy sir. Cheers Hargraves

 

 

[Blueadventures]

Satisfaction. They test flew her yesterday. I haven't seen her for 2 weeks so tomorrow is the big day.The incident happened a week before ANZAC day so 4 months.

It was 6 weeks before I even had time to do an assessment and determine to get someone else to do the job and put it through insurance.

 

Then 2 months to get the parts manufactured and delivered. And now 3 week to do the job.

 

I have been so busy with work that I could not have done the job in the time frame even if I had wanted to and to be honest I didn't want to.

 

I have decided that I am one of those people who just want to fly and I am happy to pay someone else to do the majority of the work for me.

 

Yes I understand my aircraft. Yes I still want to do all my own checks and balances but if there is a problem or something other than basic Maintenance I really do not want to be spending my flying time doing that.

 

So yes I could have done the repairs but not within the time frame it has taken, but I simply did not want to.

 

So tomorrow weather permitting I and off to the field to take her for a fly. A few circuits to start with and if I am happy with that I will head off on a bit of a Nav.

 

Brisbane Valley Airshow is on tomorrow but I will wait and see how I feel after some circuits, airwork and a bit of a Nav before deciding if I want to venture home through there.

 

I have only flown twice since the incident so I will take it easy and see how I feel.

 

The Back Half. The worst damage was to the tops of the two upright legs you see in this photo.

 

The left one is bent at 90 degrees

 

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The front half. Nose leg bent, not badly but still bent.

 

Despite the damage and the apparent weakness looking at the wheels, the wheels themselves stood up very well.

 

The axles and axle mounts were changed however.

 

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And when the engineer knows what he is doing it goes back together as well.

 

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I did take the opportunity to have some other tasks that have been on my to do list for some time completed as well.

 

So instead of possible flying her last weekend they spent a couple of extra days working on things for me.

 

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And yesterday she went for the test flight and the a short Jolly after by the engineer and his helper to prove she was a going concern.

 

Tomorrow it is my turn.

I'll look out for you at Watts bridge

 

 

[Geoff13]

Headed to the field this morning and after a very thorough inspection even though it flew on Thursday, I headed out and did a few circuits. There was very little traffic about so I did 4 circuits, the first one was not to my liking but after that I slipped back into the groove and felt good.

 

I then headed out on a bit of a fly, out to Kilcoy then on towards Kingaroy. A quick touch and go at Kilcoy and I felt that I had my MOJO back and would be comfortable to handle the traffic at Watts Bridge. So a quick diversion and headed through the saddle to Watts Bridge. I gave a 5nm call and as I did I realised that I could actually hear people talking over me. Thinking that this could not be good I immediately did a 180 turn and head back to Kilcoy to asses the situation. I determined without doubt that my radio had given up the transmit ghost so i headed back to Caboolture to check it out. I certainly had no intention of flying into watts Bridge without a fully functioning radio even though there would be no legal reason why I couldn't.

 

So after landing and doing some tests it became apparent that my radio believes I have a flat battery. I disagree but have stuck the thing on charge overnight. I think I have either a faulty radio or a dicky connection. It was a fairly disappointing day really but these things happen.

 

Tomorrow I am going to go up early and if the radio works I will do some more battery test and then might get to Watts. If not then I am taking the bike and going to Watts Bridge either way.

 

Apart from all that Jim has done a wonderful job and the plane fly's better than it did before the incident. That is because Jim did a few jobs that I wanted done and have been looking to do since I got it back in the air. This gave us the opportunity to get those things done. So all in all I am very happy with her and as soon as that Radio is fixed we will be back to flying freedom.

 

 

[Geoff13]

I'll look out for you at Watts bridge

If you are still there tomorrow mate either look for the white Hanuman or the Goldwing with the full Native American paint scheme.

 

 

[Blueadventures]

If you are still there tomorrow mate either look for the white Hanuman or the Goldwing with the full Native American paint scheme.

Ok your plane will be easier if you fly. Heaps of people today,great show. Nynja os at the 30 end park area. Cheers mike

 

 

[Geoff13]

 

Todays flight.

 

88 Knots, 5000 rpm, 3500 ft. I love my little airplane. :)

 

Ohh and don't you just love my Panic button. The fine print says Push when all else fails. LOL