Flightrite

Look at the bottom of a lot of home builds, some rivets are ‘smoking’ cause they are being constantly lubricated from the oily residue exiting from the breather pipe so this in turn lets joints move around. Vibration is metals biggest enemy, not point in promoting it!

Whilst Jab are free to do what they want but one has to ask, do they really need the extra attention when these contraptions start killing people? Ugly is one thing but crazy decisions are another!

Just came across this interesting thread as I’m doing some research as to why my Garmin TX got fried, by all accounts from a voltage spike as the Alt field CB pops sometimes. The Volt meter at times goes off the scale, well above 15v. I’ll start with the Alt/reg, I’m not sure if there’s a OV Reg in the circuit, much to figure out🙁

Won’t see too many operating with these donks anytime soon. too costly not to mention that training is different to recip donks, plenty of pilots could easily cook these and repair bills would be very much ouch! Ill stick to recip donks in my bug smashers and let someone else pay for my kero burning flying😂

….oh it’s becoming rocket science😂😂

Personally I use 60 mins res everywhere drive my planes, remember min 30 mins is what you must have at the completion of landing, that’s cutting it too fine for me. some years ago I was about to join the circuit after a lengthy flight to a drome where there was a 25 kt westerly and EW & NS Rwy’s, only trouble was that a plane had flipped on landing on the EW strip and people where frantically trying to remove the driver so hence to say either take the 25 kt X wind or divert elsewhere, hence 30 mins to me is not enuf! I even double the min gas on the Jet I fly as well!

This subject can be over thought in some ways. Simple solution is work out the worst case rearward CoG and Fwd CoG with these numbers/weights handy and use them as a limit, anything less weight wise is obviously ok👍

Hmmm dunno, I’ll ask a journo……yep just as I thought, it’s a Cessna😂

The boys are busy over the Grampians!

Defiant👍

Where’s my thread drifting popcorn?😉

I was actually ref to Pvt pilots, I use the term ‘ drivers’ as that’s all I see we pilots are, just drivers of machinery!🤮 Road drivers? Well that’s a whole other nightmare😂

I spent 13 years with Mobil Oil, you’d be surprised the crap that’s in fuel especially diesel!

Nah that’s real believe me……..after a heavy night drinking there’s always two of everything😂

That about sums it up in a nut shell!👍