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  1. Flightrite
    Now where did I see that Vans 4sale refugees entry? I recall the protruding '6pack' panel?
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    Oh I wonder what the beeping sound is the driver was thinking as he suddenly realises he was about to join the gear up club!? Talk about a space shuttle arrival! Just goes to show the panic that set in and he near forgot to fly the plane!
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    There a few EFIS system displays for yr Mob PH or tablet via the App Store, I have one on the Mob PH and Tablet just in case the zillion to one chance that the cockpits I was flying in went blank at night out over the Pacific! Obviously not to be used in anger but a free 'get-out-of-jail' card if you killed a Chinaman!
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    200 HP whether being produced by an Otto cycle or a squirrel cage with a 1000 large rats in it or a fancy turbine is still 200HP going to the prop. The trick is how much squirrel food do you need to feed it to get that 200HP??? I used to enjoy the reliability of the turbines I operated but was glad I wasn't paying for them!?
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    I'd say it's not done as a lot of RA machines don't have any inst to ref in IMC where as a lot of cert GA did/have.
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    I've always felt not enuf training is spent on unusual attitudes demonstration & recovery. A monkey can fly a plane when it's all going well that's the easy part it's getting 'unstuck' from where that demon lives out there in the sky!
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    Man that's got some serious delamination going on there, sad?
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    You where quick on the 'edit' button....lololol
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    Close, 2x 185 HP donks...lolol I guess the I-Mach rego gave it away???
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    I wish you well in your undertakings, won't be easy as I'm sure you know, plenty of 'challenges' for you and the end user, hope you can sell enuf to make it viable?
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    Once cheap airfares hit the skies that spelt the deathnell of coaches and the museum sadly. Went there many time for a sticky beak when I was on the job?
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    200 gee gee's in an Otto cycle uses around 60-70 ltrs of gas per Hr. Will be interesting to see what 200 gee gee's produced from a turbine uses? Small GA planes mostly operate blw 10K, an environment not ideal for thirsty turbines.
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    The way I look at VG's is that if you need them in order to operate in and or out of a strip then you are living on the edge! If it's a few knots between running out of a Rwy or not then you are an accident waiting to happen! I used to drive a PA31 with VG's which gave you a greater MTOW but to me it was just an excuse to cram more in!
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    Stall warning devices are or should be set to activate approx 5kts above the stall speed and remember the published Vs is the minimum speed at which the plane is still fully controllable. A plane with a stall speed of 50 kts should still fly at 50kts, 49 kts it's done and dusted??
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    Mini PT6? At the end if the day it all boils down to $$$$$?
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    It's a well known common issue with the Bing carby's on the Rotax I know of a few (inc the one I fly reg) that have been problematic and the Net is full of info about these problem child's!
  19. Flightrite
    Super chargers cost power to make power hence you see very few in the aviation game.
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    I've seen a few of these old 'dot' detector cards stuck on the dash that have been there a100 years! I'd never use/trust one! They ain't cheap either.
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    Yr dead right there had a 'Janitrol' heater near knock 8 of us out in a 'Nevago' (PA31). We all felt lathargic and had headaches?
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    Every airframe/powerplant combination has an 'ideal' Alt, going higher doesn't mean better overall. As an EG and I know it's not light A/C but the principle applies my last jet I drove before I retired had a service ceiling 51K', only ever got to 49K' as the TAS dropped off way too much and the time to climb was a negative. Most of our general GA hacks seem to be best at around 8.5K' higher than that means too much time to worry about not crashing after an eng fail??
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    Could have been exposed to a significant H/W component also making the GS zip!? The comment 'nose bleed' is in jest, commonly used with ref to excess Alt?
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    Like I mentioned earlier that's nose bleed territory and cold! I would loved to have seen the radar trace on that 40 kts or so??
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    A few have tried to produce small lightweight turbines for the bottom end GA market. Other Than the RC world I don't recall seeing an end product widely used. Manufacturing costs due design and complex gearing and high end materials, CS props needed, high specific fuel consumption especially when used at the levels most GA planes operate. Engine handling is different to Mr Otto's designs and they can be ruined/destroyed easily if not handled correctly especially during the start sequence. I can see a lot of these engines (if ever produced) being fried! The old piston engine design will be with us for a very very very long time yet!?
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