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  1. BrendAn
    hi mate, would you be able to post pics and updates on the build as you go along. i and others would love to watch your progress. did you import the kit or do they have an agent in australia. aircraft spruce?
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    cat g and cta endorsement will push raaus even further away from affordable flying than it is now.
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    are you talking about 95-10
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    bring on part 103. casa want it. raaus don't. a lot of other countries have it and its gaining popularity. single seat. keep away from busy areas and fly low 500 to 1500 agl. i would be happy with that, in the unlikely event that i got killed who cares, didn't take anyone with me.
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    pork chops would be popular if they tried them
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    your right. the daily mail footage shows a heli winching up a survivor in a life jacket as well. different crash to yesterdays.
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    what the government waste every day would cover plenty of atsb investigations. priorities are out of wack in this country.
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    THE BIG DEBATE is the 40:1 PREMIX RATIO. I been rebuilding the Rotax 2 stroke crankshafts since January 2011. Since then, I have learned a lot. Most other manufactures use 2 piling slots at the lower eye in the connecting rod to supply more oil to that prone to fail bearing. WSM, a large improvement company, builds replacement rods for the 582 engines with the required 2 oil slots. Now PLEASE understand this: every two out of three 582 engines that fail, does so in the lower rod bearing, which burns up causing the failure. Since I started rebuilding these crankshafts I have NEVER had one single 582 lower rod bearing fail. WHY? 70% of the cure is 40:1 gas oil ratio. The other 30% is due to the double oil slot. this is from rotax rick , what don mentioned earlier.
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    well it was a lot more than 40-1 to do that. 1200 hours flying 2 stroke you know that.
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    that might be possible with a super rich mixture not 40 -1. in the 1980's australian built johnson outboards ran on 100-1 premix, after a few engine failures they advised all owners to switch to 50-1 with no jet changes. that is double the oil and certainly did not lean the engines out, it saved them. a friend has run 40-1 in 503 and 582s for years. your mate had an engine failure from something besides rich oil mix.
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    a good example is my vro johnson outboard. i have just reconnected the oil injection tank. any time you do that the omc manual tells you to premix the fuel in the tank at 100-1 and mark the oil tank to make sure its drawing oil for the next ten hours then you go back to straight fuel in the tank. so it runs 50-1 through the vro plus the 100-1 at cruising revs. i believe the biggest killer of 2 strokes is overloading from incorrect prop selection. doesn't matter if its pushing water or air.
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    an engine on less than half the recommended oil is not going to last long. we were talking about 40 from 50 -1 adding another 100ml to 20 lt does more good than harm. and modern 2 stroke oils are great, plugs don't foul like they used too.
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    Rubbish. Running a jabiru engine is a lot more involved than a 2 stroke. Anyone that thinks 40-1 is bad for. A 2 stroke has not had much to do with them.
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    40- 1 is fine. Forking out more money for the endorsement is a money grab. It only needs a couple of paragraphs in the initial training to cover it.
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    the 2 stroke endorsement is just a money grab. it should be abolished. having had both i can tell you flying a solid lifter jabiru takes a lot more knowledge than mixing 2 stroke fuel. if you think fabric planes have fuel smells, try a jabiru. you leave the doors open when parked in the hangar to help the petrol fumes escape.
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    I did read your comments. I think its Much better to keep it simple. No I don't know where to get a quality actuator.
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    i only have 582 on an xair experience and it does not stink at all. the only thing i didn't like was the oil spots on the tailfeathers.
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    silly post. i thought you had flown 2 strokes. doesn't sound like you have with that comment
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    i think nev has hit the nail on the head. simple is best. a cable or rod is nearly foolproof and you don't have to wonder if your chinese electrics are going to fail.
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    I would have thought the son would have enough knowledge to take over if his dad had a problem. I guess they will find out more when he is out of surgery.
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    Well known member of bush fliers down under Facebook group .
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    go to your raa members portal. i am pretty sure its all in there.
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    raaus will tell you the insurance covers the member for pl, nothing do with the aircraft. the policy goes with me to any raa aircraft i fly.
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    the news video on 9 showed an engine spitting flames when it flew over this may have been the bird strike ?
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