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Angel Flight - Lottery to win Cirrus G6 SR22
BrendAn replied to SGM's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
bugger. i spent a couple of hundred on that raffle. i wouldn't care if af actually got the money even if the aircraft didn't exist. makes me wonder about all the raffles for cars and stuff on facebook, does anyone actually get their prize. there was a girl on tv last year that had her new nissan patrol repoed shortly after she won it. -
An aerochute nose wheel is fixed, you rely on getting it off the ground to steer. If the wind ,light or not suddenly dropped or changed he could have got speared into the fence when the nose wheel came down.
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i posted a facebook post from the owner of the property, i don't think anyone can see it. he said they were caught by a wind change , they never actually took off.
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the reporter on 3aw said it was a solar powered paraglider . thats even better than a cessna 😃
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it does not take much wind to upset an aerochute if your near obstacles.
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i owned an aerochute, horrible thing but they seem to have a good following. i also went for a trial flight on a windy morning at werribee. maybe 5 or 6 knts. the passenger before me got crook and came back in after 5 minutes. i went up for about 10 minutes and it was not pleasant. went home and sold mine.
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on a jabiru i think a kubota mower regulator used to be what they came with.
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whats your opinion on powermate regulators.
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i think thats why powermate regulators were fitted. this xair has one and i had 2 582s and a 503 and they all had powermates as well.
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Great job Damian. Send me a mailing address and I will send you a genuine Rotax 2 stroke tacho. I have a couple. No charge ,happy to see it gets used.
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They were going to sell them on here in the shop. I will see if they are available
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Radio seemed fine today . Rpm didn't have any effect, the only thing I noticed was the volts were sitting on an even 14 today. When the inference was bad was when i had to jump start it . Maybe more to do with charging circuit. Anyway I will leave it alone now while it's good. A friend did say I should invest in anr headsets because there is so much background noise in the xair.
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The radio is an icom a210 . Not a handheld. The intercom is built into the radio. The wiring to the headset plugs is very short. It does have anl .
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These are the plugs and leads. Today I played around a bit with the radio and I turned the intercom off. It seems to be pretty good now. Radio is icom a210.
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I am pretty sure that's what I fitted. Will check today. They were recommended for jabiru.
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I noticed today my radio interference was so bad at 2800 rpm it was a struggle to hear a reply from another aircraft . If I cut the throttle the noise disappears. How do I tell if this is ignition or alternator noise. Also when we did the annual recently I changed to iridium plugs. Would that cause any issues. Tia
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I have rebuilt plenty of starters in the past . This thing uses a 1989 corolla starter with jabiru made snout. I can get a new aftermarket starter for $165 and swap the snout over.
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That looks like it is well made too and recommended for lifepo
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I already have a power mate. Good Aussie product . Sad to hear they don't make them any more.
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I think I will have to do a starter rebuild. Freshly charges 270cca and it is only just winding over fast enough to start this morning and it's a fairly warm day .
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they are good value. buy them over the counter here. early mustang is the same as well. there is a good jabiru alternative supplier list online compiled by someone in the uk.
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i know its not an issue, each to his own i suppose.
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i think its a bit over the top. i just give my plugs a squirt of oil or crc and have never had a problem. as nev says correct torque is the most important thing, thats what we were taught at trade school.
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there is a windsock that looks like the wind is straight down the runway
