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    Well, I do. Whenever I'm not on CTAF for a field I'm approaching, I ALWAYS listen on the area frequency. Anyone who doesn't is dicing with trouble. I have been called a number of times by the area controller to alert me of conflicting traffic. If I wasn't on the frequency, I wouldn't have known someone else was heading my way until they are possibly too close. I also got a call when I somehow had the wrong code set on my transponder. Finally, the controllers can alert you if you're about to VCA as often happens in my local area with Amberley airspace.
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    Yes, Saturday was (as The Donald would say) YUUUUUGE!!! We had Legend of Kitty Hawk and her sister ship on display and the interest was amazing. So many enquiries and so many kind words about the Legend. We were rushed off our feet and loved every minute. Thanks to all who stopped by, it was great to see you.
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    Wow! The landing speed looked like about 5Kts!
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    I wonder at this type of "flying". Firstly, it's not really "flying", is it? You couldn't make a real airplane do that, so apart from its entertainmanet value, it doesn't relate to flying as practiced by human beings or even birds for that matter. Secondly, after seeing the advances in software that are applied to things like drones and helicopter models, I wonder how much of that performance was his personal skill and how much was software aided. I admit, it is a very entertaining performance. One that leaves me wondering how it was achieved.
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    Dale: Welcome to the forums and thanks for the info about using the D motor. It is a very interesting product and I've been watching the take up of it in various aircraft for some time now. Some time back, I was seriously considering the BOT SpeedCruiser which offered a D motor as standard. That didn't come to fruition, but it whetted my interest in the motor.
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    Also have to agree that closing the airspace for three and a half hours (15 minutes before and after the airshow) is on the long side. I was surprised when I read this. Anyway, time will tell how it works out. We're hoping to be there if the stars align for it (my wife's mum is very ill in hosp) and we're looking forward to this becoming a major event for Rec flying.
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    If your electrical system is wired and operating correctly, (and you use your airplane more than once every 6 months) there should be no need for those "always left on" chargers. When your electrical system is off, there should be NO drain on the battery, except for possibly a clock which must stay on all the time, and generally these clocks only draw microamps in standby. If your battery is being flattened between flights, either a) your battery is stuffed, or b) there is something constantly "on" in your system. From my observations with airplanes, the most common "always on" culprit is a miswired regulator. There is a control wire that activates the regulator and I've seen a few cases where this activation wire is permanently wired to the battery, rather than through the master switch. This means that the regulator is working and trying to regulate the power system all the time. On the Rotax supplied regulators, this is the "C" input. Other regulators may have different designations for this input.
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    Unfortunately, we're heading the other way to OzKosh. Have a great weekend. I hear the Thangool flyin is a good one.
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    I put ND filters on my GoPros, but I find that it reduces the crispness of the footage. I'm thinking to take them off as I'd rather have wobbly props and crisp scenery than the reverse. Thanks for posting though. I'd like to know more about how you mounted this to the case.
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    Also check how the regulator is connected to the battery. On some systems I've seen, there is a fuse between the regulator and the battery. My Legend was built like this. If that fuse blows, then there is no load on the regulator. When that happens, the reg will overvoltage and possibly burn out.
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    This may be wrong, but do you need to use hearing aids with headsets? As I understand, hearing aids just amplify and the whizz-bang ones do some noise filtering. This is similar to what ANR aviation headsets do. Just take the hearing aids out when you put the headsets on and if needed turn the radio/intercom/headset volume up.
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    Alicia and Haydn: Just visited your channel and will be watching all of your videos. Great stuff! You have put a lot of work into your vlog and it shows. Thanks for sharing.
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    I was taught that you do not climb nor descend in the circuit, except when actually taking off and landing. When joining and on downwind you should maintain circuit height until the base turn. The only exception I can think of is departing straight out from the runway, when you maintain the runway heading and centreline until you are 1500' AGL.
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    Probably more like a "plague" of CriCri since I think CriCri is French for "Cricket".
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    Helpful tip #1 Whenever you go to buy something like this, don't tell the retailer it's for an aircraft. Reactions will range from stunned vacant looks, to being ordered out of the shop. But seriously, if you need an exact "to specifications" replacement, best to get the full specs on sizes capacity etc from the manufacturer, then go shopping for the specs rather than "I need a new battery for my gyro".
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    As far as I'm aware, there is not a set color to use below the stall speed, but I think red might be appropriate.
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    Trackley: As an alternative, you can do what I did when I built my Nynja. I got some different coloured "hookup" wire and used a piece of stiff wire with different colored insulation and glued it around the ring of my ASI .
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    Thanks for that. 4Oz doesn't seem like it would be enough to counter the imbalance of a prop, but I guess we're not talking gross imbalances. For my setup though, the prop is a tractor style, at the very front of the plane so it could have been significant if there was significant weight in the thing. I'm thinking that 4 oz wouldn't require a re-W&B though, Thanks again.
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    Hi: How much did the Balance Master weigh? Did you have to redo your W&B after fitting it? Someone likened mercury to "liquid lead" and saying that, I'm wondering what effect it would have putting a weight like that at an extreme arm on the plane such as out on the prop. Thanks in advance.
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    Bit slow getting started but like it said, worth the wait.
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    The approach to that uphill runway was amazing. A quick flick over the treetops and then plunge for the runway! Yikes
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    Had something similar happen on our outback trip. We were coming into Broken Hill with a 50+ Kt tailwind from the west and on the ground at BHI, the wind was 20Kt gusting to 30 straight down the cross strip ... except the cross strip was closed and we had to land on the main runway with the wind directly across the runway. Our Legend is rated to 7 kt crosswind component, but I can tell you that with a lot of control twisting and swearing it can manage 20 kt gusting to 30. It wasn't elegant or pretty, but we walked away and the plane was still usable.
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    Well done! and congratulations. Happy flying.
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    RJW: Ultimately, turbulence can get strong enough to rip the tail off a Boeing 707 as happened over Mt Fuji in Japan ... But neither you nor I would be flying in those conditions and it's not something to become obsessed with.
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    A handheld for backup is a really good idea. On a recent trip to the outback, one member of our group suffered a radio failure. Apart from scaring the rest of us half to death worrying whether we'd lost them, there was the problem of what to do for the rest of the trip. Among the group there were several handheld radios carried for just this purpose and the pilot concerned was able to rig one with a lashed up adapter to his headsets and continue the trip with that. It worked well and saved the day.
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