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Litespeed: absence of evidence is not the same as evidence of absence. That's called false logic and is used by those backing climate denialism all the time.

Kristoffer: I think the yoke is slightly scaled down. In fact most aspects of the plane are scaled so that everything looks proportionate in the pics. In spite of that, the seats are uber comfy and fit well even for a six footer like me. I had Aeropilot lower my seat so that I would have plenty of headroom and plenty of viz out of the side windows. I think the stock configuration would have worked also, but I like the lowered seat better. My last plane had a central stick, so I've never been able to rest my arm on my lap the way you do with the stick between your knees. With the Legend, the door has an armrest so I might get away with resting my arm there and controlling the plane ... We'll see.

We did get the wings and everything else on. We haven't flown it yet as it is not registered, but we did take if for a short taxi ... Yes there are pics and lots of video to come. GarFly came and took some amazing video footage. We also had stationary cameras in a couple of places. I will post the pics when I get home in the next couple of days. We are very pleased with it and can't wait to fly it home. Not a pic of the completed aircraft but the best I can do for now. The cameras are all packed in the car for a quick getaway back home tomorrow.

Again, thanks everyone for the encouraging words. G: Yes looking forward to catching up with you two next week. Looks like the wings will go on Monday. Then we will head home and let Ed and Greg get on with the registration and test flights. Then we will fly back down here, do some familiarisation and the fly home. The list of people here that I need to take up is getting longer by the day. The people at Cessnock have been so helpful and friendly. An especially big thanks to Keith Rule who is looking after the minor repairs to the roof of the plane that was damaged in transit. A HUGE thank you to Gary Kildea who has been photo documenting the arrival and doing an amazing job of it. And last but not least Ed and Greg from Silent Wings.

Chris: congratulations. It's a very nice clean looking build. You won't be sorry you purchased a Nynja, very capable and responsive flyers and no vices that I ever encountered. Meanwhile, Paul at Springsure tells me that Spirit of Kitty Hawk now has passed the 200 hours mark, so he has been really flying the wings off it. Congrats to Paul.

Thanks all for your very positive sentiments. We are tickled pink and eager to show it off to any and all who are interested. Gary: What great shots! Thanks mate for doing that. We're really stoked with those pics. We could hardly forget our Skyranger origins. Hope you get your baby back flying soon.

FT: Yep, been doing that and getting in everyone's way. It has been a long wait while our plane was built to our specs and shipped out here. Now we're like a dog with two tails, not knowing which one to wag first.

Well, our new toy has arrived! It still doesn't have wings yet, ther were some minor issues in shipping and some small mods to be made here, but things are progressing and we're happy as pigs ... From left to right: Ed Smith, Greg Doyle, Legend of Kitty Hawk, and me. Shameless plug: we are delighted with the services of Ed and Greg from Silent Wings and the quality of our new Aeropilot Legend.

Good on yer G for spruiking that. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll quite make it to that. The assembly is progressing slowly. There have been a couple small setbacks which I'll elaborate when we see you next. Just have to also give a plug for Ed & Greg from Silent Wings, Keith Rule from YCNK and GarFly who has been filming the whole process. Thanks heaps guys and ... Sorry G for hijacking your thread.

Ross: I have two Hero3 white edition cameras. I have bought the backpack battery for both of them and if you don't use the bluetooth to control them, the cameras will run for a bit over three hours continuously. I tried using the cameras with the remote control but then that is another thing to manage while flying and you then often miss unexpected events like another plane passing beneath you or the train on the track below going into a tunnel etc. Also, the bluetooth runs the battery down more quickly. Now I set the GoPros running at the start of the flight and then look at the footage for those little gems afterward. The White edition is the cheapest GoPro and will do 720 at 50FPS which reduces rolling shutter distortion from airframe vibration. If you shoot at lower frame rates, you get the jello vision which looks awful. The higher model GoPros will shoot higher res at higher frame rates, but cost significantly more. I view my footag on a 50" plasma TV at home and the 720 is still acceptable quality.

Especially when a party lies its way into power. There are those who say Gillard lied, but she said "Let me be clear, I will put a price on carbon". Whereas Abbott said "No cuts to health, no cuts to education, no changes to pensions and no cuts to the ABC or SBS" and then went back on every single one.

The trouble is FT, that when zealots take over, they are hard to displace BECAUSE they are zealots. Normal rational beings aren't as fervent or as willing to engage in brinkmanship and so are at a disadvantage. The thing about zealots is that they are often driven by fear and seek the protection of the "herd" and so act as a bloc, which in itself makes them a formidable force to overcome. They view this behavior as "strength", but that strength can be (and all too often is) used for negative purposes.

We can only hope.

Dan: Measuring the resistance across the trigger coils without unplugging them won't really tell you anything as you can't know what circuitry is inside the ignition boxes that you're also measuring that way. Even though it's a pain, it will be more meaningful if you unplug the connectors on the ignition boxes and re-measure the trigger coils to compare with the tacho coil. Having said that a multi-mega ohm resistance across the tacho pickup sounds high. I seem to recall som Rotax troubleshooting tips somewhere, either from the manuals or from Rotax Owner. Maybe have a look at those places for help also. Another thing to try is to connect your ohm meter across the wires of the tacho pickup coil, at the gauge end and then start wiggling the wires between the pickup and the tacho. If there is a broken wire somewhere, this may show it up. For this kind of test, an analog meter is best as the digital ones jump around in the readings mostly and it can sometimes confuse the readings. On an analog meter you will see large movements of the pointer if you have a broken wire. I'm not quite sure what you were measuring when you were measuring across the gang connector on the firewall, so I can't comment on that. The DC measurements from the tacho pickup are meaningless. The AC measurements sound a bit low to me, but explain why you didn't see any tacho reading until a certain speed with the diode in the circuit. A 1N4004 diode is a silicon diode that requires about 0.7 volts before it conducts. When you had the diode one way, it completely blocked the signal in the polarity the tacho gauge needs, in the other polarity it blocked the signal until the signal reached the forward bias level required to make the diode conduct. This experiment only confirms the AC voltage readings you took. Given that the resistor across the tacho leads did not work, my best guess would either be a faulty pickup coil, a broken wire in the path from coil to gauge, or a faulty gauge. My strongest suspicion would be a broken wire between the pickup coil and the firewall. This is where the maximum flexing occurs in the wires due to the engine moving on its mounts. HTH

Definitely a graft that didn't take.

Alway watch for mountains too

What's FMS?

The Glass House Mountains in QLD Mt Beerwah Mt Tibrogargan Mt Coonowrin

If it's a handheld radio, maybe also check the state of the battery. Also, how are you communicating with the radio? If you have a headset plugged in, does the radio have a mic gain setting? If there's not enough audio drive from the mic, the modulation level on transmit could be insufficient. If you're just speaking into the speaker as you would use a handheld on the ground, the voice input may be insufficient to overcome the cockpit noise in your transmissions. Does your aircraft have a metal frame? You are correct in assuming that any metal between the antenna and whoever is receiving your transmission will affect the signal strength at the receiving end, but I think more likely is lack of modulation of the output rather than the received signal strength.

OK, this is great news. Now OzRunways, can we have charts etc for other units, like the AvMap EKP series too? ... Please! The Jeppesen updates are poisonously expensive.

Correctamundo. The military industrial complex needs to foment perpetual war to keep the profits rolling and they will do ANYTHING to do that. Recently I saw an article about perfectly serviceable F-16's being rigged for remote control so that fighter pilots could shoot them down for target practice! I'll bet there were a few well oiled guffaws at the "gentlemens" clubs over that little ploy to sell more hardware.

The war criminals Bush, Blair and Howard created this mess by militarily taking another country apart under false pretences. Now the geniuses that run the country and the military industrial complex are saying that doing more of the same will fix the problems. It seems to me that all that military intervention has done so far is act as a recruiting call for more people to join IS. There's a definition of insanity as "doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result". I agree that the Middle East is badly broken, but will more military action fix it, or just make us even more hated by them and create more refugees?

On Rotax engines, the tacho signal is generated with an inductive coil. If the coil is not loaded enough it can generate quite high voltage pulses which can cause problems with electronic tachos. The solution is quite simple. put a small value resistor (around 220Ohms ACROSS the outputs of the pickup (not in series). Typically, one lead of the pickup is connected to the signal input of the tacho and the other lead is connected to ground. However the pickup is wired to your tacho, putting the resistor across these two leads should solve your crazy tacho problem.

On Rotax engines, the tacho signal is generated with an inductive coil. If the coil is not loaded enough it can generate quite high voltage pulses which can cause problems with electronic tachos. The solution is quite simple. put a small value resistor (around 220Ohms ACROSS the outputs of the pickup (not in series). Typically, one lead of the pickup is connected to the signal input of the tacho and the other lead is connected to ground. However the pickup is wired to your tacho, putting the resistor across these two leads should solve your crazy tacho problem.

Mike: Just over a week to go now till the new arrival. I will have a look at that material at clark's. Thnx for the tip.