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  1. Moneybox
    I got mine from Mako Services in Busselton, a forklift maintenance business.
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    Poor old snakes get a raw deal don't they. He was probably looking for rats or mice and there are very few snake bites if they are tampered with.
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    I was living in Upper Brookfield and working at the Shell SS well down Beaudesert Road towards Jimboomba. I was amazed to see those houses through Rocklea area with just the tip of the roof visible. We were high and dry at both ends but it was a bit of battle to get home and back. Hopefully it won't come near that and hopefully they've got a grip on the flood control in the Wivenhoe Dam. By the way I build part of a sand plant for the dam construction back in the late 70's.
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    I hope you guys and gals in the east have your planes anchored down.
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    These sort of modifications are great for performance but eat into the reserves of structural strength. Some automotive engines can produce massive power with minor modifications to intake, exhaust, camshaft and ECU but in the end only the best survive an endurance test. The little Rotax engines are pumping out pretty good power in standard form but we all want a bit more. You just have to weigh up the risk of overstressing a very lightly built machine.
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    KISS, just fit another pump that has been working but has run out of life. It'll take you a whole 10 minutes to prove or disprove the simplest fix. I have one but it would take a week to get to you. Sorry, didn't see that you had it fixed 😅
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    That's a massive improvement to both torque and HP. A standard prop with the correct pitch would be suitable across the whole rev range.
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    Mrs M printed this 28 page list for me however it's incomplete because you guys keep throwing others at me that aren't on the list 😒 I spend too much of my time chasing the meaning of acronyms when an extra few strokes of the keyboard would display the full meaning. https://curtisaviation.com.au/aviation-abbreviations/ Quick Reference Guide to Australian Aviation Abbreviations. There’s literally hundreds of abbreviations used in aviation, so to make it easier for you, we’ve put together a list of the most common ones you may come across. This list is a very handy resource if you are studying for your Private Pilot License.
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    EFATO? I only have 30 pages of acronyms so I'm a little handicapped... 🤪
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    Can it actually take a pilot as well as fuel? Min. empty weight (Rotax 582, central fuel tank) 200 kg Max. take-off weight 300 kg Fuel capacity (central tank/wingtanks) 1x 50 L / 2 x 35 L
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    Mine is a good example. Bought new (demo model) but the buyer only did 8hrs training. He left it at the flight school and got paid 350hrs hire as a trainer. When I got to it it had been in the hanger for 12 years and had a total 711 hrs since new. What a waste of a beautiful little aircraft that cost $125,000 in 2004.
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    I knew I saw this somewhere.... RAAus Technical Manual 11.2.3 ISSUE AND RETENTION OF MAINTENANCE AUTHORITIES LEVEL ONE (L1) Maintenance Authority Pilot Certificate holders (non-student) may be issued with an L1 Maintenance Authority following successful completion of the RAAus training and assessment available through the L1 Maintainer Training and Assessment Site within the RAAus website. A membership lapse, of more than 2 years will require the re-validation of the maintenance authority by undertaking the course again.
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    Flying over your house isn't ideal, I'm sure I wouldn't like it but this is your neighbour. An amicable solution would pay dividends in the long run. I'd be doing my best to talk with this guy and his family. Who knows, when his wife listens to your concerns for your family's safety she might be the one to sway him to land elsewhere or in a different direction. If you go to the shire you could be opening a can of worms that doesn't end well for anybody.
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    Where I picked up my plane near Laidley in Queensland the airstrip was surrounded by trees. The property's owner lived almost in line with the airstrip just 100m away. They solved the problem by making all take-offs and landings over the opposite end of the airstrip with no flying over the house. Perhaps your neighbour could be encouraged to takeoff and land over the other end of the airstrip. The best chance of success is usually to do things in a very friendly manner. Whatever happens you'll most likely still be neighbours so hopefully friends.
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    This is not the week to upset her. My registration application is in 😁
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    I don't think it's an invitation for all to become aircraft maintenance technicians but it does give some of us to perform the tasks we're comfortable with. At the end of the day you do have fly that same plane you've been tinkering with.
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    A friendly chat with your neighbour is likely to get a better response then to go in all guns blazing.
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    Well, perhaps not. Brendan seems to have slipped through and I can't find anything now to say that you need your RPC. The L1 Maintenance Authority is a compulsory requirement if you wish to maintain your own aircraft. If you do not perform any maintenance on your aircraft above the definition for Line Maintenance as per section 12.7 of the RAAus Technical Manual, this course is not required to be completed. We've streamlined the enrolment and assessment process so that your progress can be linked to your records, however you will still need to register an account in the Learning Management System (LMS). Line maintenance.pdf
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    Nicola at RAAus told me "Get your RPC, some people get it the wrong way around". No problem now because I did all the work working on the theory that anybody could work on an unregistered aircraft 😉 The aviation workshop I went to did a full analysis of the work I carried out and signed it off so I'm very appreciative of that although I'm still smarting over the cost of beer 🙃
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    Yes I had a telephone discussion with Skippy on this. For now I'm not fiddling with the prop. If I do anything I'll adjust the rpm at stall by using the propeller controller and place a stop so that it can't be brought right back to fine pitch. After the plane is in the air I'll have a better idea of what adjustment I need.
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    Nev, I'm just making a point that well maintained hydraulics can be exceptionally reliable. Ask you son what holds the outrigger legs in place while he has 80T hanging off the jib. There's nothing mechanical just good old hydraulic pressure, enough to lift and level the crane and keep it in place for the duration of the job. At least that's how it used to be, I haven't operated a crane for more than forty years.
  22. Moneybox
    Yeah. perhaps that guy in Chicago could use an excuse like that. You must have nightmares Nev when you see those big hydraulic cranes hanging over the city during a long weekend 🤣
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    That's an interesting article. Who needs an L1?
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    By who?
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    I did have one very experienced aviator tell me you can do anything you like to unregistered aircraft however it could influence the possibility of registering it later on.
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