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  1. eastmeg2
    I'll repeat my post from Ronin's thread . . . I'd like to be able to view it again. Watched it this morning, but can't seem to find it on the Yahoo7 website to show friends who missed it. It's not with the weather report.
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    Thanks for the "Heads-Up" Ronin. Watched it this morning, but can't seem to find it on the Yahoo7 website to show friends who missed it. It's not with the weather report.
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    Barry suprised us all with his liturery litarary riting prowess.
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    Cool! So we can whip up some short low-res vid with Windows Movie Maker and use it? What formats are supported?
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    Obviously, my Trike and I. But the location is not my usual airstrip anymore but where I learned to fly trikes years before the photo was taken.
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    Well Alan, If there was a sudden arrival during flight we could have a legal problem.
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    Prior to seeing the low level aerobatics displays at Oshkosh I wouldn't have believed that any single engine prop aircraft could make so much noise. I had to block my ears at times, even though I was hundreds of meters from the runway they were flying over. I'm sure they could get better performance with quieter props and don't think generating that much noise can be a net positive for the sport IMHO.
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    I probably never noticed it back in the '90's when the MacGyver series started before my piloting days. But seeing some re-runs lately I couldn't help but notice a shot of the star of the show LEANING on an aircrafts propeller during the intro'. That's a terrible role model and makes you wonder how many people think its ok to lean on an aircrafts prop from seeing that shot . . .
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    No Don, It was the plane taking off from the moving belt thread. Just like the falling pot plant in the Hitch-Hikers-Guide, I find myself thinking, "Oh no, not again!"
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    I think I thought that we don't know what we don't know. Or did I?
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    There does appear to be a join line under the front of the windscreen - is the windscreen removable so that the mast can be folded down for overnight parking?
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    1, 2, 5 & 6. Google Eart I didn't find very good on the iPhones small screen so I removed it. When preparing to committ aviation the most useful to me are: 2. OzRadar - to time flights between weather cells on those long X-Country trips. 5. for more general weather info and Airservices Australia info like NAIPS.
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    I'm pretty sure you'll find the term "Maximum Suspension Weight" only applies to Hang Gliders, not Trikes. Trikes, as far as I've seen in Oz have always been given a MAUW or MTOW rating which includes the weight of the wing. As for MTOW of a single seat trike, that depends on which CAO it falls under and can be a grey area. Home built single seaters made from home built parts are 95.10 = 300kg maximum MTOW Some say that Factory Kit and Factory Built single seat trikes are 95.32 = 600kg maximum MTOW (used to be 450kg until April 2011) The Tech Manager / Ops Manager of HGFA/RAA (as applicable) will confirm which applies for your situation and if any of what I've written here is correct.
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    Same here, initially a little bit in the mid 80's and then some more in the mid 90's. Closest I've come to it since then is a TIF in a Jabiru a year ago at The Oaks. So I've had some "Stick & Rudder", but I found getting used to the ground steering on the Jab' a bit hard, being the opposite to the trike ground steering - but I've heard you get used to it eventually.
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    Hi Bob, Anywhere west of the Great Divide is a good place to start your long X-Country flying trips. So you're in a good spot there and I expect you must have already been to a Natfly at Temora, being so close.
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    I'd noticed recently that I couldn't find the AIP/ERSA section anymore and this week my iPhone App had an update to point to the new URL for these. Glad you started this thread Tomo as I've now been able to bookmark the new URL's on my PC but still need to find time to explore the new web site structure. Cheers, Glen
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    I recently spotted a poster at a regional airport stating the restrictions placed on taking litium batteries on board passenger aircraft. Anything above 160 Watt.Hours energy capacity was a no-go and could not go on the plane at all. At 12 volts x 12 Amp.Hours (144 Watt.Hours) your friend may be able to take it on board as hand baggage and not as check-in luggage if that part of my memory is correct. Though there may be different rules in the USA. Since the poster and hence I assume the legislation only referred to litium batteries, I'm not sure if there are any similar restrictions on taking NiMH batteries on Pax (RPT) aircraft.
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    Kind of fits with "Dunny-Door".
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    Excellent Thread, Bluey.
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    I logged the flight (as "Dual Time") I took with a CFI in a Revo trike in Colorado in August and had him endorse it - since it was a different trike from what I'm used to.
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    Hi Heldering, Is that a 914, or have the rocker covers just been painted red to match the colour scheme of the trike? I went for a fly in a Revo with a CFI in Colorado about 8 weeks ago. Besides spending a lot of the flight being shown through the many screens on the glass panel, I found I couldn't quite get comfortable enough with the foot throttle to feel my way to a level flight power setting (I couldn't get in my ear "in" on the 2 bladed prop either). If, like myself you previously did most of your trike flying in Airborne trikes, how do you find the foot throttle on the Revo? Not saying any of it is bad, just different from what I'm used to.
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    Hi Wayne, The idea originated from at least one trike CFI. I don't recall which as I've known a few. More likely something would be in a Rotax engine manual, but not that I've come across . . . Although the trike does have a hand throttle that can be set I tend to keep using the foot throttle even when flying x-country, so the additional workload isn't that great. I'm not entirely sure I understand what you mean by the extra expansion/contraction forces induced by a couple of seconds of higher power setting, not due to engine temps anyway.
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    In response to Wayne's post #4, I use the word "blip" very loosely. I go from cruise power to full power and back to cruise over about 2 to 3 seconds. The idea is that the movement of the butterfly valve will help break away ice inside the carburettor and to do this without unduly stressing the engine, gearbox or prop.
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    Hi Red, I think you will find that most 912's have an anti-icing collar on the engine side of each carb', which coolant passes through to warm it. I've flown in a lot of drizzle for long distances and have had the occasional engine cough in those conditions as a bit of ice breaks off and goes through. Just remember to give the throttle a bit of a blip every couple of minutes to help break any ice away.
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    Hi Doug, I spotted some "Dyke Delta's" at Oshkosh and immediately thought of this thread and knew you would want some photos. Cheers, Glen
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