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Looks great Tim. Could you come up and do the new one for Badgerys creek, the buggers are way to bloody slow.

Ian, great idea and I agree the name should be "Clear Prop". Anyone who does not understand the name is either a future candidate for a Darwin award or came to the site by mistake.

Not matter how many billions you spend on computer chips and programmers- a flying turd is still a very expensive and smelly turd. On the reviews where they say it is the best- I am sure in the wide angle you can see a cattle prod been held to the pilots balls.

Not as expensive as I thought for the rivets. Hurry up and get back to paradise and build the rest. Cheers

Keep up the proper work mate. The Robert method always looks a bit slipshod to me, remember you are the one who will fly it. And you want it to do more than a 100 hours. What sort of rivets are you using and how much is 150 of them? How many are needed for the aircraft?

Pilot noted trouble before takeoff and kept going anyway. Was a big contender for a Darwin award- maybe he will have better luck next time.

I reckon its pretty fuggin ugly!

Everyone was very lucky it was a pusher. That would have been a lot of human sashimi with a tractor prop.

From the comfort of my Antipodean armchair, the reasons for his, descent speed, flight profile and landing spot are bleeding obvious. As we all know, when faced with a engine failure in such a machine a secondary safety factor immediately is faced..... The loss of seal on the sphincter valve, as such the obvious landing spot for safety will be the "Bog". As as anyone knows when this happens you are in a damn hurry to get there.

Pilot is thinking out loud " I wonder how to check how many inches of pitch I am running on the prop" Aircraft ghost thinks "I show you" Viola- just measure the gap between slices

Its OK Phil, I did mean Cameron. The born to rule brigade seem to keep breeding down here as well.

The famous VH-KBZ attacked by a giant angry can opener

Great goin, young man. My only advice is - get the camera off your headset.(from your pic) If it all goes bad and it can for the best of us- that camera could end up been fatal. Sorry if that sounds negative but a camera on your head is a no no.

Bugger- Glad he is alive and gibbering. Phil- it might need more than a polish though, at least a good wash. Be interesting to hear what happened to the engine in time

Well done and many a happy fun flight ahead of you. Good to see the art of building is still strong

Sorry I do not know. But just remember to have your wits about you and a reliable aircraft. This is serious tiger country and the options for an emergency landing are almost non existent. Treat it like a overwater flight, make sure you have all available safety gear ie a Epirp, first aid, food, water etc and a lodged flight plan with arrival time for SARS. The Mountains is a huge area and the ability to find and rescue you is sadly quite low. The weather can be four seasons in one day and very localised. Beware of nasty surprises anywhere near the cliff faces. Having said that- once you sort the permissions- it is a beautiful place. I used to live there for 15 years.

No That should be twat

Very bloody cool pilot. Stuck it down like superglue. Demigod status confirmed.

Ah- this guy was just trying to get a selfie of his Darwin award. Naturally he mistook the 50' for 50". As sure as the sun rises each day, a idiot will try and get a darwin award. I wish him all the best in his quest but hope it is a purely solo effort.

Forget the naysayers Bex. Good on you for having a go and I look forward to your progress. Remember my tagline- It is hard to soar like a eagle, when you are surrounded by turkeys.

Do not be so quick- the LNP will find a way. And just two days later Banyard is busted for using a chopper- twice for short trips. Remember entitlement is all relative. Tony Windsor must be feeling good about now.

Just give em a full face helmet/bucket and they are less likely to spew- and it helps contain the mess. I know I am evil

Just when we thought the skys were safe- black dog notwithstanding. A pooch is flying a cessna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGcyier95sw

Well I am glad the subject is out there, and thank anyone for their contributions as long as they are sensitive to the actual pain physical and emotional that the black bastard dog can do. It is complex and can often be a lifelong chronic disease- with no easy solutions and at best just bandaids to patch you up till next time you are bitten. We all have life experiences that can bring us down, some are catastrophic and some are merely flea bites. But it is always hard to determine from the distance the injury suffered and its consequence. Some are like a broken arm- easily seen and treated with little long term effects. Others are like asbestos and are not recognised for what they are- ie a silent killer that is hard to ascribe to any certain event and will in all likelyhood Kill you. Sometimes the biggest bites from the dog are caused by factors we either don't understand as been important or block them out as a protection mechanism. It is these insidious bites that often fester and cause systemic problems to our mental and physical health. Chronic mental health issues are often a hidden problem especially for men as we have this view of ourselves needing to be tough and stoic- this sadly is reinforced by society and often our friends and family. IF their was ever a medical condition that for which we could say "society is to blame"this is it. It is societal attitudes and indifference that make this disease's effects magnified and often a killer. Whilst we would like to believe we live in enlightened times- society, including government and health services have let us down badly. Unfortunately we are also often let down by our loved ones who either do not understand or have little emotional maturity to deal with it and thus increase the burden on sufferers.It takes compassion and maturity of mind to help someone with mental illness- these are things that can rarely be taught and for which society in general does not reward. Nor does society normally accept that the wounds caused to the person are wounds at all or it minimizes them as mere "flea bites". Or in some cases actively tries to denigrate the sufferer as a 'winger, leaner, bludger, sook, soft, just a angry bugger, a nutter etc....... This only increases the harm greatly and makes survival even more difficult. We then also have institutional harm caused by the response of the perpetrators of the harm be it a church, government, the armed forces or big bussiness. They protect themselves at all costs and will always blame the victim and often make it impossible for the sufferer to gain help and refuse any meaningful resolution. As I write this the Royal Commission into sexual abuse is still running and the poor souls affected by this national disgrace are still been actively harmed by the coverups and refusal to provide meaningful help, justice and compensation. The government has in its power to stops this continued harm but refuses to do so- they protect the churches legally and ensure they are not legally accountable to compensate. The continued harm caused by this abuse has led to thousands of Australians to die from their injuries by suicide and many more will continue to die as government plays lip service to this tragedy and the lawyers feast on the corpses. The same could be said of the military- far more soldiers will die of the black dog than ever in combat , they know it and will continue to give bugger all help and denigrate the sufferers. It is telling that Major General John Cantwell left the armed forces rather than take up the role as head- because he could no longer put up with a system that even he at the top of the system could not get adequate help for his PTSD. It is a sad indictment on society and nothing seems to change- but mainly silently those effected just crawl into a hole and are savaged by the dog many fatally. The epidemic of depressive illness and societal including government neglect have a direct correlation. Yes we as individuals have a responsibility to be compassionate, patient and thoughtful. But the greatest help must be systemic and this we have failed at miserably. This is my lived experience- some days the dog has a lick and those are better days than some. On others there is no hole deep enough to hide from the beast. No dog catcher come along to help and no government brings a ladder to help you climb out the hole. I am sorry if this all seems negative- but that is the nature of the beast.

Now I am starting to have some sense of belief in it. thanks for the info.