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Yes he sure did, I was a Mangalore years ago and he told us the story. Glad to hear he's ok, must have been a shock to have it happens again. Thanks for letting us know. fly Tornado suggested they could have been spin testing above MTOW. I think that would be extremely unlikely but certainly may have been at or near gross at an aft CG. That being required for certification I would expect. B

Was Dave Wheatland in the drivers seat this time as in the GA8 that spun in in testing years ago.

Well the APU in the tail must be getting fuel from somewhere! Perhaps that why it was being spayed? So maybe they aren't so dumb?

I think after no replies for eight years, Dazza 38 has got his answer! B

One RV9A sold last week in Albany and headed East. Still another for sale in Albany. Also one for sale at Jandakot.

Hi, in 4130 you will be unlikely to get true metric sizes. 0.080" is what you will get. That is one thousandth of a inch thicker. Cheers

I find the " This weeks most popular." email good but would like to see it listed in the Forum topics as well. If you sign in to read one of the topics and then go back to the email to see another "most popular",you have to sign in again when you go back to Rec Flying. Thanks

A Pietenpol built by Pietenpol himself is still flying and at Serpentine WA. It is still using a Ford A engine and flys very well with no apparent lack of power as suggested previously. It flew into one of the Langley Park fly ins. For more info. http://www.tavas.com.au/resources/Cxcdfrt98711.pdf Cheers

Hard to believe the company would not have had at least a few cameras running during all test flying. Very poor test program if not these days. They could shed light on the cause hopefully and save the next potential pilot! Here's hoping so anyway.

AD 87 does refer to stainless steel fitting not copper type. It relates to the the stress corrosion that Stainless is very prone to. Very common on yacht fitting, most insurance companies won't insure yachts with stays over ten years old, some less! Fittings can look perfect on the outside and be rotten inside. The AD is not referring to the cable, it's the fittings. That's my take on it. Cheers, Brian AD/GENERAL/87 Primary Flight Control 2/2015 Cable Assembly Retirement Applicability: This AD applies to any aircraft fitted with primary flight control cable assemblies using terminals constructed of SAE-AISI 303 Se or SAE-AISI 304 stainless steel which have total time in service of, or exceeding, 15 years unless the: (a) aircraft is maintained to MSG-3 methodology; or (b) instructionsforcontinuingairworthinessfortheaircraftspecifiesalifelimit for the primary flight control cable assemblies that is less than 15 years of total time in service and the instructions are complied with. Note: Affected terminals include, but are not limited to, terminals manufactured to MS20658 (AN658), MS20667 (AN667), MS20668 (AN668), MS21259 (AN666) and MS21260 (AN669 or NAS650), which may be stamped on the terminal.

Couldn't find a way to concratulate the reporter on presenting such a factual news story about a aircraft incident without sensationalising it or I would have. Obviously a reporter of far above their normal intelligence.

It seems like the "rescuers" didn't know how light these RV6A's are, can't blame them for that. Three guys at most could lift the tail up and have the victims released. I have done that with just one other guy. Same type of plane. Empty weight would be 1,100 pounds at most, plus any fuel. And 360 pound of that is on the nose. The YouTube video appears to show lots of big guys standing around possibly waiting for a crane and news says they were trapped for hours? Hope the outcome is good. I carry a small axe just in case this should happen.

A friend had a Ryco filter fitted to a Jabiru 8 cylinder split around the edge of the filter at the spanner end. Managed to get on the ground without damage but then changed to Champion aircraft filter as used by Lycoming. CH48103 from memory. He had to trim a couple of cylinder fins a small amount to fit it. I know of two other Rycos splitting on Jabs as well.

Not the first Dyn-aero MCR to have a problem with an open canopy in flight. VH-SIP had its canopy open in flight and caused a severe forced landing in a field. Crew survived ok though and it's now back in the air. Aircraft is owned in Western Australia but I think the accident occurred in Victoria.

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I have the Trutrak ADI in my RV6, I find it extremely good. I could have used a Trutrak Gemini but the added features would have just been duplication of existing steam gauges which were already there plus they reduce the size of the attitude display. Personally prefer the steam style gauges. Plus GPS and iPad of course.

The image at the start of the video posted by RogerC certainly seems to show the left flap about 45degrees down but can't see the right flap. Not a good situation.

I expect if it is anything like scale it will have split flaps ie the top surface of the wing is fixed. What makes it look like plain flaps in the video is that the right aileron is down and the left up. Fact it took off tail down suggests it was too slow. Rudder should have been used to pick up the wing drop and may have been but unfortunately rudder position does not show in the video. Bad outcome, lots of money and work gone into that, hope damage is not too severe.

Hi Akromaster, from experience I will say the Thorp T18 is really no harder to land than an RV6 and in some ways easier. Certainly easier in a cross wind. The T18 rudder is much more powerful than the RV rudder despite it's very small size. I have over 800 hours in the T18 and the same in RVs. My tail wheel endorsement was in a Whittman Tailwind and I first started flying the T18 on my navex's with only 45 hours total plus some sailplane hours. So very low hours. I have flown 6 different T18s, one was twitchy on the ground due to having the steering springs too tight to the rudder. They need to be loose. If you touch tail first in the T18 you can pull the stick back hard and pin the tail wheel to the ground, the wing will stall before lifting off. You can't do that in the RV6, it will rear up on you. As far as farm strips go the T18 is very capable despite the stiff undercarriage. Many of my landing were into a bumpy farm strip of 550 metres with the approach over trees 20 metres high overhanging the threshold. There are some really cheap T18s for sale and in my opinion they represent great value. The ride comfort in turbulence is far better in the T18, similar to a Bonanza. I could always get in and out of any strip my mates in RVs were using. The original Sensenich wood prop that was common on the early T18s gives no acceleration and is dangerous, the Sensenich metal RV props are the way to go. I prefer a light O320 T18 to the heavier O360 with CSU. As you can see, though I now fly an RV6 I still love the T18!

From experience, if an RV6 lift up canopy is left unlocked on take off it only lifts a few inches at the back. You can't then lock it without landing though you can partly close and lock it with the rear canopy lock if it has a slot in the roll bar for this purpose. It causes no control difficulty with the canopy partly open. Know of a slider being left unlocked on takeoff, this caused no difficulty other than they had to land to lock it. Have done many flights in a Jodel D11 with a canopy very similar to an RV slider. We always opened the canopy full before landing to increase drag and stop float on landing. ( no flaps) On a Thorp T18 it is impossible to open the canopy above 80 knots, need two hands below that. Done it often. T18 slider is different to an RV though. "If "an RV slider will open itself when at high speed if left unlocked and the accident aircraft had a shelf covering the baggage area as some have and the items ejected were on this shelf, that may account for their departure. If the canopy slid back suddenly it would most likely hit the pilots head which could account for the sudden descent and accident. Most people have to duck to open the canopy. B