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  1. mkennard
    Sorry David, I understand what you're saying but this was a mistake. Now your saying don't touch what you don't know, strange, I've picked up mistakes from LAME's and Level 2's. That's why I always check what has been done after a service before I fly. What I did was a pure mistake and can happen. As for "Head in the Clouds", I don't think age has to do with that, photos are a wonderful way of auditing the process and getting it back together again.
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    Yep. I think that's on my list.
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    Almost embarrassing writing this but I hope nobody else does it. I took the battery home to give it a good charge and put it back in on Saturday, I missed one cable, probably a critical cable, the earth for the starter. I could see the starter light stuck on and there prop didn't turn. Smoke started pouring out of the engine bay and of course all the switches I flicked off. No change, still heaps of smoke. I grabbed the fire extinguisher and thought I crossed a wire so my first aim was to disconnect the battery. Succeeded in disconnecting the earth cables. What a mess. After talking to my mechanic, he has seen this happen before, the positive somehow jumps, not sure how and it looks like it used the throttle cable as the earth. The throttle sheath melted and the metal also melted the side of the battery. A solution is to cable tie the cables so none of them can't drop out of sight. Been flying for 9 years and haven't done anything like this before. Please take note.
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    Actually the built in GPS does use quite a bit of power. I have that one for the 4g but went with a separate GPS via bluetooth. It also supports glonass gps. http://gps.dualav.com/explore-by-product/xgps160/
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    I really like the size of the mini which is what I have and is due for an update. The last updates Apple did was to the larger one, they didn't do much to the mini. There was a review of the new mini yesterday and while it didn't receive many updates, it is still a good machine. The larger one has better antiglare which I wonder what that's like in the plane but I have a mount on my dash and found a visor on eBay to keep the sunlight off for my mini. That works really well. Which one would I get, I prefer the mini but like the advances they did with the Air2. Another words I haven't made up my mind yet.
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    Can you put a link in please. Is this doable under LSA?
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    Sorry but I had to do exactly that.
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    I use NAIPS but when I get up in the morning I log in to http://www.bom.gov.au/aviation/weather-packages/ to get a quick picture of what's happening.
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    I remember Rod Stiff at a couple of Natflys ago saying why do you need brakes. Maybe the brakes should have been another thread. Sorry about that.
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    re: brakes I couldn't do run ups at 2000 rpm, I found flying during summer the brakes were almost useless. I had to adjust them every 2 - 3 weeks. I use long strips so wasn't in a hurry to stop so I don't think I needed to be hard on them.
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    I'll have to have a look next time...
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    I also love my Jabiru. With the engine now I hope under control, the only other thing that needs a mod are the brakes. What brakes?
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    [GALLERY=media, 3275]Engine stats by mkennard posted Jul 20, 2014 at 3:18 PM[/GALLERY] Sorry, got distracted by this... http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/grand-designs/ZX9901A005S00 Anyway, from what I understand, he put on a larger jet, turned the carby a little and very little at a time adjusted the baffles. Now the engine sits between 110-150c. One thing that's great about the Skyview is that I can download the engine stats and load it into a spreadsheet/database.
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    I'll add my 2 cents. My aircraft (J230D) out of the factory always had temp issues. I added cht's and egt's to all cylinders. Jabiru said it was fine to do. My L2 finally got the temps down. Took a lot of effort considering this was a factory built aircraft. Who knows what damage has been done already. I flew according to the POH to try and keep the temps down.
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    My XGPS160 has 5 blue lights and when I turn it on it connects to my iPhone and iPad and there shows 2 of the lights. I just looked at my bluetooth settings on the devices and they both show connected.
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    Can't remember where I got the double adapter but it plugs into my headset socket. Then a curly extension to the go pro audio cable which I got off ebay and this works perfectly. I can't remember where I got the double adapter from but I would say some aviation shop. I also had to get a new case for the go pro so the cable would fit in the side. I could have drilled a hole but wanted to save that case for water sports.
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    Do jabiru's require this. I haven't read this. I also have a cold start kit.
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    Thanks, I'll go through my map tonight to visualise this.
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    I'm a little confused. Can RAAUS pilots fly through the area when williamtown is inactive? I was under the assumption no. I have always done the inland lane which is not fun in a good wind.
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    Have you flown around there? Flying west out of Sydney you are now given many options. Maybe katoomba airfield, a few golf courses and I've noticed a few paddocks in the valley.
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    I have the Dynon Skyview but I don't use the synthetic vision as mush as the colour coding on the skyview moving map. I find that useful to get guidance for flight above AGL.
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    You think you have problems with passengers, I have problems with other pilots. I'm used to it now and politely ask them to move their feet. At first I wondered why my rudder was heavy.
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    I'd be interested.
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    I have light speed and use rechargeable. I don't let it get near to going flat. Happened once and wow it was noisy. I always have 2 sets of charged batteries before I go flying.
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    I'm having the same issue in my J230. I used mogas last christmas and it's happened since then. I use avgas probably 99% of the time. Haven't found the cause yet.
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