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8 seconds is one hell of a long time/message. Your (incorrect) example is 2-3 seconds at most. Could be the cold in those southern areas😈

You have gone a long way in proving the need for more calls. You didnt say if you made an ",,,,,,,Inbound......." or an "......Overhead......" for Gympie or if the Jab did similar. Either way neither of you appears to have been aware of the other, from well before you joined the circuit. Silence may be Golden but it may also end in tragedy.

Hmmmm! When I cold start, with "zero" throttle, my 912ULS engine runs at 2500 rpm. I immediately reduce choke by 1/2 - pause for a second or so - reduce /close by second 1/2 and increase throttle to maintain 2500 rpm (top of Green arc) for warm up. I assumed this to be normal cold start procedure/ warm up

It likly the carburettor float bowl breather/overflow. Its supposed to terminate in an area of atmospheric pressure thats the same as the carburettor air intake.

I am aware of the history/vested State interest and resultant problems - none of which is to the economic or safety benefit, of the nations driving public. Apathy Rules!!😈

"It's a rule introduced in Victoria about 5 years ago; it means that you can't cross it. You can cross a solid white line to park if it's safe, but the other side of the yellow line is a no go zone." Thanks for that . Next time I'm down Mexico way, I will look out for solid yellow lines (are there very many?) Just completed a 4 hr round trip, one city one large town & many small villages - not a yellow line anywhere😈 Back, in my Mothers day, when Australians numbered about 6 million, it made sense for each geographic area (State) to make their own road rules - now at 27 million, plus a lot more interstate/international travel, it's crazy that there is not a standard set of road rules for all Australia (role on the yellow line?????).

Hmmm! Not sure that I have seen a solid/unbroken yellow line in Australia - A solid white line (lane marker) indicates the usable limits for vehicle movement, of that side of the road . In Britain a solid yellow line is a no parking sign/indication.

Hard Quiz last night. Subject Roundabouts. Question (in short) Which of four vehicle do you give way too? Only one of the 5 contestants answered correctly. A telling statistic!

What is the "time period" you refer to? - less than 5 years, 5 years, more than 5 years? "Rotax actually states fitment should include a supporting airbox" - Take your word for it but I would point out they also support the minimalist individual conical filters (part number 825551) that are almost ubiquitous, in this part of the World.

For any other intersted aircraft transporters Following are all internal dimensions: Length 7.3m Min Width 2.201m Max Width 2.300m Max Height 2.230m Min Height 1.805m Back Door Frame: Hight 1.805m Width 2.201m For most aircraft (after wings removed) the width of the van, is likly to be a fraction too narrow for the horizontal stabiliser. Two solutions seem have potential: Remove entire stabiliser. May be a big task in some designs. Remove stabiliser tips. Many aircraft have fiberglass tips to their empennage. Usually pop/pull riveted in place, it should be quite quick & easy to drill out the rivets, remove the tips, making the empennage fit easily into the aircraft carrier.

Hmmme! "deviate" - that could also be a whole new topic😈

That it has gone so long & far afield, is probably due to the adjudicators recognising a "slow" Forum (hopefully temporary)😈

It strikes me, that those of us who discuss engineering systems, all have some concept of "perfection" (don't take me too literally). Where perfection is wanting, we call that poor engineering (or worse). Over many years of tinkering, I have come to realise that what might, at first glance, be categorised as poor engineering (rubber socket/inlet manifold to carburettor) just seem to work despite the naysayers. Rotax carburettors are actually supported, at least in part, by another engineering oddity, a spring. At least this is compatible with the vibration reducing rubber - it just doesn't look quite adequate and is in an odd location - again it just works.😈

I would like to debate this but feel we have strayed too far from aviation, so perhaps a "rain check"?

Sad but true; In the last week or so, not a lot of aircraft debate on the Forum. Any general interest discussion is good, almost all of us drive & have an opinion on other drivers/road design/etc. We could change the topic and have a go at religion, sex, politics, if you prefere???😈

Sure it's harder to support a subjective accusation of unsafe/bad driving, if it's just the opinion of the enforcer/police - much easier to have an objective measurement/speed camera. Unfortunatly this does not make it an effective reducer of accidents (below what we have now) so what would you suggest - accepting the expensive and ridiculous mishmash of token enforcement (status quo)??? Why aren't we doing something about the appallingly low standard of initial training, absence of periodic driver standard reviews & the failure to enforce good driver behaviour. The following are just some of the routine driver behaviours that could be addressed but are not, putting all road users at elevated risk. I see this every time I go anywhere (even see professional drivers doing these): The lemming like desire to drive to the right, to the point where I have often driven up to 50 kilometres in the left lane of a multi lane highway, at the 110 kph posted speed, passing the slower congested three/four lanes of traffic on my right. You will also see this brain dead activity on three lane hills, with idiots sitting in the right lane, from the bottom to top, not passing anything and preventing down hill traffic from passing.. Congenital inability to keep left, (unless when passing) - crates massive congestion (see above). Failure to use indicators and when they do its incorrect - once explained to me as the Index Finger Method - Hand on wheel, index finger extended, turn wheel, finger engages indicator stalk, indicator comes on as vehicle well into manoeuvre (no pre manoeuvre warning to other road users). This national habit is often accompanied by what would seem to be an inability to use rear view mirrors. Inability to merge with traffic, extreme examples may be seen, again on motorways where some merging vehicles actually come to a stop - extremely dangerous. They should be smartly accelerating, to match highway speed, WITH RIGHT INDICTORS ON, smoothy merge into following traffic. Always helpful if established vehicles move to the right lane, to facilitate merge (again not often done) Do not understand how to use traffic circles - can be positively dangerous in their ignorance - see proceeding (traffic circles largely being a merging operation). Do not excelerate sufficiently to safely pass another vehicle. Do not pull over to allow accumulated line of traffic to pass - all to often a "Grey Nomad" loitering along at 20 -30 kph below the posted limit - lack of courtesy causing frustration in other drivers, which may result in an accident. Truck drivers causing mobile traffic jams by taking many many kilometers to pass. Crowding cyclists & other road users - I used to ride a horse into town, drivers would slow & give me a wide berth, not anymore - had to give that little pleasure up etc etc We have come to accept the speeding brainwashing, as the only control measure - to our cost both in increased risk and in economic loss. I haven't even started on the bad road design, that further increases the drivers risk.

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Once again a Government is attempting (I predict unsuccessfully) to further reduce the road accident rate, by addressing a symptom (speed) of bad driving (driving faster than the drivers capability/the road environments/cars capability) . If they are genuine in their wish (clearly not), to reduce the rate of road accidents, they need to address the root cause, anything else is window dressing.

All doing the 5 year rubber replacement on/close to, time?? The inside of the rubber manifold flange should only be exposed to air/fuel - I know the air is toxic 😎 so could UK fuel somehow have something to do with it???

I do not agree with "Politicians can't interfere in such matters...." Australia may be a very flawed democracy, but it's still a democracy. Polly's are our servants. We elect/pay politicians to lead & represent us. If you genuinely have a case, not just having a whing, go for it!!!!! While this may be a little overly optimistic, get a polly in your corner if you don't think the bureaucracy is being fair/reasonable with you, is talking to the management/boss of the bureaucrats. If you start down this track, be aware that you may have to get expert medical opinion ($$$?) on your side, to present to the polly as evidence. Ultimately this will come down to one expert opinion versus another. If the outcome is not clearly in your favour - the Gov will err on the side of caution and support the bureaucratic ruling. Good luck

Hi Deek, I hope you wont give up flying. I understand your frustration - the problem is you are bringing logic/reasonable & substantiated argument to the debate. Unfortunatly bureaucracies & politicians (servants of the people?) have great difficulty with making informed decisions, that may not quite conforme to the "rules" at hand - "Computer Says NO!" If not already tried, I suggest contacting your local MP. Formally, request him/her to intercede on your behalf. Be sure to have all communication in writing. For face:face and phone conversations ALWAYS follow up with a letter (email) confirming the salient points/agreement discussed. Keep a record/file of all communications, with names/times & dates. The written word has real power, with public servants. Verbiage can always be denied, alternative understandings made.😈

I have repeatedly said I am not against posted speed limits. I agree with " It's making sure everyone is on the same page. " and I would add, should inform the driver of actual or impending road conditions, that require speed be kept below the limit for all road users safety. "There are other people on the road." True and the vast majority are bad drivers. By beef is not with appropriate (a rare concept) posted speed limits but with the one eyde legal focus on breaking these limits, as a safety policy, that clearly is no longer reducing the road toll. While I agree that most accidents will have excessive speed, as a contributing factor, the only common factor to all is BAD DRIVING something that is not addressed under the (NSW) driver adherence system.

"Now if it was a Rotax 912 with no airbox...well Ive replaced them on one engine twice in a 1 year and actually had one split half way round and the carb fell right off luckily after landing," Strange Red- I am on my second Rotax 912 ULS. The first with basic conical air filters, no extra carby support, had 900 hrs plus on it - never had a problem. Replaced all rubber at 5 years intervals. New aircraft/Rotax 912 ULS (92 hrs) has air box (carby support). Yet to do a rubber replacement. Interestingly: Had a story from a Europa/Rotax 912 ULS pilot. Carbys fitted basic conical air filters, no additional support. He & his wife (both very experienced pilot/instructors) were flying their newly completed/commission aircraft, when they lost a blade on the CS prop. The out of balance engine attempted to leave the airframe but stopped milliseconds after the prop lost . Aircraft landed in a paddock - no injuries. Such was the violence of the vibration, the whole of the front end of the aircraft had to be rebuilt. Pilot contributed the sudden stop of the engine, to the carburettors seperating from the rubber inlet manifolds. He was certain that he and his wife would have died, had the engine continued its vibration for milliseconds longer and departed the airframe.

How do you define "speeding"?????? We have come to think (brainwashing) that speeding is breaking the posted (legal) speed limit. I believe speeding is when the vehicle is driven at/beyond the safe speed for that driver/vehicle/ road environment ie unsafe. Examples : A drunk driver is unsafe at any speed. Driving in thick fog above 20 kph may also be speeding. A mechanically warn/damaged vehicle may be just okay at 60 kph and speeding at 70 kph. An experienced driver, in a well maintained vehicle, on a far west sealed country road, at mid morning, may be quite safe at 160 kph, Most of the Hume & Pacific Highways should be posted at 130 kph. Is it speeding when you accelerate , above the posted speed limit, to pass a B Double in 30 seconds, rather than take 15 minutes sloooooooowly overtaking (in cruise control), just a few meters away from a juggernaut that may, at any moment swerve onto you, blow one of those tyres and your vehicle be hit by a huge lump of spinning carcass???? Speeding, as in dangerous driving, is a contributing factor, not the cause of accidents - bad driving (which in my mind includes defective vehicle) is the cause of accidents. Speed never injured/killed anyone. We are so brainwashed about not exceeding the posted speed limit, many believe driving at or just below is SAFE eg I attended a non injury accident, where the young driver had left the road in dense fog. The rural road was posted at 100 kph. There are several bends on this 20 km length of road - one is almost a 90 degree - this was where the accident happened. It was clear that the corner had been taken at excessive speed (for the conditions). The driver was incensed at this suggestion, insisting he stayed below the speed limit!!!!!!!!. His vehicle had literally almost cleared a rural fence, only taking out the top wire. My drive to the scene never got over 20 kph and even then I struggled to stay on the road.

You miss the point, my apologies - it's the focus on speed, as the cause & panacea, for all driving incidents, that goes right back to the erly days of vehicles when clearly good driving is the only meaningful mitigation.