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Every electric brake system I have seen uses electromagnets within a drum - not sure how you would achieve a similar result with a disk brake. How were your " hydraulic " brakes actuated??

Thanks for that Onetrack (commission on way😎). My Viscount Aircraft Carrier (or whatever you want to use it for) has an aluminium body frame/skin & the most amazing steel chassis (way over engineered) As I found out, converting a caravan is not as straightforward as many might think. Check out the square tube reinforcing in the internal photo - more photos available to genuinely intersted party.

Wow! Love the styling. Looks like it might be fast. Strange that they went to so much trouble to make it look streamlined and then had no propeller spinners. Any idea of the performance and engine hp

Ahhhh! Old tyre - not good, especially for heavy load & high speed combination. I should have had that on my list of possible causes. I like the old style rocker suspension, think its the best, lots of posative attributes but cost not one of them. Never mind the legalities, override brakes are a disaster waiting to happen (obsolete & should be banned). They were okay when they were the best that the technology of the time had to offer but now??? Sorry but I think anyone who willingly fits/uses them "is a few cents short in the dollar". If you had electric brakes your "....it took all my trailer handling skills to keep control of it...." would likly not have been so tested. I had a mate killed while using a trailer with override brakes - down hill - big load - trailer took control & pushed him under a Truck & Dog, coming up the hill. While the brake system was but one part of the "Swiss Cheese" factors, if he had electric brakes, he likly would have been here today.

Hi Onetrack, No special knowledge, just about 50 years or so of observation and a little experince: In the past it would seem most trailers had the axle(s) just trailing the mid point in the chassi. In more recent times, most trailers have a definite aft location of the axle(s) putting significant weight on the hitch point/back axle of the tow vehicle Of course there will be exceptions for special purpose trailers. Older trailers require knowledge/skill to load, so that they are hitch posative/heavy - not everyone seem to understand this. Carefully loaded this configuration makes for very nice towing. Bad loading can easily result in the trailer steering the tug = accident. Newer trailers also need care in loading, however this is to try and reduce load on the hitch - how often do you see the Grey Nomad with the sparkling new Cruiser nose in the air /Pho Off Road Caravan, hitch almost on the deck? While this will affect steering, possibly damage suspension and may be uncomfortable for the occupants, it tends not to be a major safety risk. In some instances, the newer fashion can not be loaded, so as to reduce the hitch weight and have an even/level tug configuration - in this instance load transfer systems can work well. There are several possibilities why you ".........blew a rear tyre at 100kmh on a downhill run..............." Low tyre pressure Overloaded Axles out of alignment Brake locking on or unequal braking FOD/Bad luck I would be intersted to know what sort of suspension & braking system your "...professionally well built..." trailer has????

Very tidy Blue. Tyres 25-30 psi will help a lot. When I decide to go low pressure to reduce the jarring, I hand check tyre temperatures for the next 100 km or so. To hot = need more pressure. To cold = could go a bit lower.

Looks well loaded Jack - The wings look a bit vulnerable but I guess they were designed to fold & be transported. Assume you reduced your tyre pressure way down??

I don't think having the theory back to front, will worry me and my Sonex too much up to 10,000 ft as long as I keep my speed below 130 knots on descent

Hi neil, Not so far and you would have something to camp in on your way back across the Nullabor😈

Where is The Oaks - Maaate! Centre of the known Universe😈 Okay, nearest large town is Camden NSW. We are SW of Sydney. No price discussion on open Forum. I suggest you look up "Toy Trailers", Aircraft Trailers , Enclosed Trailers, etc and get a handle on what the market might be demanding.

I always thought, with increasing altitude, for the same indicated speed, true airspeed goes up. So if Vne is 244 knots, indicated, that remains as the aircrafts safe limit, even if true is a lot higher - something to do the flutter.

Why build when I can sell you a converted, to aircraft carrier, Viscount Supreme Caravan NSW Registered, Electric Brakes on both axles, Internal tie down points down each side. (The lights and other stuff where from using it as a spray booth )

Mounting Lubricant ???? The things people do with their engines😈

Not pulling over to allow following vehicles to pass is just plain ignorance. Plenty of countries where this is custom/law enforcing what should be a courtesy. Any driver/vehicle that is not maintaining the speed limit (subject to road conduction) should either pull over to allow the que to pass or be pulled over by the cops.😈

Now now! Get her flying and the shear joy, wonder & privilege of flight, will grab you and all of the past struggle will be a distant memory😈

"Easy- peasy" with a smear of Molykote 111 is a silicone grease

The authorities focus on SPEEDING (defined as breaking the posted speed limit) as the cure for all driving ills has brainwashed the public into believing they are safe when the don't break the posted speed limit. Drivers have not been taught to drive to the prevailing road conditions.

Something else that fascinates me about this particular topic (communication)- There seems to me (small?) vocal group against, what I would see as common courtesy, caring for not only your own wellbeing but also for your fellow aviators. Manifested by argument against, even a minimum (voluntary) number of calls as part of departure/arrival, seem so self defeating/illogical it beggars belief.

I doubt much of a hearing from CASA -their approach is pretty much in sink with Governments general retreat from quality service, that has been going on since at least the mid 1980's

Yeah! Fascinating that this (quasi legal) argument would seem to be attempting to legitimise or explain away, a poor approach (by CASA) to giving more precise guidance, when it comes to communication around uncontrolled airfields.

Truie! However Personal responsibility, with all the variables inherent in a personal view/approach, is not so good for a mass (all drivers) adherence approach. Where its important that individual adhere to a set of rules/ designed to protect the majority, from personal expression/interpretation (as in driving dangerously/without courtesy)

My Son has a laser print/cutting system. Can cut out very precise, if needs be complex, shapes. - If you are intersted send precise dimensions & photo. Probably good to have some idea about the material you would prefer. I will ask him for a quote.

We have the same problem at The Oaks sharing a frequency (126.7) with Mittagong. On occasion we will even hear from Rylstone (the other side of the GD Range) also on the same frequency.

Turbs me old mate, you either Dont understand the English language or are deliberatly mist to make a very doubtful argument. You invent your own single transmission in the circuit, a collision occurs - where do you stand? To whom/what are you referring? I have no recollection of anyone or myself "inventing" communication - this is BS The word RECOMMENDED places no obligator on the pilot (or anyone else who is receiving a recommendation) to accept, take the advice offered. The use of the word ALL , in conjunction with the word recommendation, just means the advice stands for multiple situations, therefore need no be heeded multiple times. Non aviation example- You go to the Doctor, She recommends you cease smoking all tobacco related products. Good advice. You chose not to take any notice & continue to smoke cigarettes, a pipe &, cigars. Result - you live to 100 OR you die at 45 from a smoking related illness - The choice/risk, my friend, is yours - the ramifications of all your choice may be nil or serious. The impact on others may be nil or serious. "When there is other traffic" The document is clear enough; you can thell there's other traffic by seeing it or hearing it transmit on radio. A superman!! - My apologies I didnt realise that you would have the power to see/hear an aircraft from the cockpit of your aircraft, without the benefit of a transmission or two from that aircraft. Nor did I understand that your twin would be in the other aircraft and know instinctively that you are about the taxi across the runway, even though you made no call to that effect. It must be wonderful to have such power😈 A Corporate lawyer is employed by the company; in this case she outlined roughly what I've been saying and answered the questions as a qualified lawyer would. You would be advised to seek a second opinion, from an independent (not employed by you/your company ) lawyers and or sack the one you have - she clear has little grasp of the English language

The voluntary/at pilot discretion, nature of CASA's advice on this matter is a failure of authority and can do nothing but confuse the pilot fraternity thereby increasing risk. No amount of presumed legal wriggling changes this. CASA should give stronger advice - there should be MANDATORY calls at certain points, in an aircraft's movements, with RECOMMENDED at other times. CASA has neither advised to call or not to call, Downwind - as with all other calls this is at the discretion of the PIC. I support the notion that students should not only be informed of ALL the calls but required to practise them eg Established Down Wind, Base, Final and the usual variations' on this theme, such as Turning..... They should also practise minimising the number of calls so that they feel comfortable in their reading of the situaton that does not require a call at every location. Naturally this means the "airwaves" may be cluttered at some times - What is a small inconvenience, to qualified pilots, compared with future safety/good habits???