planedriver

Maybe if it dosen't involve too much work for you, i'd say give it a try if you think that's a prudent opportunity. If it was then found to have detrimentally changed the total character of these forums that we have largely accepted for so many years, then consider changing back to original format. Not everyone appreciates the fact that it has to be a financially viable proposition to even keep the site viable for us all to continue to enjoy, but they are hardly the ones paying fot it.

I posted this as a VERY early development and thought it would be interesting to get various peoples reaction to it. I've always been a real lover of simplicty being the essence of reliability theory. However, there is is normally more to things than what initially meets the eye, Loving all your comments and reactions. Rgds Planey,

If this is developed further, one can only wonder whether it could in the future have an application in RAA. At this stage it's only a single cylinder, but is simple in concept with so few parts. As they say, simplicity is generally the essense of reliability. Time will tell! https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=590587123957530&set=a.444625191887058

"Smashed on my airstrip". I immediately thought, don't ever forget 12hrs from bottle to the throttle even if camping under the wing?

Love to see your posts Franco, with just so many you have given some flight experience never to be forgotten to. Well done mate, you are a legend!

CASA has responded that the Canberra Office which is always cold in winter which is only a few short months away, has expressed interest in the logs to prevent the usual brain freeze on their staff in the coming winter months, providing they have been well and truly seasoned and stored in accordance with LOGS4US under subsection 4US2C.🔥

I'm OK to drive Peter, I just got a new set of bi-focals too from Specsavers. Maybe just a day or two to get used to them, In the meantime i'll just land on parallel runways

Hi Skippy, I have used many many hundreds of linear actuators over the past 60+yrs I’ve been involved with automatic gates etc; Hydraulic used to be the be all and end all of systems, but not now for reliability. They all without exception have certain drawbacks. Not saying ALL Chinese stuff is crap, but so much on offer is and suppliers don’t keep spares spares for the long term. If you can find an alternative solution on the basis of simplicity being the essesnse is reliability i’d be going along that path. For the past 45yrs or so I’ve used Italian stuff for very good reason whether it be domestic doors or aircraft hanger doors. Simplicity for whatever reason is the go for me. Good luck mate with your decisions whatever they turn out to be. Might even catch up with you at The Oaks someday, that would be nice. Been a decade or 2. Rgds Planey.

Simplicity is the essence of reliability, generally.

Not sure who will investigate this one. ATSB, RAA or RSPCA

Never mind mate, there are a few younger ones on this site (maybe not the majority) 😉but it comes to us all, so don't feel bad. They come here to learn, and good on them. Hope they do, Not sure whether long sight or short is the bigger bugger, Happy to settle for somewhere in between.

Santa been mouthing off again? I'll organise a checkride for him with an examiner holding a gun, just to see how he handles an engine failure.

Aw Geez! can't see my place on the flight plan.

Interesting for me, for one. Thanks for posting. I used to live very Close to Croydon Aerodrome but being an old fart remember the HP42's being there, but not the Atlanta, i'm not quite that old.

I think the label on the front maybe a warning not to charge it's lithium batteries inside a hangar overnite. Looks cool though!