planedriver

Sounds now like "if it's Boeing, i'm not going".

I would love to think that it's been affectively sorted before I plant my backside on a Max, but time will reveal all

If working in a confined area, a powerful fan to assist with airflow through your working area will help a bit to save you breathing in more fumes than necessary and let your neighbours know what you are up to. Also wear a respirator so you don't breathe in the fine airborne fibreglass dust strands. Cover your arms with a long sleeved shirt, or you'll be scratching like an alley-cat in the middle of the night. As you'd realise by now, the stuff stinks and get right down in your gut's. 

Nomadpete is right about the order of applying Carnuba wax followed by release agent before a gel coat, and I also have normally started off with a tissue layer following the gel coat which is pretty smooth and wets out easily, and then go straight out with the chopped mat previously cut to approximate shape. This should give you a smoother finish with minimum pin holes to fill later, and my view is that one layer bonds better to the previous layer if still a bit wet. As also mentioned, try to get a bit of and overlap on each layer which adds to the overall strength.

Good luck mate, it's not really very hard to get good results, and if anyone can do it, you can.

Rgds planey

That's what mates are for.

Thanks Red, well done!

Gee Marty, you were up early! 

I recon you couldn't wait to see if you had a new air speed indicator, slip/turn indicator or other goodies left in your stocking.

Anyway, hoping you have a great day mate, and the same to everyone else on here.

Rgds planey.

10 hours ago, Yenn said:

The same from me. I like the photo but can't see the sleigh that it is towing.

Don't worry mate, it's coming, I heard it on TV so it's gotta be true.

I'll get on the radio and tell him to pull back a bit on those throttles.

However, this is something many should all be aware of.

Not everyone is oh fay with electrics and by raising the issue which could possibly save someones bacon, I say good on you RF.

To be forewarned is to be forearmed.

Hopefully not too many around like it, but certainly worth checking.

Not easy to do once airborne.

All electrics should have provision to be isolated if the need arises.

Sadly, the young instructor was named as Nicholas Brink aged 36. RIP

Try this link https://www.facebook.com/DailyMail/videos/3508999225863219/

Sorry about that, i'll have try another approach.

It was a spectacular video of hundreds of drones at night that form into all sorts of Christmas things.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=8889ce7e6d&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1685013497541676077&th=17625ed932b5cc2d&view=att&disp=safe

Hi Jordi, welcome to the forums.

I flew out of Girona Airport in a Bristol Britannia a few days after the airport opened, after holidaying in Sant Feliu back in 1965.

That goes to prove how old iv'e become.

Good luck with the Zenair upgrade. You might find it a lot hotter to fly with it's bubble canopy in the Spanish sun, whereas the flash should have given you a bit of shade with it's high wing.

1 hour ago, planedriver said:

I think SplitS is simply 

With all the posts knocking Jabiru's reliability in the past, I feel his comment was just a bit tongue in cheek, not to be taken seriously.

Lighten up and accept it for what it is.

Hopefully we can all learn something from this sad incident, and prevent similar situations arising.

I think SplitS is simply 

Thanks for posting that Jerry. I enjoyed the flight, now which way is the bladder relief department? 

Please help me to help you in making Recreational Flying (.com) the best resource on the internet for every fellow aviator.

I reckon it already is, Ian. Thank you!, but would like to see you get more reward for the pleasure we have received over so many years as a result of all that you have made available to us. You have put so much into this site that we shouldn't simply take it for granted either. (unfortunately the times we currently live in tend to make some of us a bit complacent on occasions).

Your hard work is certainly appreciated by me, and i'm sure that many others would agree.

I have visited training facilities and chatted to other pilots, and can't believe how many don't subscribe to this site. I always say " that is sad, because you probably don't really know what you are missing out on. How can you deny yourself such pleasure, and available knowledge?"

Just go and check it out.

I'll get down off my soap-box now and leave time for others to vent their feelings, or appreciation.

It must surely be gratifying to see other pilots and aircraft constructors across the world who are contributors.

Kind Rgds

Planey.

Looks more like a Transavia design to me, and just as ugly as their old AirTruk which apparently was quite nice to fly.

Yea, I saw that at Bankstown Construction Site on Sunday. Still has runways left (just) among all the new building work, Horrified at the extent of it all.

If you have an aircraft that you hire out, there's always more of a chance events like this can happen.

I remember the Beagle 206's at Shoreham at the time I had my very first lesson in an an Auster, and also the Beagle Pup which I thought was really streamlined for it's time. However Beagle's management needed more people that knew what was really needed, so the large scale of sales envisaged sadly never really materialised long term.

One might have a whinge about the cost of insurance, but in instances like this you'd possibly think it was money well spent.

Whatever facts are presented, there will always be a minority who know better because they've been lucky so far. And of course we hope it may continue.

Planey, a link to that video, or a similsr one, was in the original post, just above my sign-off.

Thanks Peter, I missed it.

You know the old saying carrots are good for ones eyesight, but good wine can double your vision.

Next time i'll eat my carrots first.

Always good to get a positive report in this thread.

Maybe this might help.

Enjoy that glass of red you deserve a break.

Kind rgds

Planey

That's most interesting.

Thanks red.

What! no photo's yet Quick get on yer bike.