gandalph

Wouldn't dream of bagging them.

Thanks Andy, I appreciate your comments and agree with what you say. I certainly don't under-estimate FT's intellect and, as I get up to his part of the world reasonable frequently, I might seek him out so that we can shout at one another in private. Completely off topic, can I offer you my congratulations on being elected to the Board. Well done. Be warned though... We, out here in the wilderness, will expect great things.

You could be right FT, but I don't know enough about Drifters to comment

A quick thumbs up for the Clear Prop store. I ordered several items from the daily specials list early this week. They arrived this morning well and protectively packed and exactly as described. I had several emails from Ian in the intervening period letting me know the status of my order through the system and a final email letting me know it had been despatched. Good communication, Clearly strong client focus, good products. Who could ask for more!? Thanks Ian May you prosper. No I don't work for Clear prop.

To make things a little more clear to anyone who might harbour the suspicion that I am an agent for Jabiru, I am happy to declare my interests here: I am part owner of a Jabiru aircraft that will have fitted a rebuilt Jabiru engine. The is the sole extent of my pecuniary interest in anything Jabiru. I, and my partner in the aircraft have fitted some CAMit modifications to the engine. That is the sole extent of my pecuniary interest in CAMit. I post here using a pen-name because I work in an industry where, to ensure my safety and the safety of my family, I need to take some additional precautions to protect my privacy and to try to prevent my personal details from becoming available to my "clients". If and when FT and I get together for a friendly coffee or an ale, I'll be happy to introduce my-self using my correct name. Until then I will remain here as Gandalph. (as in "Gandalph the Grey", not "Gandalph the Wise".) That FT, is the sole extent of my defensiveness. If you think or believe that I'm defensive because of anything you've posted here, sorry mate, you are very very wide of the mark. If FT is suggesting I have any financial or other interest in Jabiru, then he is just as misinformed and/or misguided as he is with his other posts on the subject. But everyone can make an honest mistake. I am interested in gathering any facts that are supported by evidence that will assist us to improve the performance and reliability of our engine. Innuendo, rumours, gossip and snide one line comments do not assist. That's why I continue to invite FT to back up his assertions with facts. So far, to my mind, he's failed.

Bex, I'm sure the moderators will do just that to any thread that breaches the guidelines on this generally excellent site. I would be quite suprised if they decided to do that to this thread. There has been a robust but polite exchange of views in the last few pages, but I don't see any animosity or sledging going on that would require the mods shut it down. FT is entitled to his view just as I am entitled to invite him to provide some justification for those views. He doesn't appear to agree with me and I don't always agree with him. That's conversation. It serves to clarify some issues and weed out errors and misinterpretations. Isn't that one of the purposes of these forums? I doubt that FT has taken out a contract on me and I certainly haven't taken one out on him. We will probably continue to debate some matters here and elsewhere . There is no obligation on others to read the exchanges if they don't wish to. As SDQDI so elegantly said, he has an ignore feature built into his wonderful head. Forumites should feel free to use theirs.

Really? Which one?

Hi Cherk, I agree with all you say, and the easy way would be to ignore him. But that means he just continues to spread his venom through the forums without anyone calling him to book or challenging his continual odure bucketing. I've watched quietly for a long time and held my tongue (or keyboard in this case) until now, but enough is enough. I take your advice kindly and I apologize if I am boring and or annoying readers. The annoying thing is that I have, on occasions and in threads that don't have the words "Jabiru", "RAA", or "Board" in them, actually seen him talk sense! I work in an industry where most of my "clients" are beyond hope of turning their life around, but in some there is a spark of hope and the possibility of rehabilitation. Perhaps I just like the challenge.....

Cheeky!

I guess, by your your own words, that makes Lycoming, Continental, Rotax, D-Motor, UL Power and Hirth part of the B market? As far as struggling with the concept of a B market, If I had my 'druthers, I'druther own a Pilatus PC12 or a Cessna 210 or a Aviat Husky or a ...... but I own a Jabiru so I probably don't even make it into the B marketplace, AND I'm happy to say that I don't struggle with the concept at all. ;-) Your feet sore?

My customers? Mate, you are seriously misinformed! While many of my customers, or those who might be unfortunate enough to be remanded into my custody might often be high, I'm pretty sure that none of them are pilots or aircraft owners. Geez FT. BY now you must be running out of feet to shoot yourself in, surely!

Misquoting again FT. You said in #37 "remember when the Jab's first started blewing exhaust valves and the factory determined that the mechanics couldn't work out how to use a feeler gauge properly and this could only be fixed by adopting a hydraulic valve train" (the bolding emphasis in mine.) Jabiru said (as quoted by you in post#46: "Though many owners were quite capable of maintaining these engines, a significant number were struggling when setting valve clearance." (again the bolding is mine) Once again you have chosen to misrepresent and misquote to bolster your own overwhelmingly negative viewpoint, or are you suggesting that either: A. All owners are mechanics? or B. All mechanics are owners? FT, your continued misrepresentation and reckless defamation of organisations such as Jabiru, RAA etc. does nothing to restore your credibility in these forums.

Mate, I'm not the one running a character/business assassination campaign. I'm not running any line other than trying to get you to either put up or stop. ( Being polite there Moderators )

I was inviting you to provide some verification of the assertions you presented in your post #37 Nice attempt to divert and obscure. Do you want to have another try at justifying #37 or are you just going to keep on with your snipes?

Thanks. FT, I remain cheerful and upbeat with the progress on our aircraft. As always FT, you have provided a glib, biased and skewed response. Can you provide verifiable references to support your view? Or would facts inconvenience your view?

Meat bombing?!

FT it it might help to call 1300 22 4636. They have the information you need

'bout time for you to back up your assertions with some facts FT

Yep , and I didn't think you were. I just wasn't sure where you were directing people. I'm pretty sure that all those who are following this thread with any sort of intellectual rigour will know there are now 2 incidents being covered. It is disappointing (and frustrating) that so many "contributors" here (not pointing at you Turbs) are so eager to jump to their conclusions with nothing more than speculation and often a significant element of pre-judgement on which to base their assertions and the consequent finding of fault. We as a flying community should ALL be very interested in the cause of these incidents but the determination of their cause, as with all accident investigations should be conducted by people who are disinterested i.e without bias or any interest in the outcome other than arriving at a determination of the cause(s). That's the point that I and others have tried to make, with apparent lack of success, in several earlier posts both in this thread in in the Mildura thread. My use of the phrase "forensic examination of the cause..." was a poor choice on my part but I'm sure that deep down beneath that crusty exterior of yours you understood my meaning, and possibly even agree to some extent?

Sorry Turbs, posts get out of sequence pretty quickly. Which post # are you referencing?

Why's that Turbs?

We should hope/expect that the revision of the the Ops Manual currently being undertaken will take into consideration the changes coming into effect with the introduction of the RPL and eliminate any conflicts or ambiguities.

As threads are wont to do here. Not sure if many of our members are property developers but there sure are a lot of speculators here.