Marty_d

This is fascinating gents, but not sure what it's got to do with the topic. Every time I see something new in a topic about an electric CH750 I get all excited, but then discover it's something else entirely.

I don't know if it's just me, but the rego letters look very regular - almost as if photoshopped on. Which makes sense if, as @Thruster88 says, the aircraft is in Canada.

Interesting thing happened to me the other day. I was checking out the aviation activity around Hobart on FlightRadar24. A plane was just starting its takeoff roll at Cambridge, but what grabbed my attention was that its icon was a jet, and they generally use the main airport (Hobart international). Anyway, the plane showed as VH-LTZ, Turbine Legend, with the following image:Having never seen that type at Cambridge I watched the track as it took off and climbed to about 1200 ft. It tracked over to the city, pretty much over the Tasman bridge, then turned south and followed the river. I was intrigued as the speed never went over 125 kts and that looks like a pretty fast plane. Then the speed and altitude started to drop and it made a turning descent. I got a bit alarmed when the speed went to 70kts and altitude over the river was less than 200 ft. Then altitude went down to 0 and speed fell to 4 kts! I was wondering if I'd just witnessed a crash in real time. However the speed stayed around 5 kts so obviously it was a taxiing seaplane. I checked the VH register and LTZ is a Textron Aviation 208 with registered operator Tasmanian Seaplanes PTY LTD. So my question is - how does FlightRadar24 get the picture and make/model details of the aircraft? Was that rego reused for another plane and they still have the original?

It's no good to me, Nev, my u/c doesn't retract!

Hey all, I'm currently in Penguin with the family for a week's holiday, leaving Saturday. Would love to drop in for a chat and drool over any aircraft. (I'll wipe it off, promise.) Anyone in the Burnie / Ulverstone / Devonport area or surrounds? Cheers, Marty

That certainly looks great Mark. I'm on a bit of a budget so had to limit myself. The Ender 5 Plus was recommended as a good budget / starting printer by a colleague who has, like you, been into 3D printing for a long time. $620 on special, couple hundred less than normal. Those prints you've got are brilliant.

Brilliant work. I'm hoping to do some printing soon, just ordered a Creality Ender 5 Plus.

At least he's a lot cleaner now. May have been less painful to use a birdbath.

Hope they got naming permission from Paramount... (Klingon Bird of Prey from Star Trek).

Guess it'd be important to do that on a stretch of road which didn't have any overpasses...

Depends if they liked the truck driver or not...

No. Those who contributed bear no responsibility for the disaster. You weren't involved in the engineering, the planning, the test schedule or the flying. If you have no input whatsoever into the decisions that led to the crash, then you can't have responsibility.

Why don't they freight them by sea? Surely there wouldn't be the same stringent requirements.

Very neat work Mark.

IBob is the man. Without his help my 701 wouldn't be as far along. Bob, how is the park brake done? Is it just a tap between the hoses so you push your toe brakes in then turn it to keep the pressure on the calipers?

Just fly in a wetsuit. It will be anyway, afterwards.

I think it's the ones who are awake and flashing you have to watch out for.

I like it, but wouldn't be registerable in Australia - that pointy spinner wouldn't be great for pedestrians...

Mark, I will be very pissed off if you finish 3 planes before I finish my first!

Bit by bit I've been ordering bits from evilbay and putting together the fuel system. Manifold has the limiters tapped and loctited in the rear two outlets, starboard is return line to wing tank, 1/4 ally line going thru gland in the firewall, thru corner of dash, up beside the cabin tube and into the sill above the door and thence out to a quick release to the wing tank. Port tune snakes around and thru the firewall above the passenger throttle rod, I have a barb fitted to the gauge so short rubber connection there too. 1/4 rubber lines are sheathed in fireproof cover, I have a bit left over so will cover as much as I can of the return / pressure gauge lines too when the next shipment of hose clamps arrives.

Has your wife made you a massive list of everything she wants done now that you have all this "spare time"?

Why on earth does your Google Maps location think that Frankston 3199 is in the UK?

At 60 litres of fuel and 9 litres of oil per hour... expensive to run!

Jeez they've used that airframe for some interesting tests...

I thought jets were more efficient at higher speeds, is all. For that design you could put a Rotax under the pilot, have the radiator where the "chest intake" is, then a long prop shaft forward above it to clear the pilot and a pointy yellow spinner at the front. Then it'd look like he was riding a goose.