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  1. Marty_d
    This is in preparation for first engine start, haven't even painted yet so 50 hours could be years away ☹️
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    To any southern Tasmanian fliers - anyone interested in splitting a carton of Aeroshell Sport Plus 4? I'm trying to source this for my Rotax, the Shell distributers (Motomax down south and his partner in Launceston) prefer to sell full cartons - 12 x 1 L bottles. I only need 3L I think, happy to buy 6 as the manufacture date is March 24 so I believe it's good til 2028 (read somewhere here that the use by is usually 4 years?) - but really don't need the full 12. Price for a carton is about $250 so $125 for 6, about $21 per litre. Let me know if you're interested, I can pick the carton up this week or next. Motomax are happy to copy the release paperwork on the carton so each person gets a copy. Alternatively, if you've already bought too much, I'm happy to buy some off you. Cheers, Marty
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    We watched Furiosa last night - the latest in the Mad Max series of movies. Wasn't bad... Lot of the same road warrior action. Anyway the... vehicle... used by the lead villain was a chariot driven by 3 motorbikes, one of them powered by a Rotec! Not sure how he used throttle, brake or gears.
  4. Marty_d
    First attempt at lock wiring today. The prop bolts are nice and accessible, not so much the ones at the top of the nose leg...
  5. Marty_d
    About 2000 more than the company says, generally
  6. Marty_d
    Good info gents. I'm also getting to this stage so interested in the answers. Mate in Canberra who's built 2 Zenith CH750's has told me he used Norglass Shipshape which is available through Inspirations.
  7. Marty_d
    Maybe he's bin doon to Bindoon and didnae like it. Lower Chittering sounds like a town in Midsomer Murders.
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    ITS HERE!!!

    Marty_d commented on Area-51's article in Articles

    Interesting how they see this thing being used. I like how the ambulance one drops off two paramedics who work on the injured person for a bit then slide her into the craft and send it off with only her on board. Who maintains her vitals on the way??
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    ITS HERE!!!

    Marty_d commented on Area-51's article in Articles

    Could be a hoax. The propellers look like fixed pitch and the contra rotating drive doesn't look like it moves, so how do you control the beast?
  10. Marty_d
    I was lucky, a very generous person on here gifted it to me!
  11. Marty_d
    I like this solution as it doesn't require me doing anything. Mine has the small hole too, I had assumed it was the pilot hole for the nipple but it may just be for pressure relief. Thanks all, the general consensus seems to be that it isn't needed so I'm happy with that.
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    That got your attention! I need to put a nipple on the lid of the square plastic water overflow bottle so I can run a thin tube down to the bottom of the firewall. What have people done with that? The nipple needs to have a 90 degree bend because the top of the bottle is quite close to the cowl. I can get something like this: https://www.prospeedracing.com.au/products/brass-1-8-npt-90-degree-3mm-hose-barb-fitting-pro-speed-racing - but because it's NPT I can't put a nut on the inside of the lid, and I reckon the plastic is too thin to tap with a 1/8 NPT thread. Any ideas? Thanks, Marty
  13. Marty_d
    https://www.nowbuildings.com.au/sheds/farm-sheds/open-bay-farm-sheds/hangar/
  14. Marty_d
    I agree. Can't see the necessity for military aircraft to practice in high RPT traffic areas. If it's vital to practice near/in a city (why?) then divert civilian flights away from the area.
  15. Marty_d
    Milled aluminium in most of the small ground adjustable ones.
  16. Marty_d
    Huh? It's water. 1:1
  17. Marty_d
    Capable of 820 US gallons according to the Fire Boss site. So a smidge over 3000 litres.
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    My Bolly was around $1800 3 years ago, have they increased that much?
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    Would have thought W&B would be an issue with all the load aft of the CG in such a small plane.
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    I went up and took the wings off just in case I need to grab a car trailer and get the plane away. Most stuff in the house is replaceable, but that thing owes me 15 years. With the "T shirt arms" of the cover drooping, she kind of looks like a floppy eared dog...
  21. Marty_d
    1600 hp I think. https://www.firebossllc.com/
  22. Marty_d
    You might be safer in a Rolls Cowardly... it rolls away from danger!
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    At the moment there's a bushfire in Snug Tiers national park, which is only about 10km or less from our place as the crow flies. For the last 2 days there's been between 3 and 5 Air Tractor AT8T's constantly bombing the fire. For the first part of yesterday they seemed to be going to the upper Derwent near New Norfolk to reload with water, but later - and all of today - they've just been touching down on North West Bay near Margate, obviously loading very fast (they're only on the water for 10 or 15 seconds before going again), doing the 3 or 4 minute flight to the fire and back for more. Apparently the fire is very difficult for regular vehicles to get to because of the terrain, so it's been fantastic to see these planes scoop up water every 10 - 15 minutes and hit the fire. So to the pilots of these planes, as well as the Bell 214 choppers that have been bucketing water - you are bloody heroes, thank you for your efforts to keep our properties safe. (Having said that, I really hope it doesn't spread quickly and burn us out!) Not to mention the people on the ground - the firies, police, coordinators, volunteers and everyone else involved - very grateful to you all. Tried to get some pics after work today but my phone camera is crap.
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    I think you're trying to duck the question.
  25. Marty_d
    Horses for courses. Nyngan is a town of 2000 people so probably not a lot of traffic on the road. From that photo the stretch of road he landed on looks long, straight and level. Plenty of visibility for both the pilot and any oncoming traffic. Compare that with the forced landing about 15 years ago on a Victa ct4 on the Brooker Avenue north of Hobart. He ran out of fuel and put the aircraft down on a divided road with a rise, bend and overpass and concrete barriers. Needless to say the aircraft was a write off. He must have been lucky with traffic because that stretch of road turns into a parking lot during rush hour.
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