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  1. Marty_d
    That's pretty cool. Didn't know any "modern" planes used wing warping. Like the motorbike fuel tank!
  2. Marty_d
    I used to enjoy that too. The Adelaide one of course.
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    I'm interested in these as I don't have fuel gauges and no way to have a sight gauge. I do have the Sav header tank which should give me a flashing LED when there's no more wing tank fuel coming in to it, but that's it (apart from, obviously, dip stick & fuel flow calculator). Should order them from Ali Express, they might make it here next year.
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    That's ALL you think of when you see Gyro Girl?? 😁
  5. Marty_d
    OME, from my days as a model builder there was an iron-on heat shrink covering whose name escapes me, but it had a matt paintable finish unlike the normal plastic look. A lot easier to use and from an arms length you won't see the difference.
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    I'm not sure how strong the rotor head of a gyro is but he's putting it under a lot of strain.
  7. Marty_d
    Hi Picrway! She looks really good. Kit or plans building? Don't know if you need/want a mould for the cowling, but if you do, I dropped one back to Andrew at Midlands Flying School a couple of weeks ago. I don't reckon he'd have given it back to the owner yet. If you want his details just PM me. Yours may be a little different because of the bed mount, is the muffler going under that or somewhere else? Have you sourced the cooling system bits yet? I haven't yet ordered the 912 radiator or hoses, reading with interest what other people are using as hoses. Just realised I asked a lot of questions. Excited to see another 701 in Tassie I guess!
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    Russian Air Force, 2024
  9. Marty_d
    Not only could I not handle all that, I couldn't handle the running costs, the maintenance costs, the storage costs... jeez even the fuel for a flight would require remortgaging, these days.
  10. Marty_d
    When I looked at the Gumtree ad this one popped up too... some assembly required, but less than half the price! 😁 https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/huntingdale/miscellaneous-goods/partenavia-p68-victor-aircraft-io-360-a1b6-200hp/1295052067
  11. Marty_d
    Bloody dangerous to fly. If you make it through the flight without the very volatile fuels exploding or eating their way through the fuel lines, you then have to belly land it at 290km/h!!
  12. Marty_d
    Doesn't OME have a 3D printer?
  13. Marty_d
    I like the way you think. Solar panel on the roof charging your plane. In the morning wheel it out, check controls are free and correct, and off you go. An hour some days would be fantastic - if you don't want to go cross country then it'd be ample.
  14. Marty_d
    Obviously a couple of different variations of the type - check out the difference in tail in picture 3, which features an all-flying tail exactly like the 701, compared to the fat-ass fin and rudder of the other 3 pics. Also full flaperons rather than the internal flaps/ailerons of the others.
  15. Marty_d
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-12/passenger-lands-plane-in-florida-no-idea-how-to-fly/101059472
  16. Marty_d
    She's a beauty for sure, but MTOW is fairly low at 472.5kg. If it takes 70L of fuel that's around 50kg, leaves only 125kg for pilot, passenger and luggage. Not sure I can fit passenger and luggage in 25kg!
  17. Marty_d
    Hale & Pace did a good song about a Real Estate company - R. Sole & Sons.
  18. Marty_d
    I was wondering why he kept the prop spinning at the pre takeoff checks. It's not like he has to wait for the oil temp to rise or check the magneto drop.
  19. Marty_d
    I'm sorry, Russia invades Ukraine and somehow it's America's fault?? The USA has done some godawful things in the past but I don't think you can lay this one at their door. As for getting a balanced point of view - that's kind of like saying we should give equal weight to the medical opinions of anti-vaxxers. Look at the results so far. Cities shelled and bombarded. Thousands of civilians dead. Mass graves. Bodies with signs of torture. Remind me again of how many of those are Russian civilians in Russia?
  20. Marty_d
    I've just finished reading "Liftoff" - the SpaceX story. Good read actually. But they've put a heap of crap up there all by themselves, imagine how much is going up from every other bugger launching stuff.
  21. Marty_d
    Collins says that "vis" is the French for screw, "écrou" is definitely nut.
  22. Marty_d
    Castellated nut: German: Kronenmutter French: écrou crénelé Italian: noce castellata Looks like they got it sorted!
  23. Marty_d
    Cowl is on, held with dzus. I did the "Bob's check pilot" test and yanked side to side on the cowl, it's solid and just moved the whole plane.
  24. Marty_d
    Yeah fibreglassing is fill, sand, repeat. Looking good Mark.
  25. Marty_d
    Bloody hell you work fast Mark. Slow down - you're making the rest of us look bad!
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