Marty_d

That was kind of my point. Amusing all the same though.

It worked! 🤣

If you want Dan to stop locking you down then go get vaccinated. Simple as that. If you believe that refusing to be vaccinated is going to open up your state, then you're the one in fairyland. Go ahead, give me a "caution". (Not sure what you think that achieves.)

FAR 103 is it? I second everything the others have said Jay - good luck and don't give up on your dream!

Everyone knows that this is not going away. No, total vaccination will not fix it, but unless we get the vaccination number up to a very high percentage then we can't open up. Yes, there will be variations just like there's variations to influenza every year, and every year the vaccine is modified to try to stop the most recent Northern Hemisphere strain. I would anticipate that the Covid vaccines will be the same. You get one every year that will give you a better chance of surviving the most recent or most dangerous variant. So there's 3 things causing this severe collateral damage to business and individuals that you talk of. The first 2 are the fault of the government - their handling of the vaccination rollout including not initially ordering Pfizer, the mixed messaging around AZ, and the rollout in general being poorly planned and executed; Then the reliance on hotel quarantine when Blind Freddy could see it was actually causing cases and they needed open-air purpose built quarantine centres. The third thing that will cause this damage is people who won't get vaccinated, either because they're down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theory or they're just "my freedom over all" individualists who don't see protecting others from the virus as their responsibility.

I will when I can get some - Jaycar don't stock them. Might ask around the battery places / auto electricians.

I decided to replace the long 10mm2 ICP-supplied battery lead with a 14mm2 - from reading up on this it seems that Rotaxes like to turn over quickly and a bigger cross-section cable assists this. Got some ring ends, heatshrink and other bits & bobs from Jaycar, then went home and ensured my big crimper would do the job. It did - I tested one by putting the ring in the vice and hauling on the cable, I couldn't shift it. Peter advised that cable glands would be better than the grommet recommended in the ICP instructions. Got a few from Jaycar and installed one in line with the Relay terminal to get a straight run with the positive battery cable, as shown in pic. I've put a 200A isolator switch on the seat front, will actually put the negative wire on that (Peter did give me the reason that this was better than positive, but I can't remember it!) - doesn't make any difference as far as breaking the circuit is concerned, as long as the negative battery terminal goes straight to the breaker.

Mine arrived today - had a quick scan, but nothing has jumped out at me as being overly impressive. Will have to dive into the articles a bit more.

If you feel sorry for nurses, then lessen their workload by getting vaccinated. This is kind of a no-brainer. It's like turning your lights out in the Blitz or driving safely - you're doing it not only to save your own life but also the lives of others.

So you're a qualified doctor then? I could read a medical journal and be no better informed than before, because I haven't got the specialist training and the hands-on experience of treating people. So why don't you just talk to a doctor?

Big thank you to @nomadpete who dropped in yesterday and helped out with the electrics. He sorted out the wiring for the ignition switch, put those funny long thin spade connectors on the magneto wires and gave some good advice about routing through firewall and battery wire size. We were discussing the earth bolting to the engine. Looked around the motor but couldn't see any perfect spots - eg a bolt close to the back of the motor. Except for the lugs on the starter motor case of course. Where have others mounted the earth wire to the block?

Wow Mark, I'm exhausted just reading that!

Ah Grosvenor House - I've seen her in the flesh, Shuttleworth Old Warden 2014.

The percentage of the population who could read and write is vanishingly small (in England at least) as you go back through the centuries. So that lovely precision writing pre 1600 is probably because the only people who could write, and did regularly, were the priesthood (who were basically professional writers and copiers), some of the aristocracy and perhaps the occasional educated merchant. Plus, writing materials (paper and ink) were relatively expensive so you made damn sure you did a good job. No running to Big W for a ream of paper and a box of ball point pens.

Book III of Odes, Horace circa 20 BC So for over 2000 years people have been complaining about declining standards of youth...

To be fair, you ask any kid what they learned in school on any day and 90% of the time the answer is "Nuthin'". Doesn't mean they actually didn't learn anything, just means that they either don't want to talk to you or they don't realise they learned stuff.

As promised - some pics of the battery shelf. Total weight = 312g.

One of my favourite planes. Just looks "right" - especially in polished aluminium.

Thanks Mike! PM sent.

Ah - that must be it. I plugged the generator wires straight into the regulator. Is that perhaps for engines that are mounted further forward? Mine reached the regulator fine, so not sure that I need to use the extension. Less connections would be better I assume?

Yep - the braided line up from the generator with 2x yellow leads in it, plugged into the "G" ports in the regulator.

Hi all, I bought a set of Savannah instruments (brand new) as the builder had decided to go with a glass cockpit instead. He threw in the wiring harness with it, which, given my 701 is pretty much identical to a Sav VG / XL in any case, has been very handy. I've had a lot of help from @IBob and @Kyle Communications with the wiring, but there's a couple of oddities on my loom that theirs doesn't seem to have. 1. The 50A fuse that goes between Relay (solenoid) and Regulator - theirs has one terminal on each side, mine has a ring terminal on one side (Relay) and 3 spade connectors on the other side. What are the other 2 spade connectors for? 2. There's an additional double yellow cable in red insulation, with female spade connectors on one end and male connectors in a plastic junction on the other. Does this have anything to do with the extra connectors from the 50A fuse, and if so, where do they go? Thanks! Cheers, Marty

I don't know if it's CGI or not, but it has been sped up. Never seen a jellyfish go that quick.

An update on the build - as per the above couple of posts you can probably tell that I've started working on the electrical system. So far I've installed Relay, Regulator, and thanks to the vast patience and helpfulness of @IBob and others, have sorted out all the engine-side ends of the Savannah harness I have. I've also bought a battery (Full River HC-20), and discovered that you can get the metal case off, and in doing so you save 903g. Which I'm quite happy about. Tonight I've been working on building a mounting shelf for the battery, right behind the pilot's seat and on the side of the fuselage so it clears the port rudder cable. I'll post some pics later, but it involves a couple of 250mm lengths of 19x19 L shaped extrusion - one on the floor, one on the fuse side, then a 0.032" bent shelf between them. The shelf is level as the aircraft sits on the ground, and is bent up on 3 edges to keep the battery on (there'll be a strip riveted on the 4th edge too). I'll have to design some sort of retaining strap that goes over the battery to hold it down. I've also bought a 200A isolation switch and installed it on the seat front, between the flap lever and the stick. There'll be a positive cable from battery to switch, then on to the relay and the rest of the circuit. A check of the oil pressure sender has revealed it's the newer type (Honeywell), so have ordered the appropriate gauge from Skyshop today. Checked Aircraft Spruce but with exchange rate and freight, Skyshop were cheaper. Still need to get a capacitor, fuel pump and a few other bits and bobs, but the credit card has had a bit of a hammering this month already so may hold back on them for a bit. Cheers, Marty

So... takeoff and mowing are the same thing?