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  1. Marty_d
    So... takeoff and mowing are the same thing?
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    Thanks RFguy, I have the standard solenoid -came with the engine I bought. (This one is brand new, obviously when the flight school owner changed out the engine on his Foxbat he left all the old ancillary stuff in the engine bay - muffler, electrics etc). He gave me the brand new muffler and solenoid. Today I managed to get the steel case off the battery. They had used a weak glue-like substance - similar to what you get on jar labels. Haven't yet weighed the case.
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    All I'm seeing is stupidity. There had been previous "incidents". They hadn't figured out what caused this incident before trying to fly again and crashing. Maybe they should spend less time praying and more time thinking.
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    Bit concerned about the effect the name might have on the more religious friends of pilots. I can just see their faces when the pilot says "I'll be taken up in the Rapture tomorrow!"
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    Ok, so I decided to get the info from the horse's mouth and asked Bert Flood's what they recommend. The bloke there said Panasonic LC-XC1221P, which is a deep cycle battery (21AH). So I rang around trying to source one, the shop whose national internet page offered them for sale told me that no, they'd talked to the supplier, and these are no longer produced. In fact Panasonic only make 100AH and bigger now. This battery shop bloke was very helpful. Couldn't understand why Rotax would recommend a deep cycle battery for an engine starting application, said that a "cranking" battery would be better (talked about the different thicknesses of plates inside them - you guys would know a lot more about the differences than I do). He ended up recommending the Full River HC-20 which apparently is a clone of the Odyssey pc680, mentioned above, but substantially cheaper as it comes from China instead of the US. So I think I'll take the weight hit (7 - 7.5kg without the steel case) and get one of those, mount it behind my arse and there won't be any problems with overheating. Will just have to lose that 5kg myself. Thanks all!
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    What did you do under your switch nuts? They're a bit harder - can't rotate the switch and need to snug it in quite tightly. (That reminds me - 14mm spanner when I go to Bunnings.)
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    That works when they have a movable nut - (and is also a damn good idea) - but unfortunately leaves out anything with a nutplate.
  9. Marty_d
    That's a damn good idea.
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    That looks brilliant! I'm convinced.
  11. Marty_d
    If you wanted to get philosophical about it, you could argue that marriage itself is the pressure cooker...
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    That's beautiful Vladimir.
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    I quite like the hammertone too, just wished it hadn't chipped under the screw heads. I thought I'd undercoated it with an etch primer too - perhaps I hadn't. Might take it off and do it again before I hook up the wiring.
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    Pulled the instrument panel out today, took all the instruments out and added some switches. Two for the magnetos (sorry Mark, CDI's!) with covers over them, one for fuel pump and a spare which I haven't decided yet, sure I'll need it. The Sav wiring diagram shows switches for landing lights, strobes, position lights and cabin light, none of which I anticipate having. Also a couple of circuit breakers, 10A and 15A. Bought a double USB socket (2 x 2.4A) which I'll mount in the baggage area, mounts flat and has a cover so you can put stuff on it if necessary. Unfortunately when I was mucking around with instruments, seems to have chipped the hammertone paint I put on. May have been a dodgy job by me in the first place. Now thinking about 3M covering in carbon fibre look again.
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    This is mainly for @Kyle Communications to look at as I can't seem to attach files to PM's. This is the fuse from the Relay to the Regulator. Another builder has reported that his only has 1 connection on the regulator side, this one has 3. (Came with a Savannah wiring harness). Anyone know where the other 2 go?
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    It was sent to me in an email, so doesn't have a link - unfortunately you'd have to download and send the actual file.
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    This is great. Those kids can really sing too. VIDEO-2021-01-15-15-36-51.mp4
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    Yeah, next thing you know the grubby media will be telling people that gravity is dangerous and they shouldn't jump off cliffs. Those sheep that think they need planes or parachutes because of this imaginary "gravity"... pfff
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    Darwinism in action.
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    These guys seem a bit more advanced - they're already running scenic flights.
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    Love that carbon panel!!
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    You haven't mentioned one factor that is supremely important to the government. There's an election coming up. If they make the target too out of reach (eg 80% of entire population) and then don't reach that before the election, they may lose power. Which is more serious to them than the virus itself. So they negotiate it down to 70% of "eligible recipients" then hope like hell they can reach that before the election.
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    Being a tightarse, I'm leaning towards the lead acid. As my wife said, I could lose 5kg to make up for the battery. (Notice she didn't volunteer...)
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    Ask not for whom the bell tolls (or whatever the saying is). While it's natural to want to punish those who cause these outbreaks (like that NSW muppet who flew to Tassie without a permit and later tested positive - we'll probably have one here soon) - in the majority of cases they are doing things that in an of themselves are totally unremarkable, in times that are anything but. Are they guilty of thoughtlessness, even stupidity, and possibly selfishness? Most likely. But if they have any self awareness at all, ie not a total sociopath, then they'll know that their actions led to a lockdown and the majority of the state they live in despising them for that, and that's probably a worse punishment than fines or even minor jail time. But I would be very uncomfortable with the state punishing non-violent, non-malicious behaviour with draconian fines and jail time. We've all done stupid things from time to time. Could be one of us having a brain fart and dropping in to a family member during a lockdown.
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    Weight vs money by the looks of it.... The two recommendations so far: SSB Powersport XR Series High Performance AGM Part Number RB16CL-B: 6.6kg $154 delivered EarthX ETX680: 1.86kg $690 delivered So one is almost 5kg lighter but over $500 more expensive. If Skippy's is from 2013 that's 8 years, so no difference in longevity.
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