Marty_d

Found the bugger!

Unless I'm mistaken, you're not allowed to have passengers during the 25 hours proving thing anyway, are you? Which removes the possibility of paying for your passenger's therapy for the rest of their life. Therefore wouldn't (in most circumstances) the $10m public liability through your membership be sufficient? Of course there's the hull, but that's up to you. In my case I'll probably take the risk without hull insurance, because as a scratch built aircraft it only owes me about $25k over the 14 long years it's taken to build it (so far).

To whoever buys it... let's talk hangarage 😁

Thanks Bob. I'll have to check the vent, not sure if mine has one on the header tank or not.

Actually don't have a fuel gauge. Tempted to try those sensors that stick on the outside of the tank and have an LED when there's no liquid at that level. Until then, it's a matter of calculation and of course the low fuel indicator when the header tank is the only fuel left (15 minute warning).

Help needed! I'm at the point of testing the fuel system. It'd be great to get some advice about how to go about this. These are my thoughts so far: (note - all filling of tank and back to containers through Mr Funnel to remove any contaminants) Test 1: From tanks to splitter Visual inspection of all fuel lines from tanks to carbs. Check of all quick release fittings to ensure engaged and open. Check tanks to ensure no debris/insects/whatever. Prepare aircraft (tyres to correct pressure, sitting level, towels on wing roots just in case of spill). L + R fuel taps off. Put an initial small amount (5 litres?) in each tank and check for any leaks from tanks to fuel taps. Cockpit fuel tap off. Turn L + R taps on and go under plane to check header tank fills correctly. Check for any leaks from header to cockpit tap. Disconnect line that runs from Rotax mechanical pump to the 5-way splitter. Put the end in a new bucket with litre graduation marks. Turn cockpit fuel tap on. Check that fuel drains with no leaks into the bucket and time it to get flow rate. Test 2: To carb ends As above, plus: Increase amount of fuel to say 10L per tank (beware of bucket capacity while draining) Connect line back to the splitter but disconnect the carb ends; drain to 2 buckets Check for any leaks in the system - including in cockpit (line to fuel pressure gauge) Test 3: Electric pump Put 10L in each tank and open all taps. Test the electric fuel pump - measure flow to the buckets. Check that fuel is being delivered evenly to each carb end. Test 4: Fuel pressure gauge Reconnect carbs. Put 10L in each tank and open all taps. Check that the fuel pressure gauge on the panel is registering pressure. Test 5: Full tanks Top tanks to full (without spilling) Check for leaks throughout entire system Check fuel pressure gauge Drain from header drain (lowest point in system) to fully drain. Any thoughts? What am I missing? Is the testing order right? Are there other tests I need to do? Is the full tank test really necessary? (Just thinking - that's 77 litres of petrol, and both our cars are diesel...) All assistance gratefully received. Cheers, Marty

They're finished Taylor Monoplanes up there having fun, just waiting for you to join them! Have a good xmas Don.

Looks very short. Wonder if it was twitchy in pitch.

That's just someone doing their IFR test isn't it?

But at least I know where to go if I ever want to buy some qualifications.

He wants a Macca's to fit in it.

If you had the power switch linked to the tail wheel so the screen only turned on when the wheel was on the ground, it wouldn't be a distraction.

Sorry Skippy, my fat fingers somehow managed to rate this topic. Wasn't trying to.

Well, that's the weirdest thing I've seen today.

Nah. But I did install the seatbelts recently, so it's even safer to sit in.

Inaccurate, the guy in the middle isn't on his phone.

I think there's enough stupid people in England that you don't have to go looking for reds under the bed.

Good luck, there aren't enough digits in the phone number. I think there's a few more users now compared to 54 years ago.

Watched this or something similar the other day. Interesting structure, diagonal braced welded tube rectangular shape over a one piece wooden wing. Kudos to him for using an Allison engine and 1:1 scale. Be bloody expensive to fly and maintain I reckon.

I'm just waiting til the government fleet gets auctioned. In that case it'll be better if the dealers won't stock them as it'll keep the bidding down.

I thought it was one hell of an Afro.

Another good description I read was "a midget flogging half a ton of future dog food".

Well said.

They've used them on the Hobart - Melbourne route for quite a while. I liked them, the 2+3 seating layout meant you had half the chance of getting a middle seat. Plus they seemed a bit quieter than the 737's and A320's.

The clips were good, but the narrator was bloody annoying. Especially when he kept calling runways "roads" and referred to a B-52 as "another KC135 tanker"...