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  1. flying dog
    Haven't watched it, but from the comments, is that the one where the guy is standing there hand on copper and it circles him? Yeah, great flying. Shame the fun police have stopped it.
  2. flying dog
    Yeah: It wasn't a Cessna this time! ;)
  3. flying dog
    I'm (kinda) at work. As much as I am allowed a few indulgences, I can't spend the day doing searches on shows. I'll try to remember. I am close to "OVERLOAD" with other tasks just now.
  4. flying dog
    Well, maybe. I have been wrong before - I think. ;)
  5. flying dog
    But the shots of inside the cockpit showed it IS side stick controlled. So the question remains about the Air Crash Investigation episode which showed an (aledged) A350 cockpit with a yoke control. And it was a LONG TIME AGO too!
  6. flying dog
    Ok, here's the thing: I watch Air Crash Investigation. ALL of them! Don't know when, but NOT recently there was an episode and it was an Airbus plane in the story. There was a cockpit view and HANG ON!!!! There is a YOKE! Can't be an Airbus! They have side sticks. I think I know enough about the differences between Boeing and Airbus! And the people who make "ACI" aren't that cheap to use incorrect cockpits! Later it was said it was an Airbus 350. I know the Airbus 310, 320, 330, 40 and 80. But hadn't heard of the 350, so accepted it. Now Airbus are saying it is their new kid on the block. Huh?
  7. flying dog
    I've flown into Hotham twice. Just ring and inform them. They don't mind. It is a short bus trip to the "fields" if you want to go skiing. Nice people. They helped me with fuel there too.
  8. flying dog
    I was in hobbyco today. I was looking at the models and finally realised which plane I had seen. I knew one of the airbus planes had a "weird" set of wheels. A MIDDLE set. Now I know it is the 340. But looking at the models, there are two kinds of that too! One has a single set of wheels and the other has two sets of wheels. Comments?
  9. flying dog
    'twas just a suggestion.
  10. flying dog
    Um, I'm scratching the brain cells, but instead of tracking from the "dam" to Q1 and having that height restriction: Why not keep going north. Sorry can't find my charts. Go up towards Watts Bridge then go South Stradbroke. It keeps you over ground longer. You just have to watch out for a little airstrip somewhere near the northern bit of Surfer's, just south of Sea world. I haven't been that part of the world for a LONG time now, but flown past it about 6 times. Good luck.
  11. flying dog
    Marty, So: Who's a Doctor Who fan then? ;)
  12. flying dog
    And another question: (Though I don't mind) Why was it reported in a Kiwi paper and not a "local" one?
  13. flying dog
    For anyone up tonight ABC2 has a show called "fear of flying caught on camera" at 21:30. From the shorts it looks funny.
  14. flying dog
    Found this on the tube: And, it was done here in Oz. I'm impressed.
  15. flying dog
    eightyknots: I don't think that would be a good idea, Coz the other person may ....... take offence. (think about it)
  16. flying dog
    Yeah, well on the other side of the coin: If she offers you one, but DOESN'T allow you to pick a name, be careful in accepting, coz you just don't know who the third party will be - or more importantly: The sex of said party. That is: ACKWARD!
  17. flying dog
    Thanks. Shall do.
  18. flying dog
    Um...... Just searched for that book. $331 on amazon. I know reference books are not cheap, but...... Yikes, is it I am THAT nieve?
  19. flying dog
    Yeah, ok. Appologies. Got got CHT and EGT mixed up - maybe. Dafyyd, I am not expecting you to go into the full "blow by blow" of what is going on. I am only discussing it. I am not having a go at you. It is nice to be able to talk about things and that is why I asked. I don't know and would like to ask and learn. Granted I therefore should research as well. But asking people and talking about it is a good way. Nowadays it seems to be "STFW" (as opposed to RTFM). And as much as there is good info out there, there is just as much bad. So as I said: I am only discussing it with the intention of learning a bit more than I know.
  20. flying dog
    Dafydd, If you lose one magneto, it's advisable to keep the mixture full rich - tho that is not commonly taught, except that if the engine runs rough, or the EGT rises noticeably, most pilots go to full rich automatically. Hang on..... Here is how I thought things worked: The fuel is pumped in, compressed and the spark makes the BANG. If there the air/fuel mixture is good, the temps are good. If the fuel is too low, the cyl.... pistons get hot, the valves, etc and you get damage. That is because there is too much oxegene that wants to keep things happening. Yeah, ok, badly explained, but I hope that is good enough for this. However: If there is TOO MUCH fuel, it isn't burnt and so things run cooler. Also there is more "smoke" put out because of the un-bunred fuel. So if - as you said - a mag is lost, all the fuel wouldn't be burned and so the EGT would go down. Right?
  21. flying dog
    I saw a doco on cat' converters. They use..... platimun I think ...... as the "magic" stuff. So if ever you break one (cough) you want to keep it as the platinum would be worth something. It went into how hard it is to get the stuff and how it is added. Quite intersting. So older planes ('moths eg) would not have cat' converters as they use leaded petrol. Ok, thanks. Learned something. That's a good thing. :)
  22. flying dog
    Ok, thanks for the replies. Allow me to re-cap what I have read: There is this "impulse" thing which kicks the mag/prop/engine at/near TDC when starting to give the spark. When the engine fires up, that is disconnected and the mag functions norally. WRT: CDI. Having one changes the timing of when it (the CDI) fires wrt the prop/engine and TDC. How can that be good? The mag will still fire at it's time and so throw out the system - wouldn't it? How would having one CDI send vibrations to the prop? The only way I can see that is with "bad" timing wrt the mag. Therefore it needs adjusting to remove this difference. Jabs and mags. Funny, I thought they do have mags. I fly 160, 170 and 230 (and a while ago LSA) and from what I was told it is a mag. I do know the LSA does, because I once flew one and it's alternator was kaput (dunno why I actually flew it) and when I landed and needed to re-start it, the battery was FLAT! Maybe they said mag to "simplify" their explination. Dunno.
  23. flying dog
    Nev, I'm going to have to sit down and digest that. Thanks. But I am still not seeing a picture forming. You say: You start on the "impulse" for two reasons. What is THE "impulse"? Then you go on: Once you get above a slow idle it goes to advance which is where the other magnet is close to. It? "where the other magneto is close to"? When the engine is running, EITHER mag can be turned off and the engine keeps running. If one was for starting and the other for running, then if you turn off the "wrong" one, the engine would stall/stop.
  24. flying dog
    Ok, another dumb question: I thought (yeah, dumb thing to do) that ALL engines were supposed to have exhaust pipes and the newer ones also have catalitic converters on them. From what I have seen on the planes, there is the engine block, and exhaust manifold and........ nothing. There is no long pipe to the back of the plane - as there is in cars from the engine to the back - and the exhaust is basically blown out just behind the engine. What am I missing?
  25. flying dog
    Ok, I'm not the brightest bulb in the box/sharpest tool in the shed/ what ever. I was reading about Mags and CDI ignition systems in one of the threads. Got me curious. Some people were talking about starting engines with one mag - specifically saying right or left - because of the timing advance. Then when the engine is running, you turn on both. I'm still confused why you start an engine with ONE magneto on rather than both. But that's another question. Then the thread was talking about "mixtures" of CDI and Mag ignition systems. Why would you do that? Obviously vibrations are not good and points will be susceptable to "damage" from the vibrations. Where as Mags are imune to that problem - so I understand. Why can't you put hall effect switching on CDI? Better shut up now, I think I have painted a big enough target on myself. Let's see what happens now.
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