Jabiru7252

Good on ya. Oh, what's that in the background of the picture? Looks like a container sinking.

I cannot find any of the photos you are posted!

When I bought my Jabiru I got emails saying my plane was ready for delivery but I needed to deposit money in a bank account so the plane could be processed by customs! I never could work out where the emails were coming from, certainly not Jabiru! I still get crazy emails about lost packages waiting for me etc.

Why did I get an ad asking if I never had a boyfriend? (on the second video).

It looks like a standard J170D airplane so I would guess the engine was a 2200cc 80HP standard jab engine.

If the prop IS turning do not try a restart. Jab manual. Parkinson forced landing, yes, silly me.

Crash? Forced landing is hardly called a crash. Did he turn the fuel tap off before landing? Make sure all is off when your done with the flaps and radio call etc. At 22 years old he would hardly be called a seasoned pilot but he acted like one.

I'm voting for Sir Les Patterson.

And I still have no rego.

Yes, I agree, but one must vent their spleen. I've been on the other side of the fence many times. I am however a little confused, is not this entire debacle a result of RAAus NOT doing their job properly in the first place or have I been mislead? I rang today and politely asked what's going on. I was told I might get my rego before the weekend. That would be nice.

I have loaded a photo that describes the simple circuit used for starting most of our aircraft engines. When you press the starter button, electricity flows from the positive terminal of the battery (using conventional flow not electron flow here) through the starter switch, through the solenoid coil and back to the negative terminal of the battery. This causes the core in the solenoid to pull the big heavy contacts closed allowing the heavy starting current to flow from the positive terminal through the contacts, through the starter motor and back to the negative terminal, via the chassis in my drawing. When you release the starter button, the spring in the solenoid returns the contacts to the open position. If the contacts in the solenoid weld shut (can happen, google it) then your in trouble because, unlike a car, it is pretty hard to pop the bonnet and disconnect the battery, so you watch your enigne cranking over until the battery goes flat or the starter motor burns out. Now, when the starter button is released the magnetic field in the solenoid coil collapses and thus generates a high voltage (opposite to the applied battery voltage) and that voltage spike, which can be a few hundred volts can wreck things. I cannot see why a diode across the coil, wired the right way is not used to 'short out' the back EMF. Anyway, that's my lot, hope I have been of some use.

I sent my rego papers and photographs as requested three weeks before my rego expired. One day before expirey I had heard nothing, rang them, was informed there was at least another two weeks to wait as they had a person on leave. Guess what, today I get a letter stating my rego is overdue!!!! How can it be so difficult? Are they that stupid? I filled in all the paperwork really slowly in case they weren't fast readers, what the hell else can I do? I have every right to get on the phone and do my block, however, that would be like screaming at a sheep because it cannot play noughts and crosses.

Recently found out about Life360 that runs on iPhones and Androids. Using it to track my sister and brother-in-law as they travel around Australia in their caravan. Works a treat so as soon as RAAus get my rego done I shall use that to see if family can track me as I flap about the skies.

That should upset the jab bashers!

What model Jabiru was it?

VERY loosley stated; Ferrite beads are used too smooth current fluctuations and capacitors smooth voltage fluctuations, the latter being more hazardous to radios etc. As an apprentice I was often installing car radios and we would use a capacitor across the points to limit the voltage spikes and often wind the radios power lead around a ferrite rod to stop hash (alternator whine) getting into the radio. (through the power lead). Each has its place. It can make interesting reading on those days when the weather is rubbish for flying and you are barred from the pub.

I'm just a grumpy old man. Being an ex radio/TV techo I find some of the explanations and terms used to describe things to 'non-electronic' people to be quite amusing, and a little condescending at times. A bit like blaming 'a computer glitch' when the bank loses its ATM network. Treat everybody as a dummy. Like when my sister took her car in for a service (just a service) and the bloke tried to flog her a new frammin for $600 because hers was knackered. By the way, it's been FIVE WEEKS since I sent in my rego papers - still nothing. It's just great outside and my plane is stuck on the ground.

Installing a 'heavy duty chip'. Yea, what the hell does that mean? Maybe I have been out of electronics too long.

What is sooooooo annoying is that these people get away with their crimes because we (Australia) have the most lenient penalties in the world.

Find the scumbags, set them on fire, wait a while till the're really toasted, then put them out with shovels. Then walk away.

Behead those that insult jabiru!

Ra Ra Ra.

Could be cowshit....

I asked a pilot this and he says because the wear on landing is only a small percentage of the total wear and that the tyres are replaced so often that it would make little difference.

If the aerochute has never let you down, I assume you are logged on via WI-FI and have an infinite supply of food and water up there? Anyway, good to meet you.