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  1. Yenn
    I never found the Thruster to be a problem to handle, but I only once tried to wheel one on. They could be a problem going downhill on the ground. No brakes and a high C of G. I nearly put mine on its nose one day at the bottom of a steep taxiway.
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    try turning the ignition off on a Lycoming to stop it. I reckon it will puff and blow for quite a few revolutions.
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    That would be fun, align the plane with the way you are going by a burst of throttle. Easier in an RV8 than most other aircraft due to the good visibility. To stop you turn with throttle and rudder until you are going backwards, then throttle to reduce speed.
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    With many more hours on tailwheel than trycycle I feel awkward in a trycycle aircraft and even more so if it has a non steerable nosewheel. I find it hard to steer using brakes.
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    It looks to me that you are already falling for what Airservices want. That is you are now saying that it may be better and it will make skies safer. just what Airservices want. Scare us into being thankfull that they change to a less onerous position. I cannot see what safety will be provided by bringing Class E down to anywhere near 1500'. What IMC traffic is going to want to fly below 5000' except for landing and departure. It is just too turbulent and also more fule guzzling down at the heights we fly. Don't sit back and say OK let them bring class E down to 3000' we still have space to fly. That is what they want. I have asked CASA for their thoughts on the subject, but it is too early for any reply yet.
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    looks like they are still intending to go ahead. No answers to questions and no definition of terms. One I note is that e still have access to class g airspace, but they don't say where class g starts and finishes.
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    I looked at gliding at Boonah in 1985. Things haven't changed it seems.
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    Control areas include class D and as far as I know there is no requirement for a transponder in class D..
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    I don't need one but I carry one and it is registered. For the cost of them they are a worth while extra. The registration is easy and as i use it for flying and bushwalking AMSA know what they are likely to find. I could phone them up whenever I go bushwalking, but that would mean every week or so changing its use.
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    If Airservices succeeds with this change I wonder if they have thought of the consequences. As the very best outcome for them would be that every RAAus aircraft gets a transponder fitted. What then? Class E is overseen by area control and they will be seeing probably a doubling of traffic, all of which will be able to talk to them, but do not have to do so. I can foresee a controller calling up "Unidentified traffic 34 miles West of Bundaberg, what are your intentions? This will result in 3 separate aircraft responding. Not good for air safety. If all those RAAus planes don't fit transponders, control will not see them and IFR traffic will think they are in the clear. Once again not good. If CASA have any sense they will knock this on the head and I think that is what will happen. While we do not always agree with CASA I doubt that they can approve this stupid attempt to steal airspace.
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    The seller is trying to make it mare acceptable to more people. He is doing no more than our politicians do all the time. Bending the truth. We have to bear in mind the old saying Caveat emptor.
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    Onetrack sums it up. The biggest problem with air safety seems to be pilot incompetence. not so bad where they use Aussie, Pom,Yank pilots, but others seem to be totally reliant on the automation doing the right thing. Not only Asian pilots seem to have lower standards, but French have had their problems, There seems to be a lack of understanding of how things work and interest in overseing their working, just disbelief when things go wrong, rather than working out what the problem is.
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    Centrifugal force may be an apparent force, but if you swing a heavy weight around your head and the thin cord you are using to swing it, breaks, then that apparent force becomes a real force. It is much like someone saying you don't suck through a straw but air pressure pushes the drink up it. Air pressure didn't move it until you sucked.
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    In my opinion it was just an ambit claim, rather like a union wage claim. If it gets up then the bureaucrats have won and I wouldn't be surprised. Our politicians don't want, or are scared to argue with the bureaucrats and the bureaucrats are drunk on power.
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    OME that is the reason we have to swing the compass and that swing has nothing to do with centrifugal force.
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    I cannot help, but I wonder why you need a muffler. The noise output from a Jab is low even without a muffler.
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    I went into Essenden, back when it was the International airport and Tullamarine was just a few slabs of concrete. Landed a Cessna in the width of the cross runway.
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    Somehow birds do teach later generations how to avoid dangerous places. The comic book teaching was used by Stitts in their handbook on covering planes. OME talking about relative airflow could be long winded.
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    I used Stitts system when I built the Corby 18 years ago. It is needing attention in places now. Slight cracking on the rudder and where I had a repair to the aft bottom of the fuse when the tail wheel spring support cracked and had to be replaced. I did the repair with Orotex over the existing Stitts finish. My preference now would be to use Oratex for a couple of reasons. Firstly it is easier to apply and doesn't involve nasty chemicals. Secondly it would be easier to repair. With Stitts you have to use MEK, to remove any covering that has to be replaced, then you have the multiple layering of fabric and chemicals which cannot be bought in small quantities. I think the smallest quantity of any of the finishing chemicals was about a litre or quart. Far too much to do a small repair economically. Those chemicals cannot be transported by air, which make freight expensive.
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    A single blade prop made of a very light material such as carbon fibre, would need less balance weight, or the same weight at a lesser radius, so maybe they could be usable nowadays. Damage to the prop blade resulting in its departure would be less of a problem than with a two bladed prop maybe.
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    I didn't watch much of the video, not being a phissysist, but it did remind me about the quickest way to empty a bottle of liquid.
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    What does dump it mean. Are you suggesting that you push the plane onto the ground if you are running out of landing area. You will probably bounce and end up high and slow over the fence. Have to push the nose down and then promptly flare again over rough ground. Better to slip it before you get that far.
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    Does RAAus require a MR. Do they even have such a thing?
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    Why would you need to talk to airservices if you have a transponder. All you need for Class E airspace is a transponder and the ability to talk to airservices. Yout transponder will show them where you are but not necessarily who you are. If they need to talk to you theywill call with something like, "Traffic 25 miles S.W of Rockhampton, what are your intentions?" Then you need to reply and confirm that it is you, or not as the case may be. It is a very handy tool to use, but overkill for most Class G airspace. I have asked in my submission to them, How many IFR or RPT operators have expressed a desire to transit at the lower altitudes, considering that there is more turbulence and also fuel burn down low? They have acknowledged receipt but have made no comment. I hope my rather scathing comments about their past performance at rule changing are noted.
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    The other thread started earlier and some of us also fly GA. Not all GA planes have transponders. Helicopters may have transponders, but they seem to be the only ones who want to fly around in the lower levels.
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