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    Oil tank hatch

    Red replied to Red's topic in Skyranger

    Thanks Marty, thats's just the sort of thing ...big enough to get yer hand through Col. Another one to ponder, that would give excellent access for a looksie at most of the top half of the engine...hmm
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    Oil tank hatch

    Red replied to Red's topic in Skyranger

    I'm not sure the standard size hatch will work, as the cap to the oil tank is some way below the cowl top surface so may need to get hand through and I'm OK with fabricating my own. This the reason I ask if anyone has done it to a Skyranger. Blueadventures....my cowl is held by plan screws into those captive threaded clips 17 of them and they have worn the holes badly, I may fit camlocks in the winter but it'll need some remedial work on the cowl first
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    Oil tank hatch

    Red posted a topic in Skyranger

    Anyone cut a hatch in the Nynja cowl to allow checking the oil level?, I'm guessing it might have to be large enough to get your hand through as the tank filler cap is gonna be some way below
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    Oil Longevity

    Red replied to Red's topic in Engines and Props

    Cheers Onetrack, I'll have a read of that. These modern Oils are quite amazing but I don't think they're ever gonna smell as good as Castrol R💥
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    There are comments here that imply just that...that this the best way..period. Good point, but at a safe altitude I would still go directly overhead in some circumstances, 5 miles out is almost in the circuit at many fields...its always dependent on factors such as what traffic reports I've heard, knowledge of local procedures, visibility etc blah blah
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    I wonder was this actually a LiPo battery? I know from experience that LiPo cells (the flat cells with a metallized plastic film soft outer case are like little fecking incendiary bombs. I've banged a nail through a small 2ah LiPo cell and the resulting smoke and fire was alarming. (This was a carefully controlled scientific test of course don't try this at home kids)
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    It really depends, if your track is 90 degrees to an airfields Runway then flying directly overhead at an appropriate altitude is far safer than offsetting some miles away where the likelihood of encountering descending traffic becomes a factor. As Nev alluded to, constraining yourself to a single mantra that works for one set of circumstances is never optimal.
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    Have XV105 and XV107 in my Logbook, circuits and bumps at Brize Norton early eighties. wonderful aircraft and I think still amongst the fastest subsonic airliners flown.
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    The FRTOL is no longer a requirement for a PPL in Australia?
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    I was clearly saying they don't use it in the USA Skippy
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    Though not used much except whilst training in the circuit or when a situation demands (eg you just heard someone call joining downwind) then a call of crosswind can indicate someone who just made the first turn into the circuit after climbing out..room for confusion there
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    Mostly, but not necessarily using the same terminology as this thread illustrates. Also there are some glaring differences such as in the USA where a 45 degree join to one of the corners on a rectangle formed by the circuit (pattern) is a widely used standard and I believe Overhead joins are seldom used of even understood.
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    Wow!!!
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    No idea about the terms usage in OZ but its a common term in UK and refers to the opposite side of the runway to the active circuit (pattern), when doing an Overhead join the next call after "overhead" is "descending deadside" UK Version https://www.caa.co.uk/publication/download/13138 NZ Terminology https://www.asms.co.nz/2014/01/caa-releases-asms-report.html Perhaps I should leave this discussion as its plainly in the context of Australian procedures?
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    Ah thanks we call that an overhead join and its commonly used here in uncontrolled and controlled aerodromes
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    I guess it's a local terminology thing, to me (a simple pom) its as clear as mud so what does midfield crosswind mean that makes it different from just saying crosswind?..Im guessing it doesnt literally mean half way along the crosswind leg as that would be a daft place to enter the circuit Enlightenment required
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    What does midfield mean in this context?, what is the distinction from simply saying joining Crosswind?. taking literally it doesnt make a lot of sense to me. Pardon my ignorance I've never heard the the Term
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    Oil Longevity

    Red replied to Red's topic in Engines and Props

    3 years feels about right to me though with no empirical backing to that figure. Question was prompted by my recent change of aeroplane which came with a couple of 5 litre cans of oil that are likely around that age, I think I'll use a little if I need small top up in the near future and consign the remainder to various garden machinery interesting take on flushing oil, something i've never used and assume its only to be used on something left standing with sludge build up and I guess must contain solvants
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    Oil Longevity

    Red replied to Red's topic in Engines and Props

    I don't mean tests to ascertain quality before release of sale. How long in storage after you buy is considered acceptable? I don't think I've ever seen a use by date. I'm specifically thinking of a semi synthetic motorcycle type oil as commonly used for Rotax 912 engines but I wonder the same of all modern oil types
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    Only downside I can see with motors incorporated into the wheel is they hugely increase unsprung weight which has a negative effect on the the suspension.
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    As far as I can find via the huge brain of google unused oil in a container has a recommended storage life of 5 Years. What say you?
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    In this instance evidence of what?, having an opinion?
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    Thats no reason to not try and get the information...personal responsibility is something we all accept as Pilots Personaly Id rather we didnt follow the general trend within modern society of assuming everyone else has a duty of care for us....maybe thats just me but there it is.
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    Pilots responsibility to phone and ascertain information on private strip conditions for any chosen diversion strips. If chosen in an emergency then just be thankfull its something better than a rock garden
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    Importantly did he get that improvement in the airspeed/RPM ratio with no change in fuel consumption or throttle position?, without knowing that or having a manifold pressure reading for both setups it can't be taken at face value, you can of course change the airspeed/RPM relationship on any prop just by altering pitch but the engine load changes
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