danny_galaga

I agree with one-track. Hydrogen fuel cell is a pipe dream. Mercedes have/had been mucking around with it since at least the early 90's. As a kid I was enamoured with the idea. but EV tech has slowly but surely surpassed fuel cell tech. You just can't get around the transport costs and inefficient manufacture of green hydrogen.

Did someone say Ace of Base?

Nice. That'll definitely help while the engine is running since the airflow will keep the aluminium cooler than the exhaust pipe 😎

If you are referring to my comments about trade wars, despite all the bluster from the Orange Guy, tariffs on Chinese products will be 10%, while most of his allies cop 25%. That's products to the US of course, but there are many ramifications for other countries, including how particular companies fair in the new environment. If Americans buy more zongshen because they've become an even more enticing proposition, that could mean zongshen have more income to streamline their production even more.

China is fast becoming like Japan in quality. I think have to remember you get what you pay for. If you go on Temu and buy a two dollar sweater that catches on fire, well.... But if you are buying a quality product, there's no reason it can't be Chinese. The price is a sticking point for now. But we'll see how the coming trade wars effects Rotax prices compared to zhongshen prices. The current bizarre US regime might be a silver lining for high end Chinese products.

That's gold 😄

Hey! My hand is famous ☺️

Yes, when I first learnt to fly and I was taking some friends for a flight, I was quite high from an airfield I wanted to do a touch and go on. Piper warrior. But I forgot to warm through the motor regularly. When I accelerated to go, the engine spluttered and had quite a hard time because of the cooling. That's just at idle. If it needed to be started, then who knows?

Just read that too. Why turn off ads-b on a training flight? Something you'd think you'd want in a crowded airspace.

Oh wow. I had always thought it was illegal 😯

What terrible ironies the universe throws at people 😞

Crossed my mind too. Not necessarily incorrectly set, but out of calibration. Cracked static line or something.

Guys, I'm sold! Will still be a while but when it comes time to upgrade my prop I'm getting a Bolly for sure 🙂

As far as I'm aware, blades coming off in ultralights is pretty rare. But it was in the back of my mind when I went for my good old fashioned laminated single piece wooden propeller ☺️

Sad times we are living in 😞