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  1. danny_galaga
    It also still has the rocket rail switches 😃
  2. danny_galaga
    One has appeared in my hangar recently. Noticed this cool feature on the door hinges while having a sticky beak. Inside is a handle you can crank in an emergency 🙂
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    In the 'good ol days '? Probably
  4. danny_galaga
    I think we would need to look at some statistics
  5. danny_galaga
    Yes, that used to happen a lot when there was so much drunk driving...
  6. danny_galaga
    It's nice to reminisce about personal responsibility, but in the 'good ol days' drink driving was off the scales. Not so much personal responsibility there...
  7. danny_galaga
    In so much as you can die of boredom 😄
  8. danny_galaga
    To be clear, my plane is a HE. I nickname him Axel, but he's christened Crazy Taxi 🚖
  9. danny_galaga
    Too late now 😄 If I ever even get this stupid thing flying, I won't be keeping it long enough to ever have to worry about the mounts 😄
  10. danny_galaga
    I think I general people do it when it's hard to press it in to something. I had to use a bit of soapy water to get my engine mounts in. It was insanely difficult
  11. danny_galaga
    I hate to be pedantic but regular motor oil, and petrol has an organic origin. But I know what you mean by organic in this sense- non-hydrocarbon.
  12. danny_galaga
    I think it is right for flight schools to have students make all calls. You should be practiced in all of them before you can be omitting some. I still think it's better to call for entering, downwind and base- if there's no traffic, what's the harm? If there's lots of traffic, yes there is a lot more radio talk, but when there's lots of traffic that's EXACTLY when you do need more clarification. So long as old mate isn't having a chat about his kitchen renovations when it's busy. I also always announce clear runway and backtracking when applicable
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    How do you KNOW there are no other aircraft in the circuit?
  14. danny_galaga
    Apparently it's possible the top of the balloon flattens out from the sudden rise, which might cause it to deflate. Someone jumped to his death in Melbourne recently and that balloon was fine, but I'd take the word of the balloon pilot over the (apparently unlicensed) parachutist
  15. danny_galaga
    Look at this knob head. What an entitled douche. Risking unwilling and unwitting lives (Language warning)
  16. danny_galaga
    I should think if you oiled it, that would wash out with the fuel pretty quickly
  17. danny_galaga
    Spark plug debate here: https://www.recreationalflying.com/forums/topic/39835-rotax-9-series-engines-anti-seize-thermal-paste-nothing/#comment-566016
  18. danny_galaga
    Yeah, it's kind of a runway incursion isn't it?
  19. danny_galaga
    People in boat injured. All plane occupants ok. As you can imagine, sea plane activity in Vancouver is very busy
  20. danny_galaga
    Check https://www.vectriqparts.com.au/ They do better than original replacement regulators etc for lots of bikes and at least the Rotax 912, which I have. I couldn't immediately see if they have your one but worth a shot.
  21. danny_galaga
    Ger your mate to go back to the dentist!
  22. danny_galaga
    Sorry, I should have said stator, not field. My point is that regulating the output instead of the input is no big deal when it's only say 20 amps at most. You forgot to mention that the regulator is doing those steps many times a second. When described in steps people may not realise it. It's a fairly smooth operation from our point of view. I admit I know nothing of how it affects anything other than a lead acid battery. Those are pretty forgiving. Just pointing out that for general purposes they work just as well as regulating a rotor (which as you point out is actually the field winding, permanent magnets being the alternative to an electrically created field)
  23. danny_galaga
    It's not a problem with modern regulators. You already pointed it out- they regulate the output (field windings) on a permanent magnet jobby. There's more waste through heat of course from regulating say 20 amps instead of the 4 or 5 of a rotor coil.
  24. danny_galaga
    Oh, you don't have to explain it to us, we're good with it. Just email the Rotax engineers and tell them why they should stop recommending heat transfer paste. Be convincing and we'll all love you for it because then hopefully they'll recommend using nothing at all, saving us Rotax drivers money 🙂 But please, FFS, use this link for continued debate https://www.recreationalflying.com/forums/topic/39835-rotax-9-series-engines-anti-seize-thermal-paste-nothing/#comment-566016
  25. danny_galaga
    The joke is you seem to be ignoring what the Rotax engineers are recommending. Maybe you could write them a letter to tell them where they are going wrong? All this is making the spare parts thread needlessly long.
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