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    Yes, real happy with it, motor is running sweet - did a carby tune the other day and I reckon I found half a dozen more hp. Prop is going real well too, many thanks to Arthur who built it for me. Yesterday while I was flying around my mate flew over in his Squirrel turbine chopper so he pulled up beside me for a bit as we flew around. Got a quick shot on my phone of him, nice chopper it is too! (I couldn't match his cruise though.... ) Copy on the power line!
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    Gold!
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    Too Old

    Tomo replied to aries's topic in Just Landed - Welcome

    I'm sure for a few on here you would be a young'un David!!
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    Missed it by THAT much! But that's how it's done, no trying to stretch the glide by pulling the nose up, just keeping over landable fields and making a normal landing to fly another day. He hit some pretty bad sink near that hill by the looks which would have mucked up his calculations a bit. Anyone who hasn't done a ground effect run in a high performance glider really needs to experience it, one of the most impressive things I have experienced I reckon.
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    That sounds about right, I would have thought you could make the runway with that easily. I've put a J230 on the strip from a simulated engine off low level circuit (500ft) late downwind, that a CFI did to me one day on a check flight. Wasn't a lot of room to play with though!!
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    Welcome Mate!
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    Good question... but it does depend a lot on the aircraft and prop design as to what it will glide like engine on or off. It's up to the pilot, but I believe it's a good thing to experience at least once in your own aircraft to know what it is really like, if you own a small ultralight at least anyway. I wouldn't go advocating it in a 206 or something!! But you'll have to find a CFI to do it with you. I've had an engine go quiet on me on take off in a Jab, managed to land without any damage, and have landed a few Drifters engine off... engine failures aren't my main concern, it's having a clear spot to put down that is! I'm all for survival and it's a fact of life if something is going to go wrong, it will go wrong. So being half a step in front of it is a priceless bit of experience. I know people argue the point of experiencing these various things - but that's their skin, not mine!
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    Thanks for asking! But I guess I wasn't really taught anything exactly in GA but rather just did what I felt was right and it was accepted! I suppose I had the benefit of having flown many types of aircraft previous to getting my GA license which helped hone my feel for the aircraft and what it wants. I will add here however, powered approach and or glide approach won't really effect the distance from downwind in my opinion, that's just dependant on when you turn base and when you remove power etc... it depends on the aircraft as to how I conduct an approach; bigger GA aircraft I will often keep a bit of power on until the threshold just for the sake of the engine and or passenger comfort. When I'm towing in the Pawnee I never do a glide approach as that's very severe for the engine in that case. I see what you mean for teaching an easy way for a student to know when to do it etc.. but I also think that isn't the best way to make a diligent pilot that will modify his circuit to suit the conditions and the aircraft. Don't really know if that answered your question, but I hope it makes sense!
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    I don't want to be annoying, and with all due respect to you, and you no doubt have 10 fold more experience than myself. But personally I don't see the point in a circuit if you can't make the runway whilst in that circuit? I see the problem of turning crosswind and by the time you get to 1000' you're quite a ways from the strip, but wouldn't it make better sense, in a way, to extend the climb out a bit more so you can turn onto downwind a bit closer to the runway? In my opinion the climb out leg is the only time where you shouldn't consider the runway as a viable option. I know this is getting a bit off topic from the original thread, but quite a good subject if you ask me.
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    Fabric covered Jabiru.... don't think so freddo!
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    Just be careful doing that with small wheels, wheel barrow effect can be quite unpleasant! Nice job however, we'll done.
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    According to the mighty ERSA YJST is CTAF 126.7
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    Ouch!
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    Yes you'll have to share the uploaded youtube link if you're just on iPad from what I know.
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    Download the new youtube app for IOS6 If you want to upload, just find the video you want to upload in Gallery and click on share... has everything there for you, just select who you want to upload with and Bob's ya Uncle!
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    Impressive!
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    Thanks guys!! Pulled the connectors off again (I had done it before) and cleaned them all up properly and put some of that electrical grease on it and blow me down it now works! Now I just have to re-tune my carby so it runs a bit smoother, and all is well with the world!
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    Nice! Million seems a pretty good price for what it is, be interesting to see how the world takes it on, would be handy to have in some places in PNG. Avtur is always easier to get in some of those places too.
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    Hey there knowledgable folk, my EGT gauge on my plane has lost a bank, as in, one side is no longer working... I don't believe it's the probe as I pulled them out of the manifold and they look good. And it's not the cylinder, 'cause I swapped them around and both are reading exactly the same, which is nice to know. However... it would be nice to be able to see that on the gauge so is there a way to check the gauge it self or do I have to get another one? Anyone fixed these before... or am I barking up the wrong tree? It was working but stopped about 15hrs ago... Here's a dodgy photo so show you what I mean by one side not working
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    RFC are a good bunch at Gympie, can take the J3 Cub for a fly too if they still have it - hope so, 'cause I love that old plane!
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    Brilliant Nathan!! Loved it. Wasn't it a great day today, visibility was amazing! I was flying the Pawnee towing up gliders, also playing around in my plane from time to time.
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    Now that's a clever idea!!
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    Yeah but I built my fuel tank strong, so it will never split on rough roads... Seriously though, whoever made the trailer for my plane did a good job as it is pretty much all held very well, and being fairly big rides fairly smoothly - naturally you just drive to the conditions and there's not usually an issue.
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