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    Engine (complete including mounts but minus exhaust), 4 litres oil in sump, redrive weighed 92Kg (200 lbs). Add prop, radiator and coolant to get the final figure.
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    Murphy Renegade Spirit VH-LFZ Rego clearly shown on Ch 7 Adelaide news tonight Rotec 2800 radial powered. My feelings go out to the owner/builder. Must be like losing one of the family.
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    For what it's worth - I've now flown over 500 hours in the past 6 years on my EA81/Foxcon redrive combo. I chose this redrive because the engine coupled drive sprocket is supported by bearings front and rear, and the drive from the flywheel is through 8 urethane bushed pins, providing a degree of vibrational isolation between the engine and the redrive. This totally isolates the crankshaft from both side loads and axial loads. The crank only provides rotation to the drive sprocket. Because the front and rear prop shaft bearings are individually adjustable for belt tension and tracking, it is vital to get this set up properly from the outset - a bit fiddly but once done will go for 100's of hours without further adjustment. One (minor) advantage of a belt redrive is "conventional " direction of prop rotation, i.e. the same as direct drive engines. I hope this helps with your decision!
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    I flew 5 hours this morning to get home before the heat (I didn't beat it then!) with my first real tryout of OzRunways on a secondhand iPad 1 3G version, and with the 3G function turned off. The inbuilt GPS never missed a beat, and the flight planning made it SO easy to set up the 3 legs of the flight. Just having the flight following (with HSI if you choose that option) overlaid onto a VNC provides real-time monitoring of control boundaries, frequencies, PRD areas, etc. For the record, the battery monitor showed 34% remaining at the end. Way to go!
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    Lots of info on American auto conversion websites. The coolant referred to is Evans waterless coolant. It is totally non-compatible with water -based coolants, and in my opinion, the jury is out as to its effectiveness and the need to use anything but water with an anti-freeze, antiboil additive. I have always used a good quality auto coolant concentrate, mixed 50-50 with clean rainwater out of a plastic tank. Good for 4 years before replacement.
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    And it was obviously test flown at Watt's bridge
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    Watt the ??
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    Thanks to all who responded to my question. It appears that there are far more questions than answers! For the time being I'll stick with what I know works, and maybe eventually look into a smartphone. Meanwhile I look forward to the imminent release of OzRunways Flight Planning - this may well provide another alternative.
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    Thanks, P4D That would be great if I had an iPhone! Hence the request for connecting the Telstra phone. We who live in the sticks do not have the luxury of 3G phone coverage (or any other number G for that matter). The basic Telstra phone does all I need when I fire it up upon leaving home for more civilised surroundings. I have in the past used this phone with a laptop computer and a USB cable when I have needed to get a forecast or briefing. Now that I use an iPad with OzRunways, I would like to be able to do the same. But iPads don't do USB it seems.
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    Is there an IT guru out there who can please help me get my iPad 1 to talk to a Telstra EasyTouch Discovery 2 phone? I would like to use the phone as a modem on the iPad to use NAIPS when away from home. Both units establish contact with each other, but the iPad comes up with "Connection Unsuccessful T2 is not supported" The phone supports FTP and DUN profiles, but this is where the technospeak gets ahead of me! Any help will be greatly appreciated! John Birrell:help:
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    For what it is worth:- The BushCaddy (BIG Frise ailerons and BIG rudder - from the aircraft's original floatplane origins) has shown me that the most effective turn is achieved by leading with rudder momentarily before applying aileron. This sets up an easily balanced turn which then follows all conventions. As previously stated, all aircraft are different, and experience teaches these differences.
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    My preference is for the "KISS" principle. Many of us older? fliers have enough trouble keeping up with how to use a mobile phone to make and receive phone calls, let alone the 26 other things they can also do. Must be something to do with eyes that need multifocal spectacles just to see enough to get by daily, and arthritic fingers that don't cope well with keypads. So, the basic GPS sounds good to me! and I'm interested. (But I still fly, so there!)
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    I have had no trouble with 450+ hours on my Duratuff edged Bolly blades in rain (seems lately that every time I fly somewhere, it rains on me!) The 3 blade prop is only doing 1920 rpm at cruise after the redrive, however. This obviously helps
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    High wing, tailwheel, large rudder - sideslip works better for me. The 3-point landings then just become 2 point landings with no sideways drift.
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    Unless you have an original EA81 flywheel on the engine, DON'T! With a lightened flywheel, there is the risk that it will kick back while cranking and stress the flywheel attach bolts. And there is the issue of no prop = no cooling air if the test run is extended. QUOTE=rocketdriver;273766]I have a KR2 in my shed and I want to run the EA 81 subaru motor to check for leaks etc etc. It has a flywheel and reduction drive. Due space and a steep driveway, I can't run it with the prop on. Question. Is it safe to run the engine with the prop off? Do I run any risk of damage due to no prop? Any recomendations would be welcome .... Cheers RD
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    Interesting topic - I fly a BIG modified Clark Y wing without flaps on a tailwheeler. How short it will land is really just a matter of judgement as to how close to stall speed, allowing for conditions on the day, you make your approach. And a 3-point landing ensures that it is stalled on touchdown with plenty of up elevator. Then you can progressively brake to whoa up quickly. Worst condition for short-field ops is nil wind, as ground effect prolongs lift. I have at times killed the engine shortly after touchdown to shorten the roll under these conditions. STOL is good!
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    I saw this done at Mangalore when the SAAA had their Easter flyin there. It was a drifter landing on a platform on top of a small truck, and from memory it was a school CFI I think by name of Ray Hill.
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    Battery Life

    bushcaddy105 replied to jcruffle's topic in Jabiru

    Coming up on 5 years on my mine turning over an EA81 Subaru. Still performs the same as when new, and its the size smaller than what Jabiru use. In its favour, it is being charged by a 40 amp auto alternator with inbuilt regulator at 14.5 volts - just what Odyssey recommend. I've never put any external charger on it since new. Am I lucky, or just using it like the maker specifies?
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    Gooday Paul I've flown my EA81 on points, the Hitachi electronic distributor as fitted to Australian delivered cars from about 1984 onwards (this is the one with the integral magnet that Maj speaks of), and in my opinion the best of all is the Nippon Denso electronic distributor that came with Japanese import replacement engines. The big advantage is that the electronic module can be taken out of the distributor and mounted on a heat sink on the firewall, leaving only the reluctor coil in the distributor. This minimizes the most likely cause of failure of the electronic module - engine heat cycles. My 1990 Suzuki Sierra has the same internals as the Subaru distributor, so parts should be readily available if ever needed. I also recall that Ford Lasers used the same ND electronics. It feeds a Bosch GT transformer style coil with ballast resistor and then platinum tipped plugs. I have done several hundred hours on Avgas with this setup, and no issues so far.
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    When teaching (in a high school, mind you!) I gave two boys the job of burying a deceased class pet (guinea pig). They dug a big hole, solemnly committed the deceased and back filled the grave. They reported back and asked what to do with the left-over dirt. When told to go dig another hole and bury the excess, that's just what they tried to do
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    Still waiting! Rang RaAus yesterday, and was told "the magazines were late getting to the mailing house". Seems that where you live has a huge bearing on what you can expect from the supply chain, given that some forum members had theirs before Xmas.
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    Gooday Geoff. If you get homesick when in Oz next year, come by us and fly my BushCaddy R80, a great Canadian STOL aircraft in my opinion. We spent a week on Vancouver island in 2009 and went to an open day/flyin at Qualicum Beach Aero Club. Really friendly, laid-back people- just like Australians!
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    Still waiting - patiently?! Next mail tomorrow, 3rd Jan. And no, there are no natural disasters here to provide a reason for slow delivery.
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    Pot Belly Stove paint - stinks when first heated, but made to cope with exhaust temperatures.
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    Not in today's mail - next mail Friday 31st. Maybe get it in 2010? Maybe not!
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