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  1. Thruster88
    I have and fly a single seat thruster, as cheap and fun as it gets. Not a growth segment so it is understandable that it is ignored.
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    Cut off steel posts or star pickets work. Drill out the top hole and use a shackle for the rope.
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    For me Airpersonship is about operating in a way that will minimize the chance of my aircraft being involved in a fatal accident. Taxiing on or off the centre line is irrelevant, instructors should focus on the things that matter, hopefully they read accident reports and actually know what they are and pass that wisdom on to the new pilots.
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    My friend has one, it is a nice aircraft. Empty weight seems a bit bit low at 200kg.?
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    I have not read about this cash before, got a link? Cash would have been handy to get a motel in Coolangattar and fly home in daylight.
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    Taking out the wall hitting bit it would still be viewed by most thinking pilots as a very risky stunt taking off over the crowd in the grand stand. Risk is about the chance of something happening and the consequences of that. Very low chance, very high consequence in this case. The ATSB report will be very interesting re approval etc.
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    I know a good tig welder however I would favor the hose clamps because this will allow the aluminium to grip the underlying steel? support structure. Many certified aircraft cabin heat muffs on the exhaust are done this way, PA28 etc. Just allow some over lap at the join.
  8. Thruster88
    So this sounds like an exhaust augmented cooling system? One option would be to roll the desired material and secure with hose clamps or tig weld.
  9. Thruster88
    Why not scat hose as used in aircraft?
  10. Thruster88
    Hi Bex, Is your thing flying yet?
  11. Thruster88
    A Thruster carefully prepared with some inflatable mattresses in the wings has been demonstrated to work in very hostile conditions. The only successful ditching in Bass Straight?
  12. Thruster88
    Hi Moneybox. I need some of these for a Thruster, were did you find them?
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    DA40 has had stall related fatal accidents. The quote is just sales BS. https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2017/aair/ao-2017-096
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    After market turbocharged, supposed to be 135hp. https://www.aircraft.com/aircraft/237212267/vh-ldv-2013-morgan-aeroworks-cougar
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    It is understandable why this lay person would say this. Aircraft circling will have a changing engine note due to the doppler? effect. It doesn't sound like a normal Aircraft flying past.
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    Seems likely given the flight track and the flat nature of the terrain. Can't see a strip there so maybe a moose turn stall spin. We learn the aircraft had changed hands only very recently. Wind out of the north at 20 knots may have been producing some turbulence. Sad situation.
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    The published stall speeds are very unrealistic for an aircraft with 800kg MTOW and only 110 sq feet of wing. Could it lead pilots to fly at unsafe airspeed during manoeuvring?
  18. Thruster88
    Tool was made of plastic, most likely to prevent engine damage.
  19. Thruster88
    I have always just used my Samsung phone charger for the SkyEcho2. 2 amps at 5 volts out put. I only charge it at home.
  20. Thruster88
    One way to know for sure if your transponder is transmitting adsb is to disable to transmit function on the SkyEcho2 and go flying. If your SkyEcho2 can't "see" your aircraft then you don't have adsb working. In my RV with the uAvionics tailbeacon X / av30c combo and SkyEcho2 set to receive only I can see my aircraft call sign and altitude displayed constantly confirming correct operation of both the in and out function of adsb. Very nice.
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    If the hydraulic fluid is lost due to leak the manual backup on those is as useful as an ash tray on a motorbike. Gear cannot fall free. Cirrus got it right with fixed gear.
  22. Thruster88
    What Zonsen says is irrelevant. It would be a good idea to check the legality for different classes of RAAus a aircraft, private, flying school, LSA, experimental etc with RAAus. It is a question potential customers will be asking you.
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    Will be interesting to see how RAAus handle these engines. MARUP? Buyers would need to do some checking. As the unicorn circuit would say "is that even legal".
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    Nearly all mid air collisions occur in the circuit, there is no vertical separation if QNH is set correctly.
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    I did my last Aeroplane Flight Review, AFR in the RV6 to cover both VH and RAAus. I told the instructor who doesn't let anything slide that I would be using my tablet because that is the way I fly now, he said no problem as long as you can demonstrate competence.
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