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Steve It certainly did...It made me very gunshy. I was a low time pilot then and it is indeliby imprinted into my brain. I am so aware of it now when winds are more than about 15kts. We dont really have too much of a issue for DA where I fly but even a small altitude can make a difference in your aircrafts perfomance. I picked up a mate from a airfield west of here to go to a breakfast and it is about 2000ft AMSL so nothing you would usually worry about. But when we finally got back there to drop him off the temperature of the day had gone from about 20degC when I picked him up to about 40degC when I was landing back at his airfield....I had my aircraft drop from about 1mtr above the runway...it was an arrival...not a landing. The extra weight of the pax and the extra fuel I had on board I was probably at about 560kg. The aircraft performance was drasticaly degraded. It sort of shocked me a bit because we never usually see that as most places I fly are around sea level. So I can imagine the huge differences when these guys overseas are landing at 7 and 10 thousand feet.

When I was trying to bet my 25hrs up on "The Girlfriend" after building her I could only go 25nm for those 25hrs. So I used to do Caboolture to Kilcoy to Caloundra in various different formats. One day it was about a 20kt south westerly and I was about 2500 ft on the leaward side of Mt Tibrogargun which is only about 1200 ft high I think..if that...I was about 5nm to the NE of the mountain and I got the shock of my life..the girlfriend was tossed around like a feather and went to 90deg several times..luckily I was under the max rough air speed of 74 kts...it frightened the crap out of me...that was rotors off the mountain and rising double bounces as it was a lot higher than the mountain so it may have been the second hop...all I know is now I am very aware of lea sides of anything on windy days...learnt my lesson hard and fast...same as my first real experience with DA...learnt that pretty quick as well...we dont have that where I normally fly but I was away for this one and the airport was a lot higher than I normally fly in but it was a stinking hot day ..thats what made the difference

Yes I heard about that incident back then. making carbon props for any direct drive engine has been a learning curve for all the prop manufacturers. Eprop are very anal about making sure the product is perfect when released and this is why it has taken a while to get their Jab version completed. they do huge amounts of testing to make sure. They have been testing their designs now for quite a while and it has taken a long time but you can bet when its done it will out perform any other 2 blade for Jabs on the market

The direct drive on Jab engines is a issue with the engine pulses directly to the prop..this is why its a been a problem developing carbon props for them. Wood absorbs the pulses I will ask though I know Eprop are still testing their ground adjustable jab prop as I only asked about it a month ago. Eprop are on holidays for 2 weeks now lucking I just had 2 props leave before they shut on friday for the holidays. So I ont expect to hear much for the next couple of weeks

Well Skippy this is a 3 blade

Yes but it was a 80hp one. I think he has had some other issues with the engine and hasnt flown it yet. But essentially is a Sav in characteristics. Sold a stack for Savs I think 10 or 12 also 6 for P92 technams,foxbats,sonex with a rotax, RV12, Esqual,CTLS,Rans S7, 2 of WAC Spirit aircraft and others. Everyone has had a quite dramatic performance improvement be it cruise and or climb...all are extremely happy. I think the CS may not be a big improvement on aircraft like the Sav/701 but on something more slippery it will be a big difference. I will try it on my Sav when it arrives but will probably be best on my S-21..although the Sav and the S-21 will be at least 114hp engines

Some info now out about the CS Eprop. They will be released nxt month after a airshow in France. One has been put aside for me to see how they go. Price is still flexible at the moment and will know closer to the release the actual price but currently about 11k aussie dollars. I will be trying to get a better price for sale here. The whole unit inc the controller weighs only 4KG https://aircraft.e-props.fr/glorieuse.php?fbclid=IwAR3qi79AFvv8sylJO8XeABsFmdhEd-rvOSB7Vcxphg51QxmXksveG8kJGks TECHNICAL DATA GLORIEUSE : 3-blade tractive propellers, full Carbon with Titanium leading edge protection, in-flight variable pitch system For ROTAX 912S / 912iS engines [models for ROTAX 914 and 915iS to come] Innovative patented technology Carbon blades with Titanium leading edge Max power : 140 hp Max rpm : 2.600 Available in 7 diameters : 1,60 m / 1,65 m / 1,70 m / 1,75 m / 1,80 m / 1,85 m / 1,90 m (one different mold for each diameter) Moment of inertia : 2.600 kg.cm² Total weight: 3-blade propeller + CS instrument + spinner = 4 kg Electro-hydraulic control for Rotax: ✗ Configuration 2 (hydraulic equipped) ✗ Configuration 3 (not hydraulic equipped) Max pitch / min pitch in less than 5 seconds Safety stops min. pitch / max. pitch Pitch variation: max. range 16° E-SCREEN "Constant Speed" specific instrument, designed and manufactured by E-PROPS. Version 1 : rpm adjustment potentiometer, intake pressure, tachometer, oil pressure, oil T°, water T°, battery voltage, ... Automatic over-torque protection. Setting via Bluetooth. Automatic mode (Single Lever Control). High readability screen. Version 2 : only with potentiometer with and without scale (to come)

Half the savannas around have modified the breather for the tank caps..the original comes out a tube that then goes through the wing to the bottom and you cut that tube with a angle to make sure the large open area faces the airflow. Most change this to just the tubes coming out the top and folded forward facing slightly down. You put some rolled up mosquito wire netting inside and that seems to stop the insects and water getting in. The originals are too small and insects get in and block off the flow out of that tank. This is why I changed mine to the alu tube ones as that very thing happened to me. It locked out a full tank from being used

My Rans uses them for aileron control...I will see if I can find something in the manual about it

The inlet manifold being uneven is a issue as well but the cable system is the major issue for carb balance

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Yes Planey...you got that right ..all the money lost to the govt for excise and GST on the fuel.

Marty do you really think the current both sides of politics only have the election in mind all of the time and how they can stay in or get in? Dont you think if one party has a idea or a process the other has to be diametrically opposed to it?..tell me when other than a humanitarian disaster when either party has actually said..yeah thats a good idea lets both run with it. I am no Ji Ji ping but the system is so failed at the moment a benevolent dictator would do a far better job than the collection of no hopers we have in the past 20 years. I am no commy either but I am pretty sure my approach to all of these issues would be quite different to what he are living with now. Yeah yeah well why dont you change it you say...well thats all good in theory but the media bias either way in this country is huge..its all got to be a scare shock horror way of reporting to make sure you grab the "news cycle"....money runs the politics and if you dont have any or can get access to any then you may as well be pissing in the wind....so dont get me started...now I am ranting. No problem is insurmountable it just takes foresight, money and a resolve to get it done...and of course the right people in the right places and positions but the current system is not structured to be able to implement it

The trouble is the other team of prospective drivers are just as bad..they are all tarred with the same brush We need a complete clean out..too much old useless dead wood

This country has the ability to tell every other nation to get stuffed...we have everything here to make our our stuff ..as Old K says we lack the will to do it...too much namby pamby woke crap here Whitlam could see the writing on the wall even though he was a raging commo but he had the foresight but was chopped off at the knees for it. Mind you I am not a lefty at all but he had the right idea. All these others just want to keep themselves in the obscene wages and super schemes they are in and pander to the minority..who ever yells the loudest they go to not what is actually required to be done This country has a lot of stuff that needs to be fixed

As I said it has to happen...but to get it going within the next 5 years is fantasy..just the refueling infrastructure for hydrogen and the current cost of making it also the battery tech is still no where near it should be and wont be for quite a while. As one other said before..there is already massive copper shortages and it has gone up almost 75% We cant even get a bloody decent road system in place certainly here in Qld. As far as charging goes the infrastructure for the power grid be it coal or renewable cant even handle the solar input charging coming from houses...how the hell is it going to handle the charge rates and power required to charge all these EV vehicles. I read an article recently about what needed to happen to a largist building....not a skyscraper just a big block of units the upgrades required to just the internal power system and mains input to the house was enormous just to provide a charger for half the parking spaces let alone the distribution network out in the street from the power authority...and that was just one building...not a suburb. Nah I will probably be pushing up daisies long before all this even gets close Sorry KG but this is the reality. I spent half my life in the electrical distribution industry and I know its limitations

I havent seen anything so far that gives me a woody at all...sorry its soft all the time. There is currently nothing available for the 45K I paid for my new Triton ute to be able to tow my 10x5 2 tonne capable trailer up to my farm and back. There is a DC charger in Childers but why would I want to line up with the others waiting to get my 10 min charge that doesnt even come close to recharging the battery properly. A charger at the farm???? sorry i would need to buy a new transformer thats on the pole to be able to take the charge current I have no doubt it will all come because it must... but I think you will find 2022....ya dreaming

Yes maybe so. Its not hard to fabricate at all

Not that I know of Bob....I would think Peter Gillespie would have the IP for it when he bought Aerokits from Reg. Whether he is getting them made though is another matter. I need a set for Mabel but will probably make my own as it is pretty simple

Norway is also the size of south east Qld barely

The trouble is Marty not everyone lives in a smallish place in Australia like you do. For me to drive the 300km to the farm towing a trailer drop off some gear then head back...can not be done...and some times we dont have any power when we get there due to being on a SWER line...so that dirty coal fired power station up the road is no good to us. I would have to start my diesel generator to try to charge the car long enough for the return trip home. EV cars are only practical for small travel distances and just carrying passengers...until there is a mega major shift in performance...it wont happen in this country. Most of us travel too far and too wide

Yes I concurr with all that Bob said...I did exactly the same with all mine

I had one of Reg Brosts door locking system and it worked a treat..it was not hard to operate at all and I am 185cm and 107kg The only was to get a good seal is use a sealing tape and when you make the doors you need to bend them to fit better..also where you mounted your ball hinges for the doors makes a big difference Everyone who has got a Eprop loves them 🙂 Was speaking to a customer today he has a Excalibur (opposite rotation) 4 blade he ordered and fitted to a Aeromemntum 120hp powered RV12....almost 10 to 15 knots better in cruise..fully loaded at MTOW he has over 900 ft a minute climb and 1200ft/min at normal ops..WOT 5450 rpm he gets 130kts straight and level ...VNE is 134kts he can now cuise at 120 kts at a far lower rpm than before

Yes its been a long haul this one. Especially seeing I have a brand new kit here I havent even started thats been sitting here since Oct 2019 And I havent had a aircraft to fly since mid last year since the Girlfriend has gone. There is still a bit to do of course but once the paint is finished then the last run home shouldnt take too much longer. My engine should be back in a week or two after its big bore upgrade and ready to go on.

The paint is AkzoNobel Aerodur 3001 and 3002 It is the std paint used by Airbus and others for commercial jets etc Virgin Airlines changed their colours slightly and they got rid of the paint they had. WE managed to just get in on the tail of it. It was sold cheaper than we could get good paint for. It is a basecoat system and clear. The only issue is you have to get the clear on no more than 72 hrs from painting the base coats. It is beautiful paint to spray. I am using a special 2 pack undercoat that was recommended by the paint gurus here for alu ..it cost more than the paint. It was $500 for 5 litres but it will do at least 3 aircraft as it covers extremely well and doesnt need much at all so it remains very light