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  1. BirdDog
    100% Nev! If the nose hits first it's like that old game you would play on a trampoline where if you time it right, you get a good bounce. Keep that nose wheel up! I am fortunate to have a big long grass runway and practice landing on the mains, and holding that wheel up for the full length of the runway. Managing throttle, Rudder and Elevator to roll nicely down the runway, popping the perpetual wheely!! Really helps you to get a good feel for your aircraft!
  2. BirdDog
    Yeah... Says to me that whatever happened, happened pretty quickly.
  3. BirdDog
    Lastly... All I would need to do now is pass a PPL exam and a Flight Review, and I could go PPL. No need for me at this stage, as it was all about CTA for me.
  4. BirdDog
    I just did this, so can certainly help. I was on about 140 hours of RAA time with X-Country Endo. Applied to CASA to have my RAA RPC converted to Part 61 RPL. Went a completed Class 2 Medical. Waited for my Part61 RPL to turn up. Went and did a GA BFR in a Grob. Also did CTA Endos too. DONE! Was pretty painless. The good thing is now I can exercise the rights of my Part61 RPL into Controlled Airspace, while flying my RAA registered LSA. 🙂 Winning!!
  5. BirdDog
    No distress calls etc. 😞 Sad.
  6. BirdDog
    Looks like GB is not here anymore? Would love to know how he is getting close to 130kts in that machine!
  7. BirdDog
    Ok... So I am going to add my 2 bobs here, for what it's worth. I have been flying for just over 5 years. I have about 220 hours of flight. I have spent time, like most of us, reading forums and participating in discussions etc. I am always very interested when accidents are reported, trying to understand what happened, and maybe add lessons learnt to my kit bag. After all that is said and done, personally, I will not step into an aircraft with a Jab engine. I have been offered flights at fly ins etc, and I have kindly said no. Why you ask?? Not because someone told me anything bad, or someone suggested they are not good - purely based on my own observations, and how nervous I would feel flying in one. Maybe that mentality is unfounded - but that is just how I feel. No offence intended nor implied. Just how I feel. Same way I would not spearfish off the rocks near Sydney. I would be too nervous to get into the water. Not because it's bad or more dangerous than anything else - just how I feel, and I think we are all entitled to have opinions without offence. Fly safe peeps.
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    Light plane crash update - Wentworth Two people, who survived a light plane crash this morning near Wentworth, in the state's far south-west, are now being treated in hospital for minor injuries. The 'Jabiru' ultralight lost power just before midday today forcing the pilot to attempt a landing in a flooded paddock near the Silver City Highway and the Wentworth aerodrome. The plane clipped trees and crash-landed. Fire and Rescue NSW crews from Wentworth reached the pilot and his passenger on foot, working their way around the floodwaters to the crash site. They treated the pair's injuries before the arrival of NSW Ambulance, NSW Police and the Rural Fire Service. They have both been taken by road to Mildura Base Hospital for further treatment. The crash site has been sealed off pending further investigation.
  9. BirdDog
    A few of us had a debate on the 01 part of my callsign and use "zero-one", where other suggested the, easier to say "oh-one". Meaning the call sign would be "eighty-Nine-Oh-One" I am not convinced!
  10. BirdDog
    Hey Garfly Thanks for the vids. I’m based at YCTM and have just secured my CTA endorsement and will be in and out of Canberra a bit. Already done a couple but always good too brush up. One question I have and have not been able to get it answered is what is my appropriate call sign. I’m in a Bristell 8901 and I call Bristell eighty nine zero one. Thoughts?
  11. BirdDog
    OK... So I have been away for a bit and looks like a bit of banter went on! LOL! So an updated.... I have found that there is absolutely no way of finding ANYTHING remotely like I need for 2 hoses that I have on myt radiator. SO... It would appear my only choices are.... contact Bristell and find out if they can send some over. (doubtful and the long wait) OR.... move to something like below which is a Gates UniCoil. Other than that, I can't see any other solution.
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    Hmm.. I would have thought the expansion tank would be the plastic bottle attached to the firewall. Or do they call that the overflow! LOL! Have not been able to try anything as Repco have had nothing even close.
  13. BirdDog
    Hey Skippy. Spent another hour in there with them this morning, and again left empty handed. No. Never mentioned an aircraft. They basically told me that unless I know the exact Gates part, they can't help me. So I would have to sift through the catalogue and then give them a part, and they can order it in. Best they can do. We put a gauge on the hose this morning - 21mm (but slightly expanded because of the nipple) I am going to cut this one in half and measure it where the nipple has not stretched the tube. Coolant bowl (or whatever its called) is what the radiator cap screws on to.
  14. BirdDog
    Yeah man!! Mine appear to be all 19mm ID.
  15. BirdDog
    I called both Repco and Supercheap. Both said they don't have anything appropriate - hence why I came here. The search results I got on the forum where quite old, so I asked the question. I use the Constant Tension clamps. They hold niceley, and I have a hose cutter too. Great tool to have.
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    Hi Pluessy, I need two lengths about 30cm long or so, from the radiator (with the 90 degree) and then one small bit that goes from the coolant bowl to the thermostat.
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    Hey all, So I have searched the forum and can't really get the info I need, so I am asking in the hope that someone can point me in the right direcion. I am in the middle of rubber replacement and I need 2 lengths of coolant hose. From the Radiator back to the motor. Both have a 90 Degree bend in them. I have tried a number of the usual suspects (Auto supplies and motor cycle shops etc) and come up dead - mainly because it appears to have about 19mm inside diametre. Any clues? Cheers all
  18. BirdDog
    Easier said than done when your licence is not rated for it. My information is, unless you are enrolled as a student, you can't fly a GA aircraft - with an instructor or otherwise, but correct me if my info is bad.
  19. BirdDog
    100% prevention is better than cure. BUT, with all due respect, it happens. Is it pilot error - probably - but if we didn't train for situations we could possibly find ourselves in, then there is lots we wouldn't be trained on. Remember - "the pilot stalls the aircraft" but yet we practice stalls. 😉 My point is, we should not simple say... "don't fly into cloud" because that leaves the pilot completely unprepared in the event that he or she does. There should be at least some tools provided to give them half a chance at surviving. Of course - Do your best as a pilot to fly legally and safely, and avoid non VFR conditions. However, thinking it will never happen, and not being prepared is asking for trouble. We are forever students!
  20. BirdDog
    Yep. But let's play this out... Let's say you are flying in hills etc. You hit cloud and BOOM! You are no longer VFR. I would assume you would not be currently on a head on collision path with a hill. So... my first reaction (as my instructor trained me) would be to hit the AP Auto Level. I would then proceed to check my charts to know what is around me. Maybe, I need to climb 2000ft to get above the hills I am in. So be it. Dial that in to the AP and get above the terrain. Then, dial up a heading and head out of trouble. That is what I was trained to do in my current aircraft. It was drummed into me.... "The AP will save your life!!" If someone is flying around hills with no charts reflecting surrounding terrain, then I guess they are more silly than they should be I guess. If you don't have an AP, then that is totally different I guess. I have even showed my partner how to engage the auto level in case I ever become incapacitated. She can instantly level the machine and buy us some time.
  21. BirdDog
    Have to agree with the autopilot comments. Hit the heading hold mode. Dial in 180 and sit tight.
  22. BirdDog
    Hi All, I have used Caltex 95 in both of my aircraft (912 ULS) and have never had an issue. My aircraft at one point would have sat for 3 months. Yep the fuel would have deteriorated, but topped up with fresh, and it never skipped a beat. I use AVGAS if I am out on a big nav and need to top up. It mixes well. No issues there. Cruising at 9500 feet - no probs. I use the square jerry cans that sit on the wing and drain well. They have spout tube so does not spill much.
  23. BirdDog
    That was quick.
  24. BirdDog
    ATSB Simulation already? Was only today!
  25. BirdDog
    Oh man. So bad this close to Xmas. ☹️
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