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  1. johnm
    best use a 'votex cannon' for them birds - link below
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    yes - club members planes (in various hangar locations on the strip) and club members hangars BT (local Council insists on hangar keepers insurance - hanger sites are leased from Council) I'd be guessing we would have 10 hangars and say 12 planes covered this way Also, I don't know if 'the club' is the mechanism - could be 'a group' of persons might be able to achieve the same result
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    yes - if you are lucky ? enough to have an aero club at your strip - multiple hangars and planes can be lumped into one policy (hangars and planes separate) and you can get good / great savings on insurance premiums
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    here is a message I got from an insurance broker .............. might shed some light on it I can confirm that the Australian Allianz office for aviation will no longer be offering renewals or quoting new risks from the 1st January 2017. However, the head underwriter from Allianz will be starting up an agency (Agile) on the 1st January with the intention of continuing to write aircraft programmes just like the one we have arranged for aircraft based at xxxxxxxxxxxxx Although Allianz is withdrawing from the Australian aviation market on the 1st January, a number of their underwriters and their claims manager will remain until the 31st December 2017 ensuring changes to policies and claims are processed smoothly. When the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx aircraft programme and Hangarkeepers liability policy falls due for renewal next year we will approach the market (QBE, Catalyst, AIG, Swiss Re) as well as Agile for terms.
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    Superannuation: with bankruptcy there is no protection ................................. in relation to other litigation - superannuation is protected - is this perhaps correct ? 'Interestingly, superannuation has statutory protection from creditors if you are a small business owner. “Unless the business owner makes an unusual contribution to defeat the creditors when they know litigation is on the cards, super is protected,” says Balalovski.'
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    I thought superannuation was a safe haven for assets ? (.......................... if you have any spare to shovel in there)
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    Crikey Alex That instructor could easily get work over here A different instructor ? - why not - do it now - that's no bodies business but yours - change now
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    yes - pilots, petrol heads and mechanics would rather listen to how good that radial sound is ............. the majority of the rest would probably prefer the music - doubt you would go to an aviation site to listen to music though
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    don't antagonise them Ibob, keep your helmet below the ramparts .......... this public show of affection for NZ will shirley pass
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    Some of these seat belts are not readily adjustable - you can't easily tighten them up a notch if you find yourself doing a forced landing They can be adjusted ................... but best adjusted on the ground prior to engine start
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    I have often wondered why 'hatches' and 'harness' are in a downwind checklist - unless something happened like a passenger vacating the plane (which should have been noticed and remembered) .................... I guess 'hatches' and 'harness' could always be there in case of a force landing checklist ? (crack the doors and safety belts firm ?)
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    might be that an AoA thingy might be more useful in say a Pitts or a Lancair ...................... not so much in an ultralight
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    thanks BT - that's the first ultralight I've heard of with a stall warning device ............... what %age have them I do not know ? if a stall warning device is seen as such a critical thing (for) - why do some planes not have them (against)
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    I remember the 'audio stall warning' with GA planes I'd be interested to know of there are any ultralights with them - I can't imagine it is a common installation ? I prefer silence than that annoying stall warning - what say you ? - or what advantage is there in having an audio stall warning (if any) ?
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    don't know eloigorri but its not a big task to remove the plastic cabin lining above - for a look ................... your comment re stall warning could make an another interesting topic - I'll try that in 'general discussion' - thanks
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    Jab under cart

    johnm replied to jabiruken's topic in Jabiru

    on any of these 300 kg planes (particularly high wing) its easy to get one person to lift the wingtip .................. thereby lifting the wheel off the ground and another person to check if the leg is secure ?
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    yes the autogiro would probably be a double edged sword ................ you could see further but others could see you from further afar as well ?
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    a light plastic rubbish bag with a perimeter wire frame at the bag open end .................. also a 'X' of wire at the open end and a 'little lucifer' fire starter on the 'X' can make a very effective potential UFO (bag ascends & glows)
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    I'll furnish you with an 'agree' Frank Ryan4321 has alerted us in any case ................ we are all the better for it
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    when crossing the street you can never predict the outcome - you have a fair idea though if you had 2 paddocks - one with shorter or flattened grass - the other long - the choice would be easy you could try a takeoff roll - in the 1st 50m you would know if things were looking OK
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    don't know if the following would actually work for an ultralight .................. but just read a book where pilot in an ag plane (big feet) landed on a tight coastal paddock (to do some fishing) before takeoff he ran up and down the strip a few times to flatten long grass and had a marked take off run ......................... might not work with skinny tyres - worth a thought and a go though ?
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    irrespective of any outcome Ryan .................... I think the majority of us appreciate what you have told us You are a more experienced pilot cause of it (and some of us will lean from it) I've been to that strip and did not have a problem - also plane I fly you get nose wheel off the ground at say 10 knots - so I guess my drag decreases a third ? Thanks ryan
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    Only Total WW2 Plane Nerds Should Even Try This Quiz You got 14 out of 14 right! Full marks! Rank: Air Chief Marshal
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    give the neighbours a bottle of scotch and a bottle of sweet sherry every Xmas, Nick the'll eventually weaken and think that noisy thing you fly in ............. is bloody marvellous
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    WOW - $ 457 per annum sub ................ sounds like a golf club gympie aero club takes the view that they would rather have the person rather than the money (only $ 60 / annum sub) (the club gets income from hangar fees so the sub is not critical for funds)
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