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    Forgot to mention the daughter was a flight attendant, who (fortunately for HER) looked nothing like her father She had Hair and.. stuff that girls have. Nev
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    A bigger or several batteries in a cart kept charged by its own charger and plugged into your ground socket when needed. IT cannot hurt your system. with big battery capacity smoothing things out. leave the charger off if you are worried some of the Modern electronic ones have Pulsed voltages. Nev
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    I'll tell you a good one and true. A pilot I knew in TAA had a daughter flying in Ansett. They swapped ID cards for a MONTH and no one noticed. Nev
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    You'll get Big swells and debris later from rivers unless you get well away. I have done a bit of boating, but my missus would get sea sick in a bath. Nev
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    Maybe not, but this acts against it being removed. Nev
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    Mother Nature can be a Bitch. Life is more important than property. Nev
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    But Oh so fussy. Some of that I think is made up to be part of the Rotax CULTURE. It's a Bl**dy Plumbers Nightmare to start with. You'd never get it past the scrutineers on a race car. Too many things near exhaust pipes unshielded and more. Costs are going through the roof for "special" bits. Carbs are cheap and nasty, unbalanced and dangerously located. Nev
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    I can't see the Point of continuing to comment on this in a speculative way. I started to and pulled myself up. HE made the choice. HE was a risk taker. What happened would have happened regardless of all the training he could reasonably have been given.. Plenty of our peers think THAT would NEVER happen to ME.. HUMAN Factors? THAT's a Help but not a Guarantee. "Think Aeroplane" I've said THAT a few times to students. Nev
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    Anyhow everything fatigues. New is best. Nev
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    If you do what I suggest the Motor will stay cleaner internally and therefore wear less and the EXvalves are the Hardest worked Part. I don't see much point in setting some record for Longest use. It's not a Sydney taxi. It's an Aeroplane. Nev
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    AND Pilots are NOT trained for it so Who's to blame? The Point IS, they once were, (in GA) THEN you have a fighting chance. Nev
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    Loctite is a good product. I'd trust them for the correct one for a particular purpose, or at least question it. Is it to seal OR Lock and is the temp a particular issue? Rotax are getting a bit strange in their insistence of ONE brand and name of product. Why is their engine so critical? Nev
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    Many pilots with only the minimum training you get these days wouldn't understand the details of what he is saying all of which is correct. When a plane has ICE on it the stalled speed can be way above what it is normally and drag , control, weight and visibility are affected as well.. Jet aircraft use engine heat (Bleed air) so can deice well but can't climb as fast and range as far with icing on. At cruise levels with Cirrus clouds there is no icing issues except fuel ice relating to fuel temps.. Nev
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    HERE the only SAFE pilots are dead or grounded. The rest are regarded as potential Criminals waiting to be caught. in a RIGGED justice system/ (Strict Liability). Nev
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    Best of luck to all our affected members. Nev
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    Modern engines operate at lower revs and are always Boosted with incredible torque and Power outputs and an aeroengine is built for different Totally different Parameters . . engine MASS/ Horsepower is a selling point. Nev
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    Why do you fly around when the pressure is lower than required? . IF you are doing testing it at height above a suitable landing place. Nev
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    Warning . It's addictive. Nev
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    What About Flying Neighbourly and keeping people onside. ?" I CAN therefore I WILL" is NOT good enough. It's a $#!t ATTITUDE and does the Movement NO GOOD It has legitimate SAFETY concerns and there's NO Cause to be rude to a Very genuine enquirer and HERE on this forum, WE should welcome such enquiries. I've been flying since 1959 including Instructing it the type and in windy/ gusty conditions you can't reliably fly over obstacles at low heights. Not can you rule out an engine malfunction. Nev
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    Engine failure at take off. I think 150 Feet is a bit low to fly over someone's house. If he's so $#!t hot, he could turn between your house and the touchdown point. Can't They just realign the runway a bit. OR displace the threshold? I would NOT do it to anyone. It IS a very Light weight plane with about 80 Knots Max speed. Nev
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    The duster conversion is called a CERES. It Has all sorts of lift devices and the cockpit Raised Nev
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    Unless there's a Prohibited RPM or a torque/RPM MP/ RPM there should be no problem at all. Nev
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    ! mm is 3937 Thousanths of an inch. Round it to 40. ' 1 MM is'004". . So what is 16 thou? Nev
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    I used stuff from Purple PIG years ago They had a wide selection of products to pick from ALL straights which suited Me. Mid engined race cars have similar problems. oil coolers and radiators are up the front You can lobster Back stainless tube or get sharp preformed bends from good exhaust system suppliers or makers of 2 stroke Expansion chambers. I've cut and pasted a few banana's and cross over extractor systems that don't look as good as sand filled and bent pipes. Many Pipes Are too thick. Stainless is thinner and can be mandrel bent.
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    Yes I thought I'd covered that. It's NOT the Pilots fault. At the same time Pilots were NOT taught spin and spiral RECOGNITION and recovery. You can only try to Imagine it IF you haven't done it. DCA at the time had to just gloss it over and live with what the Big 3 offered. The Victa was fully aerobatic, but it died here and went to New Zealand. The 100 was underpowered when I evaluated it with other instructors for RNAC. Hot days. Nev
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