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  1. Ultralights
    how would you stop fuel flowing back up the vent from the header/sump tank? when the tank is the lowest part of the fuel system and gravity fed from tanks above it?
  2. Ultralights
    this happens in my Savannah fairly regulalrly, but more often when i run a tank dry and change to the main tanks when the red light comes on, what appears to happen is a air bubble gets trapped in the header/sump tank as the level falls a bit before i change tanks, and the incoming fuel then stops the air escaping back up into the open tank to vent. its usually solved by opening both tanks on either side, a few slow turns and the air escapes, light goes out.
  3. Ultralights
    snow mobiles, quad bikes, small boats, all hanging off the side of those aircraft, no problem, but put a gopro on one here, and CASA will have a hissy fit and you'll be labelled a criminal of strict liability, cool vid!
  4. Ultralights
    Yep. mounted top the panel in the centre.
  5. Ultralights
    nope, im a structures guy and am just as happy squashing a rivet, hand forming ribs as i am laying up pre preg carbon fibre to be vacuum formed. :)
  6. Ultralights
    just a quick question, was the CTLS or any other variant ever sold as a Kit aircraft? if so, are they still available as a kit, because i cannot find anything online about a kit built CT... if there ever was one.. thanks in advance
  7. Ultralights
    seams all this has come about due to the large number of engine failures bought on by poor owner maintenance! apparently.. (where have i heard that before?)
  8. Ultralights
    I dont think this will be necessary, the are very slippery, and glide very well. if anything, the need spoilers (which many owners have added) to help get them down. They also fly very well, very light controls. very nice well balanced.
  9. Ultralights
    what did you use to make the throttle rods?
  10. Ultralights
    just had a quick read through the 2014 incidents, Im shocked! well, not by the prevalence of engine issues from somewhere, but more by the obvious lack of training displayed resulting in large number of preventable accidents! how does one get distracted, and loose control of an aircraft while landing?? what are they thinking, flare height, speed ok, look down the runway, speed ok, oh look a birdy! wow, interesting colours, oh crap, i forgot what i was doing, oh thats it, Flying an aircraft, opps, too late, landed nosewheel first/ hit something etc etc.. i cant help but wonder, who is teaching these people! and signing them off as competent to fly? i wonder if these same people who require retraining are the same who brag about how they went solo after just 5 hours? got my licence in the minimum time, to tell everyone how good they fly? and how does a light 5 kt quartering crosswind (whatever that is) cause loss of control and prop/wingtip strike? 5 kts at 45 deg (if thats whet they mean), so a 2.5 Kt crosswind and you lost control? seriously? and not to mention the over reporting of everyday issues, "engine ran rough during runup, flight aborted" yes, correct result, but was it carby Ice? running a little rougher than usual on 1 mag? is good airmanship worthy of a formal incident report?
  11. Ultralights
    nope, Take off will get to about 5300 to 5400rpm, until airborne then yellow line rpm will be full throttle and about 55kts climb at around 900 to 1000ft/min
  12. Ultralights
    i think the Cessna's with the big ugly pipe running under the fuselage with an ugly muffler is used for aerial photography and the modified exhausts is to prevent heat haze induced optical distortion.
  13. Ultralights
    cant see why you cant use one of these, might need a angled mount to keep it vertical, not exactly sure on its tolerances to angled mounting though
  14. Ultralights
    Sort of have to disagree with this part, most normal people wouldn't complain if noise levels were lower, but the vast majority, i would say well up to 99% of noise complainers will make a noise complaint on SIGHTING an aircraft, proof is the noise complaints by people at Camden, about Gliders! on a 1000ft downwind! or the recent noise complain/legal stouch at Jaspers brush, the aircraft, a Cherokee, noise levers were indistinguishable from background noise and proven by a court ordered measurement at the residents location.. just as the serial complainer about Sydney and Bankstown airports, 1 person generates about 95% of the complaints, he lives 20nm north of Bankstown and the same from Syd, and he has been caught out using a computer, flight tracking website and an automated dialler to complain about aircraft noise any time a aircraft goes near his property, even when he isnt there..
  15. Ultralights
    5700rpm, full throttle will get my to VNE straight and level in a Savannah, the prop is set to 22 deg. cruise is 5150rpm at 87 kts.
  16. Ultralights
    runway 08/26 was shut down by casa. the 26 end of the strip is a bit flat and pools water after rain,,, CASA werent happy about that, so ordered the strip to be shut down until its fixed. sadly the council dont have the cash at the moment to fix it.
  17. Ultralights
    you can land a float plane in Oz anywhere its deemed to be a navigable waterway for boats.
  18. Ultralights
    looks perfectly normal to me... why should it be illegal, when its normal procedure for launching a floatplane from a dry surface? but sadly, Australia is the , you cant do that! if its not illegal, it should be country. Imagine what would happen if you landed a ski equipped aircraft in the snowfields here!!
  19. Ultralights
    one looks too rich to me, the right one looks normal.
  20. Ultralights
    reports state the runway was very wet.. wet grass, locked brakes= not stopping any time soon.
  21. Ultralights
    it depends on the installation, mine doesn't have either a coolant or oil thermostat. actually, i dont of any that do...
  22. Ultralights
    if you have a cap that doenst hold pressure too well, water will boil at a temp significantly lower than 100Deg C at altitude when not under pressure.
  23. Ultralights
    engine failed on a flight returning from maintenance..
  24. Ultralights
    i dont know, i think a ferris wheel would make more of an entrance
  25. Ultralights
    i have instructed in one, for a very nice guy who bought a subaru powered one, i didnt like it, very heavy controls, and it didnt go anywhere near meeting the book figures when it came to speeds. its a heavy aircraft, solidly built, and will sink rapidly well before reaching what is written as its stall speed. the trim system is very basic being a bungee chord held between 2 plastic wheels, and is fiddly to adjust., as in, you always had to look down at it to set it, it didnt come naturally at all. on the plus side, it was a breeze to land! even on windy days! brakes and castering nosewheel steering worked well. once trimmed up, it wasnt to bad to fly. it basically felt more like a heavy cessna.
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