Flying Binghi

Asking a question puts me "at stage three".. ? You put up the graph "India's Electricity Net Additions" graph. Do you actually understand it ? .

I see we are getting bombarded with graphs/charts again. I'm still waiting to hear what this graph is supposed to be telling us ? .

Heh, if this forum where owned by KKR the discussion would be shut down by now or only 'tame' posts allowed..I haven't yet in-depth researched it though from what I can see the wind generators affecting the thread subject airfield are Honk Kong owned. So our taxpayer money likely ends up in China. .

It were a Husky related forum. I've had a google look-see for the forum and no find. I've googled the "Husky Forum" though I think it were called the "Husky listserv" from memory. If no one else here knows of it I will dig out my old desk top computer from storage that has the link on it. .

What extra do they need to build ?.

Big problem with the cameras is depth perception. i.e., how far ahead is the thing on the video screen or is that thing to the side of your direction of travel close or far to the side. To me, spending time focused on a video screen trying to define what your looking at is a recipe for disaster. I think Sirius and a few others now offer a FLIR camera as an option. One benefit of a FLIR camera in the day taxi situation is when heading nearly at the early/late sun (Not directly at as the screen goes blank) and being blinded by the sun the FLIR will show an oncoming aircraft taxiing ahead as a heat blob. One way to lesson the side depth perception problem is to taxi with the camera aligned with either the centre taxi lines or the edge of the taxiway bitumen, i.e., direction positioning yourself along things that you know the rough diamensions off. I recall reading in a Yank bush pilots forum where one of the members had done some FLIR landing work with the USAF many years ago. If I remember correctly, apparently the idea was to see if they could use the aircrafts weapons FLIR as a de facto night visual landing aid. They found in testing that depth perception on approach were a big issue and stopped the testing after pranging a jet. .

Yep! Ever read about "Barbarians At The Gate? It touches on the activities of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co (KKR) The pprune forum is owned by Internet Brands, which is owned by KKR. And if you go to the KKR website you will see they have an interest in Australian wind farms. With the wind turbines, KKR can see a big money making scam a mile away. Though, I wonder why they got into internet forums? Hmmm... perhaps owning the forums aint about making money though more about controlling the discussion... .

Yep. ...and good things take time to come to fruition. .

Back in the 1990's i were a greeny. I were a card carrying member of the wilderness society, did a permaculture course and a wind power course at TAFE and Peter Pedals were an inspiration. And, I had visions of living on top of a mountain in a tower with a big wind generator on top.. Yeah, i know. A real green.. First night of the wind power course the teacher explained resonance and why one should not attach the turbine directly to the residence. My first lesson of the requirement to actually research things before getting carried away with the eco-loon nonsense... Back with the Antarctic wind geny.. From memory the failed ice base geny were one of a pair originally intended for one of the Bass Straight islands. When installed at the ice base they couldn't afford to send a high enough crane to assemble it to design height so it were 'shortened'. Thinking further on it I wonder if the concrete foundation budget were a bit short as well. Weight of foundation and the load spreading foundation 'wire' affects the tower 'bounce' or resonance feedback to an out of balance problem from the regular blade icing problem. The other possible issue is a shorter then design tower would allow the blades to hit the very turbulent area of wind eddys found at ground level which would set up a whole other set of resonant feedback issues on top of the out of balance iced up 'propellor' blades. Any pilot has a fair idea of wind feedback resonance from the propellor to the airframe from when ground run ups are done across or against the wind and the way the the aircraft either, or all - shakes, vibrates, or bounces on the gear as the wind gusts or changes direction. ...and the stupidity of putting up a large set of propellor blades in an environment of near daily icing conditions.. .

Bah! any aircraft that needs more then 100 metres of runway is boring... .

Heh, yer must be the forum leg puller.. That generator cowling also had the helipad on top of it. That's the helipad the service crews use to maintain the wind generators. Probably why they've shut down the servicing to the entire wind park. Watch a few youtube videos of the wind turbine service crews getting out of the helicopter and one of the first things they do is attach their safety lines to the wind tower, i.e., they attach themselves to the tower cowling... There are a few other serious issues exposed by the cowling loss. Watch a youtube vid of the salesman selling the units and the other problems will become self evident. (Hint, pressure vessel) .

Sound advice. My recollection of my first few hundred hours were what I wanted to fly, and what I found suited my needs, changed quite a bit. .

Hmmm... sounds like the old 'your the only one with the problem' routine to get yer to go away. Years ago when them 912 engines first came out I had one that started to make metal in the filter. I had a knowledgable engineer look at the 'bits' and he took a guess at the gear box being the source. Upon enquires to engine supplier I were told it was the only instance they had ever heard of. I think it were a month later the factory put out a service advice about it and had replacement parts available. Apparently I weren't the only one. Instead of faffing about, I would get the Foxbat dealer to send you two new strobe units to see if that fixes the issue. If it do - the warranty parts have been installed. .

Oh, Dear... The pressure and rush to go green: The technical integrity of Germany’s offshore wind parks gets cast into doubt after a wind turbine comes apart after just 8 years of operation. North Sea wind turbines may prove to be inadequately designed and thus unfit for safe operation. “Massive Damage”…Large-Scale Engineering Debacle Threatens As North Sea Wind Turbine Breaks Apart! Would'nt want to be flying past when one of them 'monuments to the gods' of wx flew to bits. On a side note, haven't seen any more reports of why that Oz Antarctic station turbine fell apart ? Apart from the stupidity of using a wind generator for power I think I have a fair idea why it failed. .

Certainly backed up via the Indian media reports of the last few months - Recent reports of doubling of the coal supply rail lines, manufacturing new worlds largest locomotives to pull larger coal wagons, and building whole new rail systems to open new coal mines is all indicative of where India is looking for reliable and cheap power. Then there is those who have the foresight to see India's future coal needs, like Adani, looking to establish further coal supply for India. .

So, you are agreeing that the IEEFA graph presents corrupt information ?.

What brand are the strobes ?

So, now knowing the background to the directors of the IEEFA have you picked out the corruption of the "calculations" behind this 'graph'..? .

I've found with ipads that sometimes when the screen goes blank i just give it a good whack with the palm of my hand and they blink into life again. Might be dry/cracked solder joints. My current ipad has a lot of issues not recognising my finger swipes. Need to turn off unit for a reboot every so often. The trouble is the off 'switch' swip takes a while.. .

Hmmm... seems to compleatly contradict the previous references of coal expansion I've linked to of what the Indian media are currently reporting. I wonder why... Could the long blowhard institute title be a giveaway - A search of the 'institute' Bios might be in order. I wonder if we will find any over paid global warming scam profiteers amongst the directors.. Bios - Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis .

I stand corrected. Do you have a link to the accident reports for the other aircraft prangs in Russia ? .

How goes the graph/chart explanation. And a link to the source would be nice.. Meanwhile, back in India... "...increasing energy needs for its economic growth and development will push India to expand coal use..." Market Report Series: Coal 2017 .

From the chart - "Net additions" ? A link to the chart source would be nice. .

Going off the tappy cover colour it is Rotax powered though what brand of aircraft is it ?

Can't help you with the pictures or contacts. I would mention though that as far as i'm aware the SB's were certified with the Rotax 582. There were three(?) factory built SB's with the 618 Rotax flying with a permit awaiting certification though never ultimately certified. The 618 Drifters could achieve VNE flat out on the deck. The SB Drifters wings were certified with an approximately 60hp 582 engine. Personally I would be cautious using that wing design to have a 100hp+ engine pushing it through the air. .