"Its not an F18" !

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Ha! Its not even a really, really retarded F18!

Neutral Car Show (http://www.neutralcarshow.com/) episode 7

Dr :8

[VH-XXX]

Very professional there the Pilot who is now no longer anonymous!

Good to see that the passenger didn't manipultate the controls either.

Nice work, a good production overall!

"I did the rest of my pre-flight earlier..." yeah, I've heard that before!

[Chimbu chuckles]

Hey Forky...did you wonder why the landing didn't make it past the editing process too:E

[rioncentu]

So is that our Jaba?

[j3pipercub]

I dare say judging by the first contributors, good to see you back to your old self Doc :ok:

Jaba, you will never, ever live this down :E
j3

[Howard Hughes]

Nice retard vehicle...:ok:

[Super Cecil]

Considered normal these days to start the engine with avionics on and wound up?

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Considered normal these days to start the engine with avionics on and wound up?Warning! Warning! Tread very carefully Cecil!

Although seriously retarded in many respects, that is quite a high tech machine.

It is a special endorsement just to start the frigging thing! :E

Dr :8

[VH-XXX]

I concur with the Dr. This specific retard vehicle is very clever and has a really flash triple/quad battery configuration that switches batteries for startup or so that the instruments are operating off an independent power source and aren't drained or spiked by startup.

I only wish that Cirrus has thought of this which means you wouldn't have to sit on the taxiway waiting for the dreaded 30+ second countdown!

+1 to Jaba for his ingenuity in this area of an otherwise retarded aircraft.

[Chimbu chuckles]

Yup - I musta flown it 3 or 4 times now...I just sit there - "You start it":ok:

You'd never know Jaba was an electrical engineer:p

777 needs less switch flicking:hmm:

[gkja]

Hope that taxiing j160 wasn't going toward the runway. Pitot cover is still fitted.

[VH-XXX]

That is the safest form of travel behind a Jabiru engine... Taxiing.


Is it normal in the IO540 to have to "rock" the prop every start like in the video? Perhaps the prop was sitting prior to the compression stroke?

I found with my Continental I had to do it almost every time, with the explanation that the battery being so far down the back of the fuselage that there is a very large current drop.

[codenamejames]

Great video!!

I've forwarded it to a mate interested in getting into flying - for interest/hobby

Very nice RV indeed

[slackie]

You just don't want to leave the master switches on when leaving the aircraft...great video tho...and how come it's raining on the "Sunshine" Coast??

[Jabawocky]

Ahhhh thats the EMERG BUS supply which is used during start and stop, as XXX and others have mentioned....... that way you can leave it on and do all the paperwork etc without having to turn stuff off, and all electronics is best left running for as long as possible and less restarts.

How are ya Slacko..... you have been quiet since you were last in YCAB mate?

[remoak]

You mean that thing doesn't have an APU...??? :}

[Super Cecil]

Has too many doohicky's and doodad's :8

[The Green Goblin]

I thought you did quite a good job Jaba :)

[Capn Bloggs]

It's not a PLANE, either. :=

"It's an aeroplane, laddy. Planes shave wood". :}

[Super Cecil]

"It's an aeroplane, laddy. Planes shave wood".
Prepare for an onslaught Captain.

[slackie]

How are ya Slacko..... you have been quiet since you were last in YCAB mate?Been keeping my head down, learning a new airport, and setting up a new raceboat....haven't done much flying at all!!

My new location...
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_0bURElN6sjs/TMs31WG4d7I/AAAAAAAACZ0/7QTJrmMjAFg/12072010212.jpg

My new toy
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs752.snc4/65218_166769626671174_100000144129906_597349_4893067_n.jpg

Apologies for thread drift!!