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RadioSaigon 8th Jun 2009 22:19

Gawd she looks great Warbo -but don't stop there; run the rest of the happy snaps out too!!!

When's your wee project due to be signed off Chuck? You gotta be getting anxious to get her back in the air!

Chimbu chuckles 9th Jun 2009 01:30

Anxious to get her flying again?

That would be the understatement of the century!

Next year is about is specific as I am prepared to be...when the fuse is finished there is still the wings to do...although they should be relatively simple and quick.

RadioSaigon 9th Jun 2009 01:45


Originally Posted by Chimbu Chuckles
Next year is about is specific as I am prepared to be...

I hear ya. I'm off tomorrow to lend some elbow-grease to an Aerostar project that was going to take 6 weeks to complete -18 months ago. Good news is she's almost ready for the cosmetics to be done, do a 100hr, get CASA to sign off on it...

Yeah. We'll see.

ForkTailedDrKiller 9th Jun 2009 02:07


Anxious to get her flying again?
That would be the understatement of the century!
Next year is about is specific as I am prepared to be...



At which time he will most probably trade it for a V-tail! :E

Dr :8

Pinky the pilot 9th Jun 2009 02:53


although they should be relatively simple and quick.
Where have I heard that before?:hmm:

Mark1234 9th Jun 2009 03:42

Regarding them action cam thingies... not very good (I have one). Doesn't cope well with vibration and movement. Problem is it uses a rolling shutter (cmos sensor); it's very prone to jelly wobble (skew), and you get nice horizontal bars where the prop should be.

Most effective (cheap) solution is the aforementioned compact cam - most have a CCD sensor which works much better for this sort of thing. My mounting solution is a 'quality' suction mount for an ipaq; something like this: just clip the camera in between the arms and stick it to a smooth surface...

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/review...line-mount.jpg

Chimbu chuckles 9th Jun 2009 03:49

The VIO vid that FTDKer alludes to is one I took in a mates Stearman a month back...clamped it to the front windscreen and everything was in focus and NO vibration...even through takeoff and some aerobatics...very impressive unit...my mate uses it for filming on his paraglider.

Ovation 9th Jun 2009 09:27

Whereabouts? (Clue - N of Equator)

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...nGX2/PB060.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...GX2/PB034A.jpghttp://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...X2/PB034-1.jpghttp://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...nGX2/PB062.jpg

compressor stall 9th Jun 2009 10:02

Iceland?

The edge of BIRK is barely visible at the top RHS of pic 1

Home of the Utgilemenn in pic 2

Looks like Þingvellir in pic 3

And I'm guessing but Snæfellsjökull in Pic 4....

Ultralights 9th Jun 2009 10:24

Something for the FTDK....

a student of mine owns this..

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/55...5_zSSmD-XL.jpg

Jabawocky 9th Jun 2009 12:47

Holy COW ultralights! :eek:

that thing should be grounded, its at least 3 GPS short, missing 5 torches, a Tablet PC and apparently 2 x camera's.

New rules by the way........ VFR 1 x GPS, if INTER 2 x GPS and Tempo 3xGPS

And thats before you get to IFR ops!:uhoh:

yowieII 9th Jun 2009 13:44

Got some work to do......:}

gassed budgie 9th Jun 2009 14:58

a student of mine owns this..

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/55...5_zSSmD-XL.jpg
http://static.pprune.org/images/stat...er_offline.gif http://static.pprune.org/images/buttons/report.gif

That really is a golden oldie there Ultralights. Reminds me of the time I dropped a guy off on a farm strip out the back of Lameroo. Said he had an aeroplane in the barn. He did indeed. Was an early 50's V-tail with an immaculate original interior. A real gem.

Jamair 9th Jun 2009 16:20

Heya Chuck & Jaba..... soon as I kin figure out this technomocological stuff I'll stick some videos on a hosting page somewhere.......gotta get it down from 85+mb though, and Windows Movie Maker aint working on my pc for some reason :mad: My Canon IXUS 80 works great in movie mode on the glareshield with a coupla bits of blutack.

Great to see the Bonza CC; lookin good.

Gassed Budgie - is that a Debonair? Did my first flight (in control) in a Deb.... -RUG or -RUB I think.... about '75 or thereabouts.

bushy 10th Jun 2009 05:06

That's a very precious Beechcraft. I don't think there are many of those "piano key" machines left.

ZK-NSJ 10th Jun 2009 08:38

chimbu,
you wouldnt happen to have shares in the company that makes cleco's would you?

Ultralights 10th Jun 2009 09:03

the rest
http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/55...2_Bng5h-XL.jpg

http://pamuva1.smugmug.com/photos/55...8_325mY-XL.jpg

what year?

and i cant wait to get some hrs in her.

Chimbu chuckles 10th Jun 2009 09:22

Mid/late 50s?

A H model...maybe.

Pretty aeroplane...electric prop/E225 engine or IO470?

Is his hangar on one of those aviation communities or a public use airfield....looks very pleasant.

Defenestrator 10th Jun 2009 10:00

Obviously a labour of love Chuck. When do you reckon it'll be back in one piece? What sort of coin have you factored on the whole restoration cost (if thats not too rude a question)? It's certainly going to be a beautiful thing when you're done.

D:ok:

Chimbu chuckles 10th Jun 2009 10:14

Hopefully about this time next year....or next year sometime:ok:

Well I originally figured on 45k for a strip/repaint/interior/correction of any airframe issues...there were more issues than I thought:hmm:...That was two years ago and I went past that figure a little while ago...I reckon it will be around double + that by the time I finish..not really thinking about that aspect very much - just a bit at a time until its finished - as the engineers say to me - its like eating an elephant, one mouthful at a time.

She'll be one of the best Bonanzas in Aus when I am finished - structurally as good as ANY Bonanza. The attention to detail, care, elbow grease, sweat...and yes even love going into her beats, hands down, anything going on in the Beechcraft factory in Wichita...even young Pat gets excited by what is happening.

I have no way of knowing but even the engineers think maybe this is the first/only Bonanza in Oz to be restored like this.

And you have to hook in and do as much as you can yourself...you could NOT pay anyone enough to do this, for instance...it took hundreds of hours for me to clean the engine bay like this...it was almost a shame to paint it by the time I finished.

http://www.fototime.com/{4AC84A9D-A1...gine%20bay.jpg

And if you wonder why the re-skinning?

Because of areas like this...and EZU is just average for the fleet in her age bracket...its just quicker and easier to make a new skin than clean the old one.

http://www.fototime.com/{AC755F26-8E...t/P5290021.jpg

Labour of love?

Obsession may be more accurate.:ok:


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