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Search: Posts Made By: Shoestring Flyer
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Forum: Private Flying
29th Mar 2022, 13:31
Replies: 8
Views: 2,013
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

I fitted from a new build twin Dynon 10inch...

I fitted from a new build twin Dynon 10inch Skyviews in my aircraft and over the last 6years both screens have failed!...coloured vertical lines only shown! Each failure at separate times incidently...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Feb 2022, 14:53
Replies: 12
Views: 2,606
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

It is up to the farm strip owner to decide who...

It is up to the farm strip owner to decide who flies into his strip. No-one else. He may say no group aircraft. He may say no microlights or whatever. It is his decision who or what flies in.
Forum: Private Flying
5th Aug 2021, 07:51
Replies: 11
Views: 2,004
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

The best group is a group of one!!...No hassle,...

The best group is a group of one!!...No hassle, no arguments/disagreements and the aeroplane is always available to fly anytime and in the safe condition you want it to be in!
Forum: Private Flying
25th Jan 2021, 09:06
Replies: 16
Views: 3,075
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

If the Drones are equipped with ADS-B in/out for...

If the Drones are equipped with ADS-B in/out for this coming April trial I wonder on what frequency the ADS-B is they are using?
The Drones in the Goodwood trial are going to be using 978Mhz and...
Forum: Private Flying
14th Dec 2020, 06:41
Replies: 26
Views: 13,509
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

Adding a TN72 would give you ADSB to SIL=1 so...

Adding a TN72 would give you ADSB to SIL=1 so that eventually ATC will be able to see you by ADSB. Currently though in the UK there is only Aberdeen ATC that can interogate ADSB to SIL=1. Not a lot...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Dec 2020, 12:44
Replies: 26
Views: 13,509
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

From Wiki:- 'TCAS and its variants are only...

From Wiki:-
'TCAS and its variants are only able to interact with aircraft that have a correctly operating mode C or mode S transponder. A unique 24-bit identifier is assigned to each aircraft that...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Feb 2020, 07:32
Replies: 12
Views: 4,395
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

In the UK age I don't think necessarily becomes...

In the UK age I don't think necessarily becomes the barrier to continued flying, it is the ability to obtain insurance I am told once above 80 years old. I think it can be found but very expensive.
Forum: Private Flying
26th Oct 2019, 07:52
Replies: 13
Views: 5,272
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

There is a great danger of searching for traffic...

There is a great danger of searching for traffic on a display becoming an obsession to the detriment of looking out of the outside and chatting with others about this indicates this is definitely a...
Forum: Private Flying
15th Sep 2019, 07:47
Replies: 23
Views: 5,231
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

Zulu 1's for the last 10years. Still perfect...

Zulu 1's for the last 10years. Still perfect condition,changed ear seals a couple of times thats all.
Forum: Private Flying
28th Jun 2019, 16:32
Replies: 91
Sticky Headset?
Views: 40,559
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

Been using Lightspeed Zulus for 10years now and...

Been using Lightspeed Zulus for 10years now and no way would I now want to go back to a 'Passive' headset!
Forum: Private Flying
24th Jun 2019, 07:47
Replies: 5
Views: 2,331
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

Yes I used Spare Marine for my Kannad PLB battery...

Yes I used Spare Marine for my Kannad PLB battery replacement last year and I was happy! Quick service, 48hours if I remember. Came back fully tested and resealed. All good.
Forum: Private Flying
14th Jun 2019, 07:11
Replies: 39
Views: 19,610
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

The sun doesn't shine enough in the UK to wear...

The sun doesn't shine enough in the UK to wear sunglasses. I never wear them, ever!
Forum: Private Flying
4th Jun 2019, 09:17
Replies: 11
Views: 3,724
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

Oban in May at £2.26 for Avgas made my eyes water!

Oban in May at £2.26 for Avgas made my eyes water!
Forum: Private Flying
1st Jun 2019, 07:01
Replies: 18
Views: 3,663
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

I always wonder though why both East Midlands and...

I always wonder though why both East Midlands and Farnborough West choose to have the same Listening Squawk of 4572?
Forum: Private Flying
30th May 2019, 08:18
Replies: 6
Views: 2,575
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

I am quite often in the area between Coal Aston...

I am quite often in the area between Coal Aston and up through the Manch/Leeds gap near Crosland Moor and I always talk to Manchester, although if you can't get a word in put in the Manchester...
Forum: Private Flying
26th Mar 2019, 09:04
Replies: 21
Views: 8,302
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

I converted a Mobility Scooter to pull my...

I converted a Mobility Scooter to pull my aircraft up a seriously sloping floor hangar. The scooter cost me £20 and a couple of hours with a welder making suitable bracketry, also altered a towbar to...
Forum: Private Flying
11th Jan 2019, 15:22
Replies: 4
Views: 1,402
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

The Tecnam P2006T has twin Rotax engines, unsure...

The Tecnam P2006T has twin Rotax engines, unsure of any others though.
Forum: Private Flying
22nd May 2018, 16:15
Replies: 5
Views: 1,517
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

If going Dynon you need the newer Skyviews. I...

If going Dynon you need the newer Skyviews. I have twin Dynon Skyviews and they are just fine. As you say the older D100/!20/180's were a problem under a bubble canopy.
My preference would be Dynon...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Mar 2018, 17:25
Replies: 18
Views: 3,296
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

I would also check that any club you might be...

I would also check that any club you might be thinking of hiring from is happy for you taking your dog on a trip in their aircraft?
Forum: Private Flying
27th Feb 2018, 10:57
Replies: 13
Views: 7,342
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

Hoping to do an NZ trip so it would be helpful to...

Hoping to do an NZ trip so it would be helpful to me if you could enlarge on the acceptable conversion to a NZ PPL and how easy/or not the paperwork process was?
Will they accept a UK PPL or do they...
Forum: Private Flying
9th Feb 2018, 15:42
Replies: 9
Views: 3,061
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

UK CAA Medical Declaration is valid in the UK...

UK CAA Medical Declaration is valid in the UK only.
The only reason the microlight boys can get away with it is because you don't need a medical at all to fly a microlight in France.
Forum: Private Flying
24th Jan 2018, 08:36
Replies: 9
Views: 2,903
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

Or valid at all outside of the UK.

Or valid at all outside of the UK.
Forum: Private Flying
20th Jan 2018, 08:37
Replies: 12
Views: 4,076
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

Why do people keep buying this junk...for a...

Why do people keep buying this junk...for a couple of hundred more you can buy a TRIG radio.It is just in a different league quality wise and it is made in in the UK. In the extremely remote chance...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Jan 2018, 07:28
Replies: 7
Views: 1,559
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

A factory built Sportcruiser can not go on an LAA...

A factory built Sportcruiser can not go on an LAA permit. Only early kit built Sportcruisers that were built in the UK under the LAA regime are on LAA Permits.
A factory built Sportcruiser is on an...
Forum: Private Flying
29th Oct 2017, 17:21
Replies: 32
Views: 7,799
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

Annual maintenance £2-£3000 on a TB10! I think...

Annual maintenance £2-£3000 on a TB10! I think your costing are way under what the real world will turn out to be and when your maintenance organisation get their claws into it. I think you need to...
Forum: Private Flying
13th Oct 2017, 15:00
Replies: 8
Views: 2,269
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

There is the Chinese version of the Sportcruiser....

There is the Chinese version of the Sportcruiser. It was going to be imported into the UK a few years ago as the SC3D but it never happened. I now see it has had a name change....
Forum: Private Flying
6th Oct 2017, 07:45
Replies: 10
Views: 2,619
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

pumkinpilot You are making life hard for...

pumkinpilot
You are making life hard for yourself.
Contact Michael Whitley at Cambrai covers and he will modify the cover for you.
Cambrai are located at Langtoft about a mile down the road from...
Forum: Private Flying
25th Sep 2017, 08:02
Replies: 14
Views: 2,789
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

But will 'scout' work in the UK?...I don't think...

But will 'scout' work in the UK?...I don't think it will.
I am in the same position as the OP and have ADSB 'out' and just want ADSB 'in'. I was very interested in pingBuddy2 which was supposedly...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Sep 2017, 11:50
Replies: 22
Views: 12,620
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

Flight Speed in anything with a Rotax 912S...

Flight Speed in anything with a Rotax 912S engine, more so really than a Lycosaurus, is relative to engine speed and how fast you want to go and how much fuel you want to burn. A Bristell is a bit...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Sep 2017, 07:51
Replies: 22
Views: 12,620
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

I have built, owned and flown both S/C and...

I have built, owned and flown both S/C and Bristell and they are two totally different aircraft both in the way they are designed/manufactured and also fly. Because Milan Bristella designed both they...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Sep 2017, 14:52
Replies: 22
Views: 12,620
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

I am just 6ft tall and don't fit in a standard...

I am just 6ft tall and don't fit in a standard tri-gear, perhaps I have a long torso but I don't think so. I fit in a Sportcruiser and Bristell very easily.
Forum: Private Flying
5th Apr 2017, 10:17
Replies: 25
Views: 5,912
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

Absolutely...If you can communicate, communicate....

Absolutely...If you can communicate, communicate. Listening Squawks should not be a replacement for communicating!
Forum: Private Flying
5th Apr 2017, 08:05
Replies: 25
Views: 5,912
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

Well after 35years of flying I haven't changed my...

Well after 35years of flying I haven't changed my opinion. I obviously haven't been flying long enough yet!
Forum: Private Flying
4th Apr 2017, 17:32
Replies: 25
Views: 5,912
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

All listening squawks have done is help promote...

All listening squawks have done is help promote the sales of the dangly wire lashup brigade like Pilotaware to help with collision avoidance.
Forum: Private Flying
4th Apr 2017, 16:36
Replies: 25
Views: 5,912
Posted By Shoestring Flyer

For occasions when you can't get a word in I...

For occasions when you can't get a word in I would agree they are better than nothing. But if you get the opportunity to talk, then talking is better!
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