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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Apr 2024, 12:58
Replies: 3
Views: 1,448
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Let's turn this into something productive with...

Let's turn this into something productive with our limited knowledge of this event.

What sort of additional airspeed would be required to avoid a stall with a partial/full engine cowl separation...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Apr 2023, 12:31
Replies: 235
Views: 36,432
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Looking at the video, I was impressed with the...

Looking at the video, I was impressed with the stalled corkscrew dive and recovery done by the sea bird. Caution, wake turbulence? LOL.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Apr 2022, 12:15
Replies: 23
Views: 2,921
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Tips for better situation awarenes in the sky:...

Tips for better situation awarenes in the sky: mandatory ADSB-OUT, cheap ADSB-IN display - but Dick won't like that.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Apr 2022, 11:46
Replies: 17
Views: 6,511
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Muppet steering installed. Missed (the...

Muppet steering installed.

Missed (the centreline) by that much
----> <----
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Feb 2022, 23:41
Replies: 5
Views: 2,531
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Do yourself a favour and study/re-do it anyway. ...

Do yourself a favour and study/re-do it anyway.

You've forgotten some of the content by now.

It could save your life.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Jan 2022, 13:36
Replies: 24
Views: 5,934
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Did some formation flyng alongside VH-RWT (had to...

Did some formation flyng alongside VH-RWT (had to throttle down quite a bit especially on formation takeoffs/clibms... formation landings were challenging too.... )

Grumman Tiger vs Cessna 172.
...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Dec 2021, 12:39
Replies: 8
Views: 3,271
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

I'm so glad these 1960s-certified radios put out...

I'm so glad these 1960s-certified radios put out harmonics. (Hint: they don't have to)

Comms technology has progressed so much since then.

I have household $10 zigbee devices with more...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Dec 2021, 02:56
Replies: 63
Views: 14,310
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Another factor: fine wire vs massive electrode...

Another factor: fine wire vs massive electrode spark plugs. O-360 is permitted to have either.

Experience showed that fine wire had less prevalence of fouling issues (but 4 times as expensive) -...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Dec 2021, 07:03
Replies: 63
Views: 14,310
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

LB's advice about "Aggresively lean on taxi is...

LB's advice about "Aggresively lean on taxi is good" .When others (usually a cross-hire or flying school) used the aircraft, I had mag drop issues which were usually cleared by high RPM runups,...
Forum: PPRuNe Problems or Queries
13th Nov 2021, 12:05
Replies: 3
Views: 3,651
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Quite simply - risk mitigation. 99% of users...

Quite simply - risk mitigation.

99% of users don't use TOR, and mostly hackers use TOR. A TOR exit has been detected from the IP address you use for your VPN, so bad luck.

I run several...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Oct 2021, 16:26
Replies: 232
Views: 61,062
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

I had fun in Grumman Tigers - quite nimble ...

I had fun in Grumman Tigers - quite nimble

I'd happily fly circuits, nosewheel up, retract flaps, nosewheel still up, increase power, take off for another circuit.

For night circuits with...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Jan 2021, 10:18
Replies: 19
Views: 4,245
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

If you're both VFR they'll just give you a...

If you're both VFR they'll just give you a traffic alert and "job done" - separation assurance handed over to the pilot.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Nov 2020, 15:18
Replies: 4
Views: 1,509
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Firstly, learn everything you're allowed to do as...

Firstly, learn everything you're allowed to do as a PPL:
50 hourly oil, spark plugs (learn how to clean them in a sand blaster too), tyre replacement. This, on its own, might save your operator...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Nov 2020, 14:10
Replies: 1
Views: 1,083
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Request cross overshoot

Oh my.

https://twitter.com/breakingavnews/status/1323706033450160134
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Aug 2020, 14:59
Replies: 51
Views: 11,364
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

A spark plug (or two) and an appropriate wrench....

A spark plug (or two) and an appropriate wrench. Calibrated torque wrench for bonus points with the employer.

Failed plugs aren't much fun (espeically at 100ft after takeoff) but quite resolvable....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
26th Jul 2020, 00:28
Replies: 25
Views: 5,393
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

First world problems here. THIS WOULD NEVER...

First world problems here.

THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN PAKISTAN !!!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Mar 2020, 12:13
Replies: 70
Views: 24,951
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

No monitoring required if you have ads-b out and...

No monitoring required if you have ads-b out and a cheap adsb-in device with relatively basic software to display conflicts!
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Jan 2020, 11:39
Replies: 10
Views: 5,056
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

A couple rounds from a rifle fired off into the...

A couple rounds from a rifle fired off into the air usually scares them away.

But of course pilots can't carry guns because they're too dangerous.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Oct 2019, 11:17
Replies: 91
Views: 20,254
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

About 7 years ago, the wankers at RAAF Pearce...

About 7 years ago, the wankers at RAAF Pearce made me made me drive (rather than fly) an engineer to Gingin after my aircraft developed an issue with others flying it, PAN call and landed there. And...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Jul 2019, 02:15
Replies: 34
Views: 9,286
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Easier still: Zero cost ASIC for all pilots,...

Easier still: Zero cost ASIC for all pilots, nation-wide. Cost: peanuts. Simplification: immense.

Renewals: Automatic.

Small questionnaire sent out a few months prior to each pilot to update...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
22nd Jun 2019, 01:27
Replies: 18
Views: 6,412
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Bert already solved the asymmetric issue - in an...

Bert already solved the asymmetric issue - in an unusual way:
https://www.wired.com/2011/07/burt-rutans-boomerang-safety-through-asymmetry/
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Jun 2019, 12:35
Replies: 5
Views: 3,548
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

My first experience of night flying was during...

My first experience of night flying was during night VFR training at an airport that had a particularly crappy PAL system that couldn't be reset. Moonless night. Hill obscured the town lights. ...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Jun 2019, 12:09
Replies: 14
Views: 3,372
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

It's called extrapolation between data points....

It's called extrapolation between data points. Unfortunately those data points are hours apart. Want better? Put some ADSB trackers in the Tasman Sea with satellite uplinks.

Once Elon and Jeff...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th May 2019, 11:01
Replies: 21
Views: 6,402
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Suggestion: Get them on a technicality. ...

Suggestion: Get them on a technicality.

Aviation is done on UTC. Maybe they meant 09:30 UTC-10:30 UTC? Bwahahaha.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd May 2019, 14:07
Replies: 45
Views: 27,129
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Quite simply, RPL is a only a route for pilot...

Quite simply, RPL is a only a route for pilot wannabes without the $$$ to complete a PPL. What's a PPL these days? $20K? Don't have/don't have the ability to $20K in short order? Don't start. ...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Apr 2019, 10:31
Replies: 10
Views: 3,050
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Goat #2 appears to be installed ...

Goat #2 appears to be installed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlYlNF30bVg
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Mar 2019, 12:10
Replies: 18
Views: 3,358
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Would continuous grass exposure blade have...

Would continuous grass exposure blade have unintended maintenance consequences on lower undercarriage components?

i.e. whipper-snipper effect - i.e. weakening of components through...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Mar 2019, 11:49
Replies: 64
Views: 23,578
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Sunfish, I know a 4 seater aircraft that had...

Sunfish,

I know a 4 seater aircraft that had a wing replacement (with a second-hand wing) that wasn't properly documented and was only found out after the previous 9 or 10 maintenance...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Feb 2019, 10:51
Replies: 22
Views: 7,990
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Engine run-ins, after ground-checks, also require...

Engine run-ins, after ground-checks, also require lots of constant power-for-a-time for ring break-in.

If memory serves correctly (was about 15 years ago) for a Lycoming 360, it's 75% power for...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th Feb 2019, 14:10
Replies: 1,034
Views: 811,309
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

Toughen up, get a PPL. To be a true pilot...

Toughen up, get a PPL.

To be a true pilot you must fly across Australia. Try and time it for the Avalon Airshow. You'll learn a ridiculous amount of navigation, runway selection, fuel planning...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Nov 2018, 14:23
Replies: 283
Views: 120,676
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

So which other jet do you see doing dirt/gravel...

So which other jet do you see doing dirt/gravel in Australia? Seems pretty good to me.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Nov 2018, 12:18
Replies: 17
Views: 3,494
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

What an absolute joke - controllers should be...

What an absolute joke - controllers should be ashamed of this atrocity.

King's Park is 6NM from the END of 6/24.

Fokker would have been 2000+ feet clear of the Hawk at that point.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Oct 2018, 14:10
Replies: 28
Views: 3,683
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

FYI, I have a friend with a Parrot Bebop 2 drone....

FYI, I have a friend with a Parrot Bebop 2 drone.

It can be programmed with the aid of Google Maps to fly unaided (i.e. loss of signal to the base controller is fine) on a specific course up to...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Sep 2018, 13:08
Replies: 113
Views: 43,915
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

For the last 10 years aircraft are only worth...

For the last 10 years aircraft are only worth engine+prop value.

Anything else is a bonus to the seller.

Used to be different but economics now prevail.

Aircraft valuations will continue to...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Jul 2018, 10:19
Replies: 35
Views: 4,225
Posted By AbsoluteFokker

I've also been in Controlled Airspace, doing a...

I've also been in Controlled Airspace, doing a clockwise orbit of the city, told that there was a twin at the same level a few NM away approaching the city and I reported something along the lines of...
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