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Sounds like you've managed to get a bit done over the winter. Shame about the 172 getting sold, are there any plans to replace it?
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Looks great, are the brakes to help with ground handling or landing distance? I'm a bit out of practice in IFR flying and need to get myself back up to speed. I've been doing a lot of vfr and general handling recently especially with the chipmunk. I popped into IMC for a short period the other day and felt like it was a big workload again.
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May 14, 2014 01:05
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I've never seen the davis before, looks like a fun possibility. If you end up going down the cofa route things get heavy and thirsty fast although the utility goes through the roof. There's a beautiful 180 that's been completely redone one justplanetrading I keep gazing at. But I definitely can't afford another aircraft!
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Jul 22, 2014 00:02
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Did you get the aircraft? In other homebuilt news I helped a friend out today adjusting the prop on his rv8. The fine pitch stops were set way too fine and was giving him landing / handling difficulties. He reports the adjustments transformed the handling. We also adjusted the governer to bring the max rpm back up to 2700 and then went out to test and do some aeros. Towards the end we bounced a friend in his c42 microlight and flew formation with him for a bit, it's incredible that an aircraft that can cruise at 160 knots comfortable, dive at 200 can also formation fly at about 70.
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Oct 13, 2014 01:35
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Try to get an idea of what sort of flying you want to do. Going places or just going up and enjoying the fun of flying around. There are microlights that will do both, but ones that go further tend to be quite expensive but their running costs tend to be low. Regular certified planes sometimes don't cost too much, but maintenance and ongoing costs can be unpleasant. If you can find a way to manage the cost it's one of the most satisfying things that you can do. There are quite a few auto gyros based at my airfield and they don't hold much attraction to me, they seem to be very expensive and have ok performance, I understand the view is terrific.
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Oct 21, 2014 00:05
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So in a bit of homebuilt news. I flew down with a friend in his RV8 to southern Germany. They're a fantastic machine, unfortunately he had a failure of the starter relay and it took out the starter on a friday. We managed to get parts shipped from Aircraft spruce over the weekend and had it back together the day they arrived. I think if I had the time I'd definitely think about building an rv8, the speed for the fuel burn is very impressive.
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Nov 7, 2014 20:52
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edmund745 posted:
I could be wrong but I think the main cause of crashes is pilot error - controlled flight into terrain, loss of control follows I think, either vmc or imc. Full engine failure is pretty rare and generally usually happens just after maintenance. Once you get past the infant death period engines tend to go pretty well unless grossly mishandled.
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Dec 19, 2014 18:16
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edmund745 posted:So what control problems do powered parachutes have? I'm not very qualified to respond to this as I've no personal dealings with powered parachutes, but I was talking to a cameraman who did a bit of it on the side and had had two pretty major accidents. as I understood from one of them a bit of turbulence from a hill put him in an upset attitute leading to the wing partially collapsing and the cables getting somewhat tangled. wasn't able to get out of it before hitting the ground and it broke a lot of bones and an airlift rescue from a hillside as fortunately he was found by a walker. Powered parachutes also can't even remotely fly in the envelope that normal light aircraft can As has been mentioned previously if you can't fly out of balance your crosswind ability is extremely limited as well as the ablity to use useful techniques like side slipping to lose height / get down past obstacles.
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Dec 23, 2014 16:47
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I'm still completely confused as to how you deal with a crosswind.
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Dec 26, 2014 00:28
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edmund745 posted:huge number of light/homebuilt accidents... I would argue that there aren't really a huge number of accidents. As I said previously controlled flight into terrain accounts for a lot more accidents that the former or engine failure as you stated earlier. for a fixed speed aircraft, if people are wanting to cover a bit of distance really they're looking for about 90 knots minimum. that's a lot of energy to hit the ground with or runway to get up to speed to take off for a slow machine. let alone being unable to deal with a crosswind. Perhaps I'm thinking of the wrong type of aircraft, but lots of people fly 3 axis microlights and also possibly hire bigger 4 seater stuff to take more passengers / go places. One of the beauties of the microlights is that because they are cheaper to operate people can fly a lot more hours which keeps currency up which I would say gives one of the best safety advantages going.
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Dec 26, 2014 20:02
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even a J3 cruises at about 70mph on 40hp. It can also land in a crosswind. I keep looking at the thunder mustang every now and then. It seems like an incredible machine, but I imagine getting one into the UK would be nothing but hassle. Still 300 knots for 20gph is impressive. probably not really better than an rv to live with though.
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Dec 27, 2014 02:54
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edmund745 posted:
That would be because you are able to maintain different pitches at lots of different throttle settings in other aircraft. It doesn't directly control an axis only an amount of thrust. It seems like in your example you have absolutely no choice for a cruising for best speed or economy. or even trying to get to minimum flying speed to land. Your example is much more like a hot air balloon where the throttle is the axis control. I don't see how you can reconcile having a much higher cruise speed and what seems like no crosswind landing ability.
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Jan 3, 2015 20:43
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edmund745 posted:
quote:I mentioned before--some years back, maybe 20 years ago? a lot of the powered parachute trikes I saw in magazines came with caster wheels on all three wheels. If you're free castoring all your wheels how do you do ground handling and taxiing, or even braking for that matter without adding lots of complexity and weight? Crosswind gear was briefly available for some cessna models, I think 185s and 195s generally speaking though people didn't like it because it had unusual handling features, added weight, complexity and expense.
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Jan 4, 2015 11:12
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Fantastic aircraft helno , Are you planning some longer trips in it?
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Jul 16, 2015 17:59
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Sounds like an excellent trip. How'd it go? In homebuilt news I've been potentially offered an RV8 in superb condition. I'd love to buy it but it may be way more than I can afford 
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Aug 7, 2015 21:34
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concise posted:How much?? £110'000. 180hp IO360, 3 axis autopilot, good avionics (mostly glass), 3 blade mt constant speed, tip tanks. The attractive part is the minimal maintenance costs and being able to do it yourself.
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Aug 8, 2015 00:27
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Ouch, Was that picked up flying in or parked up?
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Aug 9, 2015 18:27
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Yep, I think so if you're a bit involved with them. I'm certified on the husky but try to be involved with the maintenance as much as possible. In homebuilt news I've made an offer on the rv8 and the owner is thinking about it.
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Aug 11, 2015 08:18
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Congratulations on the new pane helno. Looks like a fun project! I keep looking out for an rv7 or 8 as my previous deal fell through. However values I suspect of the good ones will be going up as the UK has just announced permit aircraft will be allowed to fly ifr
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Looking good helno, There is just something about v-tails . They look great.
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