Originally Posted by Tomo A Friend put me onto this, a very good, but sad revelation on something that is true. My comment... True all right. others can see it more clearly because they have seen a system that works and can make a direct comparison. WE are not doing a good job of it. Australia has a very proud aviation history, but I feel Aviation is becoming HISTORY in australia.. No-one in politics CARES. There's probably no votes in it. CASA operates under a charter that is HOSTILE to aviation. USA doesn't. ...
After Starting to fly in in a Jabaru160 and loving it, i'll be taking my first flight on a 230 tomorrow morning ( weather permitting ) looking forward to it.
My apologies to anyone who has been following this. For some reason the documentation process became too hard, don't really know why but there you go. However, the build has been proceeding so I'm going to try to bring everyone up to date over the next few days. From where I left off on these posts, the next stage was setting out the firewall. I started out using the layout provided in (then) recent updates of the book but, recalling my previous experience of relying on measurements ...
A couple more odd jobs done. I've marked up the wing aileron bellcrank inspection covers, drilled screw holes and attach holes for the screws and nutplates and riveted the nutplates in place. The mounting holes for nutplates can be a bit tricky but there is a simple method to get all the holes lined up correctly. I have a nutplate where I've inserted the screw from the inside out (the reverse of the normal direction). Then after marking things up, drill the screw holes through ...
My, I have been slack haven't I, a month since my last post! But never fear campers, things have been happening. I have continued the fitting of the cowl scoops with some filling and sanding to get everything neat and to round out the couple of small flat spots. Once that was complete I mounted the oil cooler to the scoop using piano hinge , one part on the scoop one part riveted to the cooler with removable pins to secure them. Also another hinge section to attach ...
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