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| danny_galaga:
Plane was inspected yesterday. No big surprises, relatively speaking. Will tidy up a couple of small, but potentially problematic that the mechanic picked up on. One of them being a bolt from the seat back pressing against the fuel thank, potentially it would wear a hole through it eventually 😲 |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on November 26, 2024, 05:15:47 pm ---Anyway, NONE of that matters for our hypothetical terrestrial uses, just thought you might find it interesting ☺️ --- End quote --- Thanks for the insights on how this works. I absolutely find this stuff interesting. I can imagine that quite a few bad endings have come about from inexperienced pilots who lose their cool when something stops working properly and they fail to identify the causes quickly to enough to recover. As much as it isn't for everyone, that's probably one major advantage to building things yourself and fully understanding all of the machine's intricacies. She's looking really nice! Good catch by the inspector. Probably not the first time they have seen that kind of thing :) |
| danny_galaga:
Latest hurdle I can't blame on the kit manufacturer. The authorities have never heard of the brand of propeller I'm using and are giving us a hard time. I mean, they COULD google it if they liked http://www.p-propeller.co.za/ It's a good indication of how innovation has fallen behind in Australia... |
| Zebidee:
Oh, Australia has plenty of innovation. What it lacks is a culture of support for innovation, entrepreneurialism and capability. Australia also lacks is a thriving manufacturing sector to support that innovation - used to have it, but we've been letting it rot on the vine for the last 40-50 years. For example, remember when Australia had three local car manufacturers? Three! Now none (since 2017). An automotive industry supports all kinds of spinoff industries and SMEs that are then in a good position to adapt to new innovative needs - unfortunately that base just isn't there any more. 20 - 30 years ago, Australia led the work with solar panel tech. But because nobody cared to invest locally, now we buy them from China. Australia used to lead the world in photonics (e.g. optical fibre, broadband etc), now that expertise is overseas. Did you know that wifi, as we know it today, was originally developed in Australia? I personally remember back in the mid-1990's, marvelling at the guys from CSIRO and Uni of Western Sydney running LANs *without cables*! I could go on. People have started re-thinking about Australia's manufacturing sector woes, especially since Scomo's "Bull in a China shop" diplomatic crisis in about 2020 and the broader dawning realisation that the world may be heading towards a new era of conflicts worldwide, and that Australia should be thinking more about self-sufficiency and capabilities rather than outsourcing all our manufacturing and expertise to countries with cheaper labour and laxer environmental laws. OK, rant over :D |
| danny_galaga:
I meant there is a distinct lack of encouragement of innovation. All people in all countries innovate. Some encourage it more than others. Anyway, I'm going to get the propeller manufacturer to send the bureaucrats a dissertation, plus list things like their star sign and favourite beer. Hopefully that gets me over the line... |
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