by ozzie » Sat Jun 05, 2004 5:18 pm
hi guest, no it's not something you said. it happens this time of year when the sun returns to the north, i notice that things go quite on this site when they are not cooped up inside with snow piled on the door. don.t worry they are out flying.
as for salt water protection it is a continuing battle' i have worked on amphib beavers in the whitsundays on the great barrier reef. always spraying some sort of product on everything, and hosing them down with plenty of water and the weekley trip to the fresh water dam. land and then put the wheels down and taxy around for a while. another trick was to fly thru rain showers.
for somthing like a lazair i would look at powder coating everything inside and out and use cocky poo (duralac) on all the surfaces of the befor riviting them together plenty around the bolts. with the electrics i would make sure that everything was wired above earth ie isolated from the airframe including engine kill switch. as for range the lazair has good fuel economy compared to bigger powered machines. not hard to get 4 hrs plus on board. flying in strong winds is not to much of a big deal just your ground speed to consider as for rough air you will quitt before the airframe does. landing and getting it into the shed is more of a problem. pays to listen to weather reports including the boating ones carry a epirb for saftey and tell someone were you are going and give them a sar time.
hope this helps ozzie from down under
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