Lake Kinross

[birdy]

Yup, gess theres no money to be masde in telln people to flattn the tyres ay. Me ol lorry, [ merc single drive body witha 24" crate] draged two trailers for 40 odd km alonga virgin desert road, loaded and empty, with 15 psi in the drives, 4 times, and never looked like stopn.Same machine is the only unit in the country to drag more n 2 decks upa jump up ere loaded, without a grader stiffbared out frunt. Ol mate thouight i musta drove likea maniac to still be up his ass wen we got to the ramp. I shoulda been more n a 1/2 hour back. [ takes that long to snig it up with the grader.]Couldnt understand the relationship between a little power, the rite gearing and good TRACTION. And its funny you mention a Zepher.Me old man went from ere to birdsvill in one, follown crows. ;D

[Brian]

More photos. 1 st one is showing

[bones]

Damn your gonna need a real gyro to find them again

[chook]

Chopper, good to see you wearing rubber boots while you"re standing in 250mm of water playing with the meter box!Stay safe......Chook

[Des Garvin]

"Me ol lorry, [ merc single drive body witha 24" crate]" Birdy, Your cheeting , everyone knows those ol mercs do 60 to 70 km up hill and down dale in any country conditions, why because of the hub reduction drive and they are geared just right. The modern drivers or should I say steerers

[Brian]

Chopper, good to see you wearing rubber boots while you"re standing in 250mm of water playing with the meter box!Stay safe......ChookI used my circiut tester first chook

[Brian]

Damn your gonna need a real gyro to find them again

[GraemeMonro]

I"m working on it Bones, just not sure which way to jump. There"s going to be a lot happening up north this year a well as down here and while my old girl is going just fine, I know that its not going to keep on going forever....unlike me ... 8) Yes, a new one will be a 912, I"m going to find out what I have been missing out on.. :Expensive parts and hard to get, not from repco.Only about 2000 hours and throw away.Endless directives from Rotax.Picky about the type of fuel.Old fashioned carbys and carb ice.Probably lots more if I was to think about it a bit, yes you have been missing out on a lot.Graeme.

[Brian]

Expensive parts and hard to get, not from repco.Only about 2000 hours and throw away.Endless directives from Rotax.Picky about the type of fuel.Old fashioned carbys and carb ice.Probably lots more if I was to think about it a bit, yes you have been missing out on a lot.Graeme.You forgot about the spark plug AD too, they only last a few

[bones]

You forgot about the spark plug AD too, they only last a few

[Brian]

must have missed that one, my plugs have been in for over 800hrs now.You better catch up on the ad"s Bones, I remember Allan posting that AD a while ago. There was an article written by a fellow who was a long time rotax mechanic agent etc and he explined very precisely and specifically the time frame and what needed to be done when and how, it was very good reading and I reckoned it would be worth re producing in the Gyro News as we have lots of poor

[birdy]

Whats Birdys saying " ignorance is bliss till you find out you are ?"I religously change mine at 1000 hours, no matter wut. Honestly, im buggered if i know wot people run these machines on if they are go"n though plus like they say.And we are blessed with crap fuel in this country to boot. ???As for all the other ADs, iv never read one of um. :-XCall me wot you like, but my way of thinkn is, if you pay this much coin for a donk, its gota be good. But itll only be as good as the care you take of it.Same as any other donk.

[GraemeMonro]

Whats Birdys saying " ignorance is bliss till you find out you are ?"I religously change mine at 1000 hours, no matter wut. Honestly, im buggered if i know wot people run these machines on if they are go"n though plus like they say.And we are blessed with crap fuel in this country to boot. ???As for all the other ADs, iv never read one of um. :-XCall me wot you like, but my way of thinkn is, if you pay this much coin for a donk, its gota be good. But itll only be as good as the care you take of it.Same as any other donk.Don"t need a gun if ya got a DONK.

[Mark Horan]

birdy,
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[Brian]

Whats Birdys saying " ignorance is bliss till you find out you are ?"I religously change mine at 1000 hours, no matter wut. Honestly, im buggered if i know wot people run these machines on if they are go"n though plus like they say.And we are blessed with crap fuel in this country to boot. ???As for all the other ADs, iv never read one of um. :-XCall me wot you like, but my way of thinkn is, if you pay this much coin for a donk, its gota be good. But itll only be as good as the care you take of it.Same as any other donk.Fuel is part of the problem Birdy, a lot of 912"s, specially in light spot aircraft always use avgas and when you see some photos of 912 /914 internals /plugs etc after running on avgas, you would never put it in in the first place, however, so many of the folks that use avgas will tell you its the best fuel