davidc95 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I'm a casual RA-Aus pilot [HP, NW, HF, R, PAX] currently completing my cross-country training at Caboolture Aerodrome, with the hope of transiting to a PPL in the future. Training in a Jabiru J160C (w/ aftermarket Rotax engine). About 35 hours in the logbook - 20 dual, 15 solo. I am also studying aerospace avionics engineering at QUT full-time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil_S Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 I'm a casual RA-Aus pilot [HP, NW, HF, R, PAX] currently completing my cross-country training at Caboolture Aerodrome, with the hope of transiting to a PPL in the future. Training in a Jabiru J160C (w/ aftermarket Rotax engine).About 35 hours in the logbook - 20 dual, 15 solo. I am also studying aerospace avionics engineering at QUT full-time. G'day, David & Hope all goes well with the cross-country endo. I have been up to Caboolture & Watts Bridge a few times (to look at the TAVAS WW1 replicas) - met lots of friendly aviators there. Cheers Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shafs64 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 welcome to the forums. great bunch of guys here. and if you have questions there are plenty of armchair experts LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magishme Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Hi David, Welcome, I will be commencing cross country soon, looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimG Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Welcome David, tell us your thoughts on the Rotax powered Jabiru J160C , sounds like a good combo. cheers JimG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidc95 Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 Welcome David, tell us your thoughts on the Rotax powered Jabiru J160C , sounds like a good combo.cheers JimG The Rotax certainly gives the Jab a power kick (especially in climb rate), but I chose to finish my flight training in it as I was struggling with my flares during circuit training. Compared to the conventional J160 I previously trained in, the Rotax J160 is significantly nose heavy, which tended to eliminate the ballooning issue I was developing on final approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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