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I was impressed by the gen 4 in the Parkes display. Hadn’t seen one before.

Ring Rod Shearer at Bendigo Aircraft Maintenance. If he can’t help he may put you onto someone.

Saturday morning

Will be there in an hour!

I saw the prototype in 2014. It seemed like vapourware but they actually made it work. A shame it isn’t viable.

I will be there on Saturday. My opinion - fuel type truly doesn’t matter. I run on unleaded, but use Avgas when I must. It is less than 20% of the time.

Commentators say it looked like 50 kg of explosive. A Foxbat could carry 300 kg that far!

I have it done too, they grind it centreless which is amazing to watch.

Did we just hit a silent cop? He is now!

When I saw my first Carbon Cub I fell in love with it but thought $220,000 was ridiculously expensive.

My previous post suggesting 350kg of explosive with standard fuel tanks seems to be right. With that extended range the payload would be 300 kg. A friend tells me the standard autopilot will get the drone to within a few metres of target if GPS is available.

Can I drive in and watch? Will be in the area.

Speaking of sweaty nightmares, years ago when I gave up flying for a while, I used to have a repeated dream where I was flying from France to England over the channel then would suddenly remember halfway that I didn't have a current licence. I cured it by going back and getting current! Still have never flown in France or England.

Have had a couple of Minis and loved them for their quirks. A car for fun but not practical for me, I am more of a Landcruiser type.

It is useful for identifying the active runway 10-20 miles inbound when there is traffic but no radio calls.such as Benalla or Tocumwal glider ops. Just need some plane on OzRunways doing circuits and you know.