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    Hangarage /storage of Weight Shift microlight near Sydney

    in Trikes and Microlight Aircraft Usergroup

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    29 minutes ago, prwood said:

    If you want to go real slow get a nanolite like the Aeros Ant. Folds down into 3 packs, Wing, base & engine. The engine & base should fit into the back of most vehicles & the wing goes on the roof racks. Then you don't have to worry about hangerage. They are fabulous machines & great fun to fly.

     

    That is an option, however I want to be able to take the missus flying with me, so a two place kite is required. The Nano lite would be easy to get around as I have a 4wd ute so it would be easy to get in and out of that.

     

    CASA Briefing Newsletter - January 2019

    in Governing Bodies

    Posted

    that will go down well

    I can understand the need to regulate commercial drone operations and ensure that commercial drone operators are aware of the safe operating requirements

     

    for their usually substantial drones, but who are CASA kidding with a requirement to register any drone over 250 grams in size?

     

     

    FlightSim PC

    in Flight Sim

    Posted

    Steven, depending on what you buy (Motherboard and RAM) it will probably cost you in the region of $1100-00 to upgrade to the Corei7 proc. This is - as I am sure you are aware - due to the fact that the Corei7 uses the lga1366 slot and not the lga 775 slot that the Core2 duo and older intel procs use. The new x58 Mobos also use triple channel DDR3 so you will be wanting to buy the newer memory too!

     

    A good place to get all the components for the upgrade would be HOME PAGE - Unleashed I.T. Great Value Computer Products, they have very very good prices and from what I can gather they are a whole lot more reliable than MSY international

     

    Cheers!

     

     

    X-Plane 9 the ongoing review

    in Flight Sim

    Posted

    Well the first way in which you could handle the trim setup situation is a rather brutal one. First aquaint yourself with the current trim state of the aircraft you're 'flying' and then identify the trim correction(s) that need to be made. A crucial part of this process is identifying correctly which control input - I fly with a Thrustmaster HOTAS so there are a 'few' control inputs you can make your selection from - you need to make and the control orientation required.

     

    Here comes the brutal part! JUST LET GO OF THE JOYSTICK and trim until the porpoising of the aircraft has disapeared!!!:ah_oh:

     

    Having flown sims for a number of years now the process is a whole lot more automatic and co-ordinated for me now. I sometimes perfrom 'trim take offs' for fun!

     

    Some of the simulator aircraft (Aeroworx Beech King Air 200) just like their real world counterparts, won't take off unless the trim is correctly set!006_laugh.gif.0f7b82c13a0ec29502c5fb56c616f069.gif

     

     

    Florida Police use Motorised Paragliders

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted

    What a great way to earn a living!!!:thumb_up:

     

    Florida police use motorised paragliders - Telegraph

     

    Criminals may be used to looking over their shoulders for police, but a new crime-fighting tool introduced in Florida means they will now also be looking above their heads.

     

    By Jacqui Goddard in Miami

     

    Last Updated: 9:23PM BST 09 May 2009

     

    Officers in the town of Palm Bay are being sent aloft on motorised paragliders to act as spies in the sky, in a first-of-its-kind mission codenamed Operation Soar.

     

    Suspended beneath parachutes wearing lawnmower-style motors on their backs, they will patrol the skies looking for burglars, car thieves and missing children, equipped with radios, cameras and GPS navigation systems.

     

    The seats of their unconventional aircraft have been specially bulletproofed and the officers have standby parachutes, to protect against criminals who may be tempted to use them for target practice.

     

    The paraglider patrol idea was hatched after hopes of launching unmanned drones to conduct aerial surveillance over Palm Bay were shot down by the Federal Aviation Administration, due to safety fears.

     

    "Our agency is pretty innovative, we like to think out of the box and experiment with new ideas. The more we fly these paragliders, the more uses we'll find for them," said Lieutenant Joe Eakins.

     

    The $25,000 (£17,000) petrol-powered machines, purchased using proceeds from the sale of criminal assets, can fly at speeds up to 63mph and at altitudes anywhere between two inches off the ground and 18,000ft.

     

    Lt Eakins and his colleague, Lt Mark Renkens, will generally operate at around 400ft, on the lookout for trouble below. They will also assist in search-and-rescue operations, photographing crime scenes, assessing damage after disasters such as fires and hurricanes - and even in keeping an eye out for sharks loitering off Palm Bay's beaches.

     

    "We can see a lot from the air and it's an easy and inexpensive way to bring aerial search capabilities to everyday law enforcement," said Lt Eakins.

     

    "By being more visible from the air than on the ground, we hope our aerial presence will also be a deterrent."

     

     

    Flight simulator program?

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Flight simulator program?

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted

    Ok, now you've got me - as I now have both versions of Vista 32bit and 64bit which one should I use - all drivers I need have 64bit versions so no problem there - it is rumoured that FS11 will be 64bit only.

    Good luck with that one Ian!

     

    Microsoft closed ACES studios ( MS' in house game dev studio) a month or so ago and laid off 5000 + bods that worked there.

     

    That means that there is no FS11 in the pipeline from MS at the moment and won't be in the foreseeable future!

     

    Although MS have given the usual 'blow softening spiel' about remaining committed to the product, how one does that when you get rid of the product's dev team is a little beyond me!

     

    It will be interesting to see whether any of the other game dev studios come up with somethig to fill the gap

     

    Have a read here

     

    Microsoft closes Aces Game Studio // News

     

     

    Who flys in the Western area of Sydney?

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted

    Hello,

     

    I would like to know whether there are any microlight airstrips out around the west - north western area of Sydney?

     

    I stay in Quakers Hill and have seen what appears to be one sometimes two paramotor aircraft taking off in the vicinity of the old Nirimba airfield early on a weeken morning. I want to know whether there is anyone that is flying from a strip in this area or knows of a strip in that area?

     

    cheers

     

    Len

     

     

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