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I think the product you are looking for is called 'Frontrunner'. eg - Front Runner Fabric Range

One of them had been living in its trailer under a tree in a paddock near Mullumbimby up until recently. One of the nearby residents said that it had been purchased by a group at Casino.

This is how the Aircraft was advertised in April 08 1225 Fisher Mk1. 19-4268 110 TTAF, 50 TSMOH, Wire-braced, Rotax 503, Icom A22, Garmin GPS Map 96C, ALT, ASI, Tach, EGT, Brolga Prop, intercom w/headsets, full pod and canopy, airfoil struts, Long range quick connect fuel tank = 5 hrs., Always hangared in Byron Bay, Immaculate, Reluctant sale, Beauty to fly. $18,900. With this photo: The owner supplied the following photos: Inspection of the aircraft by myself revealed the following: As it turned out the vendor's version of immaculate and my own differed necessitating a rethink of the AC. Further research revealed that the AC had a history and the corrosion problems led me to abandon the purchase. To my horror, a few weeks later the new owner had posted on Youtube (since removed) his test taxis and circuits at Tyagarah. The person shooting the video was a woman with a crying baby in the background. I immediately sent a message to the new owner raising my concerns about the flying wires. He replied that he had got a bargain but did not indicate if the wires had been replaced. I can't stop thinking about those bloody wires and the description of the eye witness of the wing folding up. Maybe i should have tossed a match in the damn thing when I had the chance. Luke

No Flyby, the AC in question was not a Fisher, it was an old American Maxair rebuilt and rebadged as a Fisher homebuilt for registration purposes. Wayne Fisher makes two types of Drifter, one that is capable of aerobatics and one that is not. Know your aircraft and fly within its limits and the limits of the regulatory regime under which it is registered. Ignore the limits and it is the people left behind who will pay the price. By the way, i am not Drifter-phobic, flying with Wayne Fisher in a Drifter would have to rate as one of the best experiences of my life and I would probably give my left one to own a Fisher MkI. Luke

I too had looked at this drifter when it was up for sale. I inspected it and found it had significant corrosion on steel parts including the flying wires. There was also corrosion on the crimps near where the flying wires attach to the fuselage. Speaking with three CFIs regarding the aircraft i found that the drifter had started life as an American Maxair Drifter that had had a forced landing in salt water. The drifter was rebuilt with Fisher parts and rebirthed as a Fisher MkI. The people i had spoken to warned me that i would need to strip the aircraft, replace corroded parts including the flying and landing wires. This was enough to deter me form proceeding with the purchase. When i found that Michael had bought the Drifter i sent him a message outlining my concerns regarding the corrosion, particularly the flying wires i dont know if he replaced the wires or not. Some time later when i saw his youtube videos all i could think of was those flying wires and yesterday when i read that a drifter had pranged locally i had a terrible feeling that it would be the red and black maxair formerly of Tyagarah. http://www.taoshighspirits.com/drifter.htm Go down the the page for the correct aircraft. Its previous owner called it 'Windwalker'. I think, with hindsight, that Tomo may show sense beyond his years. So sad. Luke

Two killed in ultralight plane crash

I have one of these that lives in the centre console. Communications :: Scanners :: Maycom AR-108 Airband Scanner - Aviation Pilot Supplies Shop | Flight Gear | Aircraft Instruments I use ersa to program in the relevant freqs for the areas that i will be driving, handy at airshows too.

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I'm glad you turned up, the interview with Michael Apps was nice to hear and his views pretty much sum up the reason for the rec. flying movement. Luke

This is apparently a report from the pilot. Marty Lunsford's Crash

I have had a look at the airfield.txt way point file and it is a dogs breakfast. I have re-edited it and it now imports into oziexplorer. The edited file is below. In oziexplorer if you go to the load button and select 'Import waypoints from text file', point it to the airfield.txt file, select the WGS84 datum and Bob's your uncle. Luke Airfield.txt Airfield.txt Airfield.txt

I just purchased a 'Maptrax' WAC file and the airfield.txt file came with it. As yet i haven't figured out what Oziexplorer does with the text file. Luke

I saw him doing a super drifter conversion some years ago, he extended the boom forward and sleeved it. I recall he also inserted an ally "I" section inside the boom where bending stresses would be at a maximum.

And here as well. http://www.recreationalflying.com/forum/ra-aus-forum/12350-skewed-reporting-us.html This appalling excuse for a reporter upset everyone.

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Not so long ago there was a thread bemoaning the miserable reporting standards exhibited by some journalists. The media & RAAus - Recreational Flying Imagine my surprise when driving along this afternoon listening to State Wide Drive (NSW) on ABC radio when an interview with Michael Apps of Polo Flat Cooma was played. http://blogs.abc.net.au/nsw/2009/02/flying-by-the-s.html?program=north_coast_drive As it turns out the interviewer, Paul Turton, is a recent convert to Recreational Aviation and has also had his 15 year old son solo recently. Aside from the interview being very interesting, it is nice to have one of them knowledgeable and on our side. Luke

The reply from RAAus is posted on John McKeown's Blog Site: Rag and Tube Aviator: Disgraceful Reporting They (SMH et al) must have very thick hides if this doesn't sting. Luke Barnes

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I am surprised that there hasn't been a reply yet. Unfortunately due to dirty weather on the Friday and Saturday, fly in aircraft numbers were well down on previous years. Sunday was the best flying day with initially high cloud clearing to a sunny afternoon. There was a gusting wind blowing across the main strip but not enough to bother anyone. Display aircraft consisted of a couple of Trojans, a Yak, a Mustang, two Winjeels, the DH Dragon, a Fletcher super spreader, a CT4 and a Tiger Moth. The Bell 47 from Ballina was in continuous operation for joy flights. The woman who flies this thing is amazing, even in the gusty conditions she would hover taxi without the slightest wobble. Wayne Fisher demonstrated his ability in the Drifter and ran TIFs all day. Ian Ellis showed off his Savannah and took many prospective clients (including myself) for test flights. It was interesting watching the public fighting their personal demons re ultralights and flying in general in making the choice to go for a TIF in the Drifter. Wayne would brief them and get them strapped in, they would give a nervous smile to their friends or family and away they would go. When it was over the big grins un-diluted by their previous worries and the exclamations of how amazing it was showed all their friends and family what we already know. This sort of access for the non-flying but interested public can only be a shot in the arm for our passtime. There were a couple of the latest 912s/914 powered tandem Gyros doing TIFs as well, these things weren't even aware that it was windy, one pilot was performing almost vertical descents into the breeze. The black, red and silver drifter that i think belongs to forum member Keeffe arrived Sunday and was active in the area. The RC crew demonstrated their stuff as well. An 18kg thrust turbine F15, a turbine Mig performed in the gusty conditions with out incident. The most amazing RC aircraft was the pylon racer that moves at over 200kph and must pull the most stunning G's in a turn. I think if the pilot just sneezed or blinked away a fly there would have just been a yellow plastic smudge up the runway. Apparently there were no incidents and no cases of get there'itis in the initially dodgy conditions. Interestingly in the local media, one day they reported on the success of the event (sponsored in part by the local council) and the next they reported on the possible demise of Evans Head aerodrome in favour of a nursing home/retirement village. This has the support of local government who have been gradually nibbling away at the airfield for housing. There has been some talk of an air park but the idea seems to be on the nose with council. It would make a fairly amazing airpark however, the location is stunning. One day, assuming Richmond Valley Council don't bugger things up, i will get to this event via the air, for the mean time the low flying Ford powered Falcon will have to do. Luke

You have probably already come across this site http://www.rvproject.com, but if not, it details the construction of an RV7 with vast detail. I spent days trawling through it and would jump at the chance to build one of these machines.

Check pic 84 on Disperse's second lot of DIY WIFI antennas. Certainly worth a try for a fraction of the cost of the 900mhz gear. Luke

Guy, Yes you need two radios, one at each end and unfortunately your laptop can't pick up 900mhz. The way I have set it up at my work is as follows starting from the master site: Internet - Cat5 - Router - cat5 - power injector - cat5 - 900mhz radio ......NLOS between sites...... 900mhz radio - cat5 - power injector - cat5 - router. The router you set up in your hangar could be a radio router that your laptop could connect to. It would be an always on connection and would allow you to use your home broadband connection from the remote site. With the addition of some IP cameras you would be able to monitor your aircraft from home real time and if you tacked on a VOIP phone you could make cheap phone calls from your hangar using your home internet connection as well. The guys from Comnet were very good and held my hand during our installation. They also recommended the appropriate radio setup. I suspect they would recommend the TR-902-11 radios with the 11db antennas. I google earthed Jamestown and note that it is very flat which is apparently a good thing with these NLOS radios. Luke

I was amazed that i had to turn the power down so much. The signal strength meters on the back of each radio shows full strength even at the low power. In fact when i was setting them up i had one mounted on one roof and the other plugged in the back of the laptop inside the other building vaguely pointed out a window an still had signal. We use them to stream security video and point of sale information between venues. An amazing product. Luke

Distance between clubs is 700m NLOS (through trees) with the power turned way down. ie 29db max power down to 10db with no losses. These radios are directional and are entirely contained in the plastic antenna head. Power is supplied over ethernet. The suppliers reckon the low gain ones (8db) i installed are good for about 10km. Luke

I have recently set up a Near Line of Sight radio link between my two work premises. I used a pair of Tranzeo 900MHz radios on short poles on the roofs of each building. The radios were very easy to set up and transfer speeds are usually in the 48 - 54 Mb/s. The radios enable us to have a WAN at no other cost than the initial setup. They came from Comnet Solutions - http://store.comnet.com.au/details/763164.html