spenaroo

what engine was it using,

they word is "with standard Rotax ULS 100hp"

anything can be a world record if you put enough details on it.

15 minutes ago, red750 said:

The numbers indicate which aircraft carrier it is. eg.: USS Gerald Ford is No. 78.  No. 65 is the USS Enterprise.

Don't land on the wrong carrier

Its ceremony for the "shooters"

to launch their boots at the end of a tour

And a second hand A32 Vixxen is $172k on plane sales....

We all want scrappy's wing. but I doubt anyone wants to pay the cost for manufacturing and development.

the Jabiru is a cheap basic aircraft. plenty of other faster and slower flying options available.
no point chasing after it - if its going to take away from its primary selling advantage.

still has the supply of parts and services.
which probably suits the kit supply of light aircraft, may have the facilities still to do the factory built - or leave as is.

with Mahindra's component manufacturing could take the engine build/development back to India and work on bringing prices down.
to provide an entry into the light aircraft market. at the moment they have been playing mostly with the bigger commercial stuff

How many aircraft manufacturers are in Victoria?

my guess is GippsAero
who are apparently backed by Mahindra

i don't know if the low stall speeds are all they are cracked up to be.
remember swapping from the Jabiru to the Vixen.
sure in theory the Vixen had a lower stall speed and better short field - but get the airspeed wrong and it floated down the whole runway,
get it wrong in the Jab, she would still slow so often rescuable.

and the biggest hurdle of all. the noise cancelling headset.
how many would rather have a good fitting noise cancelling headset - over an in-built coms system that lets in noise.

any aircraft helmet I believe will always be inherently flawed because of the priority for communication and comfort.
every pilots helmet I view on google has the ear cups off a headset grafted into it. that's a lot of foam carved out. often the shell bulges to accommodate these cups.
as opposed to a motorcycle headset which uses 3mm speakers slid into a form fitting liner.
 

yeah, 
and then we get into the rotational forces.
where the Mips system comes into play.

its the yellow part on this helmet. lets the inner and outer layer slip slightly to redirect the rotational forces away from the head in an angular impact.

There is an absolute ton of research and development in modern helmets.

(Also keep in mind that is a bicycle helmet, look at the coverage and thickness of the foam compared to the ultralight helmet posted earlier....
apparently its not just engines and airframes, the helmets stuck in the 70's too)
 

found a paragliding helmet to compare with. note that there is nothing but liner around the side of the head

Which goes back to the standard and type of helmet.
the designs posted earlier - to my untrained eye they have little foam and would offer a very limited amount of protection in a crash.
the inner lining and foam is what is important and does the work to increase the time of impact. the shell is just there to prevent puncture injuries.
so great for turbulence, but for dissipating the force of an actual impact its questionable.

we saw it all the time with Harley riders. would wear the ski type slim helmets (skull caps), that offered only puncture protection and were not suitable for road use.
 

If it was me, and I wanted crash protection - I would be going for a light motocross style design. highly breathable with the chin bar to prevent face head hitting the dash and fairly light weight.

can add a neck collar for $50 that will help fill the gaps around the helmet and stop some of the load on the neck.
 

 

same thing I used to say when selling people motorcycle helmets.

So you have a $100 head or a $1000 head? thats essentially what it boils down to with safety 

I don't see the point in these helmets unless its to stop the pain of hitting a crossmember or roof during turbulence.
Is there even a minimum standard and testing required?
And they could actually kill you in a crash, especially as we tend to wear 4 point harnesses.

That's a considerable added mass on the head, that the neck has to deal with in a crash.
that's the reason why car racing now requires HANS devices (basically strap the helmet to the car so it cant move in an accident)
and why motocross riders wear neck braces
 

1 hour ago, onetrack said:

I'd have to guess you won't get any change out of $350,000 for a new Texas Stallion - giving "cheap affordable flying", a whole new level of meaning.

 

And what's with the idiocy of building/buying/operating a 4 seat aircraft that is limited to only carrying  one passenger? Sports pilots obviously can't be trained to carry more weight?

 

same reason why people build dual cab utes....
sure the back seat is mostly redundant. but people like the idea of more room

It's the size for me,
If there was a craft capable of light speed travel. I highly doubt it would be the size of a car.
and the speed differential too. its one thing to do lightspeed in the vacuum of space. but to then fly through an atmosphere.

seems unlikely. more likely they would have an asteroid size ship, clearly visible. and then use shuttles for the atmosphere work.

and if there was such technology we should be very very scared, as we probably seem like apes at best to them with intelligence.
and we all know what we have done to lesser advanced cultures throughout human history - it hasn't been help and peace
we should be praying that we go un-noticed if there is life out there
 

I suspect there will be more to this story,
and one very sheepish horse owner - who I imagine insurance agents are going to be going after

hard to imagine an owner taking off in the same paddock as livestock.
suspect its more likely a neighbor has decided the grass is greener there

I know that extended family's bush property was always having neighbor's running livestock on it.

Go for one with a remote reservoir.
common for the rear brake to be mounted sideways on motorcycles. with the reservoir linked via short hose.
right way up. they do these set-ups as well on the sport bikes as its easier to package with clip-on bars and fairings

It will have competition.

there has been talk of making the C130 amphibious... which has gone quite.
which traditionally means that the USA have a program that's gone into testing with the black programs.
and they don't want any information leaks

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2021/09/20/afsoc-plans-to-demo-amphibious-mc-130j-by-end-of-next-year-commander-says/

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/05/ussocoms-amphibious-mc-130j-seaplane-concept/

Turbulence is fast. there is a great video where he races his brother Mark in their old private jet.
Turbulence wins by a significant margin

top speed is 438.02mph (380Kt, 705kmh)

because why not,

no worse then the art on the side of the Victorian freeways.
probably cheaper too

1 hour ago, spacesailor said:

Australian Designed Disaster  ! .

The   ' P 76 '  that would load a 44 gallon drum into the boot, " for the farmers " .

Anyone tried to lift that drum out ( of the boot ) with your fingers. 

spacesailor

I have an amarok,

one of the original marketing points is that it would fit a standard euro size pallet in the tray.
and the tailgate dropped 180* to load it with a forklift....

except as soon as you put a towbar on the tailgate could onl drop the normal 90*
all that engineering and hinges... that is only possible on old pov packs as the rear bumper (step) and tow bar make it redundant

Pontiac was already on its last legs, when they added the G8.
and they never really advertised the SS when it had Chevy badges... confusing the American's as traditionally SS was a trim level.
Be like Toyota releasing the next Camry as the GLX

I think half the issue was also that the American owners were protective of their own markets.
and didn't want to bring the Australian cars in to compete with their own offerings.

9 minutes ago, Marty_d said:

Man of the people, huh!  Nothing like parking your Roller where everyone else has to trudge in.

chauffeured in, and it was a Bentley...

it was a special consideration given after he had a stroke, which paralyzed half his body. wheel chair access (just a bigger chair)
apparently he would always send friends/family that arrived in the back seats, to standing areas the stand as it was a poor view from the back.

found it,

was Menzies with Carlton

30 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

we aussies were at the forefront of technology too. the lightburn zeta had the removeable seat that fitted on the roof for watching the footy.

I know back in the 70's or 80's one of the tycoons had a parking spot in the grandstands so he could drive his car in and watch the footy/cricket without getting out.
cant for the life of me find the pictures now.