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Well, the HP2 motor would go well in an aircraft, 1200 GS motor, with no balance shaft, some good race bits and factory blue printed and dyno’ed. Torque? Heaps 🤩

It’s often said that you start small and work up…..Worlds only bike you can double its top speed with factory parts, been there done that.

I would not be alive IF I kept it, way past my capability now…..World’s fastest road registerable enduro machine of its day. I also bought the Super Motard Wheel set for it, too. Top speed capability? I won’t mention 🤩 https://youtu.be/hvVMX-QfvTY?si=J66Oi33j4egx4wxp

Yes special order limited production HP2 Enduro sent to me in crate, I documented it’s assembly and “flight test” was given full warranty by BMW and to me to do full authorised service work on it, did 9000km then sold to a collector In Sydney

This went part way to funding my Jabiru…

As an addition in the topic, an interesting 43 minute video with my added comment….. https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A//youtu.be/JcXC7BaJowM%3Fsi%3DmiYszFCBU7fvsvR0&text=MOSAIC Roundtable with Dan Johnson%2C Scott Severen and Marc Cook&via=YouTube&related=YouTube,YouTubeTrends,YTCreators There are many times I wished I could live in America and pursue Aviation….. CASA and any organisation who has a regulatory finger in the Aviation pie, should close their Head Offices in the Jurassic Park Industrial Office Space, and relocate to a big airport, in site of things called Aircraft. You know, those things that have wings and actually fly 🤩🤩

It may be innovative and class leading technical excellence, but at the end of the day it’s what the cost is? Sure, someone will buy but will enough sell to make them viable? Its not a good economy to be spending big bucks for something that is not a must have…..

IF RAAus does not want to comply with CASA’s Part 149, then maybe it needs to negotiate a solution? But the whole setup is a mess, RAAus being a company, not a Govt entity like CASA is. You can’t have a regulator refusing to do investigations in managing the sector of responsibility, that it’s charged with regulating? OK, give it to the Police to investigate? But they will give the job to a suitable qualified? investigator, then it gets all legal and nasty………the investigator ends up in Court? Who legally covers his arse? Precedents are already set, like it not if RAAus tried to investigate me for anything, I I would tell them to bugger off, as a regulator you can’t pick and choose what they investigate? It’s all or nothing?

Under Part 149, CASA can withdraw their charter, or so I am told……

On that day, the Pilot was his own worst enemy…..it’s happened in the past AND it will happen in the future, no amount of training can prevent a poor personal decision on the day. And jumping all over Instructors wont do anything either……except to convince them its time to give the game away, sadly 🤢 RAAus will be looking for scapegoats, to hound……..

Maybe WHY the CEO bailed out?

So, our peak body withholds information from a Coroner? Sickening 🤢 Feel like scrubbing my membership, rego and go flying 🤢 Ironically, my membership is due today……

I feel the very worst of Schadenfreude for people like this……🤢

This turning into a pissing match, just feel lucky we all have aircraft to fly and be happy with. If you want to fly higher and faster? Just go buy a plane with a bigger engine? Me? I would be just as happy to fly a Thruster to Melbourne……or do the trip in a Sonex Jet. Its still flying, and that is all it matters 🤩 Flying…..is the most fun you can have, with your clothes on 🤩

In my opinion, Aviators should have some kind of light weight fire suppression system under engine cowl, IF available. And being a safety item, MTOW increased to cover the extra weight same as a BRS

A crate 582 complete with everything , except a prop cost me $14,500 delivered, people will say it’s a crap investment but flying costs money and I don’t care. Gee I drive an old Landcruiser like 45 years old, needing a fuel tanker chasing me everywhere 🤩 who cares My Jabiru 230 blows up tomorrow? I will just ring up Jabiru for a new Gen 4 out of their stock, chuck it in and happy days 🤩 Fun was never cheap and we only get one life……

Well Skippy, you would not go well in the Military 🤢

Support is everything for me, a Rolls Royce is useless with poor support. Rotax have great stuff, but their newer technology can take a hike for this old Dinosaur and Jabiru are a great team, the welcoming I got at their factory was enough for me, ask any question…..got answers, no secret squirrels there. AND they are 400km from me, drop in anytime they said.

Skip, get back to me when You have had a good look at one, just getting the software out of Rotax, to setup and commission it is a nightmare and that, is only the start. Interfacing to a Dynon or Gamin is another thing 🤢

Try a cable break in a winch launched glider at 400 feet? You get a fraction of a second to do a major nose down……it’s a great training experience……

As an aside, yesterday I looked at an aircraft getting retrofitted with a new Rotax 912IS and decided after looking over the complexity of the job and the differences to the 912 UL it replaced. I would never consider doing that job. I would simply have done that job with a Gen 4 Jab motor. I would suggest ANYONE going to a 912IS is, DONT 🤢 You want to go 912IS? Just go buy a new aircraft with a factory specced one.

What about Ben Morgan and AOPA becoming involved in this situation?

Here is another’ worthy contender 🤩 https://youtu.be/zCWMfqOCBXs?si=THu3Un3tOsJzGv5c

U.S. FAA changes proposal https://www.eaa.org/~/media/0cbfb393d341470e8342c56b26662001.ashx

It would sure pay to have Aviators on Council 🤩 Maybe work towards that?