jackc

I don’t care, life is short……even IF Fred Flintstone built it, I would happily fly it 🙂

Shame there was not a 30L one, I think 40L maybe too big but whatever I get can also work for my Aeropup, too.

And then there will be the MARAP thing with RAAus and as Thruster said, the mounting may be a problem and possibly not be allowed due to weight. The other choice is a 20l Turtlepac? Seats would be nice but again the dreaded MARAP process?

I do have a 68 litre tank as it is, maybe I will add a 20l Turtlepac for added range, strap it in the Pax seat?

Would be really keen to add fuel range to the Thruster. Found this photo somewhere in the Internet wastelands. What do people think of this modification?

Spacey, you don’t honestly think I am game to cross any border at the risk of being ‘jailed’ in another state because some dopey Govt shifts the goal posts AGAIN 🙂

Nothing happening, just camped in Esk Qld for the weekend and thought IF anyone here was flitting around I might get to meet up with them 🙂)

I figured on going out at some time to do some plane spotting, since I am staying in a local caravan park for the weekend.

And then you get the flying schools who will milk you for many hours not needed. IF you can’t make it in a reasonable number of hours, you are not destined to be a pilot……

Fit an expansion chamber and GO!

I am completing my training in Thruster with 7 hours to go (required)but will be longer and will have tail wheel at the end, which will also cover my Aeropup, too. Suspect I may spend more time in Thruster tan Aeropup, but will see what happens.

Checked a couple of publications, found nothing……I will wait until someone produces a sticker for my control panel, THEN I might have the right information 🙂

Whole publication is 742 pages 😞

And there was not a 500 page book of rules and regs…..

Being able to fly ANYTHING is good enough for me 🙂

What many people would not do……to get a puddle jumper, for many people less is good 🙂

I had a chance to import 3 FAR Part 103 aircraft kits from the U.S. unfortunately not the Aerolite 103. Kicking myself now as I think they may have sold easily, with a small markup just to get people into the sky. Give the owners the blurb sheet on RAAus and leave it with them……..their choice what they would do 🙂

I sold 2 x80 series about 3months ago, sat one on the side of the road for 1 day, sold for what I asked, put the next one on Facebook……gone the next day. Every week I have people in the street want to buy my BJ42, same for my Fj45. But the interesting one was a $20k offer for my ‘96 75 series now with 290k kms on it I bought 15 years ago for $16k. Prices are out of control on many vehicles.

The one reason I seek low budget flying is for potential Aviators of the future…….to give them a step up. Me? I can go spend $3-400k on a plane IF I want……not interested, just like new cars, I drive old relics everywhere 7 of them, 4 are Landcruisers…..do I want a new one? NEVER not even for half price, buckets of pus they all are, full of wank gizmos etc. Same for aircraft, not interested in plastic super slick fantastic planes full of Home and Away screens…..All I really need is a fuel guage and a compass. I am minimalist and love it 🙂. I sure know one thing, I will bet the RAAus office have some members here and each week they read the prolific dribble by some of us and put up their ‘Wanker of The Week Award’ on their lunch room wall. Bet I score this weeks award 🙂

Yes, but sadly we now have some Flying Schools charging in excess of $300 per hour with extras on top to train for your Certificate to fly that nice cheap aircraft. Aviation has its financial vultures everywhere that raises costs, from the regulator down…….. For me it does not matter as I am near EOL, but I feel for young people who want to have a go at Aviation…….

This is one of my Aeropup seats……

Highly paid dreamers who are somewhat jealous of Aviators having too much fun! And them also probably being lousy car drivers, thankfully they don’t fly 🙂

No reason for it not to happen in more sparsely populated areas though. Right now there are many flying in Western Qld and no doubt other places with no rego and no pilot certificates. Only people they can hurt is themselves unless they have a PAX on board. I see no reason why a FAR Part 103 system can’t work with proper training and geographical area limits etc, along with approved aircraft meeting a standard. The only reason it can’t work is because of ego driven fun Police 😞

I did some due diligence on the outfit, supposedly developed a V Twin motor. https://www.aeromarine-lsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Merlin-Lite-Vtwin-Oshkosh-2021.pdf Then searching around found this, seems it’s a side by side ATV motor they are fitting a reduction drive to it? http://synergyoffroadvehicles.com.au/product/dominator-x2-800/ Has the same Delphi ECU.

Have you tried Rollo at Aeropup Gympie?