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    RAAus registerable 2 seater biplane.

    in Aircraft General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Hunsta

    7 hours ago, old man emu said:

    Dunno, but you could always get a tailwheel endorsement and be the envy of your tricycle riding friends.

     

    8 hours ago, facthunter said:

    Never seen one . The way the rudder is moved ,setting up a steerable nose wheel would be a lot of work and extra weight  The mainwheels would have to go rearwards a fair way also. . Watch his 3 point landing. Quite nice. That's how dog meant it to be. Nev

    OH Dear. I was speaking rather with tongue in cheek there fellas. No it wouldnt look right with a wheel up front.

    RAAus registerable 2 seater biplane.

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    12 hours ago, cosmicray said:

    What about a Murphy Renegade or Renegade Spirit? A friend of mine had one and it flew well. Front seat was tight and it was slow but it was good fun to fly.

    https://www.murphyair.com/detail/renegade.html

    Mmmm that looks interesting. I do like the fact you can have a 80hp Rotax in it. Im no agaist them. But Im not a huge fan of 2 strokes. However having said that. I in no way am denigrating them.

    Thanks for the tips guys.

    Now for the kicker question

    Can you get one with a nose wheel. 

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    Just landed

    in Just Landed - Welcome

    Posted

    Gday Sammy. Good thing about LSA flying is you can get away with as little as an RPC and cross country endorsement. If you like. I started this year. Apart from 7 weeks off because of Covid. Its been a hoot. You'll never look back.( except when checking controls on pre)?. ??

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    G’day

    in Just Landed - Welcome

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    Hi all.

    I’ve been interested in aviation for the last 10 years or so and finally decided to get the ball rolling, bad timing unfortunately.

    Hey mate welcome. Yeah you could say Im in the same boat for timing. Been interested for some years. Finally decided around Xmas 2019. To do it. Had to wait til fires calmed down in January. Had to wait til rain eased up in Febuary. Finally got started in mid March. Only to stop again early Arpil for Pain in the butt-virus. Hoping May is looking rosier.?

    Alleviate my concerns.

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    I believe that the 25hr oil and filter change is super important, the engine oil quantity is not a lot and the filter is fairly small. My opinion only, I have no figures to back it up.

    Thats a fair enough opinion. And for what its worth. probably good practice for all aircraft.

    Cheers

    Alleviate my concerns.

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    My view! If properly maintained iaw Jabiru manual, it is as good as any.

    So in your opinion. Would you say a vast majority of major engine trouble ( not withstanding previous generation faults) stems from incorrect Jabiru maintenance? And if so what are the leading incorrect procedures.? Or that and a combination of other factors?

    Alleviate my concerns.

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    Ok before anyone takes this as an attack on Jabiru engines. Its not.

    Im a student pilot. So relitively new to aviation. Since taking an interest in flying, one obviously as a new pilot dreams of owning ones own plane. The Jabiru seems to pop up in sales quite a bit. As the price tag can be reasonably achieved as a first aircraft.

    But as a new to aviation person. One usually joins forums and such to gain info and knowledge. But have found in some quarters, the mear mention of the word Jabiru, initiates derision and jokes about dropping out of the sky. Now having been a motorcyclist for nearly 40 years its akin to the old jokes about Harley Davidsons needing a ute to follow them round. And the like. Talk to a enthusiast. And they are a magiccal machine. So it would be I assume with Jabiru owners.

    So as I understand. They did get some bad press several years ago. Including a very hard time by CASA. Issuse with engine through bolts. And lifters being what Ive read. ( correct me if Im wrong) From there there have been further developed into newer generation engines which were supposed to fix these problems.

    So basically I guess Im asking in a round about way. And trying in no way to insult anyones aircraft choice. Is the Jabiru ( yes Im aware it comes in many forms. And engine used in a few different planes) a safe aircraft for a new pilot to buy. I am aware other types of engines stop and fail to. Or is it the kind of aircraft that requires a long term skillful aviators eye to pick up some eccentricities that a new pilot may overlook in their zeal to get aloft.

    Cheers

    VFR banned in European Countries

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted

    I was nearly going to make a silly remark about it being because of Corvid-19. But bugger me it is. This pulled from one article.

    “We believe is that there is minimal likely risk to a pilot flying solo, providing pre- and post-flight social contact is minimised. There is clearly a greater risk of virus transmission if two or more people share a cockpit, but this risk is no greater than if they were sharing a car on the highway.

     

    “Currently countries including Belgium, Norway and Italy have closed their airspace to VFR flights. I understand too that other Baltic states including Lithuania may have similar restrictions. Sweden and Denmark appear to have no blanket closures, although one or two airports have been closed, again due to staffing issues.

    Im mean seriously. FFS

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    X-Air Standard. Is it surviving the test of time?

    in Other Rec Aircraft

    Posted

    I'm guessing it would be more draggy without the skin which is less of an issue if you are going slow anyway.

    It might take a few knots off cruise and increase fuel consumption but offset against easier and cheaper construction.

    Yeah I guess you might be right. It may have less surface to attract a crosswind. But propeller slipstream may be altered abit over rear control surfaces

    X-Air Standard. Is it surviving the test of time?

    in Other Rec Aircraft

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    OK I guess this will be a noobish kinda question. Most of the X-Airs Ive looked at (basically online) have had the fuselage covered. This one has it removed. Is there any benefit or detriment to its capability or is it mostly window dressing. Only asking as Ive also been looking at the Aerolite 103 and the AirBike ( although a tail dragger) . Both similar single seat ultralights with no fuselage covering.

    X-Air

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    Aerolite 103

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    AirBike

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    Landing incident On the Gold coast

    in Aircraft Incidents and Accidents

    Posted · Edited by Admin

    Hunsta, I assume that incident occurred today, March 3. It has been requested a number of times that the date of any incident be included in the thread title so that others know if it is a new or old thread, and so that multiple threads are not created for the same incident.

    A thousand pardon effendi. I did mean to add that.

     

    Thread title has been fixed - Admin

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