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  1. Student Pilot
    Wuzza bit easy that one ? I started a bit late to get into EP9's, from all accounts they weren't brilliant performers. Ole bloke I did supervision under had some good EP9 stories, some of the Airfarm one's had Cheetah radials innum.
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    This has been used extensively throughout the Commonwealth not just a one off.
  3. Student Pilot
    That last one is a Burt derivative no doubt called after the builders name like a Phil Smith Mk11. But is actually just a widened Varieze, it's a composite canard version of a Burt Rutan design concept.
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    Burt stuff
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    Here's a bit of a run down on Dean, very clever man. https://teamkitfox.com/Forums/threads/6306-Is-this-quot-the-ultimate-homebuilt-quot
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    Another Dean Wilson design. I saw this thing in Australia, somebody must have bought it out for a tour. It looked very slow in the air but the size is deceiving.
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    Aero L60ish
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    Back in the olden days at Bankstown there would be 6 aircraft in the circuit on a weekday, weekends were busier. Is there much traffic there now? Last I saw Bankstown there were only trucks. As part of the user lease agreement I thought they had to keep aviation as it's prime use. That 250k figure now seems about 10X what the actual traffic is
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    One track, VIC historic plates are different to NSW ones. You can use them for whatever you choose to, you have to fill out log book with date and intended drive before you start. Historic plates in VIC are just a percentage of normal rego, either 45 or 90 days. I have driven my Historic rego'd car into town the last couple of days, we have had no word that you can't drive them from our club or organising body.
  10. Student Pilot
    Yip, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
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    Manitoba initially then take an aircraft across to Quebec for a months spraying spruce budworm. After that back to the prairies for a couple of months. Haven't given up yet.
  12. Student Pilot
    I had lined up a job in Canada in mid May. They are still very keen, have all the required paperwork to both leave here and work there but currently a bit of a problem getting there. Maybe things will loosen up a bit between now and then, if not looks like I'll be wintering in the Homeshed
  13. Student Pilot
    You can see if stock are not acting normally, a flyblown blown sheep will walk/act differently to it's friends. You can see tracks through a fence if it's been pushed over, all from 500 feet. Big places it's very practical for stock/fence/tank inspection. Going for a fly for inspection of some sort would be a more valid excuse than going to your holiday house on the central NSW coast for the weekend
  14. Student Pilot
    95:10 didn't allow strength to be built in. Unless your talking the likes of HummelBird (beat you toit Sailorman) there is not enough margin to build in a very strong design. Most 95:10 aircraft were overweight except the likes of the scout. The single seat Thruster was close to legal and a very strong design. A bloke bought a Scout round our area, vague memory it had a 2 cylinder Victa engine. At 3500' it was just too high to fly, he would roar up and down the airstrip with the tail in the air then balloon to about 3 feet then just settle back onto the ground. Probably the safest thing to happen.
  15. Student Pilot
    When the 95:10 machines were king most of the blokes round our area taught themselves to fly. A couple had a few lessons, when the 2 seat Thrusters came out it made things a lot safer.
  16. Student Pilot
    There are always exceptions ? Sorry to disagree again Kaz ? The likes of a Fletcher needs instant nose down once you have lost elevator/tailplane authority to keep the tail in the air. If you do that it stops shimmy, Fletchers are prone to shimmy with no dampener. In the olden days a bloke checked me out in a Fletcher, he used to say "Three point all the time", that was for a tricycle not a tailwheel!!, Goes against the grain, touchdown nose high then when the nose starts to drop pole forward and hold pressure to stop shimmy. I agree with your tricycle landings, nose high. Yes for absolute short as you can, fence at the end, use power, nose high and three point (back to tailwheel again). As usual there are several ways to do things, none more right than others. As long as we can get the aerial chariots onto the ground without too much damage all good ? I have a few streakers excuse stories "Seemed like a good idea at the time", one of those involved an Auster, a VERY short paddock and a samurai sword. I'm not sure about the statute of limitations so I might just put that in my version of I learned about flying from that, about 25 chapters so far.........?
  17. Student Pilot
    They used to say he who teaches himself to fly has a fool for an instructor. In the olden days of 95:10 a few did do just that, taught themselves to fly.
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    Nev, only about half a knot difference between three point and tailwheel low wheeler, I recon buggar all difference in landing distance between the two. If you come roaring in fly it on with the tail high it will take more runway.
  19. Student Pilot
    Kaz, watch working AG pilots who fly for a living, they wheel it on. That's anything from Pawnee to 802 Air Tractor. Working all day on super in a Beaver (none left in Oz now on super) you would always wheel it on. A well flown tailwheel low wheel landing takes no more ground than a 3 pointer. I will agree it's easier to 3 point Austers and Tigers, some of the lighter stuff like Avids and Thrusters are easier to land three point as well. While I have never flown a Spitfire an Air Tractor 802 with 1700 Shp and narrow track I think would be as challenging, usually wheel them on. There are always if buts and maybe's.
  20. Student Pilot
    Yeah but what about the aliens?
  21. Student Pilot
    Most of us are old enough to remember the fuel crises of the 70's, that was a minor glitch compared to this virus crises. Then when they said there was only enough fossil fuel left in reserves to last 30 years, 4 cylinder cars were all the rage and you could buy a low milage Ford LTD for $300. If things get as bad as people are saying then there will be a lot of stuff sold/traded or even abandoned. Look at the sub prime crises, houses were just walked away from with money owed being many times the value of the building. People who owe a lot of money are in for some pain. I see a property developer asking a restaurant owner for his months rent of 64k (how can you make any profit paying that a month!!), there are many examples of pressure being put on people to pay rent. When people can't afford rent/food, hobbies will cease to be a pastime. If this crises goes as long as they say then there will be a lot of cheap aircraft.
  22. Student Pilot
    Alarming
  23. Student Pilot
    But what happens if we get an alien invasion while the aircraft is on the conveyor belt? That's just as relevant as the original question.
  24. Student Pilot
    Agreed KG, no fly.
  25. Student Pilot
    When it all boils down, you just fly the aircraft. It helps to know a wee bit of the science behind it but ultimately you need the stick time. Fly as much as you can, get somebody who knows what they are doing to help you train. It's not that hard.
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