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Curtis Valve; Viton O'ring; Ebay; Brown or Green spec; order 10, use 1, store the rest in a safe place that you know you will forget and never be able to find them again.

Sonex requires minor design upgrade to allow better direct access to wing bolts; some have this mod applied. Allows wings to come off in about 10 minutes. Always Europa for sale in UK Europe and US; larger population.

Supporting community is just that; its called charity; "the act of giving without expectation of reward or gratitude". And any individual that is providing charity to the otherwise is by definition a narcissist; no shortage of them, they abound like entitled rats in a corn field. Nobody upon this community site pays anybody for their valuable time that they give freely to project their individual opinions, knowledge, wisdom, ego, anger, disappointment, joy, fear, confusion, aggression, support and nurturing. It's a Free Ring Circus and a soap box platform with a watchful ring master moderator. The information presented upon this community forum may not always be accurate. It is a "point of reference". So it is up to the individual to take what ever information they choose to and go do their own further enquiry by fact checking. Not everyone on this site has the luxury or equally maybe the misfortune to be able to spend hours of their day to be a warrior for the free benefit of those that are too lazy to go find out for themselves. Some people on this site spend most of their day being as productive and charitable as possible within their local community; which may just involve the family unit, a demanding exhausting job situation. Not everyone on this site has a celebrity style character and/or unable to offer entertainment upon demand. And there it is. Somebody asked a simple honest innocent aviation question and the thread diverges off point into the side of a hill... Choice of aircraft is "mission dependant"... Work out first what you want to achieve from your flying machine... Do you want to fly STOL back country bush missions, or do you want to fly all over the sky and nowhere at the same time doing Aerobatics. Or do you want to just go Get Somewhere Fast... What Range without refuelling does your mission require... What is your realistic budget available for repairs and maintenance... Are parts easily sourced... Does the aircraft need to be docile or unstable... Where will you have to store it... How does the aircraft handle on the ground.... What level of Proficiency is required to safely operate the aircraft... What can be expected regarding Failure Modes of the aircraft make or power train... If you want to Get Somewhere find an aircraft capable of 140kt IAS cruise If you want Fuel Economy find an aircraft with the smallest capacity four stroke engine. HP = Fuel Burn / Hour. If you want STOL find the highest powered engine spinning the widest chord and largest diameter prop in the lightest airframe with the highest lift generating slowest flying wing. If you want Comfort & Tech find a 2025 factory LSA build from Eastern Europe or Sweden. If you want the best performing Prop buy an Eprop or Catto Prop. If you want the most Power in the lightest solution buy a Yamaha Nitro. If you want to support local industry buy anything locally made. If want simplicity and Fast Support and a Good All Rounder buy a Jabiru If you want a good Bush Plane buy a Bushcat or a Savannah If you want a good STOL buy a Storch If you want to Go Fast buy a Sonerai Sonex or a Europa If you want to go Fishing buy a Searay There are many other options based upon available budget and mission; the above are just good all round options in each class. If you are looking for an aircraft model and none, or multitudes, are available there is probably a good reason. Rant and Charity exhausted.

A Europa is the best all purpose light aircraft ever designed. With a Rotax 916 fitted it will effortlessly overtake an A320 on final approach and outclimb it on take off and departure performance to the first 3000'; it may require some minor work to render it safe to enable 260kt IAS cruise speeds... It has taken the light aircraft industry until 2023 to catch up and exceed the 80hp Europa's performance class envelope. The Bristell cannot outperform it. The 912iS Sling2, 80hp Sonex and Pipistrel SW121 and JMB VL3 can match it for speed and thats about all. The Risen is pretty much all thats out there that can outperform it and a 914 powered Europa will match the Risen all day every day. And thats mostly about it. None of the above aircraft are able to land or takeoff again where a Europa Mono can. None of the above aircraft can be derigged and loaded onto a trailer and driven away within 10 minutes. None of the above aircraft have a +12G spar and wing purposely designed by an Airbus Aerodynamics Department Chief Director. Except for the Risen none of the above aircraft use less fuel than a Smart Fortwo per ground nautical mile covered. Nobody is able to afford my invoice, self included, for formatting everyone's data sets for them. We are all in Big School now wearing Big Pants playing with Big Toys reading Big Books

The person wanting to compare can learn how to create a data column as a self development exercise. The Mono is what it is; factory kit build with no special extra bells and whistles attached. An 80hp version is underpowered for the airframe's performance demands on take off due to the full flap situation. The 100hp hauls its ass through and beyond the drag curve onto VTOSS departure and Acceleration phases without batting an eyelid, maintaining a full flap climb out to 500' at 75kt if required at about 1000fpm one up. Comes up pretty quick and easy to exceed 80kt Vfe if you fall behind the aircraft. So best to just increase attitude to 65kt and then reorganise the brain again.

The Jabiru are a very capable robust and solid platform; easily serviced and widely supported; and they get up and move when needed. Its a good all rounder aircraft. The larger 4 seater has an amazing load carrying capacity; with the rear occupant seats removed it becomes a mini flying camper van. Throw some tundra tyres on and you are ready to go places. In comparison, based upon real world recorded study results, a 912ULS Europa Classic Mono with a three blade 68" diameter ground adjustable prop, if tuned to best operating efficiency, will deliver the following: +4.5/-2.5 G BEW 325kg Cabin Width 1.0m Fuel 76L Max / 110L Long Range MTOW 554kg Regulated / 620kg Design Limit Nominal take off run to unstick (one up) Tarmac 70m, Short Dry Grass 120m - Departure & Climb (fully loaded) Vy 1300fpm @ 105kt, Vx 1100fpm @ 80kt Vs0 45kt Vs1 53kt Vno 130kt Vne 165kt Best Glide 12:1 at 73kt @ 260fpm DR Best Duration 35% power 75kt (7L/hr) Holding Speed 45% power 95kt (8L/hr) Best Range Speed 60% power 115kt (10.5L/hr) Best Forward Speed 75% power 125kt (13L/hr) Max Sustained Forward Speed 80% power 130kt (18L/hr) 152kt TAS @ FL10 ISA Max Forward Speed WOT 140kt (25L/hr) Again, the Jabiru are a good all rounder.

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What cruise speed are these meglin props optimised for? Recreational aircraft these days are mostly split between bush stol 70-80kt and faster point to point craft of 130-160kt

If you have an ADSB-IN peripheral that requires a Standalone Display Component, i.e "active adsb traffic display" via wifi or cable connectivity then it qualifies along with the wifi or cable interface components. ADSB-Out can be a totally seperate unit solution. If one purchased the LYNX L3 then you can only claim on the single unit solution for the ADSB-In ADSB-Out rebate because the Lynx has its own traffic display screen. If one installed Dynon SV1100 with XPNDR261 and ADSB472 the whole system is eligible for rebate

The rebate conditions are very simple; If the unit being claimed upon possesses an ADSB-OUT feature and is SIL-1/2/3 capable it is valid for the rebate. If the unit being claimed upon possesses an ADSB-IN feature it is valid for the rebate. ADSB-IN and ADSB-OUT are treated as two seperate standalone criteria. They can be applied for individually or together at the same time. New or Used equipment makes no difference so long as an ATO valid purchase Tax receipt can be presented. Think of things as a complete unit solution of three seperate components; any of the following will qualify... ADSB Rx/Display, or, ADSB Tx/Display, or, ADSB Rx/Tx/Display Garmin GNX375 Garmin GTX375/G1000 or G5 Uavionix AV30C/TailbeaconX/AV-Link/Ping-RX Lynx L-3 If the unit being claimed on for the rebate has additional useful features such as GPS Navigation, NAV/COM, Autopilot, Expresso Maker, then you will get a big bonus!

Point 1 - This post is way off track; its so far off track it does not even register... it had the hallmarks of motivation early on and is now just another forum post of speculation and meandering discussion... Its not even amusing; its just apathetically very very sad. Point 2 - RAA has some seriously questionable internal cultural rot going on at the very top, and it either gets removed now, or, continues to fester and degrade the establishment, its resources, and its public image borne by its members (the establishment's owners). Point 3 - Under the RAA constitution a minimum quorum of 10% (1000 persons) of the total members, as a group, can put forward and vote upon calling for a "special resolution - vote of no confidence" requesting the immediate removal and expulsion of either "individual", or, "all of" RAA appointed Board Members. The Board Members do not own RAA... They are Elected for a position upon the Board through member voting, or, members signing their vote over to a Proxy (aka a Board Member) - this is very bad if the Board is corrupt.. So the question that should be getting discussed here is "How will we, the rightful owners of RAA, assemble ourselves into a quorum of 1000 in order to immediately extricate this malignant toxicity from the establishment?" Solution - Sack the entire Board swiftly in one go and move on by reinstating each vacant position with an officer that is able to display a proven track record of highly respected and developed standards of Ethics and Integrity. That's what needs to happen. There is nothing to discuss about the matter. Time to flush the stinking bog down the toilet and kick the inflated hagas into touch.

Air Services don't care what an aircraft looks or performs like. They are there to provide a service to aviation via Air Traffic Control. If the aircraft has the necessary equipment to operate within a Controlled Area thats all that matters. If the PIC has the necessary endorsements to operate an aircraft within a Controlled Area that's all that matters. Consult the latest AIP for further information. Air Services may impose restrictions upon what type of aircraft are authorised to operate within specific Areas during certain periods or times. Consult the NOTAMS and ERSA for specific airfields and PRD's. Consult CASA Part91 for further information regarding Manual Of Standards - General Operating & Flight Rules, and other aircraft specific operating regulations.