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i would not accept 450 kg which they did to 2 xairs before mine. i thought 490 was a good compromise. what is the bristell fiasco about.

no, they did not. kits were owner built and the raa requirement was the builder had to stipulate the mtow not the kit manufacturer. now they are changing it to manufacturers specs. mine should be 450 but because micheal coates put 490 on his website they let me have it. there are no records of an xair structural failure.

i don't understand all your rego drama. how come every other hummelbird in the world gets registered but not yours. surely its not the only one in australia.

and in reference to the weight thing , what will they do about all the jabiru trainers which are over mtow unless piloted by 2 jockeys on a diet with 20 lts of fuel.

because when the kit was assembled the builder had to give raa a mtow of his own choosing so they used to all put down 544 which was the maximum raa weight at the time. now raa have decided to go through every aircraft with a fine tooth comb when a condition report comes in and they realised the xair mtow was 450kg overseas and thats what they tried on me until i said no , just cancel the rego instead. next day the tech boss rings me and says what can we do to make you happy. i said 450 was too low it makes my dual control aircraft a single seater . make it 490kg like it shows on the xair aus website. he agreed and that was that. jarred said they were only doing it to make flying safer not to annoy anyone. i agree , i think it would have been too heavy at 544, a hell of a lot of strain on the wing in turbulence.

out of all the flying thrusters i wonder how many are registered anyway. i know if lived at upper fumbukka or timbuktu i would think why am i paying money to people a couple of thousand ks away and i don't go near any towns either.

the auf rules still exist and carry over to raa. if you own a single seat aircraft they have to train you by radio from the ground if thats what you want. the way it used to be done before thrusters became available.

they can't stop you from training in a thruster. its a certified trainer. even a flying school can put it online. are they trying to say the engine is time expired or something.

19 category. 270 kg empty 490 mtow too heavy for part 103. was 544 mtow but jared at raa changed it to 490 when we did the transfer.

my xair doesn't fit in part 103 but i just think its good idea and is gaining popularity elsewhere.

casa actually want part 103 from what i have heard but raa have been arguing against because it is a threat to their membership base which they rely on to fund the company. and i should also say i am not a hater of raa even if it appears that way. i find the staff brilliant to deal with and passionate about aviation, i just think part 103 should be an option for those that want it. its only going to be a small percentage of fliers anyway.

so why does casa follow faa then

you will never win the argument with him jack. turbo thrives on rules and regulations. usa has a thriving part 103 system yet he is telling us it is somehow different here and we are not up to it.

Yes that's true. I have never heard of a gen 4 powered strap on , it would be quite a sight although eye watering for the receiver.

wasn't that called a thruster. the first certified 2 seat ultralight in the world.

We had a whole thread on this one a few months back. There is also a video on a school in Sweden that uses them and green power to charge them . Pretty limited though. I think they get 20 minutes flight time plus taxi and take off.

so should i stay on avgas or not. maybe run it on unleaded occasionally.

the older jab rings are vn commodore 40 thou over . 3.8 v6 . rotax are probably designed and made for the one engine model.

All this talk about how reliable gen4 are . People that own gen1 pushrod motors have the same reliability as well. It was the models between those 2 where things went wrong. The little 2200a in my xair is only up to 381 hrs after 20 years. There are no major repairs in the logbook right back to when it was new. It has always been on avgas so if Rf guy is right maybe I better switch to mogas.

i think its just a drawing of a kingair but the seaplane looks like it might be the real thing.

yes, i will be checking it out on youtube,

then i apologise for starting this thread. i thought it was new technology.

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