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I am not sure I follow.

Anyone who refuses a search would not be allowed entry to the country would they.

If labour didn't waste all our money more could be spent on important things .

I guess there have been enough complaints like yours to get them doing something.

Now I have learnt more it seems quite simple. Basically aircraft condition reports must be accurate. the L2 that fudges them loses his L2 authority. My friend who is an L4 and L2 is quite happy about it. He does things by the book and does not like half arsed L2 condition reports. He is happy to stand by his work.

Engine log books are a big part of the blitz in acrs.

Sorry, I should have read this post. I just said the same thing.

I think it may be that the L2 will be held responsible for what he puts in the report for 30 days. Raaus get a lot of complaints about condition reports stating things are in good condition when they are not. So the aim will be to get rid of dodgy L2 s that look after mates by writing bullsh#t to help sell an AC.

I don't know but the new office lady told me they are going through every acr with a fine tooth comb from now on. The L2 responsible thing may well have been there before and they just decided to enforce it.

Latest info is raaus are going to make L2 responsible for aircraft for 30 days only after they do acr then it reverts to owner.

the topaz looks like a nice aircraft. fast too. i watched a u tube of one flying from riddells to torquay.

I did my L1 online. There is not much too it. Raaus know they are running out of L2 people but either don't care or can't do anything about it. An L2 can't sign off his own plane so he needs access to another L2 anyway. All the expensive certified aircraft go to GA workshops and L4,s

I disagree. An aircraft is not a car. Any buyer of an aircraft should be double and triple checking everything before that aircraft takes flight. The turbo world where you just blame the other person is not for me. No good sueing if your dead. It is 100 percent the buyers responsibility to make sure it is airworthy.

Skippy may have the hull insurance which is available through raaus from the same broker.

Raaus policy is 20 mil and up to 250k for passenger. Asra has a 1 mil limit on third party but now are offering an optional 20 mil cover for pilots flying gyros that feel they need it. Adds $850 per year to the membership fee .

Raaus is third party liability. No cover for plane or pilot.

Well if the buyer has half an idea about aircraft he would double check everything like most of us do before every flight. And the fact that the wing bolts would be missing safety clips is a give away that it's not finished.

The aircraft condition report was exactly that . The condition of the AC recorded at change of ownership, the onis was on the new owner to ensure airworthiness. Now it seems raaus is taking this into their hands.

and thats what they are changing. they want to make it an airworthiness report and hold l2 responsible . and if they do this acr and transfer fees and rego will all have to increase to cover the extra workload of raas staff.

1. They wanted confirmation that the L2 had heard the engine running smoothly even though it was packed up on a trailer. Luckily he had flown it himself. 2. They wanted the placard in the panel changed to 450 kg mtow even though it has been registered for 24 years at 544 mtow. 3. It had a prop change which is in the log book verified with a photo of log book page even though it has been transferred with that prop change before. It is 19 reg prop changes are allowed .

anyone contemplating selling an raaus aircraft now make sure you tick all the boxes. we have had a condition report come back 3 times for additional information. i spoke to the raas office and they told me from now on every condition report gets audited and any missing info no matter how trivial will be required. the acr is effectively now an airworthiness report and they are going to hold the l2 who signs it off responsible . so i imagine we expect acr's to become quite expensive due to insurance cover now. and referring to a point skippy brought up a while back. when you transport your ac with the wings removed you have to get it signed off by an l2 once its reassembled.

They were originally designed with 8 degrees wing incidence to make them fit within the envelope they were allowed to fly in. I was told that by someone.

The only time expect a flip might be an outlanding in a soft or ploughed paddock.

I never said it was the least used. I was talking about the one with the swift pod. Are you just trying to start an argument. Pretty aggressive.

Apologies in advance if I offend anyone. When I look at low wing AC I wonder if you pilots of them worry about if you flipped it on its back say during a dead stick landing in a paddock for example. Do they have means of opening the canopy somehow. And the other thing is does it get hot under them bubbles and do you get sunburn't.