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Uhhhh, my CFM home built shadow is 28 reg - it was never VH registered. I cant give a definitive answer, but believe it is the same as the 19 reg, but limited to 450kg MTOW Try this link http://www.recreationalpilots.com.au/recreational-aircraft-categories.htm Cheers Gerry

Alan, I have a 3 blade precision timber prop off my shadow you can borrow if you wish (as Riley said, not a give away, its just become spare). Its just come off a 582, and is just sitting around at the moment. I'm about 2 hours north of Brissie.

That would be like trying to nail jelly to a wall......slightly impossible. But in all seriousness, if I carry a complete ERSA, it resides in the back seat, in a bag tied down - effectively inaccessible in flight- I photocopy appropriate pages to keep next to me, but there is no way I could keep the book next to me. And what about trikes or open cockpit aircraft like drifters - what is the point of making them carry an ERSA, I wonder? Could you open cockpit types actually refer to an ERSA in flight? What I would like to see our RAA CEO do, is to approach CASA, and get a definitive ruling about what documents MUST be carried in an RAA aircraft. I think I just might send him an email about that very topic.

Soooo, is the carriage of an actual physical ERSA (lets not get into electronic copies yet) compulsory??? or is it all open to interpretation while you're getting ramp checked

To paraphrase one of Bill Cosby's comedy routines Read Your VFRG......... According to the Visual Flight Rules Guide , page 9, you do NOT have to carry your pilots log book - however, you have 7 days to produce it at a CASA nominated place. Also, from the VFRG, these are the required documents required (Page v) Licence Medical Aircraft Flight Manual (POH??) Aircraft Maintenance Release. In addition (page 10), charts and weather reports etc would be covered by - PPrune has had a discussion on what charts are required - it seems that it is (once again) open to interpretation, and that you only need to carry a relevant chart but a VNC with frequencies and prob a WAC seems the minimal - ERSA carriage?? I cant yet find a definitive answer to this.

With 3 passengers on board, I'd take the highway everytime. Think he did the correct thing, meself

Thanks everyone for your feedback - much appreciated.

Does anyone have a second hand 912 engine for sale? Cheers Gerry

Hi Zac. There are GST implications (I understand) that also come into the consideration of 150 Vs 200 hour comparison- make sure you get advice about this aspect as well. Re 200 hours CPL course. You can do a maximum of 100 hours in a 3 axis RAA registered plane towards your CPL. This is the 100 hours in the first part of the requirement. Why you can count hours in a sail plane or gyro, for example, but not a RAA jabiru towards the remaining 100 hours just shows an incredible level of stupidity on the part of CASA, from my perspective. Anyway, the remaing hours have to be completed in a recognised or registered aircraft. According to CASA licencing branch, an RAA registered aircraft in NOT a "recognised aircraft", or even a "registered aircraft" - go figure!!! My daughter is currently doing the 200 hour CPL course, and to be honest, the cheapest way seems to be join a club, and hire the plane at club rates, or find a club member who will rent you an aircraft at cheap rates (or fly your father's RAA aircraft :) )

This post may help ..... http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/would-a-recreational-certificate-make-it-easy-to-get-a-ppl.56212/page-4#post-278814

crashed near Roma at 6am today.... http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/light-plane-crashes-near-roma-in-queenslands-west/story-e6freoof-1226605193022

Hi Oz. My plane is obviously not a trike,but the Airkit antenna I fitted made an amazing improvement to my transmissions. I read of someone mounting it in their spat on a trike,and have attached a few pics for you. Note they used a plug at the spat to make it easier when de-rigging. (Pics come from http://forums.bmaa.org/default.aspx?f=15&m=50114&p=5). Just for completeness, I show where I mounted mine. I bought my airkit pretuned to 127.0 Cheers Gerry

Yep, that's dead right, but one of the issues is NOT the fact that its changing, its the speed of the change which is unprecedented, and its effect on an advanced culture, that is so interdependent, that minor hiccups can cause major effects And even if all the thousands of scientists are wrong about climate change, would the world be a worse place to be if we cut down on carbon emissions?

Just to (somewhat) clarify the status of RAA registered planes wrt CPL licencing requirements: This interpretation still, unfortunately, does NOT clarify the status of an RAA aircraft as to whether it is a registered plane or not...... More info from CASA licencing branch: See CAR Interpretations Page33 recognised aeroplane means an aeroplane: (a) that is on the register of aircraft kept by a Contracting State; or (b) that is operated by the Defence Force of Australia or of a Contracting State. recognised flight time means flight time that is: (a) in the case of flight time in a registered aeroplane, or a recognised aeroplane — flown by the holder of: (i) an aeroplane pilot licence; or (NOT Pilot CERTIFICATE) (ii) a student pilot licence; or (iii) an overseas pilot licence that authorises the holder to fly aeroplanes; or (iv) a pilot qualification issued by the Defence Force of Australia, or of a Contracting State, that authorises the holder to fly aeroplanes

Hi Graeme Just bought a genuine Rotax bottle with my new 582 twin rad. setup It is 700ml completely full, and 600ml up to the MAX marking Cheers Gerry

Well, after 3 weeks, I got a response from Casa licensing re RAA hours counting towards CPL licence Note, this information applies ONLY to the 200 hour CPL. The response from CASA, in blue follows: Flight as PIC of a 3 axis RAAus registered aircraft may count towards CAR 5.115 (a) PIC time. An RAAus aircraft is not a registered or recognised aircraft (see definitions) therefore RAAs time may not be credited for 5.115 (b) © or (d) Regards ..... In other words, you CAN put 100 hours of RAA PIC 3 - axis aircraft time towards your CPL licence. (Reg 5.115 - 1(a)) You CANT put any RAA time towards 1(b), 1©, or 1(d) as an RAA aircraft is not a "recognised or registered" aeroplane. Hope this clears up some of the confusion about this. ++ REG 5.115 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 5.115 Aeronautical experience for subparagraph 5.104 (1) (f) (ii): persons other than helicopter pilots (1) For the purposes of subparagraph 5.104 (1) (f) (ii), the aeronautical experience of a person who is not covered by regulation 5.113 or 5.114 must consist of: (a) at least 100 hours as pilot in command; and (b) at least 100 hours of flight time in a registered aeroplane, or a recognised aeroplane; and © at least 20 hours of cross‑country flight time as pilot in command of a registered aeroplane, or a recognised aeroplane; and (d) at least 10 hours of instrument flight time in a registered aeroplane, or a recognised aeroplane. ..... ++ REG 5.115 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

But HOW do you manage to bend the wings like that?

Funniest looking 2 engine Cessna I've ever seen Quote from the news report: "The two-engine Cessna clipped power lines before crashing into a field at Cape Clear Primary School, Cape Clear, about 1.50pm." This photo from here: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/16254045/plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-schoolyard/ Could be a power line in the undercarriage?

You could fly into Gympie if you put floats on your plane

ahh no, There would be a light beam, but red shifted. You couldn't SEE it (our human receptors are sooo antiquated), but the beam of light would still move away from you at the speed of light....... As to another stationary observer, well that's where I get completely confused, but cause the car is travelling at the speed of light (or extremely close, lets say), time and space are compressed with respect to the car and the moving observer. What that means, god (and einstein) only knows

Bought this last week - takes about 1 week for delivery. Custom made for dual carb 582 with oil injection http://www.cps-parts.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=632

I have found that the EGT gauges on my 582 grey top engine don't tend to move around very much, EXCEPT when doing a longish low powered descent, when they can move up quite quickly. I gather this is due to the partial throttle and prop windmilling on descent, causing a fairly lean mix. Last thing you'd want to do is give the engine a big fist full of throttle after a long descent with very high EGT readings - tends to lead to seizures. Monitor the EGT on descent closely. I was taught to do a powered descent with a 2 stroke, to help keep EGTs low - don't just pull the throttle all the way back. I would consider them a necessity in a 2 stroke for that situation.

You need to obviously take the prop manufacturers recommendation into account here - you dont want it self destructing just because your engine CAN spin it faster. As to takeoff revs - take a quick look at the page below from the rotax manual for the 582 (Fig 1 and 2) Max torque is approx 6000 - 6100, max power 6200-6300, so that's probably (once again purely from the engine perspective), the best climb speed for your engine. Going faster will not give you any extra power OR torque. You lose 10% torque by increasing revs from 6100 to to 6800. So why go to 6800 RPM on takeoff??? I can't answer that - anyone else care to offer a why on this? Re cruise speed Vs fuel consumption (fig 2 and 3) 6000 RPM seems like the sweet spot, as it gives almost minimum fuel consumption, max torque, and almost max power. Cruise at 5300 RPM, and you'll use the same fuel, but generate less power. Once again, these are pure engine figures. By cruising at 6000 RPM, you may suffer increased drag, thus slowing your aircraft down. Its a 'suck it and see' exercise for you aircraft and prop combo. But at least you can see where the engine itself performs best.

Skyfox1 numbers match the manual, but you are not going to do any damage limiting your Max revs to 6500, so the numbers you fly sound OK as well. If you look at the Rotax engine performance chart,you'll get an idea of the best rpm vs fuel consumption,but of course,this may vary due to your airframe. But its a good starting point to get the most out of your fuel tank

Ahhh, just noticed, that picture I believe is from a specific aircraft manual - Rotax engine manuals dont specify tyre pressures. So, I would NOT take the advice in that as gospel. Thats not to say that the particular aircraft should not use those engine speeds, but read the actual Rotax manual for factory engine specs.