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Same as ShellHarbour. Real hassle is they changed the gate codes after

Basic 5 med is a motivation to convert to RPL. Then you can fly most 4 seaters (with 1 passenger). Also a chance to get your CTA endorsement earlier. Unless the LAME maintenance changes, group G is on its last legs and it has not offically started yet.

Clarify idle speed; 1400 is with zero throttle Normally we use 2000 for warm up

On a 912IS; connect engine to battery (startup/backup power switch) start engine startup power off once rotating alt B (30A) powers engine (ecu, fuel pumps etc) increase revs to 2500 for 6 sec and engine switches to alt A (16A) Alt B is now available to charge battery So you know you have 2 good alternators and battery is charging before you leave the ground. I believe Rotax reconmends a 1400rpm idle speed

Just because you can download the maps does not mean they are in a format that your EFIS can read. In fact most mapping GPS manufacturers use a proprietary format that only their GPSs can read.

Timing of Basic 5 med may kill group G. RPL and basic 5 and you can fly a 4 seater (with 1 passenger and a lot of luggage and full tanks).

It appears that this XPS oil is not a normal 5W-50 synthetic without friction modifiers. It appears to have a specialist/custom additive package.

ROTFLMAO 😁 Genuine Rotax sparkplug for kart engine (made by NGK). https://kart-store.com.au/collections/electrical/products/rotax-spark-plug

My understanding is that it was developed for the heat levels of the 916. So probably no advantage in using it in other Rotax aviation engines but Rotax says its ok so no harm in using it either. I suspect the price will be higher than Shell so up to you what you use.

XPS is a BRP house brand that they appear to have been using to market oil for their other engines for 20+ years. Looks like Lubetech (US) had some earlier manufacturing involvment but now appears to be sourced from Castrol (US). This new aviation oil was developed for the high temps of the 916 but has now been approved for all Rotax aviation 4 stroke engines. A full synthetic should handle higher temps without breaking down but I do not see it lowering temps at all. I always understood semi-synths were used in aviation for their ability to suspend lead (to allow for avgas use) and a lot of the development and testing seems to be about reproducing this feature in the full synthetics additives package. Odd, unless you have a really significant temperature problem.

Actually, no. I had a friend who worked for Caltex then Shell. Even tho they tried, distributors in Australia/NZ would go out of their way to say absolutely nothing. Oil formulations here have a number of differences to even the same branded product in the manufacturers home company. I agree with going with premium brands. It seems like most 10-40 or 5-50 oils (synth or semi-synth) would work in Rotaxs, obviously no friction modifiers so the car oils are out but all the premium motorcycle oils should work. Unfotunately the mc oils are as expensive as Aeroshell. Big question; what is the legal situation ? No guesses please.

This blog has some interesting articles and some replacement parts; https://pointsforpilots.blogspot.com/ 912ULS with 2400 hours in 28 years

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Was that a press release from Garmin .......

Foreflight do not need the product as they already have their own. So probably they are going after the customer base. Only problem is these sort of takeovers have very mixed results.

I'm in the software industry. Yeah, nah.

While RAA will be getting CTR access 'soon' I do not see us getting more than 1 passenger any time soon so to me they seem pretty comparible (for class G) except on a RPL/PPL you can fly a 4 seater will lots of luggage and full tanks. Anybody have the numbers on full RAA license/rego vs CASA ?

I hear water can be useful too.

Anybody applied for it yet ?

I believe currently when you get your RPC you can no longer takeoff/land at Bankstown. Can somebody confirm. BT lane of access and training area are fine but where do you take off from ? When WSI goes live we lose Bankstown lane of access, Bankstown training area and part of Camden training area and these areas all become controlled. You would require a massive westerly detour if you want to stay uncontrolled. I believe this is a significant part of RAA getting CTA access. The size of this political problem is why I think owner maintained group A will have access. Question I have is what equipment requirements will there be ? ADS-B ? A harder attitude to 2 yearly calibrations ? ?

You mean Western Sydney International ? Almost certainly this was a factor.

Except that it looks like owner maintained group A will also be allowed into Controlled Airspace so ?

As regards LAME maintained, I suspect this is partly political; 'my GA plane is LAME maintained so why are the RAA guys getting away with cheaper maintainance'. Same with Basic 5 medical which I suspect will be simialr to us with similar restrictions.

Most of the work has already been done so you have already paid for it. Wait till they get into MOSIAC 🙂

While this is the current situation the new CTR endorsement and use of it has not been defined. Particuarly, whether we will need more than our current self declared medical to use it. What happens with Casa basic 5 medical seems to be intertwined with this. I do not think we will know for another 6 months.