Deano747

sometimes they find a target to home in on .... taken from my office window a few years back

Don't know where you are getting your LAME from, I have been quoted $2.5 to $3 thousand pa for an LSA with 912is with constant speed prop.

I think they have a choice .....

December 24, 2015 Arizona Senate President Andy Biggs on Tuesday appointed Sen. Sylvia Allen as the new chairwoman of the state's Senate Education Committee. And what better role for Allen, who has been building her credentials for years with bizarre statements on chemtrails and a fervent belief in creationism, than leader of an education-focused body? They are all just nuts over there ..........

Torque

Sorry - you think that EV's (cars/scooters/motorcycles/airplanes) use lead acid batteries? Lifpo battery for 2 hours lighter than your 98 octane (11.2 kgs by the way) and an electric motor lighter than your 40hp conventional engine. Your argument doesn't carry weight .....

Like this a lot. All it needs is an electric drive and you can sit in it as well ...........or add a folding electric scooter to your away kit for an additional 30kgs and you can tow it. Handy to get into town or that camping spot on the beach.

Rotax 912 requires oil change at 50 hour intervals on Avgas - 100 hour intervals on Mogas. The issue, besides lead fouling everything, is cost...........

Flew an airplane I had flown many times previously from new for 1st flight after repair (fairly major) and it flew way better than out of the factory. Tolerances, rigging etc new are "as long as it is in tolerance it's OK" whereas the repair put everything smack in the middle of where it should be.

Like the idea of all EFB's talking to each other - The Govt has gone some way to help us though. The rebate for ADSB devices is pretty good - this will show ALL traffic with an ADSB out on your Oz runways - don't know about AVPlan or Garmin or Foreflight or any of the other contenders. Not cheap - portable IN/OUT is > $1,000 before the rebate. Portable IN only is ~$450. Going to become compulsory in a few years if you want to fly into controlled airspace - not just Kingsford-Smith, but anywhere with a tower.

That requirement is from table 19 of the VFRG and quite correct, but MOS 26.13 on page 147 of the VFRG gives you some wiggle room depending on your certification. "Application – VFR flight requirements do not apply to certain light sport aircraft (MOS 26.13) Light sport aircraft for which a special certificate of airworthiness has been issued and is in force under CASR 21.186, or for which an experimental certificate has been issued and is in force under CASR 21.191, the equipment standards listed in Table 19 and Table 20 do not apply if the aircraft is fitted with equipment which provides a pilot with the same flight and navigation information." I don't know what your 19-XXXX type is but can be a LSA.

Nimitz was OK, Melbourne was tiny ....

Not an option - standard fit, as is electric flaps, electric elevator & rudder trim.

Yes. Similar stall speeds, similar cruise speeds. Not in an LSA and maintain a useful load and enough power to become airborne. Beg to disagree.

Gudday, Gotta be a high wing - Covid Vaccine left me a little gift in that I am no longer able to tolerate direct sun which is also why I have had to give away motorcycling and look for a new hobby. And yes, I know that some low wings have good overhead shielding but they are still hotter inside, hard to sit under or camp under and are just too hard to get in and out of when you get a little less supple. Flew a Piper something or other for 1 flight when I was getting my licence renewed after quite a long break from flying, and crawling under the wing on my hands and knees to do the fuel drain really convinced me, so the rest of the flights were in Cessnas. The 3 month build time is quoted by Ekolot (it's a factory build) assuming that all the electronics are readily available, and the 1 month transport is based on previous deliveries from the distributer here, though it maybe up to a week longer if the shipping still has to avoid the Suez by then. The other big holdup seems to be Customs in Melbourne. Still waiting for EASA to sign off on the new documentation for the shorter wing and spoilers before we can place an order. Until EASA certifies it, CASA won't automatically issue a Special Certificate of Airworthiness and we are not prepared to take the risk and order one until that come through. Unfortunately while we wait, their order book is filling up from people in countries that don't have our wonderful CASA looking after their wellbeing. EASA was supposed to be completed with the new documentation before Christmas 2023, but they have been a little busy with other stuff going on in the region. Went and talked to the Sling guys in Wentworth at Ausfly and I have lusted after the HW since I first saw it, but it's just on twice the price for not a lot of performance gain, I'm rarely going to have any passengers on the trips away and I'd have to build 51% myself.