Dover

Hi All, Do any of you own or know of any J170 Jabiru's around the Gold Coast or South East QLD? I'm just wanting to chat to some owners and possibly go for a quick fly with view to puchasing one for myself. Feel free to private message me with any contact details..... Thanks very much....... Ben

Thanks for your posts Keith & Friarpuk. Hey Keith, did you go with the Jabiru supplied Garmin 495 GPS? If so, do you recommend it? Also, which option insrument panel did you go with and now that you've done some flying in it are you happy with your choice? I know panel's are very much a personal preference thing but i'd be interested to hear your comments all the same......

Hey Dazza. Mate you're not wrong there about the hanger space! Thanks for your offer of a chat and some guidance. I'll drop you a line and hopefully we can catch up. Cheers mate, Ben

Thanks for your post Kev. You make some very good points which indeed put things into perspective. Glad to hear your 170 is going well and i too feel it's the perfect compromise. Cheers for the estimated running costs too. That's a great help. I'm sure you'll be a wealth of knowledge to me......

Thanks Skydog. Yeah i got the nickname of Dover when i was 19. Over the years i've convinced some people my last name is actually Dover and my parents were just trying to be funny.... Anyway, good advice on trying out a few different planes. I must admit i haven't done a great deal of that because, as you say, the Jabiru seems quite a good package for its price and it seems to fill all the requirements i have. Plus the fact that it's a Queensland/Australian product so any parts (if required) hopefully wouldn't be too hard to source. The J170 is about the limit of my budget at present so another 10 or 15k might be just a bit too much for some of the other aircraft around. Thought it might be a good one to start out with and maybe down the track upgrade to something a bit quicker with a few more bells and whistles!

Thanks Qwerty. Yeah that's what i reckon. Take the plunge and don't die wondering! I'm glad to hear you're happy with your Jabiru. It's seems like the majority of Jabiru owners are very happy with their aircraft which is reassuring. I went up to Bundaberg last week and was pretty happy with everything after looking around the Jabiru factory etc. Will have to wait and see how it all pans out.......

Hi Everyone, I'm Ben and i'm very close to ordering a new factory built J170. I've never owned a plane before so it's all a bit daunting (do i really wanna rack up that much debt??) although i've done a great deal of research so i guess nothing ventured nothing gained. I started flying in a drifter then a tomahawk and then a few Cessna 172's and have a non-current PPL although i still am a low hours pilot so i'm hoping the purchase of a jabiru could be a good option in the long run for getting a few hours in the logbook and doing some touring around this great country. This site seems fantastic for gaining knowledge and getting info so i look fwd to chatting to you all. Any comments or advice would be greatly appreciated...... Cheers, Ben