IanR

To be honest I was a feeling it before the aeros !! Opening the canopy was the solution but not sure when you can have it open or not - we closed it again for aeros and for circuits. I have not done any aeros for years - was good to do some again although we only did 10 minutes or so as I was still not 100%. Maybe I got used to it as when we returned to do circuits I didn't notice it at all.

I certainly had a big grin on anyway - 360 supercharged horses certainly get you off the ground fast.:big_grin:

I had the opportunity to do some flying in a Yak 52 last Sunday and really enjoyed it - takeoff performance is exciting and it handles beautifully. One thing that got to me a bit was the fumes in the cockpit. Has anyone else flown one of these and is it typical of them ? Made me a bit queasy until I cracked open the canopy a bit to get some fresh air.

I did a night flight last night and cancelled my SAR on the ground at Camden with Sydney Radar (124.55) - no issues. The flightwatch frequency for the area is listed on the maps as 121.1 - have used that on occasion as well. I was going to transfer to the Flightwatch frequency to do it but heard another aircraft cancelling on Sydney radar with no issues so did the same.

BTW - Was an interesting flight - 55-60 knot ground speed on the way to Goulburn and 175 knots on the way back !! Dead smooth at 6500/7500 ft !

there are some on the register.MTOW does not come into the equation. It is empty weight plus 75kg per person and fuel. The stall is the omitting factor. the rv4's that are in the register already are classed as a single seat aircraft

Stall speed is 58 miles/hour or 50.4 knots. You quoted the 1800lbs MTOW and you must also quote the stall accordingly.

J

Just looked at the Vans website - the RV6 is 1600 lbs MTOW (about 726 KG) with a stall speed of 49mph (43 kts) and the RV7 is 1800 lbs (817 KG) and 51mph (45 kts)

Be prepared

(Ian R, I sound like a Scout!)

Very nice! (How did you go?)

The only problem with their bigger and faster planes is that they weigh over 544kg, so you have to have a PPL to fly them, with the requirements for a medical every 2 years and therefore a donation to CASA.

Rick, we went in the Australian Light Aircraft Championships there - they had a number of different events including the formation flying. Others included spot landing, forced landing, streamer cutting and aerobatics.

The unfortunate thing was that the rules only allowed VH registered aircraft to participate - I raised that with one of the officials - may be changed for next years event (in WA). Hope so - more the merrier !!

Got these photos sent to me from our formation flight at Taree - thought people may be interested.

Thankfully the aircraft is a wonderful responsive type!

i have a couple of maps and a copy of the new ERSA on the way but the new ones are about a week away. then i will be able to have a look and a play, make a dummy flight plan and have people have a look and see if i am doing it right ;)

Wow - you say it was line astern landing - close formation ? He was very lucky. I have been caught in wake turbulence in form landings and its not nice.

Any news on this happening ? A few of us just went in the comps up at Taree and they are all keen to do more of it. I think you would get some flying over from Camden if you made it open to outsiders !!

Darren, the weird thing about the rego was that is was obviously removed - and the thing was parked in the middle of a busy airport - I would have thought if they wanted to hide it they would have landed in a paddock or something.

I was at Taree during the week. The helicopter was sitting there with police crawling all over it for fingerprints, etc

The really weird things were :

1. It was beautifully parked

2. It had been nicely prepared for sitting overnight (rotor tie downs fitted, etc)

3. The rego had been removed

4. It was apparently flown there at night (take a bit of skill I think ?)

Something a bit fishy I think.

Royal Federation of Aero Clubs

I had not noticed that in the rules - seems odd these days when aero clubs have bot GA and RA aircraft !

Next week the RFACA is holding its annual Australian Light Aircraft Championships at Taree. We are entering a team after many years absence. Anyone else on the forums going ? Would be good to catch up.

Program has practice on Thursday and the events being held Friday and Saturday.

That is great - there are certainly some interesting aircraft there. I remember when it was at the airfield they used to ground run the Sea Fury !!

Once you start going to Camden, it is very difficult to escape.

I knew John as well, instructed with us for years - great bloke.

Absolutley.. i was in the cct the other day with a tigermoth and 2 yaks, 1 was a beautifull Yak 50.. its like an airshow evryday there..:thumb_up:

I am going for the Saturday - departing Camden early morning. Am a member of the AAAA but will be going in a tinny to fit the family !