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Im working on a cattle station at the moment. Its a great series! Filled many of my more boring humdrum evenings!

haha the race car is done. will be sitting in the back of the shed till the next off road season start at easter.. haha iv still being hear pudlurking in the.shadows!! gee you must travel a bit. well iv.given away shooting riley so its a catch twenty two haha

hey guys iv still being bumming around the forum, haven't being posting much because my flying has come to a total Holt :( SHR (sh8t happens racing... my race car was written off ) any way race car rebuilt is happening, i would like to get a "project" something that would need a ground up rebuild, with/without motor, i know theres got to be something in the back of some ones hanger or shed. how much would you expect to pay for something that needs a re-build? PS: if any one knows of anything PM me please :D cheers dave

As above, is there only one? or are there a few, do they hold stock in Australia? contact details?

the CH-650 is a NICE looking plane, but probably a bit complex for a first attempt? they look like a great plane, seems a lot more people are building them now they fixed that problem. all Scotty i work with aluminum, chromoly, and steel every day building off road race cars and buggys... so while thats easier for most i already have all the metal working tool right there!! and all aluminum means i can stay out side when i go on a trip? sorry maj i will ammend that for you... AMATEUR HOURS use of terminology in terms of the sav.. great plane but the idea of building from plans and not a kit is mainly the experience and i dont need $$ up front... if i decide its not for me i dont have a whole kit laying around. in terms of complexity, as long as you take your time is it just a page by page process? building from plans that is? having a CNC router is really going to help

The ch 650 had a lot of problems with the wing? Particularly them falling off?

hey guys.. im pretty keen to build a plane from scratch im thinking a CH-701 or CH-750, being from the bush the STOL characteristics are ideal and it looks like a simple aircraft, to the best of my knowledge the Savannah doesn't come in a plans only format? my question is, were is the best place to go for information? can you license a scratch build easily or is it a big headache? is this the sort of task some one with a well equipped workshop and good metal working skills can embark on?

hey guys.. just curious the CH701 is the original STOL by zenith, the CH-750 is their latest with improvements... but given its extra weight... can it still be licensed as an RAA aircraft?or is it to heavy?

there some great photos Tex... looks like a great day for some aviation!! haha i thought thats what the back seat was for, a low maintenance passenger :D

thats a great insight Millard, really interesting.... haha great to see every ones flying machines, there is some beauties out there thats for sure.

yer, makes logical sense.... it will be a matter of time more than any thing, depending on what needs doing and if i have my license or not. yer, chances are it will be hangered at home mate. it im scrapping together funds for a plane no hope of buying or paying rent on a hangar. haha you might be in trouble once you finish it, will have 2 planes to choose from?

gee Shaun took you a while to fond this forum, welcome mate, plenty of interesting people and stories around hear that's for sure... yer i figured there would be a few around, just didn't know where. Calingari, didnt think there was much more than a strip there?.... yer i think you might be on the money, but mathamaticaly 5+10=15, which if you pay 15 for one in ok condition then its the same thing.. you have a sky dart also? since when..... yer will have to get up there some time mate, moving in late jan so might come up there some time then. you cant keep current if you have nothing to fly and cant pay out the nose for a/c hire mate? yer, probably right about getting one that's certified but tbh... i dont think i would ever sell it, just would be logical. yer there are a couple of photos of it from way back when, iv got one i nabbed of the internet because it looked familiar. haha no i know you didnt commandeer it mate :roflmao:fair enought............ i know for fact dad wont be helping me out on this one

haha to true mate to true, yer interesting you mention that, it may be the dependence in reliability and design that has led to the lose of these vital skills that were needed then but know air craft are considered "reliable" enough. yer, its amazing how far engineering and areospace design has bought us in the last decade.

haha its amazing the people you meet on the internet, its really great to hear other peoples stories and adventures. gee Millard sounds like you were in the middle of it ay. would be brilliant to compare what was in the sky back then and what flying now, just going off your above photo, there would be a big difference... its easy to see where drifters and thrusters are derived from...

haha gee maj, sounds like a great few days in the desert sorta, nice to know some one is willing to put there neck on the line for their own design, glad engineers can hire people to do that now :D haha 900$ for a ballistic parachute, what do they cost now?

thats great mate, always good to get a bit of a confidence boost..... a long way yer, but you just proved to your cfi your closer than you were at the beginning...

to be honest patrick i think that would be a fascinating job... haha good to hear the drifter will get a buzz this weekend, my concept plane will be flown haha

makes sense mate, after all i guess if the student has studied there is no need to give a full lesson on what you are about to do. yer, id never considered that the flying aspect of the "lesson" is relly just putting the theory into practice so there should be any explaining up there..

gee mate they look no different now as they did back then, haha they must have being revolutionary

yer i think thats a valid point, its fine having 40min lessons but if there every 2 weeks you need 20 mins to re-cap what you did last time, how often should you be having lessons? evey weekend? iv being told more than one lesson a day is to much, but one before lunch, break do some book work and one after lunch or something like that?

haha thats a great idea, but i dont think it will work.... he has a shot gun, i dont :roflmao:bummer....

haha yer, will probly be over there in the coming year for a few months :D will have to get around and see everything and one.... yer, seems logical. no point having a plane and no home for it, but if you build a hangar you gotta put something in it, or else if your dads anything like mine, it will be full of machenery in a week :D

haha lol maj classic, clueless and planeless

LMAO, what kinda country boy dosent even drink rum? ... yer well as much as i like the idea: i want one!!... id rather die poor with plenty of toys than die rich with nothing more than a house and car

yer, well i like to share my experience other wise its like fishing: "the one that got away was THIS BIG" haha so its a confidence thing also, thats the hope maj, living on a farm with plenty of space and spare time i would like to do ALOT!!! of flying, i guess air time gives you experience that makes you a good pilot... ah if only :( i think i might be visiting the bank...