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  1. rgmwa
    ... if you can get it in. They're easy enough to get into soft sand, but then they don't hold much. Pretty hard to screw into dense soils.
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    Avweb did some tests:
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    Yes, I sure wouldn't risk my neck in it.
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    OK, thanks Riley. Maybe someone should expand on this article then to set the record straight. It was the only reference I could find to the design, and we can't let the Brits claim ALL the credit. Thruster T600 Sprint - Wikipedia
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    I just did the same. It's an entertaining read. In the book he says the Thruster is an Australian design, but these days they seem to be made by Thruster Airservices in the UK, who also claim the design - or the design of the T600 Sprint anyway. Is the Thruster an Australian design? Just curious. rgmwa
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    Which model of iPad and iPhone?
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    Yep, typical pilot...
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    It would be an Amateur Built Experimental (AB(E)) with VH registration. RAAus is out as it's too heavy. If you contact SAAA in your area, they will be able to fill you in on all the rules and regulations and assign a technical counsellor to oversee your project. It should be straightforward as far as the rules and regulations are concerned, just a lot of time and effort to put it together, particularly if you decide to scratch build rather than buy the kit. The Wikipedia entry says the build time for a kit is 2,500 hours, which probably means that 3,500 to 4,000 will be more realistic.
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    That would be quite a challenge, even as a kit.
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    Plenty of builders here. What kind of aircraft do you have in mind?
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    Nice plane!
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    I wanted to be a `real' pilot when I was young, but then life went in a different direction. Now I'm just an average amateur pilot and while that link is probably overly pessimistic, I'm glad things turned out the way they did. rgmwa
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    Best way is to contact a flight school in your area and ask. They will tell you what's involved.
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    G'day

    rgmwa replied to a topic in Just Landed - Welcome

    Very nice indeed, but what do you fly when you want to go low and slow?
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    The company I worked for used SAP. I once asked the IT people what it stood for and was told `Sorrow And Pain'.
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    If you want an RV that is LSA compliant, then an RV-12 is probably your best choice. Register it as ELSA or experimental, whichever you prefer. You can shoehorn an RV-9 (or even a 7 I believe) onto the RAAus register with a 600kg weight limit, but not easily (and maybe not anymore these days either?), and certainly not without some compromise in speed and/or payload. The current RV-12 kits give you a choice of ULS or iS engines. Vans say the iS is significantly more fuel-efficient than the ULS (30% or more).
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    Don't get a cheap flaring tool. I have a decent quality tool (Imperial brand I think) that works like the one on your Amazon link, but even then found it tricky to consistently get good flares. That could just have been my due to skill level of course. The Rolo tool seems to be the best, but is pricey.
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    CASA would pull the plug on that tub and probably scrub the pilot's licence at the same time.
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    About 14 seconds, Shafs?
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    Currently available from Amazon (UK) if you Google it.
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    We've all seen plenty of Spitfire documentaries, but this is about the best I've come across. It goes into a lot of interesting detail covering the plane's full history. Some of you will have seen it before, but it was new to me. rgmwa
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    Well spotted Nev. I've often wondered why it ended up lying under a bush where dad found it. I've imagined it being dropped in a skirmish with the local miners in 1865 or maybe lost during an inter-tribal conflict, but perhaps the simplest explanation is that it was an experimental boomerang that was thrown away because it didn't work.
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    My dad found this one near Old Halls Creek in 1983 while metal detecting for gold. He took it home to Victoria and it's been hanging up on his workshop wall ever since. He passed away in 2016, and we've decided it should be returned to its place of origin, or as best we can, so we're handing it over to the WA Museum next week. It's about 60 cm long, very weathered and quite fragile. They think it's about 150 years old.
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    Well, you can always put it back SDQDI. At least we'll know who was responsible ... or should that be irresponsible?
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    Agreed. I've edited the Wikipedia entry to delete the reference to `Regulations' and cancelled my VH-RET reservation. Case closed. I just hope you guys are right! Cheers rgmwa
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