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The answer on the web site as of 10.40pm........NONE!

Im glad Im not caught up in this s@#t fight. I feel sorry for you guys that are & I know some of you have posted on the forum that you will continue to fly. I hope you guys really consisder your actions by posting your intention to fly an unregistered aircraft on the forum for the world to see not a smart move. Just ask yourself would you drive an unregistered car on the road??? . Remember CASA do ramp checks. Dont think because you are in a little rural airfield they wont bother you! I think the longer this goes on the more likley hood the inspectors will be out in force. I know its frustrating but please stop & think! Hopefuly this will get sorted out real soon.

Welcome Phil this is why I enjoy being part of this forum doesnt matter where in the world you are if you need to find out about anything aviation you will always get an answer here. Enjoyed reading all the posts for this thread. Well done to everyone. Cheers.

Great looking Xair Bruce. I haven't had any punchers as yet all my flying is from sealed runways. My be instead of a bigger tyre size get a tube that has a thicker wall or higher ply rating than the ones you are using now. Cheers

Yeah I have a 38 pitch prop I built mine the 80lt tank is standard for Australia. Max weight here is 540kg

Yep I run a jab 2200 first test flight was march this year it has 21 flight hours. Cruises @ 80 knots Im getting fuel burn of 17 litres an hour at 2850 rpm that will improve when the engine beds in more. Climb is 900 ft min. these figures are all one up & full of fuel 70-80 litres. Did you build your Xair?

Hi Bruce welcome to the forum. I fly an Xair Hawk/Hanuman fantastic aircraft to fly. Im currently grounded at the moment for 8 weeks I snapped my archilles tendon, 1 week down another 7 to go. Going to be a long road ahead. Cheers.

There you go!!

Shags the Gentlmens name who owns the rights to the Vampire is Ken Garland he is based at Wollongong you can find his contact details through the SAAA he runs all the maintenance courses for the SAAA. Cheers

Thanks Alan. Its good to meet people in person with whom you chat with on this forum. Had a good flight back a little turbulant coming back into mittagong the plane handle it really well, very pleased with how it performed. Keep saving those $$ mate your turn will come. Cheers Tony

There are a fair few aircraft from Mittagong heading up on Sunday. Should be a good day weather wise, fingers crossed!

Camden or even Pipers Airfield out at Bathurst.

This is Des Porter's Dragon. Very sad news hope all are ok.

Thats one reason why I decided to join the SAAA instead of RAA. Having Chapters makes it a lot eaiser to find out info & get answers to questions. Something RAA should look at setting up.

10 year old! How many landings in that time.

In my workshop I use turtle wax. Most polishes have silicon in them. If you need to do touch ups just wipe the area with a wax & grease remover before doing the touch up. tonkariaviation.com.au

This bird just lands it self.

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Its one of those freebird aviation sportlite attached some pictures

I dont think its a matter of the RAA to introduce a CTA endorsement, Its a matter of CASA changing the rules & I wouldnt bet your house on that one happening.My Xair is VH reg I have to have a instrument 8 every 2 years. to calibrate the transponder, ALT, ASI.

Xair Hanuman

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I haven't folded me wings as yet I have no need to at the moment. I think you would need 2 people to fold it the first couple of times ,but once you get use to it you would be able to do it by yourself. I think it would take around 20 min to de-rig & setup again. Ill post some pictures of the folding wing setup. 1st picture shows elbow & safety cable 2nd picture is wings all ready for mounting 3rd picture is the cross tube where the elbows slide onto the safety cables are attached to the 2 bolts in the centre of the cross tube. Cheers

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