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Sky car I have been following this developement for some time and it hasn't made progress as fast as I had hoped over the last 2 to 3 years, although there has been a definite improvement on their website in the last couple of months. Following on from the last thread though; in each nacelle ( that is at each corner, so there are four nacelles all up) there is actually 2 engines for that exact reason, in case one engine fails. This is one of the reasons for the slow progress as Moller are looking at avoidance systems to be incorporated into the skycar and new legislation by the FAA to prevent accidents occurring. It would be great if the project gets off the ground, and I hope that I am around when they get cheap enough to suit an ultralight pilot. Best luck to them, it is a grand idea and has some good specs, did you notice the stated climb speed - WOW.

Pocket FMS Yeah I have been using Pocket FMS for nearly a year ( although not for many long distance flights) and have found it to be very good. I use it on my IPAQ and mainly use it as a reference, (ie; to assist my standard flight plan and WAC, etc) and think that it is great. The price is the big winner, especially if you allready have the pocket pc.

There certainly has been a lot of discussion about all the standard student books, BAK, PPL etc, but as a low hour pilot, who is very interested in leaning and preventing anything going wrong there are two books that I would strongly recommend. "Stick and Rudder", which was recommended to me by various people at my gliding club. This is of course an old but very renowned book about how and why planes fly. (by Wolfgang Langewiesche). It is well written and easy to read. The other book, which I stumbled on, and which has really helped to reinforce a lot of basic principles was "Stalls and Spins" by Paul A Craig (part of the Practical Flight Series). This book is a fantastic reference which deeply covers stall and spin prevention and recovery and also really made me think about what I had been taught. ;) I can't recommend this book highly enough, in my opinion, for knowledge to prevent low speed incidents. It is very easy to understand, and strongly reinforced a lot of the student training. Strongly agree as well about the information on the AUF site.

I would agree that a glider forum is a good idea, but when looking at the dates there hasn't been much traffic on it of late. Have just completed my A and B certificate, and also my 5hr endurance on my conversion flight to single seaters, which made me pretty happy. I have only just taken up flying about two years ago, and started of with a glider trial flight thinking about getting into it. Decided as it was April, and I live in Victoria, that the season was on the decline and that it would be better to leave it until Spring / Summer. Then I thought it would be a good idea to get a lesson or two in powered planes to get better stick / rudder control. At this point I didn't know that RAA existed and considered ultralights powered hang gliders. Next thing I was having a ball flying Jabiru's and completed my RAA licence early last year. Still like flying anything I can, but am tending to fly gliders more as it is a bit easier on the finances. Lots of fun too, and it has really improved my flying, especially with the spin and stall training. Thats one side of gliding training which is a real advantage to novice pilots, all the low speed flying. Anyway, glad to see the glider forum.

G'day, Hello to all and thanks to the administrator /s for a great site. Have been involved with RAA for a couple of year now and have only just found out about your site. Wish it had of been sooner. Cheers for now !:big_grin: