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Actually just noticed lately my Avplan track jumps (Not the internet connection, my aircraft). I wonder if the Skyecho is keeping the GPS connection or it could be the wifi dropping. Hard to pinpoint unless I catch it in the process.

That would be an interesting poll, ADSB out in ultralights.

11 minutes ago, walrus said:

Turbo, I’m sure you are right. What you are saying, it seems, is that RAA pilots have no rights. That said, my point stands. With no rights, then the 60%+ of Australians living under CTA on the East Coast should not be flying RAA. You can fly suitably equipped RAA aircraft in CTA with a ppl, bfr and medical certificate).

 

‘’That begs the question of medical self certification for GA, if that happens then the floodgates are open for the RAA pilots with a PPL as well.

You could also debate whether RAAUS is a direction towards recreational GA. 

2 hours ago, Garfly said:

Speaking of getting past Coffs ... on the assumption that a clearance to track coastal abeam YCFS was un-gettable, (not to say unavailable) I've been researching some route options through the hilly country to the west.

Of course, it depends upon WX on the day but I was wondering which track might minimise the hostile terrain below.  Checking out Google Earth it did appear that the farmland valley running north-south just north-east of Bellingen might be as good as any (cutting across to Nana Glen [northbound] near Lowanna, following the power lines.)

But any comments or suggestions from those familiar with the area would be welcome.

 

A few options:  (click on each image for some more detail)

 

 

 

 

 

 

From memory I chose option 1 to keep maximum altitude during the flight. Option 2 is too close to trust your GPS and option 3 is too low and putting trust in the GPS again I think.

http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2019/aair/ao-2019-052/

2 minutes ago, Bruce Tuncks said:

I would have hoped that the killing of 2 by failing to allow them to use UNUSED airspace should have put a bomb under them...  Alas, I don't think anything has changed.

That was Coffs wasn't it? That would be nice as well to be able to transit their airspace somehow.

I'm in Five Dock and missed it.

Still no good for RAAUS through the coastal lane.

Still at Wedderburn, been sitting on the grass for ages. Haven't seen it fly till I saw that video.

1 hour ago, kiwiaviator said:

Diverting slightly from the aim of the topic, I notice my SkyEcho signal comes up sometimes on Flight Radar 24. How do I get the icon changed, and upload photo etc? I have googled this and tried some suggestions with no success. I currently show up as R4927 on FR24 with a large aircraft icon and no details. Anyone else done this with a RAAus aircraft?

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54 minutes ago, djpacro said:

Depending on the design basis for the detail, but taking FAR 23 as the typical one as most are consistent with this: Vne is defined as IAS, full stop, for little airplanes. Determination of flutter margins must take into account the maximum TAS that the airplane can achieve. Testing therefore, the test pilot takes the airplane to the maximum altitude then dives to the required test airspeed.

This article is useful reading: https://www.australianflying.com.au/news/vne-and-flutter-explained

 

(Earlier versions of FAR 23 required the use of CAS rather than IAS so you will encounter variations with altitude. Faster airplanes will have a scheduled Mach number limit as well).

 

You must read FAA AC 23-8C Flight Test Guide for Certification of Part 23 Airplanes for background - see Page 106 onwards. https://www.faa.gov/documentlibrary/media/advisory_circular/ac_23-8c.pdf

 

Then their guide for homebuilt airplanes at https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC 90-89A.pdf

 

CASA also has their own flight test guide for home-built aircraft which is based on AC 23-8. https://www.casa.gov.au/airworthiness/standard-page/flight-test-guides as does the LAA http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk/engineering/flight_testing.html

 

EAA too https://www.kitplanes.com/new-flight-test-manual-from-eaa/

Just finished reading the aricle in Australian Flying, very useful info. Amazing what you find on reading different threads.

But I remember reading somewhere that ATC needed a software update to see skyecho devices. 

I thought they were upgrading to do that but I didn't know they could do it yet.

I'm also looking into getting some lenses but can't get in contact with my optometrist.

https://www.vr-wave.store

Never enough hours in the Jab, my wife used to treat it like a station wagon. Lately lockdown doesn't help and I can't even get to the airport at all. I saw there is an airport at Mallacoota.

Anyway, the screen doesn't really matter, I only use it for basic setup before switching to VR. I set a shortcut in X-Plane to turn on vr and off. Funny, last night the cable for headphones normally unplugged coming from the headset was interfering with the sensors and made for stuttered images. Glad I worked that out.

I understand about the PC, way too many options. Take a look at youtube

https://www.youtube.com/user/col2mab

As for the headset, Oculus is owned by Facebook if that's not an issue. I heard HP are pretty good but I'm going to stick with HTC for the moment if I had to upgrade. 

One final thing, you can tell if you need to adjust the graphics settings in VR if you are getting sick from the jitters in the graphaics. I tried everything max and got sick.

You can fly RAAUS without one and just can't go to certain airports. Security Controlled ones I think.

10 hours ago, kiwiaviator said:

Pretty sure they used the drain points. On closer inspection, there were fuel stains down the side of the fuselage. I am very fussy about that when I do fuel drains.

Just be careful, they can fail.

It’s not easy to drain, do you think they used the drain points?
 

When I’m flying to another airport, not sure how I could use a camera when I cover my plane. 

Since I've a glass cockpit, I always take a photo of my display for the hobs and fuel so I know how much fuel I need when I go to the airport next. Sorry to hear about being bone dry. Glad you have a chance to fly though.

I test flew the 170 and 230 with Sue at Narromine ages ago and loved the 230. I stretched my finances to get it but after 11 years I still love it. Just a pity I can’t fly at the moment, hence a lot of VR. 

I know your area. I used to do windsurfing wave comps there in the 80’s. I don’t mind helping, you can get MWave to make a ready made machine for you. 
 

As for the plane, I could only see a J160 and because this isn’t real, I preferred flying something I can’t afford and faster. 
 

I wouldn’t wait for apple, they did do something a few years ago then lost interest. You needed a high end Mac and they were too expensive. You really do need high end otherwise you’ll get sick. I can’t even turn everything to its highest settings on my setup. I forgot to mention but make sure you also get 321 of ram. The next version of x-plane is going up a next level for graphics but I don’t know how much grunt that will need. I think they might announce something in a couple of weeks at an expo. It’s already on their website with visuals. 

I'm a long time Apple user going back to Apple II and currently do Mac Support full time sole trader.

Anyway, what do mac people do to find out the specs, ask the kids 🙂 and yes, I got X-Plane originally for the mac but then moved it to the PC when I went VR. I was lucky, my client had the headsets lying around and knew I fly and offered them to me, they are the first version but you don't say no to free. That's why my budget was higher for the PC.

MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS AM4 ATX Motherboard

AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8 Core Socket AM4 3.9GHz CPU Processor

MSI GeForce RTX 2070 VENTUS GP 8GB Video Card

Then you have to decide on cooling, I went with the fan instead of liquid cooling.

Noctua NH-D15 Multi-Socket PWM CPU Cooler

I recently purchased the Honeycomb Flight Controls and the Logitech throttle since I love flying the Tecnam Twin and currenly flying around Australia since I'm in lockdown. I do have old pedals.

I need to sell my Logitech Flight Switch panel and a really old Thrustmaster joystick.

Recently I purchased a way overpriced knobster because that's the only bad thing about VR is it's difficult to turn knobs.

I use AirServer so I can use AirPlay and use my iPad in the VR. To get it to appear in X-Plane I use MoveVR. Expect to take a few minutes setting up before flight till you get used to the procedure of loading things up.

Hope that helps.

I eneded up buying a PeeCee for the VR. Using HTC Vive and and I can't go back to a normal flight sim now. Still use the mac for all real work, PC just for sim.

I can't wait till the tech starts coming to aircraft, this is one of the reasons I prefer mogas to avgas. Maybe I'm wrong but minus the lead and I assume cleaner burning. Rotax has been trying to improve their current line up if you can afford the newer engines but one day they need to change, we all need to change.