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Depends on your mission too Storchy. A tumbling AH wouldn't bother me at all during the day, but if there was a night component to the flight, then it becomes a more serious issue. If all of what you described was happening, then I would be walking away.

Perhaps Turbo means electrical power, rather than engine power.

Tubeless tyres - little repair kit from bike shops would be perfect.

Compared to some forums, this place is really friendly and polite!

I wouldn't just avoid it. Read up, plan to overfly and inspect like a private strip, and if you don't feel right, divert to Kingaroy. It really wasn't a bad strip, just the first time I ever needed near full throttle to taxi up hill

Most of us would probably get along much better in person than online.

It's insured, the owner is okay, no one was hurt......all up, the best outcome possible. Just don't leave it too long before getting back on the horse Cosmick, your head is in the right place and what you have shared may help countless other people - which is a good outcome too.

It's been a long time, but it wasn't too bad in a Warrior and C172. Watch your wind carefully, you will likely end up needing to land into wind, and take off downhill, regardless of wind direction. Not sure the Sportstar is rugged enough, but the Foxbat should be fine. Typical soft field take off techniques.

It's an idea, Rank, but experienced people can give bad advice and inexpereinced people sound advice too.....people need to just ask questions, think about the answers carefully, and then go and find out from a proper source. In regards to DrZoos' opening comment, I think the main problems are two - some people love to stir (and it is a lot safer behind a keyboard), and sometimes, no matter how careful we are to say what we think, it will come across wrong without all of the emotional tones and body language that we usually use to communicate. There is lot of criticism that I am sure is never meant in a negative way, but comes across like that in print.

Congrats on the engagement, move, job, being near Motz.....especially the last bit. I'd get engaged to move close to Motz too Seriously, congrats young fella. Hope it all goes really well for you both.

That has caught a few people unawares.....Vne comes up awfully quick when you pull through.

How on earth did you go from aircraft flying back at you to that!

Hey Bex, I don't know if it had been asked yet (understand if you don't have/want to give details yet though) but do you have a ballpark RRP? Looking very nice so far.

....politikal, and we use vodka to keep reality at bay as required." "I've got a couch in the back of the 'wing" said Madge "and once, I curled up in the back for a bit of a kip, when the 12"er climbed in and asked me about my special relationship with Uncle......

I imagine that would have been one short, but wild ride....

Oh man.....it reads like we are all talking at once in a really loud pub

Me too - took off from Toowoomba once heading to Archerfield and the smoke over the range wiped out the horizon. By the time I had u-turned outta there, it was setting in around the airfield. Good lesson in how quick things can change, and how much better it can look from the ground. Congrats on the nav!

DrZoos, I had arguments with CASA over incorrect and ambiguous answers in the CPL exams 10 years ago....I suspect that they are possibly no better now. But that is the problem with humans - we never manage to quite get things perfect. Does your friend give references for incorrect answers, and suggested reading or links? That would also be useful (and a lot more work for him).

I was a bit the same, and to this day don't like it when it gets really bumpy in hot weather. But it is the nicest time of the day to fly in summer, and you can get plenty of crosswind practice in the cooler months without the thermal bumps.

I'd think of booking a lesson daily at 6am during summer to knock off a licence. Beautiful flying before the thermals get nasty, you can still get to work and not get too overloaded. Take your time and enjoy it, you only get those early experiences once.....

Taking things literally happens all the time on forums. And just because small sample studies get applied to others all the time doesn't mean it is a good practice, especially when the small samples are not representative of the population. I agreed that the US reports are generally the best thing we have to go off, in the absence of our own data. And really, there is no excuse for the absence of our own data, our own analysis, and working to improve our own situation rather than just relying on other countries to do the work and hoping that it fits here. PS Thank you for the career advice. After many years in psychology (not just studying it), I'm glad that you were able to apply your medical experience to diagnosing my career mistakes. Hopefully I'm not too old and haven't thrown my life away doing something I'm really not suited to

That's a very flawed methodology - you NEVER add two different populations together unless you have a very solid theoretical belief that they are not intrinsically different. No researcher worth their salt would suggest that you could lump two different cultures, with different training, licencing, maintenance and regulatory standards together and say they are the same. Similar, but is similar good enough statistically? Analysis of the trends in US incidents is very useful, and there is much to learn. But generalising it to us and saying "because there is no problem with X over there, there must be no problem with X over here" is a weak argument. We can learn from their lessons, but need to start looking at our own more effectively. You can't say that all the other US data applies, but the data on fatalities doesn't. Again, our data doesn't and shouldn't be trying to sway their data, as they shouldn't be put together. And is it enough to say that "our regs and maint schedules / requirements may produce reasons for slight variations"? In actual fact, that doesn't cut it in statistics and is a very unscientific way of trying to explain something. Without a systematic review of regs etc and proper analysis, they can't be discounted. I don't have any evidence, but anecdotally that would seem to be the case in Australia too. Jab airframes seem to do very well from an occupant protection perspective. Stats is a little more than a passing interest for me - I'm actually doing a PhD on psychometrics and statistical modelling in individual differences at the moment. I hope I don't come across as harsh or condescending, as it certainly isn't my intention. I deplore the state of incident reporting, data collection, and rigorous analysis (or lack thereof) in recreational aviation in Australia. Honestly, GA isn't much better, with some data being collected but only high school level analysis conducted. I can't remember the last time I read an article in one of the international aviation psych journals that actually had an Australian study, and given that you are twice as likely to die in an RA-Aus aircraft compared to a GA aircraft (based on 10 years of data, corrected for hours flown and comparable types/operations only), there are plenty of homegrown opportunities to improve the safety of our pastime sitting right under our noses. If only real data was collected......

A suggestion for your friend - add a fifth option or present two questions at a time, the second one for feedback on that question. That way the feedback is systematic, and takes less time to match to the question it belongs to. If your friend is into stats, IRT can be very useful to look at patterns of answers to see if there is any systematic errors going on (ie people of high ability should consistently get easy to moderate questions right, inconsistency points to poorly worded or confusing items). With a bit of work, it can be a great idea.

I think the key is to go to a building forum, like HBA. No one will call you stupid there if you ask sensible questions, although if you ask questions that have been asked many times before, someone might tell you to search for it yourself....

Seriously, you hear these stories and you wonder whether those that suggested a new organisation be put together weren't actually right. Best of luck with the future Wayne.