AllanBendigo

I live in Vic and yes the toll fron 1034 to the current level is great

The point that I was trying to make was the the 2% of idiots don't care about the rules or other people

No amount of training / education will make that 2% change their ways

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You can teach and preach safety all you like but there are 2% of idiots out there the will not put their brain into gear and don't give a rats backside about things so there will deaths and accidents forever.

The other 98% just keep having to pay the price in new rules and new costs because the idiots at CASA, Air Services and others think there can be 0 accidents. We all know drink driving is wrong and against the law but every day someone is killed or a drunk kills someone and they the 2% of fwits still drink and drive so know matter how much safety is out there, people will continue not to follow the rules and kill themselves that is a fact

My 2 cents worth

One of the best safety things since sliced bread

OzRunways V5 now has the TAF weather in plain English as well as the (unreadable) international format

This will add to safety for the all pilots easy to understand weather reports

One day the CASA, Air Services might ask pilots what is needed to make flying safer

Well done OzRunways, am sure AV Plan will follow soon

My 2 cents worth

Hi Kevin

You to can do the same, the 650 and 750 now have L angles running parallel to the spar on the top and bottom wing skins.

Cheers

Marty

The L angles between the ribs do not attach to the ribs they are about 4 mm short

I will take a pic of the plans and email them to you

Cheers

Allan

Hi,

I've cleco'd the top rear skin on the right wing and turned it over to do the bottom skin. However before it all gets put together I thought I should add false ribs (curved L angle) between ribs to get rid of oil canning in the wings.

 

 

How have people done this? Did you run the L angle all the way to the front and rear spars, or have a gap between them and just rivet to the skin? Or instead of running curved L from front to rear, did you run straight L span-wise between the ribs?

 

 

Interested in all discussion on this.

 

 

Thanks, Marty

The 750 and 650 now have L angles between the ribs side to side (parallel to the spar)

Cheers

Allan

This was in Australian Flying weekly email

CASA Confirms External Camera Ruling

13 Jun 2013

CASA has confirmed that pilots will need to comply with the regulations of CASR 21.M to install "GoPro" type cameras on the external surface of an aircraft.

Under CASR 21.M (the old CAR35), a CASA authorised person has to approve the installation against existing airworthiness standards before the aeroplane can be flown.

"Attaching anything to the external surfaces of an aircraft, whether it is the wing or not, is considered a modification," CASA's spokesperson said.

"Depending on what is being attached, it may have an effect on the aerodynamics, structure and depending on its location it can affect the airspeed/altimeter readings, etc. Therefore, the alteration to the aircraft needs to be justified against the applicable airworthiness standard.

"Civil Aviation Regulations (CAR) 1988 regulation 35 was repealed approximately two years ago and replace by CASA Subpart 21.M. However, CASR Subpart 21.M has the same requirements as CAR 35 did.

"CASR Subpart 21.M does not disallow the installation of a modification or alteration to an aircraft, it is a regulation that allows design approval of the modification. CAR 42U requires any modification or repair to an aircraft to be installed in accordance with approved data. Therefore attaching a temporary modification must be done to 21.M approved data by an appropriately licenced person."

With the proliferation of GoPro-style cameras for videos and still shots, the issue has been bought into sharp focus, especially when those shots are published or put on websites.

Comment

Australian Flying has published many shots in the past from cameras mounted externally. As this practise has been going on for over 50 years we have always presumed there was no issue for the pilot. In future, we will still accept these shots, but will warn the photographer about the CASA requirement.

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The new CH 750 CruZer is a new aircraft in the Zenith range. The STOL CH 750 is not being taken off the market.

The CruZer is not a STOL aircraft, it is a high wing, 100 kt+ aircraft, with the biggest cabin in the recreational kit market

Hi All

The new CH 750 CurZer has been released

Check out this link for more info

http://www.zenairaustralia.com.au/ch-750-cruzer.html

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Zenair, and all the other Nay sayers, did you assist with Natfly, did you nattend Natfly? Do you support Natfly? Its no good complaining about an event unless you are prepared to be constructive about it after all, it is OUR event. If the event was, as you call it, a joke, then you obviously haven't seen the efforts that went into the organising of it. An event such as this is only as good as the people who get behind it. We all fly Recreational Aircraft, we all like fly in's.If you dont help put it together, or are not prepared to be constructive in your critisism, then I dont think you have the right to complain. It wasn't put together just for your benefit. This flyin is our National shop front exhibition. What do comments like yours do to fix any perceived problems.

The comment about it being a Joke, demean and belittle the efforts of those that were prepared to get up off their butts and actually do something, notably the local Temora Council, Carol Richards etc to name a few. There are many others you are trying to pull down.

 

The old saying goes that if you cant s..t, get off the pot.

 

Remember folks, we, not the organisation in Canberra, are Raa-aus. Any problems are our problems, not the problems of a few elected people.

 

Having said that, enjoy Narromine.

From your first line you were not at NATFLY 12 because if you were you would have know I was there with 2 aircraft on display and sponsored one of the tropthies given out at the annual dinner. I have a been at the last 12 Natflys as a site holder and sponsor. I believe I have the right to comment on the event which has for the last 3 yrs gone down hill. When members don't come to their event SOMETHING is wrong and this year it was not the weather and from work and sales of kits the RA Aus blaming the ecomonic time is a cope out. The standard answer from people saying it is not my responsibility and passing the blame on to any one but themselves. The head office need to take hold of Natfly and have a staff member do it full time if they need money to pay for the position they should get rid of the dead wood at the TOP of the tree this would give them a lot more funds for salaries.

One example is at Narromine on the Sunday morning there was a meeting of all the site holders and we would chat about the event

Since moving to Temora nothing. Site holders cannot get to a forum on the Saturday as we have to man our sites. Each yr at Temora I have said we cannot hear the PA at the southern end of the trade sites and what has happened nothing and this yr there was not event a speaker outside the Museum even that was taken away. The cost have gone up over 150% since moving to Temora. Even the editors of the RA Aus magazine did not come that says a lot.

I could go on but I will not say any more I am writing to the board and HQ about the event but unless things get better I will have a serious think if I will be going to Temora again. Like some other major site holders have already started not to come if things are not fixed more will not be there in the future and NATFLY will become just a BBQ at Easter.

Hi All

Yes let's hope it is better than Natfly 12 what a joke of an event this year

Zenair Australia and Cummins Spinners will be there.

Let's see a good turn out for this event

Cheers Allan

Hi to everyone

I have not been back here for a long time hope all is well and the new features look great

Cheers

Allan