old chook

Hi Mickeymax, I,m sure the movie Magnificent Men inspired a lot of the pioneers of the basic ultralight movement of the early 7o.s 80,s, Col Winton,s cricket and jackaroo looked very similar to the demoirselle in the movie which had a VW engine, Col used robin 440,s in the very early days. I saw a one off homebuilt in the very early 80,s that was similar to a scout powered by a Yamaha DT 250 motor bike engine with V belt reduction cheers Al

Nice one Greg,have fun, I,ve been flying one for the last 3 yrs and after flying basic ultralights for the last 35 yrs, Scouts, Winton Jackaroo,Veenstra Thermite,Chinnook,Spectrum Beaver, Thrusters I find it the most forgiving fun machine for a Sunday fly cheers Al

1967 did a few hours on a C150 Canberra $20/hr I was a first year apprentice electrician on $20 /week, money for the dream soon evaporated so built and flew R/C aircraft until the end of 1980 when I purchased a second hand MK 1 Scout and joined my mates who were flying a Pterradactyl and Winton Grasshopper around Lake George, basically taught myself with crow hops and ground loops ( 2 axis), then wisely did a 5 day gliding course on a Blanik on the winch at Euroa and aerotow at Tumut. Joined HULC mid 80,s and flew Gemini Thruster with Mick Parer for AUF certificate so that I could legally fly my Veenstra Thermite and Winton Jackaroo have had a lot of fun and met lots of very interesting pilots over the years now happy to fly around the farm on a nice Sunday in the 582 Austflight Drifter cheers Al

I Have a 3 blade Utah Precission 50 inch as used on Shadow Ultralight it is wooden laminate ground adjustable only done 10 HRS yours for $500 regards old chook ph Canberra 0418415539

Hi Bull the small nosewheel was an improvement to the ones that had small wheels,it stopped the front digging in if you didnt get the landing right. my 2 jackaroos were open cockpit without pod,they flew at around 50knots stall around 30.They were fun to fly in ideal conditions.the one with the full span ailerons was much better to fly.I believe when they first appeared they were direct drive very marginal power.I remember seeing a grasshopper around 1979 fly it was direct drive 440 robin regards old chook

Hi bull,my jackaroos from memory in early80,s didnt have numbers,one was red with blue pin stripes on wings,small wheelsthe other had thicker section wing with undercamber and full span ailerons big wheel barrow type wheels and modified tailplane painted in red barron colour with iron crosses.both had robin 440 engine with belt redrive.i flew them in fine conditions under 10 knots for over 100 hours.I was the third owner regards old chook

Hi Mick its Alan Sheard old chook good to hear you are restoring a historic ultralight. mine was found ina shed where it had been sitting 18 yrs slowly being canabalised missing redrive,prop,seat and tank and aileron teleflex cable.it has all flying tail not a problem as my 2 jackeroos in the early 80,s had all flying tail.any way keep on with it and if you want to ring me on 0418415539 i,d be glad to talk historic ultralights as i,ve owned about 6 and i,m an enthusiest regards old chook

hi marquesports I have bits and pieces of a winton sportsman that I,m restoring. What engine does youys have? mine has a zenoa minus redrive regards old chook