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Thanks DJ...so in context of the site what would you do for:

 

unload - ???

 

Obviously, recovery actions for a spiral dive in an aircraft would not strictly apply but just an idea to focus on the objectives and how to achieve them.

I just went to a part of the forum about “General discussion on recreational and general aviation” and got into a discussion about drugs. Why would I bother?

So, my first thought is to unload the irrelevant stuff.

Learning to fly in an aircraft that is easy to fly but with sensitive stall characteristics ....

 

LSA requirement is "It shall be possible to prevent more than 20° of roll or yaw by normal use of the controls during the stall and the recovery" i.e. during the stall aileron must be able to be used to control roll. FAR 23 certified airplanes are similar but the requirement is 15°. I wonder about the Bristell.

 

Really? I've had a couple of posts edited, and one removed recently, was pretty much called a racist also, for factually explaining how some immigrants were using methods to get residential visas. 

 

In the Alan Joyce thread someone said "I wonder if Qantas gave him a big gift" and I quipped "His husband would give him a big gift" - it was removed. It was a joke, and typical Australian conversational humour at that.  Why the completely irrelevant off topic about someone's marriage was even allowed to run .....

 

Thing is previously we could discuss things here, not racist things, but factual things, it was one of the few forums left you could express yourself. And of course hand in hand with that, you removed Off Topic because a few members forced themselves pain by continually open threads who's content they were well aware of.

 

I went to a thread about an accident to find myself in the midst of a discussion about  Japanese immigration. I'm only interested in coming to a recreationalflying forum for recreational flying discussions. It has been in a downward spiral for some time so relying on subscriptions and pushing donations will only add to the downwards spiral. Usual recovery from a spiral dive - unload, power off, roll level and pull out.

We seem to be hearing about quite a few Bristell accidents. Does anyone know what the figures are?

 

Include accidents of similar types by the same designer. Especially interested in stall/spin accidents. I wonder if the ATSB will publish independent flight tests on its stall characteristics conducted a little while back.

Tocumwal. The Aero Club building is always open.

I took this photo from a point very close to where that red dot is ....

Starduster Too

There was a guy at Gawler who took off from a taxyway which served a line of hangars. I thought this was funny at the time and didn't say anything.

 

A few week later, this guy crashed ( not at Gawler )  doing a stupid stunt and killed a 17 year old kid (passenger) with himself.

 

I was wrong to keep quiet at the first incident. Maybe a telling-off might have prevented the big crash. At the least, the parents of the kid might not have approved of him flying with this guy if they had known more. In hindsight, he should have been banned from carrying any passengers.

 

My friend had "told him off" more than once with no effect and, as I said, was criticised by the coroner for not telling CASA about his behaviour which was considered to be the appropriate, reasonable thing to do as people like that don't listen to anyone else. As a result, the parents of that lad were devastated. I can guess what the coroner might have said about anyone who had seen his antics and considered it funny.

Here are the rules https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2005B00836

The Royal Victorian Aero Club had a device to eject ashes through the small window in a Warrior, they should still have it. A device like this is essential otherwise you will remain mostly inside the aeroplane.

It just needs its spinner back on https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1152579

Yep, spin and aerobatic endorsements may be granted to an RPL.

Tell CASA? Likely not interested and it may focus their malevolent gaze on you.

 

Certainly a consideration. Submitting a CAIR to ATSB will get info to CASA without identifying yourself.

My experience is that mentioning anything individually has nil effect.

Yes I have been banned from the PLA Facebook page as friends obviously administrators don’t like hearing the truth .....

 

Nope, defamation laws here expose them to legal action which is costly. Nought to do with anyone’s version of the truth.

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One of my friends was criticised by a coroner in court. He had witnessed unsafe behaviour by someone on a number of occasions and had words with the pilot. Didn’t stop the guy killing himself and a young passenger. If he had told CASA it may have changed things.

Adding an elevator tab where there was no tab in the design adds significantly to the elevator weight far behind the hinge. Elevator mass balance must be considered.

Go here and follow the links to see the differences between an RPL with nav endorsement and a PPL https://www.casa.gov.au/standard-page/flight-crew-licensing-information-sheets

It also explains the transition from RPC to RPL.

The flight radio endorsement requires the English language assessment.

Have fun in the Citabria!

Hi Head Honcho, yes i have considered an RA plane, how would that work with my CASA PPL and then flying to RA planes ...

 

RAA is an optional registration. Types you are discussing can have VH registrations and its just normal life with your RPL.

I see elsewhere on the internet that some ex-students have made statements explaining how they were allegedly ripped off. 

Plexus or vuplex plastic cleaners. I prefer vuplex from Bunnings.

Certainly don’t use glass cleaners as they are too abrasive.

I used to use Mr Sheen on fabric dope.

Not ambiguous at all. The website is clear that graduating students get a CPL. 

Licence test for a CPL is very clear - to be eligible for that test means having passes in the theory exams plus achieving the competency and experience requirements of CASA to do a test.

I visited Soar recently to have a look around and chatted to some instructors there. I also know some past students.

Having got an RPC then fill in a form to get an RPL from CASA - standard procedure. Gain experience? Well, there is a syllabus to get to CPL per their website https://soar.edu.au/commercial-pilot-licence/# they'd been doing CPL in one variant of the Bristell which apparently conforms to CASA requirements however as I was told, and per the website, from next year CPL in the twin Tecnam.

This is interesting. The collaboration between Box Hill Institute and Soar Aviation leaves the student with an RAAus pilot CERTIFICATE and the theory knowledge to pass the CASA theory exams for a CPL. Their fee for the course is $47,500

 

https://www.boxhill.edu.au/courses/diploma-of-aviation-commercial-pilot-licence-aeroplane-davcn-d/

 

You should get the quote correct! It states: "You'll also be eligible to undertake the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) licence tests for Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL)." Not that hard to read and get the info correct (I hope). That price is the annual fee so you can double it for 2 years. That is 2 years study at BHI plus flight training to get to where one is eligible for a CPL test. Get an RPC with nav endorsement along the way - gotta do that otherwise CASA's onerous regs make it virtually impossible for a student to do a solo CPL nav under training.

CAR 228 (Unauthorised persons not to manipulate controls) has to be read and acted upon from its position within the Regulations. 

 

It falls in under Part 14 - Air Service Operations

 

Division 3 - Conduct of operations

 

Somewhere in the CARs you will find a reg which states that private operations must also follow those rules for Air Service Operations.

It won't be long before Part 91 comes into force - these rules apply to all. Check out the draft plain english guide on CASA's website - the regs have been published so you could go there instead.

"Manipulating flight controls (91.155)

A person must not, and you must not allow a person to, manipulate the flight controls of the aircraft unless the person is authorised or qualified to pilot

the aircraft."

A local Decathlon recently had its ailerons jammed by the clip from a Bose headset. Pilot managed to fly it to the airport and fortunately it unjammed on final approach. Holes in the floor of a Decathlon so easy for pens, phones etc to get to where they can jam the ailerons or elevator.

"You MUST stick to a stipulated method that you have nominated."

 

There's no arguing with that statement. 

 

The argument is "Which method do you stipulate?"

 

When I bought the airplane it was using tacho so I continued with that for a short while until I bought a flight switch. The flight switch was U/S for a short while so I used time on my wristwatch from take-off to landing.

google found this https://members.raa.asn.au/storage/cta-faqs.pdf which, as I expected, states that it requires more than just an RPL.