Blackhawk

Are any members looking for or wanting 6061-T6 aluminium tube for any projects. I may have some excess brand new 5.0M lengths of 140mm OD x 1.8mm WT

Yes, dealing with council was an experience but the state government worse, they had people building brick walls before we could put the application to them. Aquila Airpark is totally Green, all homes are Off-grid Solar, 32.5 Kw/hr per day Solar storage which is supplied by the developer to all land purchasers. (Installation is the responsibility of the land buyer) Internet and Phone will be through the NBN Wireless Network. Rain water tanks will be the land buyers responsibility. (normal practise for semi rural estates) Sewage treatment system will be the land buyers responsibility. (normal practise for semi rural estates) Garbage collection will be carried out by FCRC as a standard service. All street lighting and common area lighting is Solar.

Two of the many hundreds of house designs suitable for airpark house/hangar homes

It was a council restriction as there is a GA airpark proposed for Maryborough Airport which the council has an interest in.

11 km west of Maryborough, Queensland in the great Fraser Coast All information is contained in the web site; www.aquila-airpark,com

Yes, when it comes to Regs here in Aus, the more confusing it is the better it is for the industry, lol

Is that for Plans built or Scratch built aircraft??

Hi Mike, Is that in RAAus; I was always under the belief the MTOW for single seat aircraft was 300kg? and I can't find anything in the regs to say otherwise?

With the MTOW for 2 seat aircraft being increased to 700kg; does this mean there will be a similar increase in a single seat MTOW (to maybe 385 or 400kg) and if so would anyone know for sure what it could be??

Hi Kyle No, it wasn't a stipulation of the council, but all residential subdivisions are governed by a covenant which identifies the types of buildings allowed to be built and this is put in place by the developer and supplied to council as part of the Development Application. As far as termites are concerned, yes they are around everywhere in Qld, and most other states; it's just the species vary's. I live at Pacific Haven on 6 acres and built my house 10 years ago with a treated pine frame and Hebal panel exterior and haven't had any problems with termites and have never had the house sprayed for pests. A professional Gold Coast builder on the other hand, with probably 40 odd years experience built a very expensive home on the other side of the airstrip here and had all his skirting's, architraves and door jambs eaten out with white ants within 2 years because he used ordinary pine (and he's a professional) In termite areas you should use either Meranti, Tasmanian Oak or cypress pine for all your trims which white ants will not touch and always keep a minimum 100mm vertical barrier from the ground level to the slab (yes, my house is on a slab) Unfortunately there won't be any colourbond clad buildings allowed except for 1 aircraft hangar per lot in attached, semi-detached or detached form.

Hello All members, Just letting you all know that the (Yengarie Airpark, west of Maryborough in Queensland) now has its official name of AQUILA AIRPARK. The airpark was approved for development by the Fraser Coast Regional Council in October last year and currently survey work is now being undertaken starting with the Maryborough/Biggenden State Main Road intersection being upgraded to cater for the traffic into the Airpark Estate. I will be posting more information in the next few days and months to come and keeping you all updated on the progress for those of you that may be interested in setting down your wheels here. Graeme

They do have a flow straightener but they must have it in front of the fan?? why I wouldn't have a clue; it should be behind the fan as you know.

aj_ The engine's top rpm is 13,000, it is governed to 10,000 and runs through a 1.5:1 reduction which gives it the cruise rpm of 6,600 rpm. Ducted fans only operate to around 7000 rpm maximum. The screaming noise is the ducted fan not the engine. The team of UL-39 project is not a company but a group of University Undergraduates from the Aeronautical engineering faculty in the Czech Republic who were doing this as part of their thesis for Aeronautical Engineering and as no one has ever really succeeded in building and flying a Ducted Fan Jet (other than the Jet-hawk which was far from successful) until now; then they should be applauded for their hard work over the last 10 years to achieve the holy grail of ducted fan aircraft flight. Lets hope they or someone else develop this for a ready to fly or kit that would be available to anyone around the world. For those complaining about the top speed, well if 120 knots is not faster enough for a 580mm ducted fan pushing a jet weighing 450kg MTOW aircraft; then you should buy yourself a real L-39 and shares in a fuel company to run it. At least with our 544kg rule we could add more fuel and heavier pilots so long as it was approved by the production company for that weight in other countries.

More photo's of the UL-39 https://www.zonerama.com/JaFR1/Album/1293931

Here's a short video of the UL-39

Here some more info:

This is for all you inspiring Jet Jockeys. A very good friend of mine, Josef from the Czech Republic who used to live here in Aus but returned to his homeland about 6 years ago. He has been keeping me updated on the progress of the all carbon fibre Ducted Fan Ultralight Jet a group of University people specialising in aviation have been working on for about 10 years and they finally have their Ultralight replica L39 completed and flying. Check out the Pics, a brilliant dream come to life! This is all the info I have at the moment and as soon as he sends me all the specs I will put them here.

Try these, all in Aus. http://www.aviationacrylics.com.au/plastic-sheet-forming/aircraft-windscreens/ http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&title=Custom-Bubble-Canopies&A=111051 http://www.skytecplastics.com.au/

Found another from SportAir, don't know if they are kits or plans, but this is the single seat version located near Coolangatta $12K http://www.planesales.com.au/aircraft/5-recreational-experimental/2165-sportair-single-seat/5386-2014-sportair-single-seat/#

The wing construction of the original BD4 - WAS composite - and was built in moulded sections fitted to a tubular spar, Chris used the same construction for the Sparrow aircraft (photos below) where he got the idea from Jim Bede's BD4 (and possibly a set of plans). It is a very simple and strong way to build wings, once you have the mould for a left and right section. I bought a set of plans for the composite wing construction from Bede Corp. about 14 years ago; anyone could buy them and they are probably still available. .

That's very sad news, I've known Chris for about 25 years and kept in touch regularly. He will be missed; Fly high my friend!

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just thought I would let you all know a bit about the developer of this airpark. I’ve got to know the owner very well after my contact with him 8 years ago when he first started this project. The developers are Derek and Ginny Gould who are very nice down to earth people and Derek is also a RAAus pilot. Living in Sydney they found the airfields Derek flew from were being swallowed up by developers for residential developments, so they started looking for alternatives for themselves and were told about this property in Yengarie near Maryborough that had an airstrip. After coming up to have a look they decided to purchase this property but at that time had no thought of an Airpark Development. After they began living at the property they were told an American developer had looked at this property a couple of years previously to turn it into an airpark but couldn't convince the local council at the time of its potential. Derek then started to look into the idea of developing part of the property as a Residential Airpark Estate which over the past 8 years has had untold brick walls put in place by local councils at the time, changes in state government policies, council amalgamations etc; any sane person would have put it in the too hard basket and forgotten about it. Luckily with the change of government when Newman took over, most of the restrictions that the Bligh government put in place were removed, so Derek decided to give it another go and see if he could get it approved, which finally after another 3 years and a lot of expense, it was approved by the current Fraser Coast Regional Council who are very pro aviation. So Sue, I find your comments regarding what you say the developer is going to do and the assumptions you make on his behalf which are totally absurd and for a person who is a Civil Engineer and has worked with councils I couldn't believe my eyes when I read your comments; especially when the only credible statement was “This development is not attractive to me” Remember the old saying “You can please some of the people some of the time, but you'll never please all of the people all of the time” How true that is. Some information that you may be oblivious to is that; nearly every Residential Airpark in Australia is operated by a Body Corporate formed by the owners of properties within the airpark, even the new Gympie, Cumulus Airpark is operated this way. I assume that if no current airparks meet your criteria you may be thinking of developing your own airpark especially with your credentials as a Civil Engineer, (but then I doubt that would ever happen.) And by the way, all the blocks are Freehold and Derek (as the owner of the existing residence on the property) will be a member of the Body Corporate with the same 1 Vote that every other property owner has in the development.

The predominant standard roof colour at international and local airports (in Australia) is “off white” which is, Colourbond ‘Surfmist’

Or this at Hervey Bay