solomon

I took another look it at the 95.10 regulations again, and I realised I missed something earlier, it says to include a 90kg pilot! Does this mean it must have a weight allowance for a 90 kg pilot? I got a set of the requirements for the 95.10 regulations printed out, and it did not have that on it.

This is great! Very inspiring!

ok thanks!

Wait, what's the diffrence between a RA-Aus Pilots Certificate and RPL? I thought they meant the same thing.

some people are just unbelievable, through all my years I’ve watched air crash investigation I’ve learnt that good pilots that save passenger are ones who go out flying in recreational aircraft during their weekends to brush up their skills, like the pilot who ditched the plane in the Hudson river, he would of not ditched the aircraft successfully if he hadn't been flying gliders. When they train commercial pilot for emergencies, they don’t usually include a training in ‘how to glide an A320 if all power is loss’, this is where experience in light aircraft comes in, we’ve all at least had training in how to handle a forced landings. Also another well-known pilot in America glided a B737 to safety using a well-known technique the side slip he had picked up during his experience with recreational flying. I say having done recreational hours should be a bonus to a pilots career, i really don’t understand why it gets frowned upon in the GA community.

Thanks, i wasn't aware of that actually. It's going great thanks; i'm almost finished with the new air frame.

I don't know if many of you people have seen this, but this to me is one of the most unbelievable and completely avoidable plane crash I’ve ever seen. I am really disappointed in what the pilot did, just watching this video alone I knew there was something wrong with the take-off to begin with, it's quite obvious that it was over weight as it struggle to climb at take-off. What's worse is not the fact the pilot persisted on the taking off, but the fact he flew aircraft over a bunch of trees knowing how low the plane is flying and that it's struggling to climb. He had a clear grass field right in front of him! After he took off he had more than enough room to abort take off. It really makes me wonder what was going through his head when he was flying that plane, it's a shame when an experienced pilot makes such a big mistake that even I with little experience could of avoided. I feel sorry for the pilot though, and I’m glad they’re all alive! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDu0jYiz-v8

Yep i had that logged down that day we landed in the piper No, i'm not starting anything new, just wanted an idea before i finish high school.

Ok, thanks guys that helped allot!

Would having a Recreational Certificate make it easy to get a PPL in any way? I've heard someone say you can transfer over allot easier. Thanks.

My old design... It's come a long way since then.

This is an episode of aircrash investigation and probably my favourite one, the captains story is quite inspirational how he saved passengers twice throughout his aviation career! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8YpYosvHFU

This is a 1/10 scale drawing of my aircraft i haven't added much measurement in it because i didn't want to make it look too complicated, the other one with three different views in one page is just a rough sketch before i made my scaled drawing. It's not very clear on the photos but the small red dots you see are the CG symbols and the tubing thickness you see are exact scale. And thanks M61A1! that would be quite useful! Sketches: 1/10 scale drawings

I haven't installed the fuel tank yet, but it's going to be very close to the CG, in fact it's probably just behind, so if fuel burns off it will be just a tad nose heavy.