David Isaac

So I am training for my RPC and haven't gone solo but was wondering that if the instructor trusts you to go solo and you achieve your first solo, will you be able to rent the plane without the instructor and go work on your training by yourself without the instructor or you go solo then you need the instructor until you get your RPC??Thanks,

 

Riley

During the training phase all solos must be authorised by the instructor under his supervision.  Any solo work is a part of your supervised training and yes, there are solo sessions the instructor will send you out to practice.  You cant just hire an aircraft and going flying until you have the pilot certificate.

Just sold two stud rams to a new hobby farmer. The National Health Statement and travel documentation took 30 minutes.

Have a look at Superstart's data sheet. http://www.superstart.com.au/Portals/1/LiFePO4 Batteries SDS 2017.pdf

'Pause and reflect' would be understood by all.

On a different note. I got my RAMPC approved yesterday. I sent it to CASA on Jan 10.They blame computer failures and also seemed to lose half of my application. I must say that they were very helpful on the phone, but computers seem to be one of our biggest causes of failure.

By ‘gotcha’, I was not implying a specific cause, simply that whatever happened ‘gothim’. More a statement of the profound obvious really. Please don’t assume that I am implying any pilot error.

Sobering when such gotcha moments can catch out such highly respected and experienced pilots. Terribly terribly sad.

That is a very enlightening read from Transport Canada. Obvious from benign to nasty in a split second.

I have flown the Beaver, one of Sydney harbour seaplanes ones actually many years ago but never that close to the stall. Nice aeroplane as long as you don’t want to go fast but need to carry lots of weight.

I have only been on this forum spasmodically for the last two years. In fact I haven’t flown for over two years. This forum is still the best information resource available. Facebook is no where near as traceable and wanders all over the place. Try and find a discussion on a topic six months ago ... hopeless.

This forum structure is logical and easy to search.

Pity to see it change. I can come back in after six months and pick up from where I was last time; follow any subject and banter with whoever I like.

It’s a pity the direction of software development takes us to places we need not go.

I didn't go to the trouble of finding out what aerofoil section etc is on the Beaver so just plucked this figure from https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710021678.pdf A Design Summary of Stall Characteristics of Straight Wing Aircraft showing the typical effect of aspect ratio on stall margin distribution.[ATTACH]53284[/ATTACH]

If I read those graphs correctly, the lack of taper has a greater effect on stall than the aspect ratio alone.

Is that a correct interpretation

Myles Baptiste told Nine News he watched in horror as the plane hit the water and quickly sank on Sunday."We saw a seaplane coming towards us," he said.

 

"It made a tight right-hand turn and as it actually turned around, the wings dipped and it nosedived straight into the water."

Either way, pilot error or not, mechanical or not, a bloody terrible accident for all parties and the future of Sydney Harbour Seaplanes.

To my knowledge this is their first fatality. There have been other seaplane tragedies in Sydney, e.g the C185 at Berowra with all souls lost but that was NOT Sydney Harbour seaplanes.

My heart weeps for the families of all concerned.

It appears 6 souls lost. Tragic.

Good plan except that it's surfers/broadbeach... at 5am it's packed with morning joggers/walkers

Frank,You & Nev & M61should've been writers! All of you do a fine job of it with you Frank getting the top spot for the best great answer.

 

Today I carry spare tools, spare parts, rope, cell phone, first aid kit, pop up tent etc. in my Trike & Drifter. Sand bags are great to fill & bury for a makeshift tiedown where now is available. I carry 8 of them (empty). LOL. [ATTACH=full]53201[/ATTACH]

That little Maxair of yours looks great. Not many of them remaining in Oz, most are modified Australian versions of either ‘Austflight’ or ‘Fisher’ varieties. One of the Fisher models was registered as a GA aircraft and certified for aerobatics. We know they are strong enough for aerobatics, we just are not allowed to in Oz (except for Wayne Fisher’s GA one, which seems to have disappeared following Wayne’s death). We tragically lost Wayne a few years ago now, a big loss to the Drifter community. The Aus versions are heavier than the Maxiar. I personally loved the Maxair version because of its agility.

Some company in Oz has all the Drifter manufacturing rights, but has done nothing with it. They are arguably one of the best open cockpit ultralights to grace our shores. Ther are a few here on pontoons (floats) as well.

That is a big ‘bang water’ tank on the back of yours how much fuel do you carry.

Much easier to get forgiven than to get approval.The more obvious question is unless it was an obvious easily fixable fault is who would want to be repairing and then testing an engine on a crowded beach.

On the news David (Waterford) said he was at 500ft, Class C LL is 1500ft between Porpoise Point and just north of Burleigh Heads, so he was clear of the Gold Coast CTR. I've met him at Heck Field quite a few times, he's a diligent type.

 

The requirement for them to be on the wings went out quite a while ago, perhaps 3 years ago? Now they just have to be on each side, it's not mandatory for them to be on the fin/rudder.

was 25.rego I forget the three numbers I think started with a 4 .they were on the boom but I just caught the end of the report on the 7 news .Bernie .

Where are the rego numbers and why was he in CTA, or was he?

The biggest mistake I ever made in my class 2 medical was to be honest. I told the DAME I had 3 migraines in previous 12 months. That was the end of my class 2. I had held unrestricted class 2 since age 16, now 64.

It looks good to me. I have been using RAMPC for a while now. I have no doubt that I could pass a class 2 medical, but my age makes me need extra tests which cost extra money, so the RAMPC works well for me. I heard today from CASA that they expect 6 months before it is passed into law and when that happens RAMPC will automaticly become Basic class 2.That will allow me to do aerobatics and also hire a bigger plane and take more than one passenger.

I'm sure your great extensive knowledge and your position as a law student will be of great comfort to the multiple people whose experience ( which is real and in the public domain) money and outcomes have been the exact opposite of your stated brilliance on the topic.

I wasn't so lucky many years ago when I took a very large quasy government corporation to the Federal court on a Trade practices Act matter. Even though I technically won the case, it still cost me 600k in cash not including the consequential costs and the outcome was a no win situation for all of us.

Consequently you must take a 'commercial' position on these matters and determine; is it worth it. Fighting legal matters on 'principle' is for wealthy naive people. Usually the two aren't mutually inclusive. Smart money doesn't do that.

I think flying below the radar with good neighbourly relations is the key.

Once you enter the legal arena, justice is only available to those who can afford it.

It is good to know it still survives Jack,Tony and i did a lot of work and research together

Not only is Ole an amazing guy technically, he is one of the nicest guys you will get to meet in this industry.

The aircraft he builds and / or helps to build are quite amazing.

My apologies to you Ian and Facthunter in this case as I,m sure I,am totally out of line ,my query was just ,as I was just asking a normal Question about comparable costs of RAA an ELaaa or GA for that matter igot the feeling from the answers that any sort of negativity to RAA was out of line and I was being made to look stupid to ask? and the plane I was talking about looked 100% a better option ifi was to go that way was all,,,,,,,,,,,,,,sorry all.........[as I run under the house screaming yelp yelp yelp]

We all make mistakes. Nev is one Dude I have immense respect for, have known him a while now and been to his home a couple of times. He is quite a dude, but he doesn't need me to defend him.

I happen to agree with you that GA is beginning to look a lower cost option for flying the way it's going. Especially if you stick to basic simple GA models, Austers, Cubs, Citabrias, C150s, Tomahawks, etc. Especially the ones with bugga all ADs. They are simple and don't cost a lot to keep flying.