Barefootpilot

No is the simple answer to the 3' degree question. Single engine aircraft doing a 3' approach are setting themselves up for an out landing! The minimum should be at least a 5' profile and even this is at the limits for most GA aircraft. (of course that all depends on wind!)

Hey Motz have a talk to Tony Hayes there is a bit of a grey area and he's knows more about the Rotax's than many on these forums has forgotten!

Just a quick note you shouldn't "pick up the wing" with rudder you should only stop the wing from falling even further (rolling and yawing) If you try to return the wings to level with only rudder you are increasing the chances of entering spin. I'm sure Motz will probably be able to explain this alot clearer than I can (its been a very long day!)

I could be incorrect but I believe you can only cost share for aircraft up to 6 seats. I'll can't seem to find the reference but I'm pretty sure. I'll keep searching.

Are you asking about the Reno air race engine Ian? or a car engine?

Just be careful advertising as it looks like charter and without an AOC that can get you in alot of trouble! If you have an AOC then good luck! Adam

Ha Ha not if get the fuel figures right!

I tend to use a power on approach with my Thruster which has a R582. My reason for this particually during circuits or after a long climb is that going back to idle the engine cools down very quickly. Next time you do a glide approach take a look water temp on downwind and then when your on the ground. I always do a couple of glide approaches first to make sure I have my eye in but from then on I try to look after that Two Stroke as much as I can! Adam.

Thats a perfect video of what not to do on a beach!

Reno engines run for about 20 hours.... (if they make it that long!) I'd like a little bit more than that out of mine!

Great video but why do peoeple keep putting that music with anything to do with aviation videos!!! Ahhhhh!!!!!!

Great info thanks Ross. Just out of interest in round figures what was the total build cost in the end? Adam.

How do you know what the weather is going to do? Well you don't! and today it happened to me but lucky I had a plan B. I spent the day in the Hunter Valley with my passengers going off to the vinyards for a wine tour. A perfect day up in the Valley about 27' and almost sky's clear. I pick up the passengers off to newcastle to pick up a couple more and then back to Sydney Harbour to drop them all off. One of the pilots in sydney calls to say that its raining and poor vis in sydney, I look around at the clear skies that surround me (only 60 miles from sydney) and laugh so I set off. The cloud lowers and the rain starts as I head south, As I get towards the hawksbury river I'm down to 500' along the coast in about 6 km Vis all legal but getting worse so what do you do? Turn around? But I've got passengers on board that are on an international flight they have to get to sydney!! No pressure here! Thats where plan B comes into action. I landed at palm beach put the passengers in hire cars. Then without passengers on board upgraded to IFR and headed back to Bankstown. In recreational aircraft we don't have the option to go IFR but we do have the option of always have a plan B and even better a Plan C! Always make sure you have an option either being able to turn back to another airfield or a prec search and landing and remeber its all meant to be fun... if your not having fun then you probably should be there so get your XXXX on the ground! Take care out there guys and remeber flying is meant to be fun! Adam

There is a bit of a story behind that one Clint that you should probably do some research on first before calling him an idiot. Yes probably not the best decision where made but sometimes these things have to be done to save a life. Unfortunatly in this case is cost four.

It was a good course with some good info I only caught the secound half due to work but there was some good information and good to meet a few new people. Adam.

Such a shame two of the Top Aus Aerobatic pilots in less than six months. My thoughts are with his family.

The new aircraft at Bankstown (Liberty and Tecnams) have had some big problems I don't think the Liberty's will be around for that much longer I believe they have written off 4 airframes last year due to mainly hard landings. The tecnams are very much the same and they are having trouble keeping them in the air. I also heard the biggest buyer of the Liberty (a school in the states) has just dumped them because they are not lasting. I agree I don't like the ageing GA fleet (more than 50% of the GA fleet is over 30 years old!) but the new bread just arn't strong enough to withstand the punishment of the training enviorment. Sorry for the thread drift Ian but you probably expect it for me now!

Salt water means you need to spend a bit more time cleaning it up at the end of the day but doesn't mean they fall apart after a couple of years. The beavers I fly are fast approaching 50 years old and have spent a minimum of the last 5 - more like 10 years sitting in salt water all day every day!

The big firebombers aka 747 are just to big the turn around time and the ability to hit the fronts acuratly and from low level are just not practical. I'm biased but the Fire Boss (802 Airtractor on floats) makes sense. It has a quick transit at 150kts only needs about a mile of water to scoup up a full load (800 us gallons) and we already have 802's in the country all we need to do is fit them on floats. Airtractors are already used for water bombing here in oz but there is only one in the country on floats and its still being held back by Casa! Oh well one day we may learn from whats already done everywhere else in the world. [youtube_browser]OQSYp1l7r5I[/youtube_browser]

Remember boys and girls - to Assume makes an ass out of U and Me! I get the Cowboy thing alot as a float pilot because we have to do thing a little different. Just because its different doesn't mean its unsafe or wrong its just different. Back onto the thread though I, in my entire hour in the Jab found it a little different but you will get used to it in time or as others have said go and see Dave at YPPF and try out the sports star. I found the sports star a little more conventional (kind of had to work it out as Dave just threw me and another bloke into it and told us to tell him what it flew like!) Adam

Easiest (not cheapest) would be to get a headset with a phone interface so you can talk through the head set. I think there is flight2go which will do it or there are a couple of headsets that have blue tooth so you can just hook it straight up.

I'd have to agree with Motz... Just relax. These aircraft are designed to get you in the air and have fun... but even beat ups and steep pull ups can kill you very easily (esp in high drag low weight types) If that engine stops at the top when your hanging at about 30kts you are going to hit the ground hard no matter what you try! If you want to push the limits go join the airforce... or at least GA and do aero's legaly. On the note of the thread though nice video (pitty about the music ;) ) and I can vouch for not being able to land a Jab (Just ask Motz!) I will get back out for another try just waiting for the nerves to settle! Adam.

Not the worst but the worst I've been able to take a photo of without being scared to take my hands of the controls! Most people on here are flying for fun... so when its not going to be fun why are we flying? Adam.

The problem is at 500' you end up cutting corners as its hard to judge going around the pylons thats why they end up down bellow 200'. Flying at reno requires a fair bit of training everyone there has advanced low level plus formation and aerobatics and then they can try and go to race school if reno will let them! There is a video on youtube of 2 Xairs running around pylons which looks great it would be possible and very cheap to do. One on one races in this type of aircraft they would be reasonably matched so close races and have a nice open area where you can land anywhere if something goes wrong. I have actaully thought about this a fair bit in the past but just don't see the regulators letting us do it. I've even found a very nice spot to do it for those of you near canberra just to the north west there is a big dry lake bed with hills all around it which would work very well. But I just don't see it happening unforntualy (legally and in the public eye that is ) And no I'm not suggesting that we do it illegally out of the public eye!!!! Adam

And I forgot the mention try a search for "Project Top Secret" it was an Aussie entry from Bankstown in Reno last year. It was a highly modified Lanceair although I didn't hear how they went.