gareth lacey

So far my scratch/own design build has cost me $46,000 ,that engine ,instruments all material, wheels&tyres,brakes,prop, etc , ,some of the costs for raw material that i am seeing is getting ridiculous, 6061 alum has gone through the roof as well as 4130cm, i purchased most of mine before covid so it was ok price , i could never afford now to buy material to start a build especially a kit, i have souced lots of parts as used and then refurbished myself , fusalage is completed and painted, wings just about finished then to test firing engine and sorting ecu mapping, all electrical tested and working (no smoke) then to get Lame to sign off paperwork and hopefully start flying testing by end of year, (my wife asks me what am i ging to do then LOL)

So far no extra medical requirments ,class 5 medical was easy ,just answer the questions and produce drivers licence medical cert

In 12 years of having an asic card never asked by anyone except the dickhead at ballina flew into bunderberg,dalby,toowoomba mackay,lismore,coffs,cessnock, many times also flew into ballina many more times abd never encounted the dxxxxhead again,its a poorly policed and its just revenue for a private co

Yes 76 , yrs 77 this year ,no tests other than what you might need for your driving licence , i have a class 5 easy to get

Looks like skeet!!

It came with a job lot i got from a guy selling aitcrafy stuff probanly sceet i will take pic in the morning and send it to you

Hi Skip, i have some about a mtre long its black with a wire outsde 50mm its yoursif you can use it Cheers Gareth

His wife passed ,this would be a big hit for him, i think his daughter lives in Germany and was gong to live there?

Sadly Ray passed away and i heard all the equip tools etc have gone to the tip

Get the class 5 ga self declared medical easy to get if no medical problems

Here is the prop from Ukraine for my build/ engine full carbon fibre with ss edge protection

Based on a RV6a but slightly wider and different wing profile

My build so far has cost me 25 k prop is ordered another 2 k landed from ukraine engine being rebuilt atm so all in all about 35 k for a brand new aircraft my labour is not counted what else do you do when retired but keep busy

Hi all you WA aviators ,i will be visiting Albany 23,24 april anyone want to catch up for coffee and talk all things aircraft