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  1. 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)
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    So far no extra medical requirments ,class 5 medical was easy ,just answer the questions and produce drivers licence medical cert
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    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
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    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
  5. gareth lacey
    Looks like skeet!!
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    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
  8. gareth lacey
    Hi Skip, i have some about a mtre long its black with a wire outsde 50mm its yoursif you can use it Cheers Gareth
  9. gareth lacey
    His wife passed ,this would be a big hit for him, i think his daughter lives in Germany and was gong to live there?
  10. gareth lacey
    Sadly Ray passed away and i heard all the equip tools etc have gone to the tip
  11. gareth lacey
    Get the class 5 ga self declared medical easy to get if no medical problems
  12. gareth lacey
    Here is the prop from Ukraine for my build/ engine full carbon fibre with ss edge protection
  13. gareth lacey
    Based on a RV6a but slightly wider and different wing profile
  14. gareth lacey
    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
  15. gareth lacey
    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
  16. gareth lacey
    Wings are similair to rv6 hershey bar style with 75 litres in each d box tanks are constructed of fibreglass ,wider than a rv 1200mm shoulder to shoulder plenty of rudder authority slider canopy and longer by 300mm, 165 hp engine ,so slightly rv ish but with my own differences
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    No i am using1.6 mandrel bends and cutting of holes in tube easy to weld and a small muffler all ms i dont have tig gear any more so ss tig is out i recently welded a new pipe on a 40 year ol ms pipe on a 172 so ms does and can last for many years,it will last me anyway
  18. gareth lacey
    I am a bit of a loner myself on my build but do ask a lot questions of others if i dont know also did a lot of research on this build i prefer to work alone but i do have experienced people to ask (builders of homebuilt) i come from a background in fabrication and sheetmetal so can and have applied my experience to my build i am about to fabricate my exhaust headers pipes for my engine
  19. gareth lacey
    I built my fuselage frames on a 1.2x5.0 table no jig but when I joined the frames I did use a pre made timber frame to get it aligned , and as my aircraft is scratch built it's mostly made up as I go forward just a general plan in my head here are 2 pics
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    Hombuilt seems to be on the wane here other than lots of vans aircraft
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    During my build i sourced parts from us but the freight was sometimes twice as cost of part recently purchased a psru freight was 150 more than cost of part i have purchased from czech and ukraine freight was very modest
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    Murwillumbah
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    Derek, your to young to stop flying,i am 12 months away from finishing my build and turn 76 this year good health so intend to keep flying good luck with your sale
  24. gareth lacey
    Survey perhaps,a friend in brissie does this just did Melbourne and in 23 did launceston also cairns
  25. gareth lacey
    I have just sealed my sump on engine with permeatex grey seems to be the go
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