gareth lacey

On my last trip O/S on the return leg to Aus (bear in mind that the cabin crew come around a few times with rubbish bagS) the trash that the peeps left on the floor was disgusting, these people would not throw rubbish on the home floors, and i shall say it, mostly people from India, and Asia, disgusting grubs 

And the freight was very reasonable

Paid 50% up front and 8 weeks later prop was ready, i paid balance and prop was delivered 1 week later overall  the time was 2 months 

This prop was made for my engine Meglin recieved all the specs and manufactered fit for use,he has a solid rep as a prop maker, prop has not been fitted yet engine requires mapping of ecu will be installing in the next 2 weeks

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) 

3 hours ago, Geoff_H said:

Please could you confirm that at the moment you are rated for GA medical Class 5.  If yes as there any special add on requirements owing to age?

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

56 minutes ago, Geoff_H said:

Is anyone over 75 with a class5 on this site?

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!!

1 hour ago, skippydiesel said:

Thanks mate!😈

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?

1 hour ago, jguscott said:

also wondering if they are still in business ?

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

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

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

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

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

Hombuilt seems to be on the wane here other than lots of  vans aircraft 

4 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

What’s wrong with buying from the US when they have high volume fresh stock, lower pricing, faster delivery.

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