gareth lacey

Correction " Confor" is 30mm shock absorbing foam cut to my dimensions approx 480x600 for seat layered with memory foam to 75 thickness overall height of seat bottom cushion as for the back i am getting contoured similair to the subaru seat but not as high 1 quote here was about 1000$ to recover with my foam shapes in cloth have since been told of a retired chap who for cash does at a much better price and in faux leather and as for getting size for visibility its the same as the RV6a that i owned except for the back, i will let you know how i go with the upholsterer cost ( we might get a better deal for 2 sets ) cheers gareth

Thats right its for seating for impact ,they use it in truck seats and some guys in US have used it in aerobatic planes , company in Northgate qld have it cost of 2 pieces is about 110 $ 1 layer at 30mm and balance in memory foam to suit my butt cheeks lol (approx 75mm with covers) i have ordered pieces so will put some pics up and will weigh it . as for the car seat by the time i remodeled foam and cut opening for stick lost a lot of the seat also the back was to tall, i only paid 50$ from wreckers to try it had to strip a lot of stuff of to get weight down approx weight of seat was 10 kg before stripping and was to high in seat section.

The memory foam will be contoured to the back so in reality is about half that thickness starts at 100 but takes away 50% of foam, i also purchased a car seat(subaru) and played around with it and so much work involved i binned it, my cushions will be velcro to seats for easy removal. The Contour is a foam specifically for impact on bum

I agree, here are my seat support, i am going with Contour 75mm foam for seat and 100mm memory foam for back

when i joined this forum there were quite a few builders contributing,sadly some have passed and there now seems to be a core that are regular contibuters, however home/experimental(other than RV) seems to have lost interest, i am building again and look for as much info as i can gleen , whatever happened to Daffyd Llewellyn? he had a lot of cred here, is homebuil;ding dying in Aus?

Jack,did you buy this off Mike hille going to catch up with Mike on Friday

2 radios and transponder all up cost 1200 from uk

Hi Marty Snap, your dash looking good

In turbulance if you had a firm grip it would be a bit bouncy was told by instructor to let the plane fly 2 finger grip cruised about 115 knots indicated had no trouble with flare and you could place it where you wanted ,in saying that one time i came n at 70 knots and it did float , my best aproach speed was 70 over the threshold and 50 to 55 at landing , we also found the rubber doughnuts for nose wheel where to soft and put in slightly harder ones ,my wife would fly in the Roko because she "felt safe" unquote but didnt like the RV6a go figure ,they are built light but if i could afford a new one i would buy ,however got to get back to building Cheers gareth

Yes i had the Roko via flew it for 2 years before my flying buddy needed to sell his share to buy a bigger industrial premises,we had a cg problem (when 2 people stood on wing walk it would tip back) as well but only moved the seat rear (back support) forward by 50mm and about 4 kg on the psru front all done by the factory engineers from Czechslovakia no problems to fly great aircraft did 135 hrs myself There is a vid on u tube with my son and i flying and he weighed at the time 120kg and i was at 105kg with 100litres of fuel the plane handled great .

They are sales people , lowest rung on the ladder (same as pollies) so dont expect the truth, they want to sell as quick as they can to get thier commission ,just like parasite real estate agents(dont ask me how i know) best bet is to find out the owners details and get straight from him, cheers gareth

Martin Hone built and flew it from Gatton

Whats his age have to do with it,ageism working again, condolences to his family

I have just spent 6 days in and around Mildura and i am with Telstra,their service is abysmal 10mins out of town zero signal our freinds pay apremium but they have virtualy no reception without goint to the roof of thier house stand on 1 leg and whistle dixie ,and as you are aware it is flat country out there Telstra is still amonopoly for country folk

Hi Marty we are now touring victoria for 2 weeks and will be staying in mildura for 5 days catching up with an old work colleague and another experimental builder(not on the forum) so lockdown in brissie may be ovet when we get back cheers gareth

I had a bottle of penfolds grange present at 50 opened at 70 it was crap cost was i believe 100 then we by 7 dollar reds and whites they taste good

As they say ill be back

Met up with Marty D in tassie and had a few hrs talking building,like Marty i am scratch building his 701 is coming along and great workmanship in a very small area keep the good work up Marty and thanks for the welcome and coffee. Its good to meet people of the forum puts a human touch to the words we all type thanks again and wrlcome in brissie anytime cheers Gareth

I would fly with him anytime NOT!!!

Trolls maybe,dont worry OME we know you and mostly understand your views and comments, i say if you can.t comment factually DONT COMMENT and never have a go at acommentor cheers Gareth

I have been to tassie a few times over the years but short stays seen most of the tourists stuff but this time going to places off the beaten track oh and catch up with aviators abd talk about all thing's flying lol

Hi felow forumites in Tasmania, myself and wife will be touring beautiful Tasmania in March and April, arriving Hobart on 15th March, then touring around for 18 days, would like to catch up with pilots/builders if possible for coffee and chat any takers please pm me Cheers gareth

Hi fellow Tasmanian forumites, Myself and wife will be touring beautiful Tasmania in march april arrive Hobart 15th march for 18 days travelling around ,would like to catch up with any fellow pilots/builders for coffee and chat, please let me know if anyone is interested Cheers Gareth

I asked a simple question and got a bunch of useless replies .Sheesh ( apologies to the ones that did answer my question and thank you