gareth lacey

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

1 hour ago, Marty_d said:

Yours too Gareth!  Three radios? 

2 radios and transponder all up cost 1200 from uk

2 hours ago, gareth lacey said:

 

Hi Marty Snap, your dash looking good

7 hours ago, Marty_d said:

*YAWN* I need sleep...

 

Tired but happy.

 

 

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

On 08/09/2020 at 2:21 PM, onetrack said:

Telstra are currently changing their plans again, and restricting the features offered. It's a real pea-and-thimble trick, trying to keep up with the way they operate - but nothing has changed with Telstra, they specialise in bamboozling their clients, so they have no idea what they are paying for, or what they're getting.

But Telstra are the only real choice if you want to travel around Australia, they cover a lot more regional areas than any other operator.

Only in a few remote places, where the likes of Optus has beaten them to the draw, will you be disadvantaged by being with Telstra.

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

On 29/03/2021 at 8:24 PM, Marty_d said:

Cheers Gareth, it was good talking with you!  Funny bumping into you again at the restaurant today, but Hobart's a small place.  Glad you got home ok and hope QLD clears up this latest cluster pretty quick.

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 

53 minutes ago, Garfly said:

Ah, sorry, I did misunderstand your question. I guess I was over-thinking the passage you quoted.

 

But yes, you're right. It's totally impractical.  Imagine the roller coaster rides our pax will enjoy as we try to remain vertically OCTA. Next we will all need terrain following radar - and super snappy auto-pilots - to comply.  Not to mention IFR ratings to handle the new intimacy we'll have with clouds.

 

Visions of a future BFR exercise ....

 

 

I would fly with him anytime NOT!!!

21 minutes ago, old man emu said:

Before I answer that, answer this: Why is it that the only person whose posts that Apennameandthata and Aro insist on nit=picking are OME's? 

 

Further, why is it that Apennameandthata and Aro don't contribute any more than to say, 'You're wrong' and fail to provide anything more than that?

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

My main earth block is direct to battery, also will do ground to frame ,but all switches will now go to ground block as will all lights, gauges, actuators plus will ground to frame

Bus for power to accessories just looped to each contact only using 5

5 hours ago, gareth lacey said:

Here is my bus for  ground and power  thoughts? Thanks for your replies