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Good job Eric. Now you need to download some good flying songs and pic a good day. Turn up the music and take in the view. It's a great feeling when you get set free. You are now one of a very few of mankind that will ever get to do this. Well done, you did it! Mardy

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Welcome Malk. Do you still fly the Pup? Good to get some more locals on here. Hope the weather is good for you Compulsion. I will be at Gawler after lunch getting my Jabiru signed off. Just finished building it and tomorrow is the day I find out what sort of job I have done on it....

If you have problems with your screw holes (no being rude!) LOL.... I use a small amount of 5 min epoxy in them to close the hole down again. It's better than using larger screws all the time. After a while you will end up using Coach Bolts... Regards Mardy

Welcome! I would love to be flying around your part of the world. Was high up in the arctic circle last year. Loved the cold and the views were out of this world. Not to mention the aurora that I went thier to see. I am sure you have the same sort of thing where you are located... Took some nice pictures and placed them on my Astro Web Site http://www.scopepics.wordpress.com Regards Mardy

I too use my phone for pairing the 3G network and have a GPS receiver on the dash that talks to the IPad. That way I did not have to spend extra money on the 3G iPad. I also did not need another phone sim or connection. I just use the one on the phone... Regards Mardy

It gets me that we all strap ourselves into a single engine aircraft and risk our lives. What if the engine fails or runs out of power (fuel leaks out). Hmmmm that's it! I am going to buy a twin with two fuel tanks, two batts and I think it needs to be a biplane so I have an extra wing. I guess it's each to thier own.. Just fly safe and make sure you have a backup plan no matter what your choice of navigation options. It seems that the electronic option does conform if it uses current Air Services Data. However that subject is also met will opinions of all sorts. Ask 3 CASA reps the question and you will get 5 diff answers. All good stuff Mardy

My comments were to enable thought. Anything new is met in this manner. When electric guitars came out they were evil and would never replace acoustics. Now we see full glass panels in planes that the old flyers would roll over if the tried to use one... It's just change and allows for more flying time in the aircraft. Less busy and that makes it safer... Please read my comment again as what I said was not untrue.. I did not state that everybody was using OZ Runways? That would be a silly statement LOL Love this stuff,,,, it gets people looking and talking and things then improve.....Progress Mardy

OZ runways is fantastic and a local Australian product. At the last Natfly just about everyone was using it. I have it on my IPhone and my iPad in flight. You will hear all sorts of comments about electronic and batts failing and letting you down. Hmmmmm If you left your flight bag at the hotel you would not have paper maps would you? You only have one battery in your plane and has that failed you. In fact you only have a single power supply in you aircraft. If we had a polar magnetic switch that has happened before you compass would be wrong.... Etc etc... Oz runways is a great flight system and I would use it all the time. I still carry maps and still have my panel GPS. Now days we have electric assistance on phones, iPads, GPS and watches.. And also on paper... Did we ever use symbols on stone? Forget that one it will mess up you MTOW. LOL.. Don,t forget that when you have a out landing you will know you location in long and lat as GPS co odds... Your maps won't give you that when you radio your location.. Every bit worth the money... Mardy

My wife is not interested at all. In fact she gets sick of me even talking about it. Well I do talk about it lots so I do understand. Not to paint a bad picture of my Wife as she is the best part of my life. I would love it if she flew with me, but at this stage she has never seen my plane. I have only had it for six weeks and I am sure She will. Oh bugger She's just come into the room and looked over my shoulder... She started saying things about being my personal slave.... Anyway She did go in my trike and had a good time, but has never been since. I have been building a Jab that I finished this weekend Yaaay! But she is yet to see this... Each to thier own! I am still happy that she has supported me in owning my own plane as I would hate to have to make a choice LOL

Hi Compulsion... Yep they train on Sat and Wed. They have a online booking system that you can use once you are a member. Being winter the bookings have not been as active as they are in the warmer months, so now seems to be a good time to do training.. I would give the club a call for mor up to date info... Mardy

Hey Peter.. I think you should stick with the trike so that I can fly it when it's warm, and then fly the Jab when it's cold Mardy

you can have weather radar on OzRunways as well. More important is tha Ozrunways is a locally produced product. The owner of the Business flys at my airfield. You will always get good support and it seems Ozrunways is near industry standard... Thats it from my view... I love the product Mardy

Good onya Mate! Its a time of total emotion. Your a Pilot! Well Done Mardy

Dont worry about the airfield and buy a hangar whilst you still can. Nothing has changed at Gawler an its not going anywhere IMO. Nothing is any different now than before the Council took control. If it was safer in the past, how did the current change ever take place. I dint think we have any greater risk than most other recreation airfields in Australia. I think your at more risk relying on a rental space. In the time I have had my hangar I have got my money back in rentals during the period that the airfield has been re-built... Just food for thought I guess. you have to do whats best for you. Glad things have worked out for you! regards mardy

Thanks Frank. I will be looking at Bunnings for sure.. I need them for on the doors as I dont have all the nice room you have in your 230. lucky bugger...

thanks all for your comments. now comes the outside decals.. Thats the hard part....So many colours... So many shapes.. Going to weigh it this Weekend and then go for the sign off. Should be flying in the next week or so.. Whoooooo Hoooo. Mardy

Hi Compulsion. I am sure you could. It gives you more room, and thats important as my jab is very narrow against the 170. I fitted a trans button as well as mem channel change ad channel swap. I hope this will make for less work when flying.

Good work Enoch. Great feeling getting your paper to fly and your own set of wings.. Looks pretty nice and I love the in flight variable flexi prop! will help to get clear of the long grass on takeoff I had problems with the Bank also.. Took a month to get the loan funds due to one mess up after the other... Gone are the days you get good service I'm afraid. Service is more like winning somthing. I get all happy when on the odd dealing whe I get it... How mad is that? Just about to get my plane up and running after its sign off in the next week or two... It's better than a promise from your wife on your Birthday Mardy

Well not all on my own however.. With the help of a few others like my Father (Guernsey) a good friend Mark, and my Brother in Law the Parts Maker (KJfab). For those that have undertaken a task like this will understand the amount of work it takes and how it is easy to under estimate the task.. I am yet to do the engine start up as I need to do the weights over the weekend. Then the final polish and application of the decals.. Call up Wayne Johns for a check and test, and if all goes to plan she will be taking to the air.. Though I would post a couple of pics of how the inside turned out.. Last time I posted I was getting over whelmed with the wiring side of things. Seemed like I would not get it all sorted.. Very happy now and can't wait to start her up.. Mardy

I have seen a few Jabs with better door pockets than supplied by the factory. I have seen some nice box style that seem better than a net or vinyl type. each time I ask where the got them, they say thet came with the plane?? Any help would be great Mardy

Go for the Airborne combo. It works really well and is low noise. Airborne has spent years looking for a good radio combo and this is a good one. I have nothing to do with airborne, but have been making antenna systems for trikes for years. The Vertex is a great radio, but then you need to match a good intercom to it. This is where the fun begins.. Hope I have been some help Mardy

LOL... Hi Robert.. I got a funny feeling that Pete might be doing the same thing when he gets back... Just getting too old for the cold... I am not far away from being built, its only the rain thats holding me back as I need to do a little painting and its tooo cold and damp... I said to Peter I needed an aircraft with a heater and a cup holder... Just need to put in the heater... We will come up to your strip for sure as soon as I have done my 25 hours at 24nm from the strip thing... Good to here from you.. Cheers Mardy

All found! The jab factorye-mailed me a copy. they had one in thier old files. They were very helpful. Mardy