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Best start to a fleet your ever going to get, where is that, looks like just off the boat ramp at Crab Creek Tin Can Bay

May get up to Tin Can in the future though

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95.10 Single place, on floats. Can be configured on wheels or floats, but normally live in a trailer at home or airstrip.

Can't fix it. Seems to work elsewhere?

file:///Users/howarddyer/Movies/www.youtube.com:watch%3Fv=7aZH1JzoyT0&feature=share.webloc

Run out of video, but it wasn't so bad a landing.

Joggle the leading edge of the trim to half the elevator thickness and it will be on the centreline no?

Should be more of it over here, 95.10 needs a come back.

When comparing a Kestrel - 503 + c box and a Bantam with a 582 + c box, both aircraft weigh about the same. The climb is better in the Bantam but at cruise 5500 rpm the 503 has so much less vibration, although the bigger prop on the 582 may contribute to more vibration.

Nice to see a Bantam around, the first small plane I went up in as a kid with Max Clear.

You could do this

http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/trailer-hangar.128084/

My dad has had one of these in a hangar out in the wheatbelt for 20 years... I should really pull it out and take some photos. It is almost identical to this one except it's yellow and doesn't have the back part of the pod. I never realised it was an early rotax engine!

Tongue in cheek.

Found this the other day. The little Rotax 277 was made for it, especially when we had the floats fitted.

(no photos yet discovered)

If it had flipped on landing doubt if you would survive.Is there any roll over protection?

Archerfield today,

8.30 am 11-15 knots SE

9.30 am 15-21 knots

10.30 am 16- 27 knots

not a good day for instruction.

Not quite as good looking as that one bexrbetter http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/kestrel-on-floats.117611/

Is this the same Kestrel company? (Kestrel Hawk).Great looking thing!

 

Have a Kestrel, yes they are (1) affordable, (2)fly great (3)very portable (4) can easily be adapted to a float plane. And if you really want cheap hangarage and no rigging you can do this.

http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/trailer-hangar.128084/

The wing covers are separate and bolt on.

Can transport plane fuse complete and wings suspended inside easily.

The intention was that its a relocatable hangar, and not for a rig/de-rig type of a/c.

Its very quick to get out/in and no a/c to move as in some hangars.

Needs good storm tie downs, wind loads can be high.

Basically started with a old caravan chassis from good old gum tree.

The Bantam is a big a/c even though its a u/l so the concept would easily

adapt to jab, sonex, and low wings etc.

My mate built it, I helped with a bit of labour and 40 years of crane design experience.

cheers H

Now have a home for the Bantam.

Well the good thing about them is they don't have to be based anywhere i.e. where ever you park the trailer, but most of the time we hang out at YCAB.

Yes know Barry, and its not rocket science to do a fuse skin.

Catch you on return.

Wayne, there are currently 4 Lea Kestrels based in Brisbane including mine.

The designer Ces Lea or myself would be happy to answer any questions you have.

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Cheers... Howard

Well my Boxster never saw rain let alone salt h20.Best if he put the Porsche on top.

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When you could fit all your toys on a roof rack and a camper.

Thanks Riley, now have to fine tune the set up time,you can never play around too much with these things hey.