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 Double the speed, FOUR times the Kinetic energy.

 

Increased MTOW is pointless without related increase in stall speed.

 

As Nev indicates, the LSA stall speed was based on kinetic energy, and what could be tolerated for the safety of the Pax and people/property on the ground.

Using the same equation, a heavier plane by rights should have a lower stall speed, not an increased one, so it should be appreciated if they kept it the same.

I don't see why it's pointless, you can carry heavier loads, just at a slower speed, all things being equal, due to more wing required.

Speak for yourself.

 

? Ummm, I was speaking out of fairness for all those companies now on the market who have invested time and money into meeting the current 600kgs LSA rules.

Not quite sure what you mean.

There may or may not be an increase in stall speed.

 

I don't think they should increase the stall speed, besides safety, it's an injustice to those many companies who, combined, have spent millions of dollars and millions of man hours to meet the current LSA regulations.

Say I own a J230 and want to carry additional weight. The aeroplane is safe to do it, it is the same as a J430 without the rear seats. There are three possibilities:

 

Don't carry it, it is illegal

 

carry it, you will never get caught

 

Lobby for a higher weight limit.

 

which is the best option?

 

D: Pour yourself a Whiskey?

No confusion,

 

Already documented that all aircraft over 600kg will need LAME maintenance

 

The RAA President said directly at a pnp to all present that amateur built over 600 kg will be owner maintained. 

 

Well which is it ...  

Incredible, due to  some simplifying that causes a minor weight increase, anyone at home could repair my beast. 

It's some of the more intricate and or complicated parts that you need to make things lighter that also makes it harder to repair, not to mention more expensive.

What would I know though, I'm actually building it.

Psychic thoughts .......................... :

 

If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television in the dark

 

I'm confused ... often ... JBR is an RV-14A.  So a MTOW of about 930kgs.  Not sure how an increase to 650kgs or 750kgs would have any impact on the safety of this model?

 

The cabins on those examples, and many more, have collapsed.

Merely pointing out the need for a rollbar, quite hard to do with the current LSA weight limit.

  At 650 kg you might have an argument, and should submit it.

 

I have. Never once even had my email acknowledged as received.

DON'T THEY KNOW WHO I AM!!??

I wonder who is going to be the new Australian Dealer for the former Flight Design aircraft now called the CTLS being manufactured in China.

 

Why can't you just say Monck is the CTLS dealer and you believe the push for weight increase might be beneficial to him, therefore you believe also a possible a conflict of interest, it's a reasonable statement, and no need for playing games.

I would like to know which model you refer to please, that would benefit from a weight increase, if that's your assumption ..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_Design_CT

We now know why and who is manipulating RAAUS for their own benefit.this is why the weight increase is being driven at all cost to the detriment of 99.9 percent of members

 

   How is it a detriment to 99.9% of Members? 

 

I'll leave aside the more technologically advanced claim becaise that irrelevant because those aircraft meet the current specifications - they don't need an increase to 760 kg. The relevant point was that some people, based on their own opinions as non-engineers, want to add more structural strength.

 

Personally I think that just 650kgs is needed, not 760, but an increase none the less over the current 600..

My roll cage will add almost 10 kgs by the time it's completely done, some other weight increases due to  seriously cutting both costs and ease of construction, are you suggesting the status quo of expensive planes, as well as this, are acceptable?

I want to build safer, cheaper aircraft, it requires a tad more weight if fat blokes, which, speaking of status quo, there is a lot of about now, want to be included.

Plane manufacturers and the Governing bodies simply haven't been realistic about people getting larger, both in body mass and height. 

 

As for the Avatar. Its a Beaver. Its a  1971 unopened Airfix kit. Im very tempted to open it.

 

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Tough decision, loses it's collector appeal if you assemble it.

I can recall reading a story about a bloke in England, who kept dreaming of horses winning,

 

I kept dreaming "Horse 5, race 5, horse 5, race 5 , horse 5 , race 5.."

It came 5th.

We now know why and who is manipulating RAAUS for their own benefit.this is why the weight increase is being driven at all cost to the detriment of 99.9 percent of members

 

I knew it, I suspected all along the weight increase in Australia was so that CTL could sell more simulators in China, it makes complete sense.

Now I'm off to polish some stones down by the river so that my house paint won't fade, cause that makes complete sense too.

The report says damage- light!

 

Yup, the landing "light", was in the wing.

When you said you were doing all the holes yourself, I wondered where the staff were.

 

Don't tell me they found an employer who offered 100% pay rise - 2 fish heads on their rice?

 

He came in for a few hours today, and thankfully he has not only half a brain, but can see some logic in process, rare for a Chinese worker, I assure you. He\s worth 2 fish heads and a small turtle. - except he's a phoneaphile, that was starting to annoy me a bit. 

I sorted out the basic roll bar, which is also the front fuse to rear fuse joining frame.

Bit more to go yet, a cross-brace to take seatbelts ect, but had to determine how it fits.

No one is going to trip over their front wheel and end up a paraplegic in my plane.

And assembled all the HS ribs today as well.

I thought you kept seeing a mirror...

 

I actually foresaw you posting that.

I went to the Coffee Shop yesterday morning, and noticed a strange looking guy staring at me. 

After getting my coffee, I went and filled up with fuel, and there he was again at the Petrol Station.

I then drove to work and passed a car going slowly, only to notice the same strange looking guy staring at me from his car as I went by.

That evening I went to the Shopping Center and when I drove in, again the same strange looking guy was already there in the car park, staring at me.

It was then I realised I was being stalked by a Psychic ....

 I give it two years to folding!

 

You wouldn't have a tip for Race 5 at Flemington next Saturday by chance?

When I get it finished ?

 

I am trying to get it done as fast as I can but still do a nice job. Every time I go into the shed I have my Rans S21 Outbound kit sitting there looking at me...calling out to me to start on her ? . 

 

Reward yourself with say 4 hours on Mabel, allows you one hour on the Rans.

No, no, 4 ON MABEL, and one on Rans.

That is literally how I control myself in the same situation.

It's a good feeling seeing it come together. Nice work.

 

I've got one of our other employees coming in to help me tomorrow, I'm going to get him to rill some of the tubes, there's 16 tubes to a pack, that's  8000 holes.

I'm going to wait till he gets through the first pack and see the look on his face when I point out the other 7 or 8 packs .... 

Equal number of holes in the 4 pieces? ?

 

Well it was 2057.142 actually ....

I had to go and buy a really small drill bit to do that 0.142 hole.

Today I grabbed 4 of my 6 meters lengths of 6061 square tube, and pre-drilled the holes in them to start on the front half of the fuse.

I had already lasered and folded a couple of 1 meter long drilling jigs, and away I went ...  

... Yes, I de-burred them all.

As a few hours dragged on, I thought, what the heck is taking so long?

Then Then I grabbed a calculator: 6 meters divided by 35mm x 12 = 2057 holes!

Dang! That's what took so long! 

My 70 ... oops, I mean my 2024 plates arrived today too ..

In all seriousness. I apologize if Ive opened any old wars here. I simply asked the question as I am new to the world of aviation. And it was a question I thought could be answered here.

 

I'll try and reseach my questions in advance in the future.

 

Cheers

 

Craig

 

We're generally not that serious around here Craig, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it, but send me money if it makes you feel better.

Bex - Do the payouts involve a certain number of pigs, and a handful of cowrie shells? 

 

Nah, just rice and blankets.