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  1. Hi Cralis I'll start a bit differently than the rest as they have all made good points... Why do you want to fly? What is it about flying that makes you want to go flying? What type of flying do you want to do? I'd start by answering these questions first and see where that leads you. When the questions are answered very honestly, and by that I mean totally focusing on what YOU want not everybody else, it then just becomes a matter of putting everything in place, making some sacrifices and making it happen. As for hiring aircraft over periods of time, you will probably find that the hirer has a minimum number of hours per day requirement regardless wether you fly them or not. :confused: This also can cause get-home-itis because this thing is costing me a packet...... Suddenly you end up in bad weather and spearing in :ah_oh:.....the forums then light up with "why did he drive a plane into a hill?" type stuff.... ....personal bitch with aircraft hirers...they could stop some people from ending up with get-home-itis... Just some things to be aware of and considered. All the best with your chosen path.... Phil
  2. There was something strange going on Ossie....the turbines as you quite rightly stated are pretty reliable and this one didn't miss a beat. The elevators however appeared to be moving independently of each other through quite an extreme range. One minute the jet was flying normal...next minute standing on its tail....and kept repeating this cycle. The pilot is quite competent and his observer also very competent so I very much doubt "dumb thumbs" syndrome.......damn scary when you see a 10kilo jet with a 100+pound thrust motor out of control....:confused:
  3. Nice jet Ossie.......had the misfortune to see one go in a couple of weeks ago at our paddock....on its maiden flight....thumb_down:sad: Damn expensive crash. Still unsure as to what happened but I know the boys were going to do a playback on the big screen to see what the elevons were doing.....
  4. Therefore if you followed the best practices, you'd fly mode 2 Brent.... throttle on the left and elevator/aileron on the right stick....just like your Jab 400....
  5. Lets see.... 68" wingspan Tiger Moth, saito 65 (4 stroke) powered which just qualifies it as large scale or "Shepparton Scale" AT6 Texan " ANGELFLIGHT" 82" wingspan Thunder Tiger 120pro powered giant scale racing aircraft 64" wingspan Art Scholl Super Chipmunk Thunder Tiger 91 (4 stroke) powered sunday flog plane Partially built Top Flite P39 Airacobra...one of the most beautiful fighter/ground attack aircraft of WW2 next to the Hurricane and JU87 Stuka. Multiplex Easy glider .... great on the slope or weak thermals Lumina 2m 2 channel thermal glider Variety of other trainers and other junk Radio is a JR PCM 9x and I fly the real way .....MODE 2 Regards Phil
  6. After boiling away for sometime, I thought I'd take Bens suggestion onboard and respond. Feel free to pass comment as I think this will be what I send the reporter. Some points on this badly written article. The article is in italics and my responses are in standard print. THEY'VE been described as the motorcycles of the sky . . . lightweight planes bought for a pittance and requiring only the most basic pilot's licence to fly. They might well be the motorcycles of the sky but I haven’t seen too many motorcycles with wings. I don’t know what you call a pittance but I’d thing that 60,ooo dollars plus doesn’t quite fit the pittance category. A basic license to fly. Yes a lot more basic than a jet pilot and I would expect so. A car license is a lot more basic than a B-Double truck license. In a dangerous trend, a growing number of ageing thrill-seekers are taking to Queensland skies in home-made and second-hand ultralights – one of the most dangerous planes available – as well as powered gliders and light aircraft. Ageing thrill seekers? At 40 years of age I don’t quite class myself as old just yet and I have been flying since I was a 26 year old. It's an inexpensive aviation experience for adrenalin junkies. Really? A hobby that costs over $120 an hour is not quite what I’d call inexpensive. Pilots can fly with a minimum 20 hours' experience and, according to Recreational Aviation Australia, which is responsible for matters relating to ultralight aircraft, students have to pass only two multiple-choice exams and a formal flight test before receiving an RAA Pilot Certificate. No medicals are conducted. The syllabus states that you MUST have 20 hours minimum experience. Minimum. Most people will not meet the minimum criteria and continue to train for much longer. Even after you pass that first test wether it be at minimums or sometime after that you still don’t have a cross country endorsement, just a local area privelliges. Cross country endorsements require further training. People don’t need a medical to drive a car either. Crashes involving ultralights have claimed 10 lives in the past 16 months in Queensland. Not having researched the figures I cant pass comment. The dangers of flying small aircraft were highlighted again last week with the death of two men when their powered glider crashed in southeast Queensland. A most unfortunate accident which is under investigation. This aircraft was NOT an ultralight and is in this article merely to sensationalise it. Less than a day earlier, another two men had died in a light plane crash. Once again, this accident does NOT involve an ultralight. The facts have been distorted in order to sensationalise a badly written article. Queensland ultralight enthusiast Shane Winter, 49, died when a German-built glider crashed at an airstrip in the Brisbane Valley on Monday. He was a passenger in the craft piloted by a 45-year-old Victorian man, who also died in the incident at Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield at Toogoolawah, 80km northwest of Brisbane. See previous comments. This aircraft is NOT an ultralight aircraft but a Glider. The double fatality occurred the day after experienced aerobatic pilot Barry Hempel, 60, and his passenger Ian Lovell, 35, crashed into the ocean off South Stradbroke Island. Mr Lovell was celebrating his birthday with a joy ride in a Russian-built Yak-52 warplane when the incident occurred. Once again the article needs correcting. The aircraft flown by the late Mr Hempel was registered as a GA (general Aviation) aircraft, not an Ultralight. Last month, the pilot of an ultralight walked away after his craft crashed on Little Goat Island, in Pumicestone Passage, 60km north of Brisbane. Out of the 3 accidents referred to sofar, this one qualifies as an ultralight and the pilot WALKED AWAY. Sofar I would be thinking that I’ve got a better chance of survival in an Ultralight. Richard Saint, an ultralight enthusiast and staunch defender of recreational planes, knew both Mr Winter and Mr Hempel. He said the men were well known and highly regarded, and that their deaths had shocked the Queensland aviation industry. "I knew them both and you couldn't ask for better pilots," Mr Saint said. Mr Saint is certainly entitled to his views. He likened flying recreational aircraft to climbing mountains or riding motorbikes. "It's about exhilaration and personal achievement, similar things that mountain climbers and motorbike enthusiasts feel when they do what they love, and in those sports there are also risks involved," he said. There are risks involved with getting out of bed in the morning too. I would suggest that the journalist has attempted to misconstrew what Mr Saint has said. It hasn’t worked well. Mr Saint said ultralight enthusiasts were "a close-knit group" and had closed ranks since the latest incident. I think we have all been deeply saddened by the untimely passing of our peers. Police are investigating the fatalities, and spokesmen for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority declined to comment. The spokesmen said ultralights, also known as recreational aircraft, were an RAA responsibility. The RAA failed to return The Sunday Mail's phone calls and emails. When did you try to ring them, Sunday? And do you think that the responsible body is going to speak to a reporter who has no interest in reporting facts? "The day-to-day handling of ultralights, the licences and monitoring of aircraft is the responsibility of the RAA," the CASA spokesman said. In 2003, there were at least 5000 ultralight planes in Australia. Aviation insiders said they believed the number had almost doubled in the past four years as access to inexpensive planes and excitement about the pastime spread. Speculation only. Not based on facts. Inexpensive planes? Compared to what? Another off handed throw away line. Celebrities with pilot's licences, including Angelina Jolie and John Travolta, also made flying popular. Captain John Travolta is a very accomplished pilot and good role model. As for Angelina Jolie, I have no idea as to her accomplishments. A growing number of retired pilots, in their late 50s and 60s, have adopted the hobby, along with farmers who use them to manage large properties. Are these people not allowed to have a hobby?? Advertisements on the RAA website show planes available for as little as $4950. Time-share planes were also available for $3900 plus an hourly rate. Exception rather than the rule. Most Recreational cost twice that of a family car. I.E. upwards of 70,000 dollars The most basic recreational plane can be constructed from hand-hewn lengths of aluminium tubing and sail cloth. By definition, ultralights are powered aircraft intended for experimental, recreational or educational purposes, flown at less than 200km/h and under 5000ft (about 1500m). The Boeing 777 and the A380 airbus were also in the experimental class. What’s your point? Ultralight-related incidents include: • Gold Coast pilot Garry Sweetnam, 49, a licensed aircraft maintenance engineer, and Murwillumbah man Andrew Mitchell, 33, died when their twin-seater ultralight nosedived into the sea off Surfers Paradise on March 7. • Two men were injured when their ultralight crashed during take-off on North Stradbroke Island on September 2 last year. The men suffered back injuries and leg fractures in the incident at the Dunwich airstrip. • Caloundra man Bernard Flood, 53, and his teenage granddaughter Lysinda died when their ultralight went into a tailspin and nosedived into the sea off the Caloundra coast on June 17 last year. The plane was registered with Recreational Aviation Australia and allowed to fly up to 20km offshore. • A man and a woman died when an ultralight plane crashed on take-off north of the Sunshine Coast on April 16 last year. The plane crashed at a private airstrip at Howard, west of Hervey Bay. It was believed the aircraft clipped trees and cartwheeled above a road after clearing the airstrip. It crashed 50m from a home and burst into flames. • Two men died when their ultralight crashed at Oak Valley southwest of Townsville on May 20 last year. The men from the Townsville suburb of Mt Louisa were killed when the microlight apparently experienced engine trouble and crashed into a waterhole during a 20-minute joy-ride from the Montpelier Air Park. • A Gold Coast man was lucky to be alive after his ultralight crashed into canefields near Jacobs Well on August 26, 2006. Probably need to look at the facts behind each accident to assertain what happened. Was it the fault of the Pilot? The Aircraft? Or just an accident?
  7. Awww, C'mon David, dont bring me other favourite sport of motorcycling in for another caneing, we cop enough bloomin crap as it is....:black_eye::hittinghead: I guess I live my dreams and don't quite comply with society...;):devil:
  8. Maybe I should just wait until I head up to Sydney and do my BFR at your joint Motza.....
  9. what a load of Geez there are some tossers in the media...
  10. Hi MrH I'm just down the road from you in Montrose. I'm currently flying out of Tooradin and have made enquiries with Lilydale. Feel free to drop me a PM if you'd like to catch up for a coffee or a yak.. Phil
  11. The Flyer reports only from a third party viewpoint. Why? Because he can…. Bronwyn Bishop appears as a m/cycle cop at post 19, so it was Palexxxx’s fault and Bigpete gets into it at post 20. At post 86 Bishop changes to Bigjobs and I have to be careful not to cross the line as to why she’s called bigjobs. It is also revealed at post 86 that she comes from cactus island. ;) At post 102 Guru Swami buggertherestofyouimallrightthanksjackgee patented an improbable drive that came about in post 101. :confused: So, Guru Swami buggermetohismates has turned up because there might be more patents and bargain buys to be had.:big_grin: Bronwyn Bigjobs we think might be a malingerer, claiming that she comes from cactus island but maybe really comes from the Riverland?:ah_oh: The Guru Swami buggermetohismates and Bigjobs might be …:heart:…. The Flyer makes no comment on any involvement and rebukes and denies anything that anyone has ever said especially if it involves the Guru and Bigjobs…
  12. Guru Swami-gee figured that 3 chickens and a goat was a reasonable price for a riverland girl whoever a riverland girl was...even if the father was a thruster thrasher. The Guru (thats Guru Swami BuggertherestofyouImallrightthanksjack-gee) figured that a thruster thrasher who'd survived this long couldn't be too bad because he would have survived his fair share of engine outs by now and was probably of suitable pedigree to be a father anyway, regardless of what IvealmostlostmyknackersPete thought.....
  13. Hold the AGM and board meeting at the SAAA Cowra convention. Kills 2 birds with one stone and nobody has to miss out then...;):thumb_up::big_grin:
  14. Wow... there's some pretty varied responses here..:thumb_up: I can see why my brain was just a bit confused.:confused:. I think I'll give Mat Ford a call at CASA and see what he has to say. I'll post the response accordingly as I think I'm not the only one thinking along these lines..... Thanks for the responses sofar....:thumb_up: Phil
  15. Hi All This is what I currently have.... Non current PPL. To fix, pass a medical and do a BFR (or whatever it's called these days) Very current Pilots Certificate for rec aircraft inc passenger carrying and x-country endorsements. My questions..... 1. can I use a rec regoed aircraft to do a PPL BFR or do I need to use a VH-xxx regoed aircraft ? 2. If I can use a rec regoed aircraft, does anybody know a good instructor that would be obliging ? 3. If I cant use a rec regoed aircraft, can anybody put forward a training institution that could help....happy to travel a bit to get someone decent... 4. I dont want to operate out of Moorabbin because I dont like wasting half an hour in taxi time... I currently operate out of Tooradin in Victoria and would be quite happy to do my BFR there but unfortunately its only a RA-Aus school....
  16. Apart from the Guru and Bigjobs hanging around, the Flyer of more Jabbas encouraged the Big Kahoona Ian the Administrator to stay away from the cancer sticks as well as maccas. The Flyer of more Jabbas has managed to avoid the cancer producing coffin nails for over 12 months now and reduce his girth by some 17kgs thereby allowing him to fit more easily into the smaller jabs known as the LSA's :big_grin:
  17. The Guru Swami-gee (shortened for clarity but still got the hyphen in) and Bronwyn Bigjobs (who may be from the riverland) lined up for a sav 'n' sauce sambo...or more to the point, a few of the delicasies... They wondered wether the slartiIllserveyouasav'n'saucesambo would have enough....
  18. Gotta love the Kingair... which model? Had a couple of mates that used to fly out of YBAS in the Kingair 200 as well as the PC12. They reckoned the Kingy was nicer to hand fly than the PC12..... My Dad was good friends with the Pilot who unfortunately went in at Mt Gambier a few years ago...
  19. about to be set upon by Guru SwamibuggertherestofyouImallrightthanksjack-gee and if not careful...Bronwyn Bigjobs as well....
  20. Just a point on oil mix BlueHT.. if you put in an extra 10% oil, your mixture will be 10% leaner and this may cause lean running... I.E. hotter motor than necessary... I used to think that more oil made it safer until a bike mechanic pointed out a couple of things to me.. Just use a good quality oil :thumb_up: I'm not a mechanic so stand to be corrected....
  21. Sounds like legalities covered so lets look at the rest. The victas are slugger motors I'd think..low revs but reasonable torque. We run a Zenoah 62 in our giant scale pylon machine. The Zenoah makes about 4hp at 8500rpm. It quite happily turns a 22"x10" prop. Some of the other guys run DA100 motors and are up around the 28" and I think around 14" of pitch although dont quote me on that one. For 160cc I'd think that they'd probably only rev to 5000rpm so I'd be looking for maybe about 30" diameter and probably 14-18" of pitch. To keep it simple, I'd use direct drive... We use Bolly props amongst others on our models. Bolly has a website and does a variety of props. Have a surf... Have fun, try not to kill yourself and let's know how the project goes...:thumb_up:
  22. I was under the impression that ultralights or RA-Aus machines were restricted to 1 engine. Would need to be VH reg for multi engine... and you would need to hold a multi engine endorsement as well....:thumb_up:
  23. Thats a pretty damning report there Nong...:raise_eyebrow: I think I'd be thinking twice before putting my bum in one after reading that...:yuk:
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