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19 hours ago, tillmanr said:

I am going with PM at Yarrawonga. A short flight and good price. Thanks for your input respondants. 

Yep, that’s where I buy all my aviation consumables from and you’ll get a coffee and biscuit on arrival.

if I opt not to fly up Peter will express post and it arrives in Mansfield the next day.

i also purchased everything needed to complete the build of my BushCat a couple of years back. Their knowledge and service is exceptional 

I took delivery of a BushCat kit in the same shipment as Danny.  I have no technical background having had a career in sales and marketing however I found the build to be relatively straightforward and as a result the plane was signed off and flying within twelve months. It has now logged over 100 hours of flying.

10 minutes ago, Bruce Tuncks said:

I thought the Wiggles was an interesting case... This fat girl was afraid of the oxygen in hospital so she was likely to die instead. That sums up a lot of the anti-vaxxer stuff.

I bet that there would be stats showing that oxygen is very dangerous on mortality grounds.

“This fat girl” has Down Syndrome 

Good idea because what may leak from a nicad battery is far more corrosive than what’s in an electrolytic cap

Before installing it may be worth checking/replacing the internal memory battery in the AR3201 as there have been reports of failed batteries leaking and corroding the circuit board which proved costly 

2 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

Danny mate - being able to listen out on a second channel  (with flip/flop) is one of the best safety and communication efficiency  investments I have ever made.

Couldn’t agree more

It may be now a bit more difficult to compare the two as the BushCat has recently undergone a major upgrade with it now being a 600kg aircraft here in Australia.  I own and built a tailwheel version and am extremely happy with it for the sort of flying I do.  Cruise is just under 80kts at 5200rpm and with full fuel of 90ltr and a passenger I’m still able to carry 35kg of luggage.  Just what i wanted for Outback touring 

Danny, as you know I took delivery of the same kit at the same time you did, in fact it was shipped in the same container. My BushCat was completed and flying within 12 months. Sure, there are some differences - I’m semi-retired, have a massive shed, 10mins drive to my hangar and have free access to other aviation experts. But, I have never built an aircraft either. However I did experience a number of the gripes you have regarding the kit but I either contacted the factory who addressed any issue immediately and if any parts were required shipped them via DHL Express. They arrived in regional Victoria within 6 working days. Otherwise instead of stewing over it I came up with a work around.

I worked in corporate most of my life and have never dealt with a company that is so customer focused as SkyReach, and as a result I now have a great kit built LSA which I enjoy flying.

PS, if you’re frustrated now just wait until you get the the paperwork and compliance.

Great news that Sport Pilot returns. RAA should be congratulated for making it happen. Though I doubt that many on this forum will acknowledge their efforts.

For me it will be free, in the past I paid membership and a subscription, now just membership

There are plenty available on EBay, all sizes and quantities at very little cost

Ian wants to know why membership here is dwindling. The answer is in this post. Five grumpy RAA members venting. Probably ten by tomorrow, out of ten thousand or whatever. Like me, the majority just get turned off by the constant unreasonable sniping. If there is a need for an anti- RAA web site, then let it be somewhere else. If it is this site, then Ian has his answer, and most of us are gone. With the rest of the spineless yes men.

 

There is ample space for comments in the survey. I completed it without trouble. If you have extra advice for RAA, send them an email!

 

Disclaimer, I have no dog in this fight, other than a desire for RAA to continue to service my needs and not be diminished by unreasonable attacks.

 

Well said, I agree wholeheartedly with your comments. This site has already gained a reputation in the recreational flying community for negativity and RAA bashing.  I too had no issue about completing the survey.

I have just completed building a BushCat tail wheel and am now part way through the test flying period. The build was relatively straight forward taking only six months. There was the odd missing bit, mainly miss counted items such as clevis pins, washers, nuts etc.  Manual was reasonably comprehensive and supported by 100 plus online build videos.  SkyReach BushCat has a dedicated help desk which was a great help and any issues were rectified straight away.  Anything extra was shipped DHL Express and arrived here in Vic around 6 working days.

This build does however require a bit more skill than your average DYI er, mechanical, fabrication and electrical skills a definite advantage.

i hope this helps your “friend”

Clever thinking guys, this sort of verbal diarrhoea should deter even the most persistent trolls

It seems to me that weight-shift trikes, powered parachutes and paragliders are what has replaced the cheap, rag-and-tube ultralights. I don't know much about it, but if you want to fly as cheaply as possible, at all times of the day, a weight shift trike might be the way to go. 

 

That is not necessarily the case,  a new 4 stroke trike from Air Creation, P&M or Airborne will set you back anywhere between $60k to $110k.   However there are plenty of second hand dinged up, poorly maintained, high hours trikes out there for sale.

also there is little or no difference in ownership costs between a trike or a 3 axis ultralight.  I know as I went down this path.

 Yes, I don't fly in them. Never have and probably never will.. Nev (er).

 

Robinson’s or helicopters in general.

Change of subject

I just hope there is enough cockpit height to accommodate the turbans

By RAA do you mean recreational flying in general as at least one trike fatality was HGFA registered

Very out of context ev 17. You really have to take in the whole lot. I never suggested Pilots make good Businessmen. That's another story altogether. Nev

“Only pilots really know about what pilots need “ Really, are you that naive? There are thousands of instances where people have tried to make a business from their hobby and the bank now owns their home.

I’ve just finished building a BushCat tail dragger. Started October and have just been issued with permit to test fly. Factory support from Skyreach was awesome along with excellent documentation and videos which made the build relatively straightforward even for a novice such as myself

We were carrying an InReach on an outback motorcycle trip last August. I came off and broke my leg so activated the inReach. The response from Houston was almost immediate and the text messaging worked well.

AMSAR was sent details and coordinates however being a land based incident it was then forwarded to the state police. This is where it went off the rails and I ended up laying in the desert with a double break in lower leg for 6.5 hours before help arrived.

Seriously???

Well that’s an hour of your life wasted you can’t get back

After years of doubting those Rotax engines, it looks like I will soon be doing a delivery flight in a  Dimona with a turbo-Rotax all the way to Caloundra.  Those Rotax engines  sure are more complicated than my trusty Jabiru

I have refuelled a Jabiru at Wentworth, but those Rotax engines like mogas, and I don't know if Wentworth has that.

 

What do people do?  Do they use their phones to get a taxi to the town to fill their jerrycans? Or are there places where you can get mogas at the airfield?

 

My proposed route would be Gawler, Renmark, Wentworth, Hillston, Narromine... but then I get out of my familiar zone.

 

One thing from my reading though is to not attempt to cross the Great Divide in suspect weather.

 

Any comments or tips welcome... and yes I will be taking my ozrunways tablet.

Just make sure your flight plan excludes Willcannia as some in that town aren’t welcoming of pilots.