DrZoos

Yes, There is an exemption to height restrictions for take off and landing...however since it seems your not prepared to listen ..i will leave you to you and your own divices....however, under the new RAA guise of talking tough about saefty...I would say you should not be flying at all till you understand this concept. Re read info refered to in post #69

Kevins still on his way with the fibre, just hold your breath and he will be coming past any day

Try pages 132 to roughly 136 https://www.raa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Operations-Manual-Issue-7_Single-pages-with-new-CAO-95.55-Mar-15.pdf

CAR 157 'Low flying' is offset by CAO 95.55 sections 7.1 (b) (h) (i), 8.1 and 8.2 plus RA-Aus operations manual section 2.01 para 10. You might need to revisit those logic lessons , becuase the law is pretty clear about the difference between and or or

Yeh sorry theres just a bit in the trends text section See 2nd top slide above

You are allowed at any altitude in the act of taking off or landing... But should still be able to safely glide and avoid people.

https://www.raa.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Annual-Report-2014-2015.pdf probably have to be logged in

Where the button for only as old as the ------- ya feeling!

The RAAus annual report has a great breakdown of the members locations and ages and much more

Makes sense , if the RAAF and ADF pilots had these for ab initio and to fall back on for recreational use they would sure retain some serious hand and feet skills when all the electronics get taken out by a new age weapon or IOS update

Also check out https://www.raa.asn.au/marap-faqs/ in case it affects you. MARAP is designed to assist any member with an aircraft that was accepted under a European Type Certificate as well as an Australian Type Certificate.

No it does not It is clearly separated with ";and" meaning both (1) and (2) are both required... In English from a judges perspective that means you must be not below 1000ft "and" at a height which it cannot glide clear of all dwellings, buildings and persons within the built-up area. or the way it should be worded for a beginning pilot is, you must be above 1000ft "and" at a height which you can glide clear of all dwellings, buildings and persons within the built-up area. Breach either of those and your in doggy doo...

Classic CASA that we have to do an RPL flight review in a GA aircraft ....dumb dumb dumb

I had no problems doing this in the US till on about the 20th day, on a lookout road above Denver CO, i realised I was on the left after 2 minutes driving along a windy road over blind crests..that was an awakening moment... the real problem was making a turn into poorly defined areas like carparks with no lines... And as someone else said, coming home was wierder, because suddenly my brain had no natural left right preference happening....several times i found myself confused in the first month back home for a second or two... Yet flying i have absolutley no probs gooing left or right, other than the visual perspective from each seat is different.

Great news, if we get enough of these types of deals the light end of the sport might really gain some credibility and possibly exonomies of scale as well... CASA will have a hard time crapping on them if the ADF chooses them over GA aircraft lol

Another chute saves another life....give me 14kg and i will put one in tomorrow..but id like it to be CO2 deployed not a firework.

Dont fret you will quickly adapt to all these lighter planes..I have flown many different types in the last 2-3 years and you will quickly get used to any of them once you get your motor skills dialed back in, your autonomous reactions and thought processes etc etc... Just take some time and let yourself adapt to the lower inertia... it will be second nature soon enough, just like it used to be in the warrior :)

alpi pioneer 300

Im a very regular visitor to the south Island but have not flown it...the weather changes far too quickly for my liking without local knowledge...so certainly be very careful who you take advice from and check the weather forecast 100 times... Most spectacular place to fly...If I could hire with an instructor or local on board , the main locations on the south Island would be over the Fox and Franz Joseph Glaciers, Mount Cook around Queenstown and Wanaka and then over milford sound...but i would organise a landing and cruise while at Milford... Queenstown does have a flying club, but they looked like GA planes and its very commercial with big jets coming and going all the time. Might be easier to get one around Wanaka or Te Anau try some of the numbers in www.flyingnz.co.nz/new-zealand-air-safari/pdfs/hire.pdf

http://www.recreationalpilots.com.au/jabiru-j230.htm

Thanks guys i will check both. At this stage any suggestions are great and i will check them all...really appreciate these and any others... Would really like some input on the brakes as well.

So ever since we got plane new left wheel makes a slight doonk doonk doonk as it turns...after investigation by a LAME it was just the floating calipers and disk alignment It just got noisier today and wheeling plane backwards into hanger the brakes got gradually harder to the point i couldnt pull it...brakes where off.. I jacked up plane , did nothing put it back down and all was good again... I had spat off prior to last flight as a fellow pilot had said he thought one brake worked much harder than the other... There is nothing visually wrong we can see... I will pull it all apart and have another look sunday or monday... Any suggestions or input on what might be an obvious cause is appreciated.

The 170 floats a LOT further