KRviator

Last I saw it was $3,109 and the auction's now closed and being "referred" - anyone know what the final price was at the fall of the hammer?

I've had that in all of our cars for the last 6 or so years and wouldn't be without it for anything except short local drives. An OBD dongle plugs into the port and you can access various sensors connected to the computers though BT or wi-fi. Some more than others. For our Territory, we could access the parking sensor data down to 0.1m resolution, not just beeps or pretty colours and a host more in-depth stuff. Transmission temperature, exhaust gas temperature through to coolant or torque converter lockup status are often available in any vehicle. I use the "Torque Pro" app, (and ForScan for Fords) and it has the added benefit of being able to record whatever you're displaying, so if I got pinged by a speed camera, I can pull the datalog to confirm both indicated and GPS speeds.

Looks good, but they're very late to the party. And from the brief read I've had, they're not (currently) TSO'd or STC'd, so that limits them to the Experimental crowd - who are already spoilt for choice with options from Garmin, Dynon, AFS, uAvionix, GRT and MGL each of which have already built up hundreds of thousands of hours of flight time for their products. Microair needs to compete with that, and I'm not sure how they're going to.

A new - or even decent second-hand - 912 ain't gonna be cheap! Not worth much more than scrap value, sadly, @BrendAn is dead right, it'll probably go for some ridiculous price only to never fly again when the buyer wises up to what they've just set themselves up for. Shame, those Gazelle's are damn fine little aeroplanes. And is that a chord-wise tear in the skin to boot?

AAAAhhhhhhh, That explains Mark McGowan's antics perfectly. Always hot in Perth...

"Airventure Australia" (AIUI, a trust whose sole beneficiary was RAAus) ran a "Win a Bushcat" door-prize/raffle type contest at the Parkes airshow a few years back. They didn't get enough gate takings/entries to actually cover the cost of the damn thing (with many people who had no intention of even going to Parkes simply buying a ticket for the chance to win it), so they simply shrugged their shoulders and walked away leaving many aggrieved ticket-buyers. Made national news but no idea what the outcome was, besides the plane itself being offered for sale privately from the distributor months afterwards. I stand corrected. I had it in my mind that it was open to Aus Citizens only when they had their little map with a circle drawn around Oz, but a review of the Wayback Machine shows the following:

And that's the rub... The Cirrus draw was live-streamed. The next "two" (cough, cough) weren't and were supposedly won by "Nick from Waikato" and "G from Dumbea", a "commune" in New Caledonia with the winners being announced in simultaneous FB posts.... Now I'm pretty sure the draw was only open to Australian residents, so how can two of the three draws have been won by non-residents?? The cynic in me suggests because there's no possible way for them to be verified or contacted.

Not sure they're that much at fault, @Marty_d, AF say they had a lawyer go through the documents and if they didn't find fault, there's not much else you can do. Hell even I thought it was a bit sketchy after that RAAus Bushcat debacle, but went through the T's & C's, double checked myself with NSW Gaming that they were registered with them, and they also got a bucketload of publicity through the likes of Sunrise & the Today Show among others. But that scumbag took us all for fools. I'm not that annoyed about the money TBH, the KR KRew only lost a few hundred dollars, and while that would buy a few cartons or a tank of fuel for the RV, what really hurts is not only did AF not get the $$ raised, they also lost out on another $300K from what looks to be people sending the money to the raffle, vs AF directly. Afterall, as I said to the KRviatrix, if I wanted to donate $100 to AF, would I donate directly, or through a lotto where I had a chance to walk away with a Cirrus and AF would get their moolah. That (to Cirrus-wanting me) was a no-brainer. Between RAAus and their Bushcat, YourJetLife, and several other ones besides (Horses for Harmony, for example) goes to show the only lotteries that seem to be above board these days are the likes of Powerball, or the meat trays going off at the pub on a Friday night.

Looks like the whole thing was a very well organized, well publicized scam. Check out this ACA report... AF haven't received their coin, ol' mate in WA hasn't received his Cirrus - which looks to still be in the US going by ADS-B trackers, and the Police are now investigating.

Toppled as the gyro wound down. Nothing to be too concerned about unless it doesn't erect itself once you have vacuum Refer to my comment above about being stuffed around by brokers and agents! You get your skates on to get finance arranged and tee-up an inspection, perhaps travelling a fair distance to do it and maybe even arrange transport should you feel you'll win, all based on what is in the PlaneSales ad - that still says the "auction" finishes today - only to find out it doesn't even start until the end of the month... Just toppled as the gyro ran down. Nothing to be concerned about unless it doesn't erect itself when you reapply vacuum. Did they mention why GST is included? Can't imagine a Jab LSA55 like this one would be considered a tool of the trade for a sole trader or be registered in the name of a company...

SO has it sold yet? Where's the sale process at? And what did he get for it?!?

No thanks. I've had my fill of dealing with brokers and auctioneers who know less than nothing about the item they're selling and continually stuff me around when I'm trying to drop 6 figures on a light aircraft. Would anyone buy a hundred-grand classic car that had nothing in the ad but cylinder compression and "It's a fully sick V8, maaaaaattte!" But that doesn't mean we can't discuss the pros and cons of such sales when they come up, if only to try to educate those who don't know what they may be in for. Case in point, why is the buyer paying GST on this aircraft? Have you registered it in your name as a sole trader or the name of a company? If not, then GST is not applicable - buy the buyer's going to be charged it anyway. Because straight up, that's another 10% on top of the sale price and the 20% Pickles charge! Suddenly it's not so attractive and you'd probably have been better chucking it up on the RAAus classifieds for $10K - because for anything more than that, it's gonna be cheaper and a hell of a lot easier for someone to buy one of currently flyable ones overall. The other LSA55 that's for sale is listed as $26K fly-away and the ST3 for $24K. Deduct 10% GST and that's $21,818. Deduct 20% for the Pickles thing and you're down to $18,181. Deduct the cost of a new engine, gear leg and wing bolts and you're lucky if you'd be left with just enough for a carton of beer. Sorry if you don't like that, but that's the reality that I'd see as a potential buyer. If someone doesn't look at purchases like this objectively, then they're left with a money pit that does nothing but leave a sour taste in their mouth and turns them off aviation, which is no good for any of us.

So the issue is not that you have an Experimental G3X, the problem is that you don't have an approved (note: NOT "certified" - approved) GNSS position source, and because you don't have that, your system is working exactly as it should. Add the GPS20A and you will get SIL3 and your ADS-B position won't be automatically squelched by TAAATS and you will become visible to ATC. And it'll do it far cheaper than having to stump up the $$$ for almost any other 'certified' navigator.

It will display what ATC need, if it's configured correctly. If you have the GPS-20A as your selected position source, then (from what I can see in the G3X manual), that should be all you need. If you're not using a GPS-20A, then that'd be why it's not showing up in TAAATS. But as I keep saying, for E-AB or RAAus, you do not have to have a TSO'd, "Certified" or anything special type of GPS to run ADS-B (including being visible to ATC) if your GNSS position source meets the relevant standards and has a statement from the manufacturer saying that. Both Garmin (GPS-20A) and Dynon (SV-GPS-2020) have that. Does the GPS-20A need to be directly connected to the transponder vs the GDU? There's something going on that isn't right, because if you have a G3X with a GPS-20A telling the system where it is, it should be outputting ADS-B with sufficient integrity for ATC to see you - whether or not it's an Experimental unit.

No, it is a factory built Jab, it cannot be registered E-AB (Either VH- or RAAus), if you want it on VH before going aviating, you're going to have to pay a LAME to maintain it. And that ain't gonna be a cheap endeavor given the sate of it.

How have you got it setup in the settings menu? Should be outputting a SIL of 3 (from memory, am away from my -9 for a bit, will check in a couple days). Anything less than that and TAAATS is programmed to automatically reject it on the controller's display as it doesn't have sufficient assurance that the position transmitted is actually the position you're at.

Why were the pages showing the latest logbook entries deleted from Pickles? When I first looked, they were there showing the most recent maintenance, now they're not. Or am I now looking in the wrong place? As for "Just do a 100-hourly and fly it home", I'd want a serious look at that NLG leg before I'd sign off on an annual among other things. It may well be just the photo angle, but that corrosion looks much deeper than just surface rust around the bolt hole. Also, from Planesales you have: "The start time for this auction is Wednesday, 15 May 2024 at 2:00pm AEST with the highest bidder determined at the close of bidding on Monday, 20 May 2024 at 6:00pm AEST." while on the Pickles auction page itself you have "Item Not Yet Available for Sale - Check back soon - Starts 29/05/2024 02:00 PM" Quite happy for Pickles to stuff around any potential buyers though, it seems....

Would barely be worth the cost of getting it home... It's a 30-year-old Jabiru being sold "as-is, where-is", is my thinking. Looks like quite a bit of corrosion on the axles & brake calipers, NLG strut, engine cylinders and engine mount. Buying things like this at auction can really burn through the $$$ when you may be better off stumping up the $$ for a flying J120.

Some very interesting commentary there from the State Coroner - particularly about the withholding of documents. I'd be very interested to see what documents weren't provided as part of the brief of evidence and in what light they paint the actions of RAAus. It's not like it'd be the first time they've refused to act in accordance with the legislation that governs our flying...

Wonder how they planned to do that in an aircraft with gullwing doors? I've done the same thing from the RV with the tip-up canopy, but not from within the cabin, rather, from a pod bolted under the wing.

No, it doesn't need to be 'certified' or TSO'd for RAAus or Experimental - it just has to meet the performance standards of the TSO and have a certificate saying as such. Neither the Garmin GPS20A or the Dynon SV-GPS-2020 are certified, TSO'd or otherwise, yet both are completely acceptable GNSS position sources for ADS-B in Australia for LSA & Experimental, and have been for many years. That being said, you cannot use that (non-TSO'd) GNSS position source for navigation but for ADS-B, it is perfectly acceptable per CAO20.18 and Part 91 MOS 26.66

Gotcha, but that's more the RAD43 certification though, innit? "certification of successful functional testing of the ADS-B (Out) installation" from the grant form? We can (well, most of us can) install it and configure it per the manual & Hex code, but have to get the final install tested by an AvTech for the purposes of the biennial transponder checks before we can officially turn it on.

Something doesn't sound right there - My SkyView is visible to both BN & ML CTR and I routinely get Flight Following using ADS-B with the GNSS source being the Dynon SV-GPS-2020. What's your actual position source? For Experimental, you do not need a TSO'd or "Certified" GNSS Position Source - your ADS-B position source only needs to meet the requirements of the TSO, and have a certificate attesting as such. The Dynon GPS-2020 has this - but not the GPS-250. I believe - but am not sure - the Garmin GPS-20A is the same as the SV-GPS-2020, suitable for ADS-B position but I don't how where their certificate of conformance is to be found. Sounds like whoever gave you that advice isn't up to speed with the latest permissions for RAAus/Experimental. Of course, you could install a Dynon GPS-2020 in your G3X system if you're really keen. 😛 EDIT: For those who choose Garmin, the relevant Certificate of Conformance is found in the installation manual, Chapter 15.2. So install a GPS-20A, configure your G3X right, and off ye shall go. If you're the builder of the aircraft (or can maintain it either through RAAus L1 or Instrument 18/22), then you can install the ADS-B equipment and sign off on it for the purposes of the rebate as you're an approved installer. At least, that's how I read it. And from CAO20.18

Only if the new owner is willing to invest in the airport to make it work as a viable GA airport... Things could always get worse...