Drummer Dave

I have one of these too, so maybe I will use it. Wasn't sure if they were as good, and also didn't know if you can store in memory. Have found out last night that u can.

I have an Icom IC-A24 radio in my aircraft, but it is time to replace due to a small problem.

Is there other options of the same or better quality and features in handheld?

Can I apply for an RPL with an RAA certificate, do an aerobatic rating then hire an aero certified aircraft for personal use ?

You would just have to do your PPL and then go for those other endorsements.

Only the following endorsements can be added to an RPL:

• controlled aerodrome endorsement
   
  

• controlled airspace endorsement
   
  

• flight radio endorsement (this requires an aviation English language proficiency assessment)
   
  

• recreational navigation endorsement (this requires minimum flight time of five hours solo cross-country and a minimum of two hours dual instrument time, of which at least one hour is instrument flight time).
   
  

Congratulations once again Geoff. I love the honesty in your posts/story to date.

How you have felt the highs and lows of the flight training process. I can relate to all of it.

Its easier to get on here and boast about the great landing we did today and how accurate we were on our Navs blah blah blah, but rarely mention of our mistakes (everyone makes them. Its the only way to learn stuff). I didn't feel like a real pilot either, but am starting to move to that area now. I have a GA licence also with a CSU / Retract endorsement, but it does take a while to sink in, that I actually 'am' a pilot. I thought it should feel better LOL ! anyway, my friends class me as a pilot and the paperwork says it, so I guess we must be Pilots.

Keep writing and flying. We all know that you will only tell it as it is. Good Luck mate

You can only do your Theory Exam once. Once you pass,.. that's it.

Maybe you meant that you have done RA Theory and are doing a GA Theory exam

You will probably not pass a PPL with RA Aus theory, as there was a big push on finding rules and regs out of AIP and Ops etc.

I remember a question on Daylight and Darkness charts for someplace interstate and trying to be as fast as I could in plotting Co-ordinates on the test and then going to the UTC time etc etc. Now its all on your GPS info.

The PPL theory exams are more in depth than RA and the theory exam was a 3hr open book exam when I did mine.

A lot on Weight and Balance in aircraft that I would never fly, but I think the GA exams are presuming you are going through to CPL.

Your flight school should follow up with CASA regards to endorsements not transferred and why.

Your PPL flight test will be maybe a 3hr flight with Engine failures, Instrument failure, and at least 1 diversion and landing I think at 2 outlying strips apart from your departure??

and yes you would think that if you are born and educated in Australia, that we can actually understand and speak a little bit of English. Its a test more on comprehending the requirements and directives and other foreign accented pilots, in a cockpit environment. Interesting, but I thought it was a waste of my time and money personally.

I hope I am sheading a bit of light on this?? Just my experiences really.

GFPT holder operating at a Class D aerodrome had similar issues with transition to an RPL. Needed to get an English language test then radio and controlled aerodrome endorsements.

Because RA-Aus has never been granted controlled airspace access, I am looking to gain my RPL so that I can take advantage of the controlled airspace and controlled aerodrome endorsements to give me unrestricted access to Archerfield where I gained my pilot certificate. I started the process of working with a local GA flight school to gain the RPL and they are effectively requiring probably 10-15 hours of extra flight time before signing off the necessary flight review and endorsements.To get the ball rolling, I submitted the relevant RPL license paperwork to CASA as they state that they recognise the RPL as equivalent to the pilot certificate but knowing I would still need the flight review and the controlled airspace and controlled aerodrome endorsements added later before I could take advantage of it. I was hoping/expecting they would recognise the radio and navigation endorsements from RA-Aus since I have the equivalent RA-Aus endorsements and the necessary flight times. It took them over a month but I finally received the RPL license back today. They provided no radio or cross country endorsement not recognising the RA-Aus endorsements. They even went to the trouble of using red ink to highlight the fact I can't use an aircraft radio.

 

So it seems that there is equivalent and then there's CASA equivalent. It makes no sense that the most basic elements of radio and navigation are not recognised whilst the flying license/certificate is. Ironically, I currently can use the aircraft radio and fly my Jab anywhere in Australia (outside controlled airspace) but even if I did a RPL flight review I can't do exactly the same in a VH registered aircraft without doing these endorsements separately wearing a GA hat. So feasibly, with the RPL license, RPL flight review and RPL controlled airspace/aerodrome endorsements giving me access to controlled airspace and aerodromes but with no radio or cross country endorsement, I could still take off in my appropriately equipped RA-Aus aircraft from a controlled aerodrome transit class C airspace, and then fly across the country all whilst talking on the radio using my RA-Aus pilot license with it's radio and cross country endorsements. The lack of logic makes my head hurt...

 

The sooner RA and GA accept common standards and appropriate equivalent recognition the better off recreational aviation will be.

I guess you have done your GA Flight review also.

You may find that when you get the boxes ticked for Controlled Aerodrome and Controlled Airspace, it may activate the Radio Endorsement.

I know that it should transfer from RAA, but maybe its a different requirement. I did my radio licence back when I started flying in 1998 and my GFPT.

My radio was already on my CASA Licence, so I didn't have to get it transferred from RA Certificate.

Just keep doing your CTA etc and get those boxes ticked.

Good Luck !!

I ran mine old one to 520 hr and most go to 600 . Manufacturer states 300 hrs so it's really up to you. I plan on rebuilding my new one ( already on 15 hrs) at the recommended 300. The reason I wanted a new one was so I know the engine has been looked after to specs.

Is experimental ifr available? Vh exp that is?

GA is exactly what it says.......... 'General' Aviation

CAO 95.55 sets out the requirements for RAA aircraft to use CTA [not just a transponder]. Pilot must have A valid pilots lic not being a student lic. [This would now include RPL, I assume!] [19 registered ? Not the way I read it, but don't take my word, read it yourself - can you have a 19 registered certified aircraft?

I also don't believe that I can fly my 19 aircraft into CTA even with my RPL licence/Endorsement. Im not phased by that.Yes you will but only if your RPL has a CTA endorsement and your aircraft has a transponder. One of the guys here in Cairns has a PPL ( which carriers rights to enter CTA) but he does it in his 19 RAA Jabiru. The bizarre thing is getting your head around which licence he is using at any one point in time.

 

He has an RAA certificate and PPL licence and an RAA plane which has a transponder in it.

 

He can not fly the RAA plane "using" his PPL. He is "using his RAA certificate for that.

 

He cannot enter CTA on his RAA pilot certificate. "Uses" the PPL for that. So at the boundary he oscillates very rapidly between RAA pilot and PPL pilot. ( maybe at the speed of sound or light or whatever CASA uses as its datum. :-). )

You would technically be swapping licence privileges, as you indicate.

If you are transponder equipped (and have the Endorsement) you could get clearance go through CTA, as you are actually endorsed to do so.

My RPL has the CTA Endorsement, but my ultralight wouldn't qualify. I just go around, but in the 172 I go straight through !!!

Its a very grey area when you are the holder of 2 qualifications.

2 Aircraft and 2 different licenses really. CASA wont give RA Aus the option for Controlled Airspace in my opinion.

Some expert will no doubt reply to this, and hopefully answer you a little better than I can.

How did you do an raa cta endo?How many hours instruction did they want?

well done mate. Where abouts did you do it?

How did you do an raa cta endo?How many hours instruction did they want?

I don't think that RA will have the Endorsement for a long time. I think the general view is that if you want to fly in CTA you should go GA.

I don't agree really, as many OCTA areas take our little machines over some not so favourable terrain.

That's another story though.

I also don't believe that I can fly my 19 aircraft into CTA even with my RPL licence/Endorsement. Im not phased by that.

Wish i was so lucky, i stupidly mentioned an old medical issue honestly due to a workplace incident and now have the 1000 hurdles to step through...dumb dumb dumb...

I presume you needed to do the airborne flight test(s) in a VH registered aircraft?

I started back with RA and then updated my latest GA Endorsements in the Cessna

Hi all. I have just joined and had my first lesson today. I guess I am a bit of a late starter but this is something that I have always wanted to do.Cheers Geoff13

Age is not really a factor, as you often read of 'older' people starting flight training.

Many of them only have the time and money at a later stage of their lives, so I say ......GOOD ON YOU!!

I look forward to reading your progress in the forums

Hi - no I meant PPL. Just wondering how wide spread the slowness was :)

As a training proposition the Rotax life is stated as 300 hours. This is conservative, and if the motor had not had any lean mixture events and well looked after should do a good 200 hours more easily I have replaced rings in some where the rings were still OK at those times. Carbon in the ring grooves is a cause of seizures and ring breakage which is a sudden failure if it happens. You can check the condition of the rings through the exhaust ports and push the rings in, in the grooves with a paddle pop stick so as not to mark them.I do know of some high hours engines. (800-1000.) Anything over that is not worth doing unless you have miles of flat suitable landing areas.

The roller bearings don't usually show a lot of play before they fail. The failure can either be a cage or parts of the hardened crankpin peeling off due to too much work done. Ie fatigue of the surface. Sometimes a lack of oil can cause the bearing to go blue and lose it's hardness or just lock up

 

The new motor is the best value. You get carbs electrics and mufflers etc. Sell the old one off for some other use. Someone else may get some parts from it. Nev

Yes I am thinking that new is the best way for me. My current engine would be worth something, so at least I can put it towards new!!

I just left a message with:

Queensland Service Centre

Rotax Engine Specialst

Mr Richard Eacott

Tel: 07 5463 2476

I ran mine old one to 520 hr and most go to 600 . Manufacturer states 300 hrs so it's really up to you. I plan on rebuilding my new one ( already on 15 hrs) at the recommended 300. The reason I wanted a new one was so I know the engine has been looked after to specs.

Nice one!Just curious, how long was the processing? CASA received my paperwork for my PPL on 15 Sep but it has yet to move past the "application received" stage. Because I took my flight test on 1/9, I had to fill in all the new forms for Part 61, so something that would have taken a couple weeks the day before now does not seem to have any avenue towards completion and they are hopelessly backlogged.

 

100% agree, starting out in RAAus was the best way for me, now I have flexibility and the best of both worlds, and at a fraction of the cost had I gone GA from the start!

Did you mean your RPL?.

Anyway, yes I submitted mine on 4/9/14, and was told 1 week which then blew out to 2 and then 4 wks until I rcvd it. I know they had a lot more than expected.

I have a 582 with 270hrs on it.

I get a lot of different opinions on a rebuild or just buy a new one.

Im open for suggestions as I have approx. 18mnths to go, at the rate I am flying.

Is the 300hr a Max for rebuild or can I stretch this out by a few hrs??

What sort of money can I ask for my current 582 once it has 300 hrs? as it can obviously go towards the cost of new.

I am quite interested in the RPL, Has anyone actually started the conversion process yet?

Yes I sent in my RPL papers (4 wks ago) and received my CASA RPL in the mail today. I have studied this quite a bit over the past Cpl of years !!

Im NOT AN EXPERT, but may be able to answer a question or two .

My RPL arrived in the mail today !!!!

I did all of my RAA endorsements (CTA, Nav etc etc) and have transferred them across to a CASA RPL.

I also have done my CSU and Retract Endorsement, which virtually gives me a PPL to fly any SE 4 seat aircraft up to 1500kg.

As I said in my thread a few months ago,...It wont suit everyone, but its great for me.

I will now use my GA licence but encourage anyone to start out in RA Aus and see where your flying interest will take you.

Happy Days !!

Yeah I have plenty of Nav time and Solo Nav time from GA. They still want to do the Navs and a Nav test. Ive been told this from others, and seems like they just want the money.

I have also just completed my CSU/Retractable Endorsement.

The problem has always been that the X Country Nav requirements for PPL was twice the hours required for RAAus X country. That is probably why if you want the RPL with X Country and you only hold an RAAus X Country, I have always suspected you will need to do more X county to satisfy the GA Instructor who will issue the RPL.If anyone has a class 2 medical and already done GA X country why on earth would you want an RPL when the Class 2 means you are PPL.

The problem has always been that the X Country Nav requirements for PPL was twice the hours required for RAAus X country. That is probably why if you want the RPL with X Country and you only hold an RAAus X Country, I have always suspected you will need to do more X county to satisfy the GA Instructor who will issue the RPL.If anyone has a class 2 medical and already done GA X country why on earth would you want an RPL when the Class 2 means you are PPL.