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Yes now that I have a look at my old ASI it seems it has been painted with a nail polish bush in the correct colours of course, maybe got the chemist and get the right colours in nail polish... David

Trackley, Sorry mate I looked in the box today and there were no spare ones, maybe Scott's idea is worth trying, hope you get it sorted mate.. David

Congratulations mate...well done... if you ever over here in Brissy drop in to Redcliffe and we can go for a fly in our Sportstar....again well done !!!!!! David

Hi Trackley, I have recently fitted a new ASI to the Sportstar and I think...think there may be some spare stickers in the box....when I go the hangar on Saturday I will have a look, if I have some I will let you know, then just PM me your address and I will post them up in an envelope... David

Not to interested I know how it ends... David

Got mine Monday...sitting on my coffee table right now... David

Looks like good choices...lets hope they do a good job.. David

Oscar, I would suspect that the Sportstar which is a different model here to the European version and the also I believe the US version would be mainly loss of control on landing issues although in this report is does state that a couple of these accidents were VFR into IMC occurrences and a stall spin which can happen to any aircraft if it is not flown right, in the report that you put up there are 2 other LSA's with a worst record, the Sports Crusier being one of these with 4 deaths, I am surprised that it is in this list. These 2 aircraft are low wing so maybe that could have something to do with it as far as loss of control on landing, they are harder to land if you have no experience in them. Like most of these reports they don't seems to go into the fine detail and that's where I think most of these reports are very misleading. Well I own a Sportstar and I am more than happy with it and like I said before any aircraft can kill you if you have not had enough training in the aircraft or do stupid things, I guess in the same way a Jabiru could kill you if you don't service the engine regularly, fix all the AD's and fly it in the correct manner... David

Well done Tony..congrats mate...you can now come over for a chat and a coffee to Redcliffe one day? David

Good luck mate...great to see you have got her all fixed and flying again... David

Thomas, Call Dieter I am sure he will be able to help you... Dieter Sedlbauer Mob. 0414504116 David

This is the way I think it will go down, Peter has booked in a time slot for his arrival, he has been asked to be doing orbits outside of the controlled airspace until BN Centre have the slot ready for him and once they call him in he will go and I would guess they will direct him to the correct runway and taxi ways, at this point in time it will be the main runway. Peter has a PPL and I think he has been in there before so he should be ok.. David

Tony, 2 more to go and then my exam and solo...couple of weeks and I hope to be done as well... David

Well done Tony, good luck with your solo... I did some work at Kingaroy a week or so ago and I stopped into the airfield at Nanango on the home, looks very rough when I was there, what was the strip like... David

Geoff, I wanted the co pilots position too but unfortunately for me Peter's partner got in first...bummer... David

Yes down again !!!! David

All the public is invited Geoff, come on down and say hello and best of all it is FREE... David

WE are flying one of Fly Now's Tecnams into the event on Saturday and setting up our show stand...this should be a very good event, I am looking forward to this. We will have the video camera recording in the Tecnam as it touches down on Brisbane's huge runway...should be interesting to watch one of our small LSA aircraft land on Brisbane's main runway...should be fun... Aviation Careers Expo 2016

Hi Tony, No doesn't take long to wack up the hours when your doing XC's.. yes they are good fun...much better than basic training that's for sure... David

Hi All, Well started my XC on Wednesday, we did Redcliffe-Murgon-Gympie-Redcliffe around 3 hours in total as we landed at each airport, it was a great start and I enjoyed it very much, can't wait till my next one next week, next weeks is a bit longer... Redcliffe-Chincilla-Kingaroy-Redcliffe this one will probably run out to about 3.5 hrs, I am just in the process of doing my flight plan, I guess it will depend on the winds on the day. Well 10hrs dual won't take long and the 2 hrs solo and the exam of course and that will be it...hopefully will have my XC endorsement, I will try and put up some photos on the next one.. :) David

Hello johnb, Welcome to our forum...depending on where you live here in Brisbane you will find that there are plenty of RAAus schools to choose from also you should be able to pick up some very useful tips here on the forum, good luck with your training... David

Well done on your 1st solo RJW, you even had the issue with the flaps and you handed well...congrats mate.. David

This report is for the EV-97 European models 472kg MTOW, to my knowledge these are not here in Australian and I would expect that all the LSA Sportstar models would have the upgraded fuselage like in FIG 2 of page 1. I would still do an inspection but I think we have nothing to fear here in our models, this AD doesn't even appear to come from the factory itself.. EuroStar SL Model for the European ultralight category, with a gross weight of 1,041 lb (472 kg)[2][5] EuroStar SLW Model for the European ultralight category, with a gross weight of 1,041 lb (472 kg)[6] David

Riley, Yes I know that they are apples and oranges what I was trying to say is that inspections where safety and build quality is in all things we do these days, these aircraft may be a single seat and it is only your life in the seat but who is to say that some poor sap won't buy this aircraft off the original owner at some point? I know that I would never buy some home built aircraft off Gumtree unless I had paperwork to say that it was signed off at the end of the build by a L4 and that during the build it had regular inspections by someone other than the builder, just all seems common sense to me and I would be happy to know that there is a very good chance that I will going home to my wife and kids at the end of that day... I just think it is good idea and worth spending some extra money for peace of mind...but... that's me.. David

Kasper, I have been a builder for 35 years and although I don't and have never built an aircraft I have built untold houses and multi story buildings in my career, when you build a house you have at least 3 inspections by an engineer and normally a final inspection by the certifier and all of these inspections cost around the $160 mark, these inspections are not only for my benefit but the owners peace of mind and the assurance that they are getting a safe and structurally sound building, the same could be said for building an aircraft, we know that you can build an aircraft but these are just the checks and balances they want you to do to ensure yours and potentially the next person safety that may buy this aircraft off you to down the track. Kasper I don't like paying for inspections either but unfortunately these days these need to be done and we need the funds to pay for these just like you need the funds for a engine and materials. I would suggest that before you start your next project do up a budget and include these costs and if your budget exceeds your funds then you may have to delay the start or shelve it for a while until you save some more money in this way you know you have all the funds to build your aircraft including all of these painful inspections, personally I find it reassuring to have some else throw an eye over what I have built and find things that I may have missed after all we are just human and sometimes prone to mistakes.... inspections are just a part of the building things these days...it is just the way it is... David