JabFlyer01

JabFlyer, good to hear it went well, the runway is in reasonable nick.Have you been in to Drouin South? It's another favourite of the Lilydale instructors, and kept in great condition.

GraemeK, yep Gary got me to go into Drouin Sth a couple of times during XC training and I loved it - it was fun trying to find it (not too hard) and fun when I got there. Did some prec search practice and I remember a huge tree pretty close to the rwy. Bunyip was also interesting.

You wouldn't by any chance know if you can park for a while at YIVE? Would like to fly down for a day sometime and and go into town for lunch...

 

 

Google only lists it as a waypoint, but Google Earth shows what looks like an airfield under construction. (See below, looking south). Street View at that location shows cow pasture. Imagery dated 2017.

Thanks heaps everyone - fantastic info, special thanks Graeme K, everything I needed! Sorry not to reply immediately but was engrossed in usual pre-test stuff - questionnaire, VFRG, ERSA CASRs, handling notes/charts/lplanning for curly questions etc. Turns out oddly YIVE is in the CAG but not in my 19th version but I did get a copy of the page eventually.

 

So I flew there yesterday and it was exactly as you said Graeme; did prec search and a short field into RWY80; and yes power lines right across short final, with the mast smart smack in the middle. Somehow I hit the target point. And yes got PP from Blair Hodges who texted me from somewhere in France. And yes again I spotted the two other small strips (looked like fun to try sometime). Kaz3g, thanks and I'd recommend a visit but watch out for the pwr lines and it was also a bit wet.

 

And for the record, somehow I finally passed (!!) Yessssss! Thanks again guys

Hi All,

 

Am doing a XC endorsement test flight in a few days which includes a prec search and T&G at Inverloch (YIVE). As it's not in ERSA or the country airstrip guide, a wondering if any one has any tips on this airfield - I was planning to use 126.7 for R/T as I believe it is the unicom in the area but happy to be told otherwise. Also have no idea if PP is available. ANy advice greatly appreciated.

 

 

This may help.I practice engine failures at various heights and find that an imaginary mark just below the pitot tube inlet (on my plane) is a good indication of where I can glide to. Every point below this spot is within gliding distance.

For low wing aircraft, this spot could be the wing tip or thereabouts.

 

Try sometime to find your spot.

 

Phil.

Thanks for that Phil, good idea - will give that a go hopefully next w/end if weather improves.

 

 

From what you're saying here I assume you usually take off and climb straight ahead to 1000ft+ ? If you turn crosswind at 500ft you'd usually be in a far better/safer position in the event of EFATO after that point. This does vary according to the airfield and obstacles specific to the area of operation at the time but for example, if you were operating out of a strip cut out of a forest you'd do well to turn crosswind at 500ft and downwind shortly after that, then you'd be in a good position to complete the gliding circuit if the noise stops.

If I'm doing circuit practice I'll turn crosswind at 500ft (750 indicated) and yep then am usually abeam the strip pretty quickly. But if heading out to training area, usually climb to 1500 and turn right off R36 or left off R18. In both cases, we're lucky at YLIL that we have good landing spaces within 30 deg. But I'm going through the thought process of 'what if' in various situations, especially if around that 1000ft decision point do I still maintain runway heading or in what circumstances have I got safe margin to go back to the nice big runway? As I'm in that early low hrs solo phase - ie low esp but no instructor there to say "no power", am trying to ask myself those 'virtual instructor' questions! I just read that whole discussion thread too - really good stuff.

 

 

Welcome to the forum 01.If you have an EFATO after 1000ft you ought to be able to complete a smallish gliding circuit and land back on the departure strip into wind. You didn't do those in your training?

 

A recent discussion here will give you an idea of peoples' various thoughts about EFATO lower than that.

Welcome to the forum 01.If you have an EFATO after 1000ft you ought to be able to complete a smallish gliding circuit and land back on the departure strip into wind. You didn't do those in your training?

 

A recent discussion here will give you an idea of peoples' various thoughts about EFATO lower than that.

Hi and thanks HIC, yep did lots of glide approaches (great fun) but always from downwind/short base abeam the threshold. A tight glide circuit from just over 1000agl seems like a good option. Especially in a headwind where not too much distance has been completed on climb, downwind is fast over te ground and there was some runway left before TO! Than ks for that interesting discussion link, really useful.

 

 

Great to have just found this site. Am building solo hrs in J160at Lilydale, Melbourne after getting RAAus cert. recently. Was googling people's thoughts on back to field for downwind landing vs outlanding after EFAT just after 1000 ft AGL. Fortunately hypothetical! Thoughts?