petercoota

You might be thinking of Bunyan Airstrip, Monaro highway, Bunyan, about 12 km by road north of Cooma.

It's the home of Canberra Gliding Club, with lots of grass strips, visible from the highway with signage. 

I assumed that showing it at Aero would have coincided with Press Releases, videos, etc.

I also wonder if the 915 might fit, probably has too much power!

Thanks for posting. I've been searching the Aero & ICP site for more info, but nothing that I can find. Has anyone else got any further info?

I asked Jabiru if they could fit a 4-point seat harness to a J230D, rather than the lap sash type that seems to be their standard.

Their response was NO. Has anyone fitted a 4-point? Is it even possible?

I presume that even if it's possible for a 24 reg, it would require an LOA from Jabiru.

Am I worrying about nothing? Do owners find the lap sash adequate?

Thanks,

The setup is only suitable for your home hangar, not transportable in an LSA. It would only work with the containers in the system, certainly not collapsible bladders.

I have two 25 litre containers, part of the system, that I take to the airport on my ute. I fill from the back of the ute, so I can observe while pumping.

Have a look at this; https://flofast.com.au/shop-systems.html

The pump is very high capacity & is reversible, so you can pump out & in.

I've had a system for a couple of years, works well.

The people at Flowfast are also great to deal with.

Expensive but a really easy solution for an ageing aviator.

Peter Gillespie told me that the adjustable model seat gives less leg room than the fixed model seat.

If you have a fixed model you can pack it out if you're shorter.

The mounting assy of the adjustable model makes the rear-most position further forward than the fixed model.

Hope that's understandable!

It's a Savannah S that I'm looking at. My interest is in the quality of support from Edge in Norway, parts, responses to questions, warranty available. 

I'm trying to assess the longer term differences between owning a Edge/Rotax vs a 912 Rotax injected or a 914 Rotax

Anyone operating a Rotax 912ULS with the Edge Performance Big Bore & EFI conversion?

I'm interested to hear about your experiences, good & bad, please.

Thanks for all the responses. I should have made my original post clearer.

I'm considering buying Savannah. If I buy a new factory built model, then I have a choice of manual or electric flaps.

My question relates to just how quick, or slow, Sav electric flaps are to operate.

There are many good points raised in the responses so far, including asymmetric failure, low ing ground effect etc, my immediate concern is the speed of response of electric flaps on a Sav S.

I'm trying to make the choice between manual & electric flaps. I've done about 12 hours in a Sav with manual flaps & still found the control awkward, even after that experience. Peter Gillespie gave me a further demo at AUSFLY recently, I'm still hesitant. 

I understand the desirability of instant flaps at low levels, as available with manual operation. 

My question is to those who have electric flaps - just how quick, or slow, are they to respond?

All comments, from manual or electric owners welcome!

I've been looking for a while also. XL or S, injected a bonus. Be glad to hear from anyone with a lead.

Another name I thought of, a bit further away is Mark Kyle at Caboolture. The Aero Club ther might have contact info

Bill Grieve at Aeroskills in Beerwah is a good place to start

In doing my research I didn't come across this, but keen to know if it's an issue.

I've been forced to use Avgas in some circumstances recently so wanted to try & reduce the impact by using Decalin.

Let us all know if you find anything further please,

Thanks

Thanks, Walrus put me oto Skyshop & I bought & just received a quart bottle

Good point, I didn't think to change search engines, let alone browsers. Walrus saved the day & I've ordered some from Skyshop.

Thanks for the link, Skyshop didn't come up when I searched!

I'd like to find a source of Decalin in Australia. Aircraft Spruce sell it, the freight cost is greater than the product cost.

I emailed the maker in the US, they referred me straight back to Aircraft Spruce.

Is there an alternative supplier in Australia

Since my last post, I've decided that X-plane VR on an iMac is just not workable. So I've bought a used PC & am trying to decide on what monitor & VR headset to get.

The PC is a HP Z230 Tower, 3.4 GHz, Intel i7 4th gen, 16GB RAM, Quadro 600 graphic card, 240 GB SSD, WIN 10 Pro, DVD RW, WiFi card, 10 USB ports. Waiting on delivery.

As I'm buying a VR headset, I figured I could get a low end monitor. My choice at the moment is a Philips 27" 275M8/75 QHD, 109BPI, 3000;1, 144Hz job.

The Oculus Quest 2 looks good, I' still considering my choices for both the monitor & headset. The other thing I'll need to consider is a new graphics card, the existing one won't be good enough for VR. I noted you comment about the RAM, this HP can be expanded to  32GB, which I'll almost certainly do.

It's all a minefield for a newbie like me, particularly with no PC experience. I haven't been able to find a source of expertise for advice, even though I've spent days on the web.

I've sent a message off to the FK factory, asking if they know of a FK9 plugin for Xplane.

I've had about 6 hours on the J230. All that luggage space! very tempting to forget about W&B. You must have a few hrs on it if you bought it 11 years ago. 

Thanks for your PC specs, that helped confirm the conclusions I'd come to

I see you've got a Jab 230D. That made it to my short list & I went to Bundaberg to have a look at the factory & meet Rod & Sue. I could never decide between the 160, 170 & 230. After a couple of years of flying about 10 different LSA's, a friend decided to sell his FK9, so I just bought that.

Prior to that happening, I'd just about decided to get the latest model Savannah & had even gone to QLD & done a STOL course on one. My wife thinks one plane & one boat is enough, so FK9 it is.

I've dealt with Mwave a lot, didn't realise they made up gear. I had a look at their site & will give them a call. Appreciate your offer to help, I'll get back to you after I chat with them...Peter

The thought of trying to buy & configure a setup like yours is way outside my comfort zone. I live in a remote area with nobody else with IT experience around me. We're so out of it, there is only one other aircraft based here.

Are you flying the Tecnam because there is no 230D profile in Xplane? I've had a look at the real Tecnam twin at a few airshows, interesting idea although I can't see the market for it here.

My FK9 profile is not on Xplane either, I was thinking of asking the factory if they'd made one up.

I'm also a longtime Apple user, my first was the original Mac with just a floppy, back in the mid 1980's from memory. I was ahead of the pack, I lashed out & bought an external floppy & an Apple Printer. These days we have two iMacs, three iPads, a variety of iPhones, Apple TV.

Regrettably, Apple is not the company it once was. The way they release OS without thoroughly testing has become a fact of life. Like lockdowns I suppose!

Thanks for sharing your setup info with me, I think I'll have to wait till Apple release something. I have some doubts about their current iMac configs having sufficient grunt to run Xplane VR, maybe the M2 chipset will solve that.

Peter

Thanks, I was reluctantly sort of realising the PC was the only route. Apple have been talking & displaying VR stuff for a while, still no product. The only PC I have is an old laptop which is probably unsuitable for both speed & graphics resolution.

A couple of years ago I did some cross training onto a Eurofox. Someone had a VR set up for a Eurofox & gave me some time on it. It was an amazing experience. I was reaching down between my legs for the flap lever, getting confused when I couldn't feel it, it was so realistic.

So I understand your comment about not going back to 'normal'  FS.

The HTC Vive has come up well in reviews. I'm a Xplane user, do you happen to use XP?

Being a livelong Apple user I have no idea of what config PC to buy. Did you buy from a dedicated FS retailer or are you self sufficient enough to just go out & buy something? If you know of a good specialist I'd appreciate a name.

Thanks for your input....Peter 

I'm running XPlane 11.55 on an iMac. I'm interested in trying VR, any suggestions comments about which headset to buy? 

I've had quite a search for replacement gas door struts, a combination of length, strength & fittings seemed beyond most suppliers.

I finally found a supplier who went way out of their way to find the combination I needed, all in stock & in an express bag next day.

The're near Moorabbin so they are familiar with some of the the strange things aircraft need.

It's so rare to find some expertise & good customer service I thought I should give them some airtime.

https://schuttiesfasteners.com.au/

Really good prices too!

Peter