Pindan

to Blueadventures I do not know what I am going to do yet. I did not start any cutting out or repairing yet as I wanted to understand the original construction in order to dismantle the sections correctly. Your question of "a scarf joint between the pieces" is exactly the things I want to consider before I plug in the 9 " grinder......and start cutting. It does look however when you shine light through the joint that the 2 pieces are just butted together and joined with a epoxy glass matting tape inside and outside. How many layers I do not know. Here is photo from inside. Also the ply is bare on the outside but does seem to have a layer ( or more ) of matting internally

I did............. I waited 4 weeks for them to come back with ....they would have to produce an repair schedule that would be estimated at $10000 and when asked if they could provide any detail of the original construction they refused

Hi Everyone I recently ran my 230 of the runway on landing and did damage to the firewall where the nose wheel attaches and also ripped of the pilot’s side undercarriage leg. Does anyone have any specs on the construction of the fuselage around the undercarriage leg mounting and details of how the plywood lower section of the firewall is epoxied to the fuselage. I intend to cut out the lower ply section and replace it with new one which will need to be epoxied back to the fuselage and the remainder of the firewall. The repair for the undercarriage leg will be a epoxy repair but there is some strengthening within the layers of fiberglass and I do not know how many layers Jabiru use in initial construction.

You were perfectly right. I called them and currently a transponder is not required to land there. Thanks for the advive

I was wondering if anyone can tell me if I need a transponder to fly into Jandakot. I have had both the yes and no answer from different sources.

Any time..........whats the Valley View fly in?

Hi Vlad I am at Gnaraloo Station on the Ningaloo Reef, and you wont get a beach much better than Gnaraloo Bay about 300m from a 900m gravel strip. there is also a hire car and accommodation available. www.gnaraloo.com.au

Haha if you ever get to see my grading.................so do I

Actually its a 2007 Jabiru 230C with hydralic lifter engine with 137 hrs on it, but some people on here probably think a Jeep flies better....hehe, but if people from work wonder why i am never here anymore its the same result. I am Paul from north of WA, I did my TIF in November 2010 and finally got my Pilot certificate late last year. I live on a remote station so the only option was to sell some sheep and buy my own aircraft. I know there are mixed feelings about the Jab's but from a non pilots perspective the 230 has to be the best value for money and most useful aircraft available. My main purpose is to escape work and fly to Perth about 550nm. From reading this forum and plenty of others for the last couple of years i made a concous decision that what ever 230 i bought i would immediately take it to a L2 in WA and have the engine rebuilt with a few mods to make it more reliable such as wide ring grove pistons lightened push rods and what ever else he suggests. Then fit 6 CHT's and EGT's so i can effectively monitor engine temps from the day it was made new again. If any 230 owners or L2's out there can recommend other upgrades i will take them on board, such as changing the nose wheel bush to the red one. A vital one considering i will be flying out of a dirt strip i just made and i am as experienced a grader driver as i am a pilot. Thanks to all of you that contribute to these forums it is a wealth of knowledge. Unfortunately every time i read a new thread i realise how much i don't know. Looking forward to learning though. And if anyone is ever up near Carnarvon feel free to drop in. Cheers Paul