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Bruce, I couldn't agree more! My old Jabiru is 20 years old, airframe done over 6000 hours (was a training aircraft for a few years) and current engjne now done 800 hours. I'm pretty sure this aircraft went through the same rough treatment as most training aircraft, so it proves how tough and forgiving they really are. My engjne still runs beautifully, no leaks, great pressure. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another Jabiru, engine or aircraft.

I've found that the combination of windows 10, fsx, and saitek rudders, yoke and throttle worked ok to start. But then I started getting the dreaded "blue screen of death" (watchdog clock timeout). The crashing got worse everytime i used the simulator but was fine just using computer only. Its gotten so consistant that I've deleted all programs connected with the sim from my computer. I'm going to re-download them all and try again. Evidently windows 10 can have this problem, try googling blue screen of death. Happens when there's a lot happening in a program, in my case always while runnjng a sim. Ive been told windows 7 never had this problem. I hope you have better luck than me. It was great when it did work. I had the Iris jab 160.

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Hi Guys, I've had GA instructors and various aircraft for the first 12 years of flying. Had a break from flying for 25 years, now In RAA I've had 3 instructors in past 18 months. Each change has been to learn something new, deliberately get me out of my comfort zone, and learn my own boundaries. From my experience change is GREAT. You learn something from everyone. I've never wondered wether the previous instructor was upset because I wanted someone else. I bet your current instructor knows something is amiss too, but he has no reason to get rid of you, you pay his bills! But you have every reason to get away from him. Even if there wasn't a personality problem, at this stage of your training it might be really beneficial to experience someone else's training methods. Challenge yourself a bit, learn how someone else does things. And you don't have to be completely honest why you're changing, just tell him you need a challenge and a different perspective before you finish your training. If there are 2 or 3 instructor at your school try them all.! Most instructors willingly give feedback to students, whereas once your training is finished you will find they don't pick you up as much. (Unless you are doing something obviously stupid). I guess they think your habits are already developed. Good Luck Jenny

Think envy is about the right word for it. The set up I saw was like the one in your photo above Garfly. Love the pics, too. Just had a look at the link you sent on x-plane training, what an excellent tool. Maybe everyone should look at this tutorial, wether or not they have the sim. Rankamatuer, thanks for the Drifter offer, but I'll pass on that. Boleropilot, I'm really glad you posted on here, you've made me start thinking about it again. And thanks also to Garfly and Mnewbery for great ideas on best ways to benefit from using a sim. Maybe it won't be as complicated or expensive as i was starting to think. After all, its only money (ha, ha). Anyway, there's nothing on telly to watch nowadays, so may as well practice something I enjoy!!!

Hi Guys, Well, lets see. I sort of got a sim. Was given an old one that had the rudder and column set up with old bits if chipboard attaching the various parts. Was also given quite old microsoft flight sim discs. So far, great hey! But the controls were so bent out of shape, and wiring coming apart, that the rudders wouldn't work at all and many imputs on the yoke were undetected on the sim. I'm not complaining as it was given to me, he couldnt remember when last used, and had had many, many things stored on top of it over the years. Since then, I've visited a guy who has the best sim set up ever. I didnt know they could do half of what his does. Cost him many thousands to set up, but has also saved him plenty on flying lessons, not to mention improving procedures and confidence. Ive also found out that Wangaratta has a sim for hire, but I haven't checked it out yet. So, although I'd love to get a sim l'm very conscious that to get one with decent controls and visuals may cost more than I'm willing to spend right now. Think I may check out Wangaratta and see how that goes.

Hi, I've got 2 old Aerial Pursuits headsets which came with my Jabiru. They work well but the gel pads on the earpieces need replacing. Make me an offer and pay postage and their yours Cheers, Jenny

I'm low hours myself but with lower budget than you. I own a Jabiru lsa (the smallest of them). Quite high airframe hours, but very low purchase cost for these type of aircraft. Mine is ex flying school, in good overall condition. I think the J170 or J230 would be a more practical aircraft, more load / fuel capabilities, still excellent fuel figures, and there are courses run by Jabiru to learn to do your owm maintenance. By the way, Jabiru are an excellent company to deal with, all my qeuries have been handled very efficiently. By something cheapish first, you can always upgrade when you know more about what useage you'll get from it. Good luck in the search☺

Hey, being thought of as anal seems to go with being a pilot. Hubby wanted me to check the plane out the day before I went flying as it would save time the next morning. Nothing will change in 24 hours, already done my fuel test, already checked under the cowl, see how simple things can be??? I re checked everything anyway but had to put up with a few comments on "time wasting", "female", etc. Ha ha

Thanks Aro, Really appreciate info. Must admit, when i did stall training I probably didn't take it all in, very steep learning curve at that stage. Good idea to do more trainng. Funny how you never think of questions when the instructor is there, it's always at a later stage when you do something or read something and then you try to remember what and why.

Another dumb question - why is it such a bad thing at slow speeds? I get the sthe slideslip bit, and am not referring to turns using only rudder, but I do use rudder predominantly on final , even when I need to turn a fair bit to keep lined up. Is that really bad? Appreciate all info. Thanks

Hi Jim, About halfway thru your book. As I'm still very low hours, I'd like clarification of some points. My Jabiru is very twitchy and on final and i dislike getting too slow because the controls get a bit mushy. Rudder still responds well, so l feel I should use more rudder on final rather than trying to coordinate with ailerons. Maybe i should practice more rudder useage when slow? Also, can you use too much rudder to get into or out of a turn? In a descending turn, say base to final, if turn starts to tighten too much, its ok to use plenty of rudder to straighten up? Dumb questions, and its pretty much what I do now, just my heart rate always goes up a bit extra when low and slow and turning.

What about the handbag? Funny how i never use the items in it but its still always with me. Can't live without it, sorry

Fantastic!! Thanks very much, so much info. I've started on it already.

Actually my POH recommends using the wing down method for crosswinds. I went with an instructor 2 weeks ago in a Technam just to do xwind. He showed me both techniques, but prefers crabbing then over the fence, to use rudder and wing down. Makes you feel so safe with an instructor, but haven't had a chance to do any practice in my own LSA. Even though I know the principle, doing it by yourself, when it really matters, is still daunting. Nothing increases confidence more than practicing the procedures without the pressure of bad weather. And knowing you can do it is half the battle! With me always landing and veering to the left, I think I might try the Noel Kruse dot technique as well. Only really a few things I could be doing. Perception wrong, too heavy footed on the rudder, inadvertantly rolling to left with aileron. So thanks to everyone for the advice and ideas, I will try them out and get back to you. Now I'm really getting excited , looking forward to the next week