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Avweb have 'cherry picked' a snippet of Info & published it !!!!

The UK recommendation is that any Coastline Air Display should be flown over the water to minimalise risk to the General Public.

The UK recommendation is that any inland Air Display MUST BE FLOWN in a designated area over the airfield ( away from the Crowdline areas )

Currently Fast Jets are forbidden from any aerobatic manoeuvres, just low passes and steep turns & climbs.

As the Weather is so bad that virtually every bit of Inland UK is constantly rained on every airfield has a Coastline

There are 649 photos of our Storm 280 on the internet.

I actually just noticed that on the delivery flight it achieved 190kmh @4800rpm on a Fixed Pitch Prop ( 103kias@4800rpm ) so I think we will need to repitch our CSU on the 280

Looks very nice , what cruise do you get ?Get 105 kts 5000rpm from ours.

@ 5000rpm we are getting 97kias ( we have a Constant Speed Prop )

@ 4460rpm we are getting 87kias ( we have a Constant Speed Prop )

@ 4440rpm we are getting 84kias ( we have a Constant Speed Prop )

@ 4430rpm we are getting 83kias ( we have a Constant Speed Prop )

@ 4420rpm we are getting 81kias ( we have a Constant Speed Prop )

The Manifold pressure is set @ 22.2in MAP.

5000RPM / 22.2in MAP

Currently got a Storm 280 for sale...... They are a nice aircraft that has all the Italian design background behind it, my findings are they are not that fast ( they look fast but they ain't )

280 €48000

1998 Storm 280 ( fully rebuilt 2012 ) Rotax 912s 7hrs TTSN

280kg EMPTY WEIGHT

472.5kg MTOW

The information I have now received is that registrations are open from 30th October. We are definitely intending to register! Would be nice to be in touch with other competitors beforehand. “Know your enemy!”

I suppose I will be more scared when I know what aeroplanes I would be up against as opposed to who I am up against :yikes:I am a very shy retiring type of person who has never been controversial in my life so I would ask everyone to look after me whilst visiting your Airspace.

I am hoping to source an aeroplane from NZ or Australia to use as it will be more cost effective than positioning one from the UK

Any ideas on what Aviation Sales site to look on? I already peruse http://www.aviationadvertiser.com.au/index.php & Aircraft | Aircraft | Trade Me for Aircraft to buy.

Hi All,

I am looking for a bit of clarification on CAO 95.10

We have an Australian Gentleman who has moved from Thirroul Australia to Livingston Scotland who has a homebuilt microlight that he claims to operate under CAO 95.10

His intention is to place his CONTRAPTION into the UK SSDR Category, he seemed shocked that to fly a UK SSDR Microlight you need a Pilots Licence

I can't find any real detail on CAO 95.10 ( Other than it looks like it was repealed on Jun 17th 2014 ? ) So really I foresee 2 issues.

(1) He has flown his Homebuild Microlight here on the pretence of CAO 95.10 being valid.

(2) He has been flying here without a Pilots Licence,

I am going to help him get it accepted as a SSDR here in Blighty but I can only do that once he has completed his NPPL(M).

I'm looking to enter in the Thorp when entries open. Been watching it for the last few events so be great to enter it.

Hi Peter,

Thanks for your query in relation to entering the 2018 Outback Air Race. It is certainly open to overseas entrants. A requirement for each entrant (team) is to raise a minimum of $2,000 AUS, although teams historical raise a significant amount more. All funds raised go towards the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Australia, so the challenge for you could be to secure contributors towards your team funds for an Australian charity - or maybe not.

Should you be interested to consider further, we are very keen to hear about you ideas for some sponsorship towards the raise.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sponsorship Coordinator

Leanne McKenzie

Sponsorship Coordinator

Outback Air Race 2018

www.outbackairrace.com.au

I note that the route for the 2018 Outback Air race has been announced. This event held every three years in support of the Royal Flying Doctors and is more a test of navigation and airmanship than of aircraft speed. The wife and I have always wanted to take part.I note this year the race is being opened to RAA certified flyers. Anybody else interested in this?

 

Cheers

 

Alan

JohnnyUnleaded, Lets put the BMAA diatribe to bed now.... it actually gives me dyspepsia whenever I talk about the unsavoury things

I think it is fair to say that every time we have actually met up in real life it has been amicable, my forums persona is mainly witty banter & I think the wolfpack mentality where one person got offended & then everyone joined like sheep in being offended was almost laughable

90% of the time Rick & I were having a laugh between us, yet everyone panicked thinking WW3 was going to start up.

As I say, I am busier in Europe than I am in the UK, in fact I am probably off to Doha with an LAA Aircraft very soon & am also scheduled to deliver a Turbine Single to NZ so the UK doesn't exactly keep me occupied nowadays.

We will definitely have a few beers on F-UK 2017..... I am hoping Bob H will be flying his MiniMax in F-UK 2017. I think it will be interesting to see how my Dynamic RG performs compared to the Dynamic FG's entered in F-UK 2017.... The Quaich is likely to be in the MiniMax Speed Range.

Will have to see who else is participating in F-UK 2017 as I really wanted to join the troops last year but I had a duty of care to Bob after his incidences ( a few I seem to recall ).

For admin/mods clarification, I’ve only recently become aware of (and registered on) this forum.I was directed here, during research into an unknown (to me) aircraft type, recently registered for the annual Fly-UK 2017 jaunt, that I usually participate in.

Link here if anyone’s interested http://www.fly-uk.co.uk/fly-uk/

 

Other than being a standard BMAA member, I have no special interest in the associations politics.

 

However, I usually attend the AGM, and take a passing interest in the competency levels of our elected council members, and any potential nominees.

 

In general as unpaid volunteers, most do a pretty good job.

 

I certainly don’t have any ‘hidden agenda’, and being accused of being a “pudding stirrer” is frankly a bit rich,

 

particularly when considering both the threads main subject, which is a one-sided public anti-BMAA rant,

 

and who began the ‘discussion’ in the first place!

 

As with many things, there’s often an alternative view

 

Cheers

 

JM

I am all for you having a passing interest in the competency levels of the elected council members, and any potential nominees.

I know exactly what my Faults are & I also know what my positives are, suffice to say my competency levels are streets ahead of the complacency levels of those who have been elected over recent years.

The BMAA have been bothered by the fact that both myself & Rick were standing in the elections at the same time and they knew Rick & I together could change the dynamics somewhat, lets face it the BMAA didn't really want Rick either, but the BMAA only exists still because Rick did get elected & he was forceful enough to get changes made, the biggest mistake the membership made was to oust Rick in favour of Deepak ( Deepak received the highest recorded votes ever & yet the opinion from a fellow Council Member is " He has done nothing of any consequence " )

I am glad everyone is entitled to voice their opinions, I would put a lot more provenance on your remarks if you had ever stood for a position but alas you haven't so I am at least someone who stepped up to the plate instead of sitting back and opining on something you haven't had the volition to try yourself. I am sure you understand the saying " You have to be in it to win it "

There are always runners up in every competition, are you saying that anyone who thinks or knows they might be the 'underdog' shouldn't compete in anything just to give the other entrants an easy time.

I will publically say that whenever there were complete deadwood standing for election I would stand just to stop a shoehorning of the deadwood back into seats without a bunfight ;-) Conceitedly I know I would have been better than any of the current council members because I am an outspoken & controversial type of guy who can't sit in a cosy chair doing nothing ( a trait that every council member has now ) Even TV is losing his desire to do anything because he has 7 bits of deadwood around him.

Anyway, it is all ancient history now so let's focus on the future & the future is Bright.

Lol. Peter you got your posts from me at the start. Anything you choose to continue with in respect to the BMAA is up to you. As you and others point out you are not actually practically limited in the uk by not being a member as your licence entitles you to fly without membership and as you've chosen SSDR aircraft you do not even need to wrangle an annual permit ... very unlike Australia where membership is required to validate your certificate. (Unless you fly one of the classes of aircraft our seriously poor drafts men/women in RAAus head office simply forgot to include in the requirements of the ops manual)For clarity though ... you are not the first person refused membership of the association in the uk.

With me now being associated to quite a few ZK registered aircraft I am keeping my head down, I am currently supplying GA Aircraft & Ultralights to a few NZ Residents..... in fact the exports to NZ over the last 24 months has been a bigger part of my Aircraft Sales compared to EU Exports.

There are some superb aircraft for sale in NZ that would suit the UK Market ( if we didn't have such negativity to imports ) I have just tried to get UK Clearance to import a ZK registered Warbird Replica which both the LAA & CAA have declined to accept as being 'safe to operate' in the UK.

This is as Crazy as the LAA/BMAA/CAA not accepting a WT9 Dynamic with retractable undercarriage because the LAA only cleared the Fixed Gear version when it was introduced.... they feel the RG Version is too complex for UK users !!!! Luckily I have the WT9 RG on the Italian Advanced ULM register.

Recreational Flying (.com) may have started here in Australia however it is set up now with region specific forums for the whole world. There is a UK specific forum here as well as US etc. The Governing Bodies forum is for all countries and can include discussions on RAAus, BMAA, ELAAA, FAA, CASA, etc etc etc. Engine, aircraft etc maintenance is the same in all countries the same as what happens when you push the stick forward in all countries so let's not limit our knowledge and information exchange to just one geographic region because, if a carby spring breaks in UK, it may well break in the US, Aust, NZ, South Africa etc.Please join in and tell everyone about this great resource as a world wide information exchange and discussion place for everything recreational aviation. Land may well be specific but the skies are world wide

PeterWhether the BMAA really run roughshod over their members is certainly debatable.

However, I’m not aware of any other individual excluded from membership, it would be interesting to know if this situation is unprecedented?

 

Either way, in practical terms, not being a BMAA member doesn’t cause any real problems for folks wishing to fly microlights in the UK,

 

even PTF’s can still be obtained for aircraft registered on their fleet if you know how, and I’m sure you do.

 

Reading between the lines, I’m guessing this ‘exclusion’ has more to do with the annual BMAA council elections?

 

As you know, one particularly stubborn, serial candidate who, (despite invariably receiving the lowest number of votes every single year by some margin) kept re-standing, and was making the elections something of a pantomime.

 

I understand this individual is, for some reason, no longer standing in the BMAA council elections?

 

Either way, it's all a storm in a teacup and life's too short.

 

As a fellow flyer, I look forward to having a beer with you somewhere on Fly-UK later this year.

 

All the best

 

JM

I will ( Because I am a nice guy ) fill in the gaps so that you don't need to second guess what is between the lines ;-)

(1) Dave Bremner was worried that the one particularly stubborn, serial candidate was gaining popularity so he made a very slapdash attempt to get my membership revoked so that I couldn't stand in the 2016 BMAA Council Election, he made such a monumental cock up that he was 'Shamed' by his fellow council members so much so that they ' threw him under the bus ' The poor old barsteward was left with no other option but to rev up & f**k off out of the BMAA Chairman's position, they didn't even want him as a council member.

(2) Roberta Hughes then followed up the mish mash that Bremner had set in motion by discussing the situation with the council members who opined that I should get the disciplinary procedure that is in place within the Articles of Association where I get to speak in front of the 'Kangaroo Court' & then a fair decision could be made based on what both sides said.Roberta knew I could muck him up in a heartbeat so he declined that option and stuck to the idea that he could just do as he pleased..... My views on Roberta are : I have wiped less offensive muck off the bottom of my shoes when the dog owners haven't cleared up after their Dingos ;-)

(3) I am still amazed that the BMAA ALLOW Characters of dubious standing to be Directors of the BMAA.... The only Police Record I have is Roxanne on a 45 disc.

(4) I no longer have any desire to be associated to the BMAA & am actually far better off since Roberta played his Ace Card, certain Council members are getting that fed up with the increase in lethargy, a fact is they couldn't even have a Council meeting on the 10th April 2017 because the Council Members all had better things to do !!!!

The Funniest bit was On the 29th November 2016 I was going to Lisbon for some respite & low and behold so was Dave Bremner, we ignored each other throughout the flight and whilst going through departure & arrival lounges.... He must have felt awkward whereas I found it quite amusing because I saw the colour go out of his cheeks for fear I would start a conversation.

Anyway, this is an Australian / NZ Forum so I think we should leave the UK Debating to the UK Forums, I might make an appearance on one of the UK Forums in the near future, however I think there is more chance we will speak over a beer on F-UK 2017 before I return to the 'kindergarten flyers' forum.

Who read Section S for you, and then figured the undercarriage complied?Stevie Wonder?

JM

 

(Just for the record, the ‘gayest’ thing I ever do is occasionally listen to an Elton John CD)

Right, so a set of design and performance specs. And how...specifically....does one test to them?

If you don't have faith in those who do these calculations for you, it is probably best if you don't have anything to do with flying !!!!! I have the utmost faith in those who have assisted us in getting these Aircraft built ;-)

A couple of my NZ Friends who I have supplied a few Rans S6 Microlights who are the NZ Rans Specialists were tasked with clearing up the wreckage of ZK-TJE after this Fatal Accident. The report I have read is not a pleasant read and nor were the pictures I saw of the debris

02-APR-2017

Time: ~10:00 NZST

Type:

Rans S-6ES Coyote II

Owner/operator: Private

Registration: ZK-TJE

C/n / msn: 02991305

Fatalities: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2

Other fatalities: 0

Airplane damage: Substantial

Location: Near Kaka Point, Glenomaru,The Catlins, Otago - New Zealand

Phase: En route

Nature: Unknown

Departure airport: Balclutha AD NZBA

Destination airport:

Narrative:

The aircraft impacted rolling, open field terrain In the Glenomaru Valley on the South Island. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the two occupants onboard were fatally injured.

Very sad when anyone dies in an Aircraft Crash whilst enjoying their hobby.

Okay, I'll bite:What specifically does 'tested to Section S' involve?

# Sorry John: I had to put that on here because I don't want you thinking I am becoming a Nice Guy ;-) #

Hi Peter,Yes, Bob Hood was extremely grateful for your assistance on Fly-UK last year after his mishap.

I was asking about your exclusion from the BMAA, and didn’t know what the current position was?

 

You’ve obviously ruffled some feathers in Deddington towers?

 

Cheers

 

JM

I also gather BMAA Council meetings are now getting a less than 50% attendance by those Dicksplashes who were voted in ;-) It seems History is repeating itself.... I never ever expected to get elected as I am a realist, but I am surprised that Ricky Boy was ousted.....since his exit the BMAA has gone rapidly down the pan, Terry is a Good Man but he isn't that motivated to push & push anymore as he knows what Plebs he has to sit with at that table and his ideas get ROOM 101 every time, however the ideas the others put forward get discussed when really they should be briskly flushed down the Dunny.

The funniest bit is : I am doing more for Microlighting whilst being on the Outside of the BMAA, soon I think they will be pleading for me to become a member again if only to tell them that Popham isn't situated where Fishburn is ;-)

Yes, I am aware that Bob Hood was happy with the help he received after his mishap ( not so much a mishap as he only decided to bounce of the side of a 40m wide runway into the Long Grass ) The upshot of his 'Mishap' is : Bob has crossed over to the 'Dark Side' and now has a 3 axis microlight instead of a tumbledryer.

The strange bit is ( & I know it is a failing of mine ) if someone is a nice person I am a nice person back, if a person is a bit of an Arse I am a bigger Arse back, but it doesn't matter who the person is, I will always help someone out if they have an incident,mishap,accident even if I think they are an Arsehole.

Bob Hood is someone who I consider a very nice guy & it was just unfortunate that his mishap happened on a day where I had relatives staying over or he would have been invited to stay at Chez Kelsey that night instead of me finding him a B&B for the night.

So what happened in the end then?

The deceit of certain BMAA Council Members was prevalent in me being refused renewal of my BMAA Membership, not exactly a traumatic event for me as IMHO the BMAA is FUBAR.

To put the BMAA into context so the Australian members understand what it is, it has shadier characters amongst them that are more dodgy than Operation Yewtree suspects, it was an Association that I once liked being a member of but now it is full of complete imbeciles with a few running certain facets of the OLE BOYS CLUB.

Is this the aircraft that's registered for Fly-UK 2017?

It is progressing Great Guns, so highly optimistic that it will make an appearance on the F-UK Soiree ;-)

"Glitches"?If the same person calculated the landing gear as the wings and other structures, I would be quite concerned.

Quaich Progress Report,

The Quaich is without any doubt a SSDR Project that is showing up areas that we certainly need to upgrade/update or generally change.

Throughout the Testing Programme we are looking back through all the posts on here because the input from messages are certainly relevant in certain aspects that we are testing on the Quaich.

One area that ' Head in the Clouds ' highlighted was that He thought the Rudder & Elevator areas weren't big enough !!!!!

Initially we disregarded this as we have every confidence in the initial build, we have now found that the Rudder Area definitely needs to be made BIGGER as the rudder authority is non existent below 10kts and a swing into wind happens whenever there is any side wind above 5kts !!!!!

The Elevator seems to be powerful enough to lift the tail at 15-20mph, however we will probably fabricate a larger elevator and try it out.

Another area we are looking at now is Undercarriage integrity : After all the Ground Taxying Tests we have now noticed that the wheels are now splayed out !!!

The Taxying tests were undertaken on a slightly undulating runway in Devon and until we do a full stripdown of the wheels etc we aren't sure whether it is wheel bearings that have uniformly failed ( highly unlikely ) or whether the Undercarriage structure has bowed outwards ( this is more likely the case !!! )

I am pleased we are finding a lot of glitches before it takes to the air fully, just been taxyed fast with tail up so far, the 447 Rotax is running very sweetly ;-)

Opinions on Undercarriage welcomed.

Further Taxying Tests were conducted when the windsock was almost limp ;-) The handling was better in low wind conditions, we have concluded that the elevator & rudder are not big enough so that will be looked at and refabrication will be happening.

The latest video of the taxying is attached.

The Quaich ( Above ) in Flying attitude.

The Quaich ( Above) sitting in the Hangar Proudly displaying it's Scottish Origins. Hopefully the Test Flight will be completed fairly soon.