Frankus1aust

Did you track down a copy?

 

Thanks for the reply and no, I have only the POH and still looking for the maintenance schedule or a service manual. I have all the AD's. If you have one and can email it my address is [email protected]. It would probably be good to upload it to the Rec flying resources site if possible as a useful reference for any other interested owners.

Thanks Mick. I am transferring the aircraft into my name and hence the condition report for RA Aus. Reading the tech manual it looks like you are correct, but I in case I want to get some help from an L2, any local recommendations would be handy. Also I was advised hat an annual is not necessary if the A/c's maintenance schedule is being followed and AD's/AC's done as required and all work entered in the A/C maintenance log.

Do any members have any recommendations for an L2 that can do an annual inspection on an RA reg Skyfox Gazelle aircraft located in outer Eastern Melbourne? I have an L1 endorsement but I believe the annual needs to be an L2 to do the condition report. Any suggestions from the more experienced brains trust? Any suggestions appreciated.

I have just uploaded the Skyfox/Skyfox Gazelle Manual to the resources section:

 

Skyfox and Gazelle Manual

 

It contains both the Rotax Engine Manual PLUS the Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Manual but please note that it is 28mb in file size for download...hope this helps and don't forget anyone that has manuals or anything else that may help each other please add it to the Site Resources section

 

Just checking....  The flight manual is on the downloads site but is there any chance of getting the CA25N maintenance manual? If I find one I will upload it but they seem hard to find. Thanks Frankus

Despite the weather I would have driven from Melbourne but was having to work Saturday and couldn't change. A real pain.

Back on the maintenance manual hunt..... Does anyone have one for a Gazelle maintenance I could download? Here is a site for file sharing that is easy to use and any help would be greatly appreciated. My email address is [email protected] https://wetransfer.com/

Good points, Sue. I'm sure that's often true, but I've seen examples of volunteers running rings around the paid professionals.

 

Qualified Board "helpers" are like evil spirits, you summon them up when you want to smite your enemy, but then efforts to make them go away can bring on a new pestilence. I suppose this comes back to the first rule of power.....  If you've got some, use it to get more.

My personal opinion is that the current board are trying to turn RAAus into a big enterprise. They seem to be following the government in the idea that growth is what they should aim for. I would prefer a board that looks after our interests above all else. I know they cannot dictate to CASA, but they don't appear to me to be on our side. They spend a lot of time telling us how good they are and how everything is just wonderful, but nothing much has really changed, except that charges go up, service goes down and RAAus seems to be becoming a retail outlet for knick nacks.

 

Definitely has the fragrance of fiefdom building there, but the general membership won't have an issue with that if they continue to deliver uncomplicated flying.  Probably better than the war zone of GA at the moment.                

It amazes me that our organisation doesn't make more use of the enormous depth of talent and expertise from its membership. Admittedly there are limits to what volunteer members can do, but if a job hasn't been done, we need to know why. One example is their events calendar, which has always been woefully empty.

 

Although I have had nothing but good courteous service when I have phoned RAAus, surely staff can update it if they have a few spare minutes. If not, get a member to volunteer.

 

A registered volunteer skills member bank would be an idea. It would take a little management time but you would hope it would return more than the expenditure of management input.  It could also help mitigate the tendency for management "group think" in decision making and planning.

Agreed. To try it on is a conspicuous judgment error. Assuming it is true. But at management level you can't leave the door open to any perception of conflict of interest.

The standard of the RAA training is pretty good and their Principles and Methods of Instruction manual is much better than most of the training I had in GA in the 80's. No question they are raising the standards. (All be it a few things missing in the manual, but CFI discretion makes up for it and the standards seem consistent).

Next month we have the RAA Board Elections. The candidate profiles are in the current Sports Pilot magazine and there are contact numbers and email addresses. I am emailing questions to the candidates and deciding for whom I am going to vote. Overall I think the current management have done a good job of furthering the RAA and member interests, but there could be more cooperation and engagement with the rest of the aviation community's interests. Also the small but annoying distractions like the "freedom to fly" registration were not welcome and a sign of either management judgment error or hubris. We all make mistakes and group think mistakes can happen with any board that may or may not be being dominated by a small clique.

Any questions the community should be asking? In my dilettante position of complete amateur, I would be interested to see anybody's informed comments. There are a couple of other management questions such as senior executive's business interests and association corporate structural changes, now is the time.

Thanks, Frankus         

If you look at this from an insurance actuary perspective, we're talking risk of damage divided by cost multiplied by risk exposure in numbers. A Cherokee 140 or C150 with 2 up (maintained under commercial RAA standards), is the same worst case outcome as a J230. As I see it the benefit of weight increase is less customers for AvMed, for those older pilots that want to keep flying their beloved old tinnies. Also more practical rules covering max weight for the Slings, Bristalls and others in that class. Anyone who crosses over with the iron engines would still be better served by maintaining the LAME program on their engines and airframes. Especially considering the age of the aircraft. Sooner CASA/RAA can bring in 750KG's the better. As for the higher weights, still makes sense with the appropriate conditions.

As someone who deals in stats (and trying to see through dodgy ones frequently), on a daily basis I too am pretty cynical about this announcement. 

 

How does two crashes in 10 years get morphed into any useable statistic. It’s just noise in the background from a statistical point of view. 

 

This is clearly CASA just grabbing at dodgy figures and throwing them out in the media to hopefully blind everyone to their knee jerk reaction. 

 

Sounds like like the  jabiru engine fiasco all over again. 

 

True about the stat massage but remember, this was the ATSB and not CASA that produced the report. CASA are responding. As the safety regulator it's no surprise they would go to the "safest extreme" regardless of how effective it is or addressing the real safety issue. From their culture and viewpoint they are doing their job. Practicality and economics isn't their problem. (And don't bother talking to the Minister without a band of TV cameras behind you).

One question I can't get an answer to, but my learned RF colleagues would know.....  Does Angle Flight have an opps manual that pilots are tested on?

2 hours ago, Thruster88 said:

 

 

 

Do we know what happened? Texting while flying?

Notes on turning stalls required for training towards an RPL at http://aerobaticsaustralia.net/?p=165

 

And here is something else worth a look.

 And were a disaster in icing conditions. They nearly lost their Cof A in Australia. Nev

 

And here is the most riving few minutes of audio a pilot will ever hear (MU2). Outstanding performance by ATC and crew

 

Beautiful craft. I wouldn't want to stick my elbow out the pax window though!

 

There's one a Lillydale but the whole pilot review process with CASA means it is sitting in a hangar unused.

CASA hate AOPA big time so I can see CASA making rules that really get up AOPA's nose just for spite

 

I don't think AOPA has too many friends in the RAA management either. However all the headbanging between the 2 groups is trivial and self serving. Especially considering a lot of RAA members are also GA pilots and many (like me) are also AOPA members. The abrasiveness between sections of these organisations is uncalled for and I suspect, fostered by the strident and justified criticism of CASA by AOPA (all be it undiplomatic). No way will RAA be biting the hand that feeds it. Sorry if I am stating the obvious.

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i, LOST.

 

NO IF. &. OR BUT.

 

i, PICKed THE LOSER'S !.

 

spacesailor

 

So did I but it was a choice between incompetent scociopathy and and dogmatic sociopathy.  (Sorry, I forgot the other mob)

Hi Foxworker, regarding getting a Gazelle checked over in Melbourne, can you suggest anyone? As an alternative, do you do this for people or have a suggestion in the Brisbane area? Cheers, Frank

I'm guessing a series of ducted electric fans accelerating cold air over the wing could also add to lift.

It would be interesting to know the "who" within the council structure is pushing this and their connections. This type of event stream always has a backstory.

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Cheers,

 

Jack.

Thanks for that and cheers

Are you talking of cricketers or Pollies?

 

CASA have stuffed around for so long that we really need to get 4 Corners or some similar investigative journalism going.

For sure but bear in mind, TV and press journalism is first of all devoted to "a good story". The real story may be too complicated or disconnected from the average viewer/reader's life. So after editing and the addition of sinister music and dialogue over bland pictures, the rightful target can become lost in generalities or be completely missing. Aviation stories in the media are often a regurgitation of inaccurate cliches. All the same, this ends at the Minister for Transport so bring it on. Stories of injustice and government incopentance always attract eyeballs. Start at a mom and dad flying school and off you go. To get this right we need industry support and a good brief.

Thanks for your efforts and persistence on maintaining the site. Have you considered a Pateron or similar type donation site to raise some revenue? I'm sure many of the site members would donate.