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    Good work Tommo. Eightyknots: the c172 is an easy bird to fly and tommo has spent a lot of time in the Jab already. What Tommo said in the last post is exactly right. Glad to know that school is good Tommo as I was thinking of doing mine there.
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    Definitely ask around but do a couple of TIFS with different schools to see how they are. Also don't forget to ask what operating hours they run (seems ridiculous i know but trust me, this one bit me once). I went through 4 schools before I found a good one (Zane at prosky ;) ) Most importantly ask around here looking for anyone from coominya (not really sure where that is myself) and see if they can recommend anyone. In all seriousness though, RA schools are generally pretty good. They seem to be doing it for the joy of doing it, rather than as a stepping stone to an air transport career. The GA schools however are full of instructors who are there just to get their hours up.
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    Just a quick question. Has anyone spoken to RAA about all this and asked for their position?
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    Good god.
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    Only fog we had here recently was at night sunday two weeks ago. Fog came in at about 4pm. Was really really weird.
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    Thanks Merv. Interesting points. Whats with the wheel shimmy. What have they done so wrong to cause this. The tecnam never gets this kind of problem.
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    I wondered the same. Final at 66knots seemed quite fast (j160)
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    good god
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    I was thinking more from a manufacturer side of things. Why would Jabiru make them so that they are a bit harder to handle. In saying that I have been thinking back to the 230 that I flew briefly. I think from memory it was a much more stable platform and not so picky with the controls. In particular I was interest in Turbo's reply showing why these things are so touchy. Interesting reading there.
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    No doubt at all Andy. I Was just curious as to the why it's so damn hard in comparison. Surely these reasons are structural and not related to cost(?) just what I was thinking anyway.
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    Tomo, You gotta try the tecnam. If you ever in YCAB I'd say go for a flight with Zane at prosky. They realyl are a beautiful machien if you can afford the $!00k price tag.
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    If anyone tells you otherwise, they're kidding themselves ;)
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    I reckon a savannah with the big bush wheels looks pretty sexy.
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    I agree with all of that cficare but you sometimes have to wonder if there is a point that it becomes a bit superflouous (Sp? - I give up). I mean a tecnam is harder to fly than a c172 (much more rudder input, effect of controls higher etc). Jabiru is harder to fly than Tecnam...
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    Exactly what Rob said in almost every respect Merv (yeah he is the American with the 160). I will be going back occasionally to do a couple more hours in the Jab, unless I give up in frustration ;) So are all the other ra's like this (lightwing, savannah etc)?
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    The hold off is a bit (I let the front wheel drop onto the tarmac once and the thing nearly went bush). But you seem to have to do a lot of work. TOSS is 66knots (substantially higher than the tecnam). Requirement for Carby heat and you seem to have to work the rudder and stick a fair bit more than the tecnam. I have no doubt that after a couple of hours I will be fine in it and think it's fairly easy to fly but it just seems like a lot more work than the tecnam.
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    Ok, So I went to Warwick on the weekend and had a fly with Rob. Rob's a great instructor and I had a blast. Only thing that I was thinking the whole time: Why is it so damn hard to fly a jab? Given an hour or two more and I think I would be fine but it seems like a heap of work compared to the tecnam. Are other RA aircraft more like the jab and less like the tecnam? Is this a function of price?
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    no no no!!
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    Booked in for Saturday for a conversion to Jab. Thanks guys. Shags
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    Thanks John. Good point. I will do just that.
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    That would be awesome.
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    So no vnc for warwick? Basically if i was to go to an unfamiliar aerodrome for a local flight, what sort of map would I want to pick up?
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    Ok, What is the difference between the two? Which is more beneficial for somewhere like warwick?
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    Great thanks.
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    thx JR. do you know what sort of aircraft?
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