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Some of the richest, most successful people on the planet are on the autism spectrum. CASA has no idea.

I dont want to know the details. i would like to know if this is an internal  SAAA matter or an external matter that could potentially affect other members.

WTF is that email about? A breach of CASA regulations or something else entirely? I haven’t seen such allegedly   summary justice meted out very often at all. Most disconcerting without knowing any background.

I have been given what appears to be a set of plans for a Jodel D11 ("approved by DCA 1968") together with a set of some 24 lesson course notes covering BAK of about the same vintage for a PPl.. There is also a file of correspondence surrounding an attempt to build said aircraft that was apparently discontinued around 1970.

The documents were given to me third hand some ten years ago. The original owner is long deceased. I suspect a great many projects suffer this same fate.

Are these of any interest to anyone?

I heard it was at Lima South.  There was a stiff South Easterly blowing yesterday and the turbulence in that part of the Broken river valley is such conditions below about 4500' is dangerous, at least in my opinion.

Ah Yes, GPS assisted collisions.If you are stupid enough to use published waypoints exactly as they are printed then you have lost one potential element of protection against a mid air collision. In other words two rather big holes in the cheese have just aligned.

Your track if you do this will mirror someone else doing the same thing. That means either an overtaking or head on encounter. You can pray for GPS errors to save you but consider, if both of you have the same band receiver (eg. GNS 430) then as you close with the other aircraft the position errors due to instrument accuracy, or error, are potentially going to be identical.

This means that all you have to save you is differing altitudes when you cross. Good luck with that.

I have personally met another aircraft exactly head on - except we were about 500 ft  of altitude apart.

Please use offsets, and not obvious ones either.

ground grabba screw ins - worked on dry hard surfaces at innamincka just fine. 10mm hex head takes a sparkplug socket - a j a box wrench and crossbar work fine. I use light spectra for the tiedown.

https://groundgrabba.com.au/

I am a bear of very little brain because after  reading through the new CAO 95.55, I fail to understand how the proposed MTOW increase does anything at all  for existing RAA registered aircraft and their pilots. The change does seem to  allow owners and pilots of VH registered  sub 760kg. aircraft to switch to RAA membership without losing access to controlled airspace.

I can’t see where it allows kit built RAA registered aircraft to be reclassified in a higher weight category - ‘lightweight aircraft”. that is apparently needed to get a weight increase. I must be missing something.

‘It appears as before that there is no access to controlled airspace without a full CASA licence, medical and current BFR ,Kit built aircraft are also specifically excluded.

‘I guess our leaders can see a way through all this gobbledegook but I can’t.

Guess I'll shut up and wait and see,,,,,,,,

Flying higher, I am not trying to stir people up. I hope RAA (and you) are right about medical matters.

My reading of the discussion is that Avmed is still quite capable of perverting the UK and American standards into something worse than useless or worse than the current mess. They did that with the "basic class 2".  Just ask the color blind aviation community about Avmed's capacity for deception..

I survived in my career by never assuming that people had my best interests at heart. Any time I hear "don't worry, she'll be right!" my BS detector triggers.

Kyle, as I read 95.55, you ( and I ) will still need an experimental C of A under 21.195A to satisfy the definition of a kit built lightweight aircraft. 

There are currently only 25 people in Australia that are authorised to do this and the SAAA Charge for this  service is at least $700.

RAA in its own right can’t award a C of A - most of the ones I’m aware of are SAAA, and I don’t. see why they would want to  do anything for an RAA member. Their forms are all VH prefix as well.

‘’There is thus no current way, approved by CASA, for RAA to issue you with any approval beyond 600 kg.

Oh yes, and what happens if you need a medical to drive group G?

At present, you would need to (1) get your kit built aircraft VH registered, which means you need  current PPL to fly it. Then convert it to RAA while keeping the 21.195 Cof A, if CASA will let you.

I fail to understand why this is going to work without even more legislation because RAA has no way of issuing the appropriate C of A.. 

Waste of time? MTOW Useless?

I hope I’m wrong but From reading the current version of 95.55, I am afraid that the new limit only applies to production aircraft with an existing C of A of some sort. Kit built aircraft already flying under an RAA permit appear to me to be excluded from the weight increase.

The detail is in the definition of “lightweight aircraft” which is the only classification with the 760 kg limit and it has to have some form of C of A - an RAA flight permit is insufficient. 

‘’This, if accurate, is bizarre because the same kit built aircraft has a higher MTOW if it’s VH registered with SAAA instead of RAA. - Unless RAA can issue a C of A.

‘’There also appears to be a workaround - 1. Cancel RAA registration. 2. Register as VH with SAAA at the new weight you now have a C of A. .3. Now transfer back to RAA1

’Can someone please explain where I’m wrong?

6 degrees this morning. As the waterlogged airstrip might dry out soon, i'd better finish the annual next week. We moved a friends C182 last week - we got it unbogged and moved 20 metres before it settled into the mud again 😞

Skip, I say again, the ASIC is part of a living, ongoing, counter terror strategy. That is why it requires updating every two years. It’s not about 9/11 or yesterdays threats. it’s for the next one, whatever and whenever that may be. It’s superfluous now but  one day it may be your only way of entering an airport. This much was indicated. I know nothing else about counter terror.

ASIC with its two year horizon is necessary. It’s been explained that it’s not for “now’’ but ‘’when “.  Today it’s superfluous tomorrow maybe not - and then it will be too late to vet and issue.

Alternator issues perhaps? What sort of engine?

Skip, RTFM. There is a special charger for Earthx and a special reset procedure for the BMS because it “locks up “ to protect the battery. Page 34 refers……. But you already know this I’m sure.

You need to use an approved lithium battery. Rotax has guidance on this matter. There is an Earthx range specifically for experimental aircraft fitted with Rotax engines.

I've attended one house fire started by a newly installed battery. The house was a total loss. The battery model was recalled. You need a solar accredited sparky to do the installation as well.

Boeing once used crushed and sieved walnut shells over epoxy for their wing emergency exit anti skid walkway.

Thank you for publishing this……  I didn’t realise this was even an  issue.  I sometimes share a strip with an S61 but was not aware of the dangers.

Universities and colleges are regular easy targets for lawyers because academics, while absolutely scrupulous about research ethics, are brainless commercially..

Yes, a constant speed prop may turn at specified rpm. It may also indicate full power MP and be sick as a dog. That is why you MUST  check That you have full power FUEL FLOW.

Revs + MP +Fuel Flow are needed to confirm full power.

I use a lithium phosphate battery for three reasons 1. Weight, it saves 10 lb. Using the old $100/lb. rule it’s good value.

2. I get very low self discharge and I can fit a battery that meets the Rotax 912 iS minimum capacity of around 30 min if I lose both alternators.

3. The weight saving nicely offsets the CS prop extra weight.

4 This model is approved by Rotax- it has dual BMSs.

Sorry Skip, old news - 2017. Still waiting.

What we need is energy density per unit weight as well.

1. You can buy new drive lugs from Bert Flood.

2. The lugs are a medium interference fit and aren't pressed in but pulled in when you tighten the extension bolts.

The surfaces need to be clean and dry, then apply a little duralac to the lug to prevent corrosion.

3. To remove the old drive lugs, use a suitable M8 machine screw and a washer and tube arrangement to pull them out from the rear, its not rocket science, There is no hammering or brute force involved.