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  1. Thruster88
    I love Thrusters and don't want to sound like a Debbie downer but getting a Thruster that is flying school compliant, big ask.
  2. Thruster88
    I disagree about being able to see a cross wind. If you fly a wings level approach countering the cross wind with a crab while maintaining the extended center line the angle of the crab which we can all see will be proportional to the cross wind. Big angle big cross wind.
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    For day Visual Flight Rules single engine aircraft, never allow the aircraft to stall spin even when there might be some distraction from say an engine failure, sick passenger or a moose on the ground. Don't fly in cloud. Don't hoon, low flying etc. That would cover 90% of all fatals for this class of aircraft. Airspeed is life. I suspect the accident at Baccus is a stall given the position of the wreckage relative to the runway.
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    Lucky to get out of that. AirTractor 504 is a somewhat rare 2 seat side by side model with dual controls.
  5. Thruster88
    Pilot debrief, one of the best channels on YouTube, did an episode on the C90 King Air sky dive aircraft that was in the above video. Did not go so well second time.
  6. Thruster88
    The differences between owning and operating a CASA or RAAus regulated aircraft appear to be converging. Make it to hard and people's will buy a motorbike instead. RAAus registered aircraft numbers are in a slow and steady decline over the last 4-5 years. Would be a risky move putting a lot of work into an old aircraft and then trying to get a 51% approval from the regulator.
  7. Thruster88
    Just checked the report. Neither aircraft had any type of adsb receiver. One pilot had avplan, this was said to be unreliable in that area at that altitude. In a two pilot situation it would not be onerous for the pilot monitoring to keep an eye on traffic using an adsb receiver and tablet.
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    Once you have removed and reinstalled the wings twice you will be over it and be making excuses not to go flying. Cheapest way to fly is join an aero club that has an LSA. Cowra has a brumby for $150 per hour wet, we only make a modest profit and the aircraft is flying a lot more hours than a typical privately owned so our fixed costs are spread over many more hours. Pay as you go. Only cheap aircraft is a $5k thruster kept in a farm shed😎
  9. Thruster88
    Simple folding wind aircraft are usually high wing with struts. Kitfox, Glastar etc. Strut supports wing at all times. Spar has no carry thru. Would not be feasible on a cantilevered wing. Quick remove like the RV12 is an option for cantilever wing types.
  10. Thruster88
    Relative to ex military or current military aircraft RV's are cheap.
  11. Thruster88
    Bathurst 1000 2024 | Bizarre scenes as plane carrying the Peter Brock Trophy hits the wall at Mount Panorama WWW.NINE.COM.AU Despite pilot's extensive experience The crowd that the damaged aircraft took off towards can be seen in the vid. Not sure how this was ever got approved. Not a good look for general aviation.
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    Extra 300 delivering the Peter Brock trophy to the track landed on mountain straight and hit the wall quite hard with the tail while turning around. I said to wife, they will have to find a parking spot for that but no, it took off with no check. Unbelievable.
  13. Thruster88
    My first aircraft did not have any instruments.
  14. Thruster88
    This aussie group in relatively cheap RV aircraft put on an amazing display. Have seen them practicing at our airport.
  15. Thruster88
    Thanks for the memory BrendAn. Chris Connroy, the guy in the vid did some part time teaching at my high school around 1978. He fueled the already existing passion I had for aviation. As part of an aircraft model making week he took us all flying in a Cessna 172.
  16. Thruster88
    I have a friend that has installed an iLevel auto pilot. He is happy with its performance. 2 axis, very small and light trim tabs, very easy install.
  17. Thruster88
    I could be wrong about this. The auto pilot in that 1985 aircraft gets roll and pitch input from a vacuum driven Attitude Indicator. Failure of the vac pump would result in a very difficult situation for any pilot. Only the electric turn coordinator would remain as a viable means of controlling the aircraft in IMC. Vac pumps are notoriously unreliable.
  18. Thruster88
    Loaded up the trusty Thruster last weekend and headed out over the hills to a Thruster muster at a beautiful grass strip. Also a nice selection of other tw aircraft.
  19. Thruster88
    Windy is an excellent app for flight planning. Can start looking 3-4 days out to see if a flight will be possible.
  20. Thruster88
    Go to your local LAME, (gympie aircraft maintenance)? Usually an avionics LAME will come to such places every few months to do a number of aircraft so travelling expenses are shared.
  21. Thruster88
    5 year old C206 would most likely have had adsb in traffic on the garmin screens.
  22. Thruster88
    Curious to know how much the 12 month or 100 hour extension cost. Can you as an L1 sign this off?
  23. Thruster88
    I understand this accident aircraft 23-2136 was very new with only 16 hours tt. Presumably the weight and balance was sorted. Problem appears to start in cruise flight so stall spin talk seems a moot point? The true cause is likely already known, we will just have to wait a few years for that.
  24. Thruster88
    Would have made a better headline if a Boeing had done it.
  25. Thruster88
    Aircraft is a Bristel ng5
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