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I'd be interested in a short kit.

Regarding Aeroflyte...they call it AeroFlight...as they must not have gotten the name in the purchase...but...they already produce Brolga sailplane and Hustler mk3 kits...and I am told the next one will be a control line. The bloke who is behind it is called Brian Simpson and he owns Perth RC Models and Hobbies. It's early days yet but lets hope they keep the dream alive. You can find a lot of the plans and files on facebook here--->Log in to Facebook | Facebook

I've got two of the new Brolga 2 meter sailplanes and they are excellent.

Cost of the Drifter plan from Wolf Models is $45 delivered.

Not wanting to steal the thread...but have you guys heard about efforts underway to preserve and reproduce more of the Aeroflyte range of kits?

There you go. Thanks Mick.

Where did the owner get them from?

I've actually got two of the HK Drifters, the second one bought because I needed parts...dumb thumb syndrome...they fly really well, nice little modelthe plans I have are for 72 inch span so in the old money, 6 foot wingspan...that will make it about twice the size of the HK version

first thing to buy will be the 1 inch aluminium tube for the 'fuse', followed by balsa and ply...

 

as always the really difficult part will be making/sourcing a suitable canopy - twill not be easy

 

BP

Down load them here.

[Aviation] SNS-2 GUPPY Ultralight Plans

Because the people 30 years ago who were buying were 30 years younger than pilots starting out today and were being trained in aircraft that were similar in structure performance and even then the numbers made and sold were small and filling a market that was new. Now none of those things exist

Price and the pilots out there are the reasons they are not being built.If your average new pilot is a newly retired person with a passion who goes to an RAAus school and sees only 912 powered fully enclosed very fast aircraft and is trained on them what is he/she going to think RAAus aircraft are today?And given the materials cost in a plane like that today is north of $15k with any sort of margin in it for a manufacturer ... and that with a two stroke engine that that new entrants just will not fly.

 

I’d love to do a kit for my single seat trike design but it’s just not viable to do it.

I did find this online. Now why are there no aircraft like this being sold in Australia any more?

RAAF Radschool Association Magazine - Vol 36

Thomo flew one in the last few years that was based somewhere in SE Qld. I did a search but couldn't find photos or the thread about it.

I'd also go for Qld Blue Couch - which apparently is not actually a couch, nor does it come from Qld, but whatever ... I like the low maintenance and the way it spreads to cover bald patches and is soft enough to have a low rolling resistance for a plane.If you want to reduce the sowing cost for any grass type, as long as it is a variety that spreads readily and you're happy to be a little patient, I would avoid using seed altogether. As mentioned above, birds will probably eat 90% of the seed you sow, so that's a big cost in itself.

If you buy about 1% of the coverage you need in Qld Blue turf, you can break the turf apart and during the wet part of your year, plant small pieces at about 300mm grid spacing. Just spike a hole in wet ground, place a small clump of turf and press the soil back around it. In a month or so, the small pieces will have started to produce runners and in about twelve months the patches should be all closed up.

I suppose you could argue that...but it's a lot closer to it than hang gliding.

Thanks for sharing. That is awesome.

It depends on which 150, they seem to vary from 440kg all the way to over 500.150E

The 1965 Cessna 150E saw only the addition of new seats, although the standard empty weight went up 40 lb (18 kg) that year to 1,010 lb (460 kg). The "E" model saw production increase to 1637 aircraft.[6]

Meant the 440-odd kg C150 you were talking about. That'll teach me to proof read things after nightshift.....

Is anyone flying a Jabiru as a 4 seater with 4 POB in Australia?

Of course it is. I have a 445kg BEW, but registered 2 seats. Nothing at all wrong with that concept so long as the 600kg TOW limit is adhered to. So full tanks & me, or half fuel and one of my rugrats. How's that any different to a 152 operated under RAAus?

From the Ra-Aus tech team....

"as long as the aircraft is not operated over the MTOW of 600kg as permitted by RAAus it is permissible to have aircraft that could normally operate at a higher weigh on the register. In this case due to the MTOW of the Cesnna 152 it would be limited to a single pilot operation with fuel only. Any other operation would be outside the requirements of the Ops/ Tech and CAO"

Both. And you can't register a C150 with Ra-Aus unless it has only one seat in it.

The same as my RAAus RV-9. Nothing wrong with it so long as you respect the limits.

Are they illegally registered or illegally used?

If they have improved so much how come there are still Cessna 150 Aerobats illegally registered with Ra-Aus?

Clifton Flyin in always makes me feel sad. I lost someone very dear to me in an accident on his way to the fly in. It comes up every year and brings back the memories. I have to attend this fly in one year.

My Aeroflyte Brolga 2 meter sailplane with carbon capped spars and multihedral wing mod...the carbon wing allows for rocket launches. This sailplane has an onboard vario just like the big ones.

Brolga launching on bungee