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Hi Ralph, Did you notice vibrations on the aircraft when that props was in use, had it been damaged and repaired? What made you change props? Thanks Chris

It's in Brasil - I would say both

+/- 0.2 degrees difference in blade angle to each other. Chris

Is that a mechanical version of the slip/skid indicator in the panel?

Just a thought, that if you are experiencing vibrations coming from the front of the aircraft, is to check the blade pitch on both blades of your Jab prop, as well as balance it. The prop angles must be within +/-0.2 degrees difference. Chris

Hi All, If anyone has, or knows of Gazelle wings that are either unused,, timex, or broken and don't mind having the wing ribs removed from the spar tube, can you please let me know? This is for research purposes. Thanks Chris

Ask Jabiru on that one. Rod Stiff was telling me at Natfly that South Africa is one of their primary testing grounds. A chap who owns a place on the edge of a cliff with an airstrip which runs out over the edge to the ocean was landing back from over the ocean and ran out of fuel. He knew he wouldn't make it, so turned and ditched. He sat on the aircraft for several hours before they came and towed him into the harbour. So yes, they do float. Chris

Saw this and thought I would add the response here to dispel the confusion, if any: "The information you require is contained in CAR 262 APA. The requirements are that production LSA aircraft can be used for Private operations Flying training Glider towing. The aircraft can be hired out for any of these operations. In other words, if you owned an aircraft you could hire it out to a person for private operations etc. Hope this helps Regards Bernie " Cheers Chris

Hi Ben, Basically, the answer is as John McK said. With regard to the engines, I have requested the list of approved engines from the CASA and will be keeping on their heels to either provide me with a list or approve the list I prepare for them. It has been understood that the current 'approved engines' were Rotax, Jabiru and of course any certificated engine. As per CAO95.55, the requirements lie in section 6.1 of CAO101.55. If an engine has undergone any sort of certification requirements, or has been approved in some way, eg CS-VLA, LSA, then the engine can be assessed against that standard. Once I have further info from CASA I will make it known in the magazine, and also come up with an approved engine list and put it on the website. Chris

He must have been outvoted Ross ;) Chris

I take it that this listing is then no longe accurate? (taken from hotfrog.com.au) Aerofibre Industries Pty Ltd 17 Swan St, Beerwah, QLD 4519 p: (07) 5494 6608 Website - None Supplied Email - None Supplied Chris

You will find that this organisation has sought the approval of Tecnam and also has numerous CAR35 engineering orders that they paid for themselves in order to implement these and other changes. Other changes included before delivery is the installation of an electric fuel pump, which the brochure says is standard, yet it is not fitted, and the installation of wing fuel drains (a good idea in my book). Chris

I had told him to post this here himself..so he sent it to me..(?) ____________________________ Joel Meares here from the(sydney)magazine at the Sydney Morning Herald. As I mentioned on the phone, I am doing an article on different ways that people get to and from work in Sydney (or into Sydney from somewhere else outside). I am hoping to make contact with somebody who regularly flies a light plane to get to work either daily or at the beginning and end of the week. The article is going to be a light-hearted fun piece looking at the personalities who commute in these ways, as well as their methods and routes of commuting. The magazine has a readership of over 500,000 and comes out on the last Thursday of every month in the Sydney Morning Herald. If it is possible * can this email be sent to your members and anyone who is interested in talking to me from Sydney or who travels into Sydney can contact me on (02) 9282 3678 or [email protected]. Thanks so much for your time and for your help in this matter it is much appreciated. Cheers, Joel. ______________________________________

As an aside, the new ops manual has been temporarily removed from the RA-Aus site as it was causing too much drama with the "which one do we follow' question. As Mick has indicated, the new Ops manual will become effective as soon as it has been distributed to the membership (hopefully with the May issue of the Mag), after which it will be placed on the web again. So, until then, Issue 5 is the current issue. Chris

Will do David, At the moment I am more concerned about the lack of airworthiness information being received on the engines. The UK site lists about 8 or so Service Letters and bulletins, which I will replicate on our site. Chris

Thank you. Chris

Probably not, but then again, it's the Government and they have said we must have ASICs if we want to fly into particular aerodromes. The system, as defined by the CASA, has been put in place to enable organisations like RA-Aus, GFA, HGFA, ASRA etc etc to act in administrative duties on behalf of the CASA. You are not obliged to join in order to fly and register your aircraft, you can go to the CASA to do that and fly with a VH rego and PPL. It is merely an alternate pathway, one, if you choose to follow, you comply to the requirements of the organisation. That's why membership with RA-Aus is voluntary. Chris

Yes, please report it. The form is available on the RA-Aus site under http://www.raa.asn.au/docs/index.html As a mayday was issued, CASA will get on to us also to find out what the problem was. If you can also please provide a description of what the problem was (if there was another issue other than it being too full), after investigation, please put that in also. Chris

Hi Tony, The BMAA reports that the Thruster UK facility currently has their approval suspended untill the CAA are happy with the change in personnel and facilities after it was sold by Gordon Pill. Maybe that is why they never replied to my questions regarding cable tensions ( for which I have a read receipt), or maybe they just don't have a figure and it was always just done with a calibrated finger and the twang method. Chris

Can someone let me know where they buy their HKS engines from in Australia? Do they have a rep here? I notice the Japanese website say's there is none in Australia. Thanks Chris PS, revision 2 of the Alert bulletin is on the RA-Aus site.

Ahh brings back memories of windsurfing in a man made lake in the south of Germany. 60knots, a sail the size of a handkerchief and water as hard as concrete. I still thought that was fun back then..sheesh :hittinghead:

My first thought was 'Beans' Ian. :-)

Pduthoit is correct in his assumption. It seems that the fault goes away when the occupants are given sufficient alcohol after the end of daylight and prior to 8 hours before beginning of daylight.

you can get a view of the water conditions via the coastalwatch surf cams http://www.coastalwatch.com/camera/cameraOverview.aspx Dial up South Aus at the moment and it's just a white blur. Chris

I rang Dave Mullett from Lectromax, as mentioned in the AN (on the RA-Aus website), they have dye penetrant there in the aerosol form for $75.00. He did mention that if bought by the box load, it works out cheaper. Perhaps people could let TOSG, or another individual who is willing to put their hand up, know who would want a set and try and organise it that way to try and reduce the cost? Chris