gofastclint

My 13 year old sister in law has been reading my Bob Tait's BAK and she has answered every question right, Bob sure gets the message across in the best way.

Hello there. Flying is just so fun, what aircraft are you learning in?

Vans sells the kits in sections, so it would be quite possible to do it that way. What i don't like is that Vans ship their kits from Asia where they are made to the states and then out to other countries. Adding massivly to the final cost. I would like to know how much an rv-8 would cost in Australia complete with avionics, paint and engine. As for the laser z-200, its still my dream plane, and can be found in sections from subcontractors. Of course with the Aussie dollar the way it is, the states just doesn't seem to be a good option right now.

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hey Tomo, i cant get through to the site. can you give me some key words.

I actually haven't seen that movie, but what sort of scheme did they have going? I looked it up on wiki only to have the summery "The story revolves around the pilots and crew of an RFC airbase, who deal with the stress of combat primarily through nightly bouts of heavy drinking"

That's it, team work. and if the whole thing is inspected by an engineer and welded by competent people it would work well.

The only 2 aircraft i have flown are the 2 mentioned. i like the drifter in take off and landing, but find the jab less tiring, then again, i am disabled and can only walk at about 1kmph without aid, so i really notice the difference. What it comes down to is the instructor, if you like them you will learn more. My dads saying. "A good teacher may not have the skills to be a world champion but they have the skills to refine others to get there"

Setting up a production run to assemble light aircraft is out of the price range of the average flyer; what IS in the price range is a jig for something like the wings or the fuselage. How hard would it be to get a group of people together with the intentions of getting planes built just to go flying? Tom could build the wings, Dick could build the landing gear and Harry the fuselage. it all comes down to being naughty at school; who wrote "I must do what teacher says"?? nobody, we all wrote a line of "I's" down the page I I I I as you get the 50 lines done much faster. Have a look at the lazer Z-200, my favorite aircraft, I bet it would be much eaiser and cheaper to make 20 sets of hoizontal stabilizers than to build the whole plane. for larger items like the wings have a team of 5 building them. Not only are we Aussies we are flying brothers and sisters, I guarentee if something like this took off alot of good friendships would be made. I would rather see 20+ aircraft in the air than see one dodgy half finished scratch built in the shed. I want a show of hands of how many people would be interested in such an idea? From there i will organise a meeting so we can all sit, eat and have a chat.

Are you looking at just fitting a new muffler or a whole exhaust? Your motor has even firing pulses per bank so 3 equal length pipes merging into one on both side will give you great scavengeing effect, and as both pulses from these 2 pipes is exactly opposite they can then merge into 1 for a secondary scavenge effect. P plate drivers often fit large cannon style mufflers in an attempt to gain more hp only to be upset at dyno time when they see a large drop in bottom and mid range power (the same type of rpm we use in takeoff for the same size engine). A good and cheap muffler to fit would be a stock super bike muffler, as its quiet, very light and can handle the gas flow.

RA-Aus with an instructor rating is the goal, a CPL will possibly be the next goal. From my experience the best fun to be had with most things is at the grass roots level and some people leave that behind so fast they don't have time to enjoy the finer points. Hey Bob, would be good to have a chat, when is the next Oaks BBQ happening?

Hi everybody. My name is Clint and I live west of Sydney with my wife and soon to be new baby. After a few years of working for private equity vampires, I have decided to follow my dreams and aim for the clouds. The one thing that keeps my mind constantly occupied is flight, I go to sleep thinking about aircraft and wake up from dreaming about them. Over the next 12 months my aim is to get enough hours and practice in to become a flight instructor. After shopping around I've begun flying through Dave's flying school at The Oaks. I look forward to meeting people with similar dreams and welcome wisdom and advice from seasoned flyers.