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if you get to goulburn, just track south, over lake bathurst, stay east of canberra CTA, then nip across the ridge, and follow the monaro highway all the way past cooma, and onto Jindabyne, no tiger country, a good highway to navigate by, and plenty of strips in between.

a combination of regulation saturation, and a shortage of decent training in advanced aircraft control from career orientated instructors.

i find these reports of pilots almost hitting drones to be BS, from the ground, a drone at 300 ft is very difficult to see, even when you know where it is, and your not moving in reference to it, so how is someone doing 150Kts or more, capable of distinguishing a drone from 300 ft away.. it seams the paranoia over drones leads people to assume everything they see in the sky is now a drone. I have heaps of ballons fly past my wing over liverpool coming back into Bankstow, the average ballon at that height is about the same size or bigger than a drone, and yet i cannot see them until you pretty much hit them. or as they fly past your canopy. so i have no idea how they can be spotted from 100 mtrs of 300 ft..

havnt heard of anyone thinking of putting one in a RV12 yet

this might sound like a stupid suggestion, but make sure both throttle valves are fully open at full throttle. you will be surprised how many dont..

after flying behind rotax now for 1000's of hours, i dont think they are overly complicated, once you know what your looking at, they are surprisingly simple. and the proof of the overly complicated engines being reliable is in the hours they have flown.

that engine, in a J230 airframe, will be a bulletproof reliable, fast and well performing aircraft.....

Anyone can use Wedderburn, as long as you have permission from a club member. I have flown in there a few times, almost all times have been scary, usually from others lack of radio or general poor flying habits, like lining up and departing on runway 35, when 4 other aircraft are in the circuit, 1 on long final, and another on short final to runway 17. during a fly-in event. and yes, the pilot took off and climbed straight out, through all the traffic on runway 17, sending 3 aircraft scattering to avoid them, and not a single radio call. the last time was with a 15 kt crosswind, that wsnt fun. but doable in the Savannah. Is there any names yet released about the person who passed away? if there is, send my a message... i know a few woman Glasair pilots.

the situation described in the question is a quite common occurrence at bankstown during warm days and almost daily during summer, about 2 to 3 pm, the sea breeze will eventually reach bankstown, and the runway direction is then changed to 11, so when your approaching from the west, at 1500 ft, you are still in the gradient wind, usually from the west, and you then descend into the sea breeze at about 500 ft.

i would love to fly a PPC, my local GA CFI flies competitively, but its very difficult to get into with the previous (current) rules.

usually only fly with 2 inboard full only and fill the 3rd when going for a longer trip. the right wing with the 2 tanks is a little heavier, but nothing a small trim tab cant sort out to get it flying hands off straight and level, when its full you feel it a bit, but get used to it quickly, so i burn that tank off first.

i know this is probably a stupid question considering the engine type, but from an airworthiness standpoint, what was the date of manufacture of the hose?

great website that backcountry pilots, i have been lurking on there for some time, and there are a few Aussie pilots who regularly post there

Dont forget Katoomba. the Oaks for more Raaus and recreational side of things, but Bankstown and Camden arnt as expensive as you might think... Landing fees for Raaus weight aircraft are actually Less than some far smaller crappier airstrips. also look at Somersby, to the north a bit of Sydney, Bathurst, but the Oaks would be the closest.

First time in the aircraft... Still a long way to go avionics wise.

can you mount the AHRS module for the EKP remotely?

yep, the centre one is an Xtreme EMS, but will primarily be for engine monitoring, and a third backup PFD. the AHARS for the ipads are Ilevil AW's both independent of each other with own battery backups. with ADSB In.

coming together now. slowly. but getting there. powered by

if you heard about every road fatality when they happen, you wouldnt get in a a car either.. funny thing life, no one gets out of it alive. enjoy it while you can. even it it means enjoying things others think dangerous, or are dangerous, i still ride motorbikes, and on long interstate rides as well. i know the risks, i accept them, and take every precaution to lower them, but i know, i can be killed. and if i am, i will die knowing i have lived more than a lot of others. another strange thing, about training, we all know flying can be dangerous, yet we all want to get the cheapest training available... think about it. i have had aerobatic training with military instructors, sure, wasnt cheap. but i know where my limits are, and test them using schools aircraft, with a qualified instructor beside me, so i dont have to when im flying my Savannah by myself. If your worried about flying after seeing or hearing of an accident, then think about getting more training, a refresher, or something you can do to lower your risks, or walk away and forever dream. Condolences to all involved.

think of it this way, below 3000 ft, there is less likely to be a IFR aircraft in the cloud, so the seperation from cloud limits are pretty lax, above 3000ft there might be an IFR aircraft, so stay far enough away from the clouds to make sure you have time to see and avoid an IFR aircraft if it came out of one.

i think its almost generally agreed now that the bernoulli principle isn't responsible for the entire production of lift, but its still a part of it, a small part.. but what i think is wrong now is, people are being taught bernoullis principle is wrong.. its not wrong, its still holds true that an increase in air speed results in a pressure drop. its wrong now to assume its responsible for all lift. anyway, back to stick and rudder....... stall stick position or something or rather?

Bernoulli still has something to do with it... nice example of pressure drop here..

The elevator trim tab linkage bolt after 1000Hrs. showing considerable signs of wear. dont forget, the test aircraft in the story above was flying above VNE, deliberately to test for flutter. its a good reason to respect that red on the ASI.

My Savannah had a slight roll to the right, but mainly due to the fact it has 3 fuel tanks. 2 on the right hand side, and once both are full its noticeable, but not to bad. the roll is fixed with a fixed trim tab on the right aileron. Another change i noticed with the roll stability was the change from the small standard nose wheel to the larger 6.00x6 tyre. this tyre is a lot taller but the same width, but its change was noticeable and required a change to the trim tab.

hmmm interesting.