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We have earth repelling machines at lilydale, and I was given warnings during my instruction about their wake turbulence.

You have to be well aware of their flight characteristics, slower in the circuit and generally do a steep approach on final.

And then they hover taxi - ie they're flying in places you don't expect aircraft to be flying!

Academics study more and more about finite theories.

Eventually, they get to know everything about nothing.

Grumman F7F ?

50 minutes ago, Yenn said:

Wasn't it the BOM who thought up the name BOM? I certainl didn't and it is accepted on the net. Look up Bom and you get the weather bureau.

Yep, their website is bom.gov.au and the app is BOM weather.

WTH do they expect people to call them.....🤦‍♂️

Do they realise who people are referring to when they say "the Bureau" in the US? 😬

And lets face, we are inundated with US TV here - when someone says "the Bureau", who do you think of?

I suggest we call them, "Da BoM Shak-alaka"

9 hours ago, Steve L said:

Grampians YGMP has accomodation but the guy Steve Price prefers PN. Very scenic flying in that neck of the woods.

anyway they all have accomodation if you take a tent and a bottle of scotch🤪

Is that the old Asses Ears Lodge?

Do you have a contact for Steve at YGMP?

2 minutes ago, facthunter said:

TWO aerodromes close together would avoid tracking in each other's circuit I would have thought. 

You would hope so.

Lilydale and Coldstream are only 5km apart.

Lilydale operate at std 1000ft AGL = 1250 AMSL with all circuits to the west

Coldstream operate at 1250ft AGL = 1500ft AMSL with all circuits to the east.

Both operate on the same CTAF.

12 minutes ago, APenNameAndThatA said:

What extra privileges do you get from VH reg? 

Higher MTOW and Controlled Airspace access.

Maintenance may be higher, but you only get pocket change out of $500 for RAAus yearly rego and membership.

So if you're having a LAME do your maintenance, you'd probably be pretty even.

1 hour ago, APenNameAndThatA said:

I'm pretty sure that if you have a RPL then you can fly a 24 reg plane in controlled airspace. 

And then the question is, if you've got an RPL on a drivers medical, why bother with RAAus and it's yearly fees when the CASA reg and RPL are a once off fee, for greater privileges.

What file format is that, nothing i've got will open it.

Did my training in a Jab with Electric flaps. The Sportstar has manual flaps.

IMHO, the manual flaps are much better for the reasons above.

25 minutes ago, skippydiesel said:

The low wing tends to fly on in ground effect but you can dump/lift flap when mains a foot or so off ground & wing stops flying - very handy when conducting short field opps. 

I did this the other day with a significant crosswind at Tyabb. Raised flaps as soon as the mains touched, keeps you planted on the ground and stops you being blown around by the crosswind.

Just checked my Avplan tracks, they show off blocks time and take off time.

On average, I take 7.5 mins from off blocks to take off.

From my tie downs to the run up area is 730m and it's another 50m to enter the runway.

Lilydale is grass, typical taxying speed is 6-8knts ground speed - 10kts is too fast for the uneveness of the surface.

Doing the math, it takes 3.6mins to taxi to the run up bay. Allow 3mins for run ups, and then 1 min to enter and take off.

Hope that helps in your planning.

18 hours ago, Marty_d said:

Maybe they're REALLY strong guys?

Maybe they're Welsh ?

1 minute ago, Bosi72 said:

 

 

Try "Mobile data only apps" Android option. Then scroll down to Avplan and turn it on.

Hope this helps

 

 

Yep, that's exactly what I've done. Simplest fix, apart from buying an iPad 🙄

I recall people being critical of our northern NSW and SE QLD brethren for not moving their aircraft earlier this year.

By the time you realise it's going to be bad, do you really have time to move the AC and is that your biggest priority?

We don't know peoples circumstances or priorities, hopefully they are insured.

Your family and home have to come first.

Good to see it survived, but they're going to need more than 2 guys with shovels........

The Fun depends what you're doing.

For example, some recent flights.

Flying to Temora, the take-off and landing are enjoyable, but it's prety much a straight line for 2hrs. But being at Temora after 2.5hrs when it's a 6hr drive, that's enjoyable.

Flying down to Apollo Bay along the coast is fun.

Doing some pre BFR airwork with an Instructor for 1.5hrs, that was fun.

Unfortunately, the above instructions didn't work, and was actually worse.

When I did the above, Avplan did not connect to the Skyecho, but in the tablet settings it showed the SE connected. So I had no traffic info and no internet access.

I have found a workaround though.

Leaving the IP set to DHCP, the SE connects and shows ADSB traffic on avplan.

Then in the tablet settings, I can select which apps only use mobile data, not wifi. Setting Avplan to mobile data only and I get both ADBS and Avplan traffic and internet access through the mobile data.

It means having to manually set this each flight and reset it to wifi when I get home, not ideal, but it’s manageable.

Another drawback of going Android over Apple.

But, I did 4 hours the other day, with no overheating, so 🙄

Just got feedback from Avplan;

yes it's an android thing - but they have sent me the directions to fix.

Response from Avplan:

Something I noticed on the weekend when using the Skyecho with a samsung tablet with cellular.

With the SE connected, I lose mobile data, and avplan traffic as a result, also lose weather info, ability to download terminal info etc.

If I disconnect the SE, then mobile data is restored.

What am I doing wrong, or is this an AVplan Android version bug?

IMHO, for some pilots, aircraft such as these are aspirational items.

And after purchase, maybe the reality of ownership sinks in, and the aircraft only gets used to it's capacity 5% of the time.

The other 95% of the time, the Warrior, RV-7 or 172 they had previously was ideal and significantly less to keep.

11 minutes ago, turboplanner said:

Can you give us the dates of the Senate Inquiry Committee?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPyTIbuvLI8&t=1s

Just now, extralite said:

Have you listened to some of 

Have you listened to some of our senators though? Hard to give them much credibility either.

Yes, the CASA hearings I've seen, the CASA execs make the Senators look very sharp.

How about we refer to the current instrument CASA 31/22 from July 1 2022

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2022L00917

Key point here is section 4.3 - basically if you maintain the engine as Jabiru specifies, then it doesn't apply. 

4          Condition on authorisations

        (1)     This section applies to the following classes of authorisations, issued in relation to a Jabiru‑powered aircraft:

(a)   an experimental certificate;

(b)   a certificate of airworthiness;

(c)   a special flight permit.

        (2)     For the purposes of subregulation 11.068 (1) of CASR, it is a condition that the aircraft is operated in accordance with the operating limitations stated in Schedule 1.

        (3)     However, subsection (2) does not apply if all the requirements stated in Schedule 2 have been met in relation to the aircraft.

Also, I'm pretty sure that report linked by extralite above was roasted by the Senate Inquiry Committee as being a joke and was critically flawed.

If you look on the goggle maps and the ad listing, it looks as though the property shares the runway with the neighbour.

Considering that, I'd offer 5 $mil 🤣