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  1. FlyBoy1960
    Lots of good information here. https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/eerie-facebook-post-hours-before-fatal-leigh-creek-plane-crash/news-story/fd6f1a59f21dcc9791e30f34010da2e9
  2. FlyBoy1960
    The report mentions a witness seeing a green light. This would have been the navigation lights and they are not visible during daytime so again it sounds like pilot error flying of a night when not allowed.
  3. FlyBoy1960
    Why have we been heading in this direction? From the airport banter last Saturday. Because Michael M has become the dealer for CT aircraft and it's been in his/their interests for a long time to massage the rules to suit their personally evolving business direction. The CT NEEDS to be rated at 750 kgs because of its low payload and that's the push on increased MTOW changes. Getting made in China has lifted the empty weight by more than 35 kgs and at 600 MTOW it's really a single seater. I was told other things but i won't mention it here because some was told in confidence but the above is publicly known.
  4. FlyBoy1960
    A lot of boat ramps now have launching fees so they will get you somehow !
  5. FlyBoy1960
    [/url]https://www.gcsfc.org.au/ Where do you want to go to ? Many people going to and from the airfield all day long. Bound to get you to where you want to go.
  6. FlyBoy1960
    3,500 ft ceiling but they always ask for clearance up to 8,000 and get it every time. 8K should be enough but history shows otherwise.
  7. FlyBoy1960
    That's because its an aerobatic approved area.
  8. FlyBoy1960
    Vortex generators, try to disturb the air flow to remove the laminar flow under the belly. Its (the airflow on the bottom - with contaminants) probably 'sticking' to the plane as it passes along. i have seen this on some other planes a few times.
  9. FlyBoy1960
    Well said
  10. FlyBoy1960
    What the hell does all this crap about looking after cows have to do with this accident ? Really some of you guys need to get some fresh air and stay off the computer !
  11. FlyBoy1960
    The site is no longer secure and i get a warning on Chrome
  12. FlyBoy1960
    Its not just drugs but FUEL. They sniff the fuel and go crazy.
  13. FlyBoy1960
    I would replace the regulator/rectifier. The Jabiru ones have caused lots of problems at my airport with electrical issues when they are under heavy load and lots of demand. They overheat and when the cool down they behave again. Note: This is just a comment from an observer at the local airport. I am not an expert.
  14. FlyBoy1960
    And all of this misinterpretation of call signs and everything else instantly disappears the moment you have ADSB transponders because it sends out everything they need to charge you automatically. As soon this equipment is fitted there is no way of getting away with anything. Big Brother is taking over the skies and using technology to do it !
  15. FlyBoy1960
    The only words i don't want to hear is "Engage - Engage" ?
  16. FlyBoy1960
    An X means that the runway is closed, it has no indication of a displaced threshold, the runway is closed ! A displaced threshold has multiple lines (parallel with the runway direction) running up to the gable markers which show the start of the usable runway. I learnt this in my first day of training!
  17. FlyBoy1960
    The same happens on motorcycles and doesnt even rate a mention. Some 'kid' get a 1,000 cc rocket, and kills himself the first week and it barely makes the news, whereas, if it happens in an aircraft its front pages everywhere and people wanting to sue. Why is that ? I dont understand.
  18. FlyBoy1960
    The aircraft is built in South Africa under the name Bat Hawk, it is manufactured under some sort of licensing agreement with the original manufacturer in New Zealand (Max Clear, if my memory serves me correctly) before his passing. This particular model is the Bat Hawk B22J with the letter J standing for Jabiru engine. I wonder why the Jabiru engine stopped, you can see fuel in the fuel line and after the accident so it was not fuel starvation. Not an expert but I agree with previous comments that it glides like a brick and they looked to be many other more suitable areas to land.
  19. FlyBoy1960
    Just checked on aircrafts spruce and they are $1099 for the standard model without Bluetooth and $1199 without Bluetooth. On the golf coast avionics website the standard model is $999
  20. FlyBoy1960
    When I am lucky enough to be taken for a flight the aircraft I go in has a Garmin GTR 200. It has a built-in intercom which is superb, you can listen to music as well, it has 10 W output and seems to be crystal clear. I just had a look online to see what the output was to put in my answer and I notice they have just brought out a new one which has built-in Bluetooth. The new one is $1395 and the old one is now reduced to $1100. That seems to be very good value for what seems to be in my limited exposure a very good product. It is also easy to read for failing eyes because the digits are about (I am guessing) 14 mm high so it is easy to see what frequency the radio is on and it also has that dual function to listen to 2 frequencies at the same time.
  21. FlyBoy1960
    Was it a cherry picker wanting to grow up to be a Ferris Wheel ? ?
  22. FlyBoy1960
    Why would you replace a perfectly good engine at 300 hours or 400 hours with a new engine ? It should only just about be run in with these hours based on their published 2000 our TBO. Their actual statistics (from the Jabiru classifieds section of their website) left me with no other option than to make an assumption that these engines HAD failed and HAD to be replaced. If it was just a small issue it has to be cheaper to repair than it is to replace a whole complete engine ? I am sorry Nev but I would expect an engine advertised with a 2000 hour TBO would go to at least what is advertised not only 20% of what is advertised. These observations are as an outsider who does not own an aircraft and who has only completed basic training so I am not an expert on the subject I am just making observations from the Jabiru website. Excuse me if I have it all wrong
  23. FlyBoy1960
    I thought the best way to get validated information was to go to Jabiru's own website and have a look at aircraft for sale in the classified section. I went there about two years ago when I was thinking about buying an aircraft and I was genuinely surprised at how many advertisements that were saying Jabiru aircraft 600 hours, engine 250. This was over and over again! There were never any advertisements that said Jabiru 1500 hours, engine 1500 hours. It just didn't happen. I just went there again this morning to have another look to validate this comment but it now seems their website is infected by a Trojan and it will not allow you to visit (using the antivirus software installed on my computer) I don't suggest you go and visit just to validate what I'm saying in case you don't have decent anti-malware/antivirus software installed that is current and updated. Perhaps, this is the same infection on their website that seems to infect the Jabiru engines ? ?
  24. FlyBoy1960
    Dear-O-Dear, talk about a cluster muck-up. The only people who knew what they were talking about was AOPA. RA-Aus were absolutely terrible. CASA were shown as bullies. What an embarrassment for everyone except AOPA.
  25. FlyBoy1960
    I like the way in the old site how you could go to what's new, put your mouse over the heading and it would bring up an extract of the messages. The new site does not do this which means you may have to open different forums which you have no real interest in or you may miss some which could have been interesting. I also still liked the 24-hour button which I don't think is here anymore. None of these are deal-breakers, just comments seeing you asked for them.
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