Guest SD_Flyer Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Hello all from San Diego, I've never been to Australia but I hope to soon. We are working to develop a new training aircraft based on the Meyers 200D (http://www.MeyersAircraft.com) and be a contender in the RAAF Air 5428 competition to replace the CT4. Please feel free to check out our web site at http://www.TestrakeAviation.com We are seeking partners in Australia for this endevour. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glenn Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Hi Steve and welcome aboard. I've moved your introduction to a new thread so that it can be seen easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzom_pilot Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Hi Steve Welcome to TAA, the friendliest place in Aussie skies, enjoy your time here with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OzChris Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Hi Steve welcome to TAA Quite a project you have going there...good luck with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dean747 Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Gday Steve welcome aboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darren Masters Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 G'day Steve and welcome to the forum mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SD_Flyer Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Thanks all ... I'm looking forward to meeting you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VHKDK Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 G'day Steve and welcome to TAA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpacro Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 An interesting project, Steve. Many years ago I was involved with the CT-4 bid for the USAF contract. I wonder if Mooney will trot their trainer out again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SD_Flyer Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 Hi Dave, I haven't heard a peep out of Mooney with regard to trainers. They were having some financial difficulties (like who isn't these days?) and they invested a ton of money into the Acclaim S (an impressive airplane). I wouldn't be surprised if we don't hear from them on Air 5428. I have a question ... There tends to be two schools of thought in ab initio flight training for military pilots. It seems to me about two-thirds of the world's flight schools start students off in side-by-side trainers (ala CT-4, Grob, SF-260, C-172), while the rest use tandem aircraft (T-34, TB-30, CJ-6, Yak-18, Zlin, etc). Which way do you think they will go for Air 5428? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpacro Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Its been 20+ years since I've been involved with anything like that and I haven't even looked at the current requirements. I guess that any opinion of mine would be worthless. Good luck with it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest g_i_jack029 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Welcome and enjoy the site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OzChris Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 For what its worth, in my opinion an ab initio trainer that is side by side is far better than the tandem config. My main reason for this is that for an ab initio student, not limited to but more so than in experienced pilot training, accurate communication is vital, since most communication happens through non-verbal forms (in general life, but particularly while under stress), easy in a side by side config, however in a tandem non-verbal communication is just not possible to decipher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpacro Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Absolutely correct OzChris however this is much more than a civil basic pilot training aircraft. The ab initio trainer must be considered as part of an integrated solution. One point is that this is the aircraft used at the start but there's no definition of how far this one aircraft will take a military pilot towards the end point as a weapons system operator - enough from me - there are probably other forums where this would be discussed in some detail. Pilatus was at Avalon with the PC-21 as was some-one with a glass cockpit SF-260 however Raytheon seems to be prominent in this race as the only one I've seen (could be others, I've taken little interest) with a total solution. I'm only interested in the pilot training aspects myself. I find a rolled up newspaper to be a good communication tool as instructor in the rear seat of a Decathlon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Chop Chop Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Welcome Aboard Steve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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