Gazelle CA25N Flying - Pilots Perspective

[sseeker]

Not my best flying but it was pretty gusty as you can see.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgcxri5Hs6k

 

Description from Youtube:

 

A flight towards my low performance endorsement with Recreational Aviation Australia. The Gazelle is an aircraft that has a cruise of less than 80kts, which requires a low performance endorsement under the Australian ultralight rules. The view is obstructed sometimes by the wind connecting to the fuselage, this is because I mounted the camera on the headset too high.

 

-Andrew

 

 

[Guest aussie carl]

Hey Andrew what camera did you use.

 

I am setting up a small camera to record my training so I can go over the lessons to hopfully reenforce what I learnt.

 

 

[Guest Maj Millard]

Hi Andrew, That looks like a pretty nice strip there with plenty of length. By it's 'abandoned ' status does that mean it is ex-military ?. The houses on the left amoungst the trees make it look pretty used on a regular basis ?. Is it now on private land or public use.........................................................cheers Maj

 

 

[Thirsty]

Nice video Andrew. I love seeing in cockpit footage especially of aircraft I haven't flown.

 

 

[pudestcon]

Nice Andrew,

 

I had a short fly in the Gazelle out of Northam a couple of weeks ago - very nice aircraft.

 

Maj, Bindoon Abandoned is on private property owned by the Christian Brothers - they operate a rural school from the property that used to be known as Keany College. My wife works for the Christian Brothers (but that does not mean I'm an expert:)). I believe the airstrip can only be used on weekends as it is very close to the army training ground there. It is an ex military airstrip although the entire length is not useable now - you can see the piano keys adjacent to the hangars in the trees, with plenty of 'strip' still in front, but not useable. It seems like a popular airfield with a lot of hangars in use there; I've been meaning to visit sometime to catch up with sseeker and Riley from the forums here.

 

Pud

 

 

[sseeker]

Hey Andrew what camera did you use.I am setting up a small camera to record my training so I can go over the lessons to hopfully reenforce what I learnt.

I use a Cam Shot HT10 which appears to only be available from Race Recall here in Australia (just google their name) it was a bargain at $199 including free express postage. Comes with tonnes of moutning gear, head straps etc however the headset mount was a DIY job out of the gear I was supplied with. I can give you some pictures if you want. The camera has a 120 degree wide angle lense, runs on an SD card of up to 32GB (4GB gave me 1.2hrs recording), comes with a long life lithium battery, waterproof for up to 10m so you can take it swimming. Disadvantages are the camera is fairly large when it looks small on the website, it is headset mountable but I need to redesign my mount so it's lower for the Gazelle, the Jabiru won't be a problem. It's by far the best deal you'll get for a sporting camera and its quality is reasonable. GoPro is like $300AUD for just the camera and the ContourHD is something like $450AUD for the camera and mounts are on top of that.

 

Hi Andrew, That looks like a pretty nice strip there with plenty of length. By it's 'abandoned ' status does that mean it is ex-military ?. The houses on the left amoungst the trees make it look pretty used on a regular basis ?. Is it now on private land or public use............................................... ..........cheers Maj

Pud explained it all pretty clearly. The Super Light Aircraft Club of WA leases the land from the AG college and has ~31 hangars, the club also allows a flying school to operate, TopFun Aviation. The full length of the strip is not useable, however it is landable in the case of an emergency. Strip length is 800m usable with 600m unusable I *think* Also gives you loads of extra room incase of an EFATO.

 

I've been meaning to visit sometime to catch up with sseeker and Riley from the forums here.

I'll probably be there the next two Saturdays and I think Bob is also there most weekends (I usually see him on Sundays)

 

-Andrew

 

 

[pudestcon]

OK Andrew,

 

I'm gonna try and make it next Saturday 8th January.

 

Hope to catch up with you then.

 

Cheers,

 

Pud