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VH-DFR is registered as a Robinson Helicopter

 

VH-OFR perhaps? That rego is shown on the register as a QLD

 

I see that that the Jab knockers are maintaining their support for the sport with their usual style and flair.

 

(Sigh)

 

 

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Perhaps I missed something, but what information supports the idea that it was a CAMit engine?

 

However, in the case it WAS a CAMit engine, in response to the query about repairs, anybody with knowledge of CAMit engines as distinct from Jabiru engines should know that the CAMit engine was specifically and deliberately produced to be 'backwards-compatible' with Jabiru engines, so that spares back-up was available. This was a decision by Ian Bent, to provide a level of back-up for his customers just in case CAMit had future problems with maintaining its support. 'Backwards-compatibility' is not a silly concept: those who understand the development of Microsoft OS will know what it means. Owners of Apple products will also know what it means when 'backwards-compatibility' is ignored: throwing away your hardware.

 

That decision constrained CAMit from producing the engine it really wanted to make - and had already manufactured for test purposes - a far superior engine, in fact. Ian Bent's ethics are such that he would not put out on the market an engine that did not have: a) undergone a certified test regime, and b) for which he could not guarantee a level of manufacturer support commensurate with the investment that his customers would have to make. You might like to contrast that with the situation that the buyers of Diamond aircraft with the experimental diesel engine have had to face... grounded with no way forward in sight.

 

The demise of CAMit from the Australian aircraft manufacturing scene is a loss that only those with the full knowledge will understand. Snide and carping comments do not help this country to progress in its development of a Recreational aircraft manufacturing capability.

 

 

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Just a curly one ------ Seeing it is a Camit how is the engine going to be repaired?KP

Anything but the latest gen 4 Jabiru would have similar questions, plenty of parts no longer available

 

 

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Anything but the latest gen 4 Jabiru would have similar questions, plenty of parts no longer available

So Rather than trying to overhaul an early Jab engine, it would be wise to go with the new gen 4 engine??

 

 

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Thanks Oscar for setting us straight re backwards compatibility of the CAE engineering and mods. It's pretty obvious when you think about it but it helps to have it clearly enunciated for those of us who haven't clearly thought it through.

 

I take issue with your totally unwarranted promotion of Microsoft products over Apple though. There are enough partisans here with the bike vs cars; plastic vs rag & tube; Holden vs Ford; Jabiru vs anything else and RAAus vs ELAA, without you introducing Apple vs 20th century computing technology.

 

What were you thinking man!?

 

 

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Thanks Oscar for setting us straight re backwards compatibility of the CAE engineering and mods. It's pretty obvious when you think about it but it helps to have it clearly enunciated for those of us who haven't clearly thought it through.I take issue with your totally unwarranted promotion of Microsoft products over Apple though. There are enough partisans here with the bike vs cars; plastic vs rag & tube; Holden vs Ford; Jabiru vs anything else and RAAus vs ELAA, without you introducing Apple vs 20th century computing technology.

 

What were you thinking man!?

There's an off topic forum where you can go your hardest on subjects like that now.

 

 

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How do you know that parts are not available for older than Gen 4 engines. I was down in Bundy a week ago and they had the parts I needed for an old 2200 engine. In stock, no waiting.

 

It seems a long wjile since we heard of a Jab going down and in that time there have been Rotax forced landings as well as other makes. What is the great difference between Jab and Camit engines?

 

 

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