BrendAn Posted April 18 Posted April 18 9 hours ago, jackc said: RAAus grounded it from training 🤢 Some b/s they are trying to pull on me, that I need to sort out. And IF the crunch comes to the crunch……I have way to fix that too. 👍 they can't stop you from training in a thruster. its a certified trainer. even a flying school can put it online. are they trying to say the engine is time expired or something.
BrendAn Posted April 18 Posted April 18 10 hours ago, Marty_d said: Pardon my ignorance here as someone who is not yet flying - but if you currently hold an RA-Aus pilot certificate because you fly your Aeropup or Jab or whatever, doesn't that cover a 95.10 aircraft too? Or do you need type training, and if so, how do you get that in a single seat ultralight anyway? the auf rules still exist and carry over to raa. if you own a single seat aircraft they have to train you by radio from the ground if thats what you want. the way it used to be done before thrusters became available.
jackc Posted April 18 Author Posted April 18 Just now, BrendAn said: they can't stop you from training in a thruster. its a certified trainer. even a flying school can put it online. are they trying to say the engine is time expired or something. Yes, but it’s not……you should have heard the attitude I got over it, there was no reason to say what they said…….I was talking to an aviator friend about it tonight, he said a few choice words an added, just de register it tell RAA to go jump, and fly the thing. Shades of FAR Part 103 🤩🤩only I think the Thruster may be too heavy 🤢 I guess I could go VH and tell RAA to go jump? Now there is a thought 🤩 1
BrendAn Posted April 18 Posted April 18 2 minutes ago, jackc said: Yes, but it’s not……you should have heard the attitude I got over it, there was no reason to say what they said…….I was talking to an aviator friend about it tonight, he said a few choice words an added, just de register it tell RAA to go jump, and fly the thing. Shades of FAR Part 103 🤩🤩only I think the Thruster may be too heavy 🤢 I guess I could go VH and tell RAA to go jump? Now there is a thought 🤩 out of all the flying thrusters i wonder how many are registered anyway. i know if lived at upper fumbukka or timbuktu i would think why am i paying money to people a couple of thousand ks away and i don't go near any towns either. 1
BrendAn Posted April 18 Posted April 18 and in reference to the weight thing , what will they do about all the jabiru trainers which are over mtow unless piloted by 2 jockeys on a diet with 20 lts of fuel. 1
jackc Posted April 18 Author Posted April 18 That, looks like a drum full of RAA Brown snakes 🤩 I have to ask, is RAAus on a witch hunt, looking to ground aircraft? Give members a hard time? Being a member of a company is a problem? No wonder I believe we need FAR Part 103. 🤩 2
turboplanner Posted April 19 Posted April 19 12 hours ago, jackc said: That, looks like a drum full of RAA Brown snakes 🤩 I have to ask, is RAAus on a witch hunt, looking to ground aircraft? Give members a hard time? Being a member of a company is a problem? No wonder I believe we need FAR Part 103. 🤩 Their job is to administer specifications, building, flying operations. If anything they have been slack but the fatality rate has been down. They have to deal with all sorts of people. Last time there was a big audit was triggered by someone thinking he could fly without licence and reg and annoying other people. CASA did the audit and a lot of non complying aircraft went back into the sheds.
jackc Posted April 19 Author Posted April 19 7 minutes ago, turboplanner said: Their job is to administer specifications, building, flying operations. If anything they have been slack but the fatality rate has been down. They have to deal with all sorts of people. Last time there was a big audit was triggered by someone thinking he could fly without licence and reg and annoying other people. CASA did the audit and a lot of non complying aircraft went back into the sheds. We can have all the regulations in the World, At the end of the day it comes back to Aviators themselves regardless of regulations etc. It’s called personal responsibility and applies to everything you do in life. No amount of regulations will make a perfect World. I will say lots of non complying aircraft are back in the sky, but not registered with RAA. They are like a car, you don’t need a licence or registration to drive, just don’t get caught. NOT having a licence or registration does not affect your ability to operate. I have dealt with RAA and deficiencies in their rules, and they did not seem to care. So now my attitude is to apply MY responsibility, by doing things the way I need to do them. We are now overloaded with many rules which serve no real purpose, not to mention they are overly complex. Just look at the rules we now have compared to the old Ultralight days? Just look at FAA’s rules for Part 103, it’s an A4 page only. I have a DAME I personally know…….just listening to him is very enlightening…….. Australia has a mad fixation with regulations, but can’t enforce many of them because the staff or the regulators don’t know many of them, themselves. Know of breaches by RAA themselves? I do…….. 1
turboplanner Posted April 19 Posted April 19 1 hour ago, jackc said: NOT having a licence or registration does not affect your ability to operate. When you're telling a story it always pays for the characters to stick to the narrative; reminds me of someone a while back on another site who denouncd CASA at every opportunity, boasted about his illegal deeds and how CASA would never know who it was and eventually posted a photo of his instrument panel .........with his registration on it. Several tousand posts disappeared overnight. 1
jackc Posted April 19 Author Posted April 19 1 minute ago, turboplanner said: When you're telling a story it always pays for the characters to stick to the narrative; reminds me of someone a while back on another site who denouncd CASA at every opportunity, boasted about his illegal deeds and how CASA would never know who it was and eventually posted a photo of his instrument panel .........with his registration on it. Several tousand posts disappeared overnight. People who fly unregistered or no licence, stay away from YouTube, Facebook and Forums having fun living a real life like many, before the Internet. 1
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