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  1. jackc
    Well, not so……I need to lose 20kg or so down from 105, Winter is a bad time of year for me 😞 Thruster, with 2 POB me as one of them, full noise 5600 RPM ideal day and…..not able to leave the ground 😞. So, I will fly it as a solo when able. In the mean time I need a training aircraft and I have flown. J-230 and it did the job OK. Can’t get a new J-230 until 2024 so that ruled out a new one. Planes are hard to find, even new ones.
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    600kg is my lard arse problem, I had a Bushcat lined up but MTOW killed it 😞
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    One is on my shopping list for a 24 reg aircraft, I might try for an STC from Jabiru, that I won’t get. Insurance? Never carry passengers not fly over populated area, IF I crash then will probably die and insurance would find a way to not pay out to my estate. Insurance PDSs tell me that insurance is virtually worthless, except third party for cars. Yes, Aeropup is in pieces again, full rewire and install Becker radio and a few other goodies. I have to instal the new crate motor in Thruster, have started to build hangar……lots of steel and welding, gave up on a rip off kit hangar as can build for 1/3 of their price. Sick of not flying, so need a fly away no more to pay aircraft as standing on milk crates ain’t cutting it……not high enough off the ground 🙂
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    No, not tundra but a slightly larger size for more suited to grass/dirt strips.
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    Above subject says it all 🙂. Has anyone done an increase in tyre size for this model? Approvals possible and process needed? Or are you restricted to the stock donuts?
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    If you used a Turtle Bladder? It’s a portable installation, not a permanent mounted one? does this violate anything when fitted to a 24 reg aircraft? .
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    IF I emission tested many cars with over 100k on them many would probably fail too. IF something meets standard at manufacture no matter what it is……those standards will never be kept for it life, hence California mandating trucks older than 2010 off their roads. I can order a new UL aircraft engine with EFI or carbies on certain models, I know what I would buy. People will say but what about your Rotax CDI modules, well Ironically I have spares of them, just like I carry spare new injector pump for my 1HZ Landcruisers……only because diesels can’t have a carby 🙂
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    I will always take carbies before EFI, because I can fix carbies easily:-)
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    Pipelines do have problems…… https://apple.news/Aw_krSjfZRZePAWDH7lXQSQ
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    Just take a look at Aviation, we have the most broken down rules in the World, holding back Aviation in Australia because the peak bodies and Govt egos are so big, you would not get over them in a U2 Spy Plane 😞. And Aviation is just one sector amongst many in this country…….
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    IF they are too lazy to work out funding, then there is no hope of getting anything done. All they want to do is sit at computers and go left click BUY 10 submarines from somewhere, same when buying planes, even shovels. Too lazy to get off our backsides and make anything except a few Bushmasters etc, at least the Ukrainians like us 🙂. I watched our Council take 6 months to build a roundabout in Rockhampton, in the process they ripped it up twice. Sorry, lost the faith in this country 😞
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    They have had many years to get this together, I remember all the arguments in the middle 70s when I was doing Army service at Moorebank, Sydney. This country is hopeless at building ANYTHING…..
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    Hi Ian, I am trying to access the FAA Far Part 103 group and get this. Sent msg to contact but it seems you must not get it? Cheers, Jackc Something went wrong. Please try again.
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    Large fuel customers should be supplied by rail and the local storage should be quite some distance from the users facility for safety reasons.
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    Yesterday, I attended a flight planning course that was organised as impromptu thing, we had 15 or so attendees, it was organised by a local CFI/L4. The course was great for me, but there were a lot side discussions over smoko and lunch etc. I was able to buy some CASA publications that another Instructor brought along. The. conversations were cordial and not curmudgeonly in any way. Not so sure it would be like that if RAAus were involved…. This is my style for learning new things 🙂
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    Investigators always look for necks to hang ropes around…… 😞
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    I am not relying on RAAus to keep me safe, that responsibility is up to ME 🙂 IF I have doubts, I ask questions to experienced pilots, not just ONE but any I come in contact with. Between what I learn and examples of other peoples experiences and the studies I do, help me a lot.
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    Sadly I have to say, the more I hear of RAAus, the less respectful I have become 🙂 We should all look up to the peak body that should have the best interests of it members at heart. I am not so sure it has anymore, from the people I speak to. We have moved so far from AUF it’s almost unbelievable 😞
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    The roads of life are paved with flat squirrels that made the wrong decision…….
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    25 years ago I had a cable break at 400ft on the same 1.7km strip and managed a land straight ahead with no problem. The glider was a Blanik.
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    Fortunately, the grass strip for the testing is 1.7km long gliding field which is good, with a big paddock off the end of the strip.
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    Not a snowflakes chance in h**l I owned a Chinese Motorcycle import business a number of years ago, at least when a bike blew up, you could jump off and walk, bit hard at 5000ft. I would not take one of those engines for a gift as my tinny does not need a new anchor 🙂
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    Yes, got it Nev, along with radiators and all pipe work. The muffler has an added silencer as well.
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    Subject says it all! My new 582 has arrived today after 8 months since ordering. Total cost delivered was around $14,800 complete with everything from prop hub to flywheel. Probably one of the most expensive 582s ever made🙂
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