Beejay

My wife and I have been planning a flight into remote central Aust. for many years but it can't happen under the current 600kg MTOW. We are two "well rounded" people and current calculations, including baggage, spares and safety gear, limit us to 15 litres of fuel before we hit MTOW (J230). So I for one would relish the increase, even though we could only use 700kg of it. Just my 2 cents worth.

Hi all, I thought I'd throw my 2 bobs worth in. I found fltsim to be invaluable, not for the flying experience as much as learning to use the rudder pedals. As a kid growing up in the 60's I built a few go carts to race down the hill and.......another lesson is learned......you need brakes to be able to make the turn before you end up a stain on the neighbors fence. Anyway the carts I built were very basic, feet steering....left foot down to go right and so on. When I was learning to fly there were a few elevated heart rates on landing a couple of times so I thought somehow I have to un-learn the go cart steering. It has been quite a challenge but the flight sim pedals have helped enormously. I try and shoot a few circuits every few weeks on the sim to keep the grey matter from slipping back into its comfort zone. I'd much rather be doing circuits for real but who can afford that.