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For those putting themselves into the environment, this podcast may be very useful: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/pilots-discretion-from-sportys/id1571051265

Looks like it is "just" flying and unstable at that... I remember when concorde first came to australia; it departed YSSY east off 34L straight over the house. After growing up listening to DC9's rattle the house I thought the roof was surely going to cave in and windows shatter.

A duck?! That surely would of quacked something in the engine!! 😳

Sausage factory training academy... fortunately we have ADSB to see where they actually are in the sky! CTA endorsement also requires completion of a written test; its not a big test; more to ensure the student knows correct procedure and which publications or sources to go to to access information. Being able to competently maintain required altitude level and execute Tower vector and altitude change instructions upon request without delay is also required. Some ATC's speak really fast and its difficult to get it all; so just ask them to slow down and repeat request. Listening to coms between IFR and Tower is often lightning quick; the coms being heard are mandatory procedural with both ends knowing beforehand what the communication and response is going to be. Listening to LiveATC website is a great way to become accustomed to the ATC environment; tune into Bankstown or Moorabbin for an hour each day or so for a week and listen to Tower and Ground op' frq's. By the time you take your checkflight CTA environments will feel more natural. It also gets you accustomed to "what" information to include on readbacks. Dont forget the all important notepad and pencil to write down squak codes, flight levels, vectors, taxi ways, and runways when ATC provides requests; and have a detail ground map of the airfield at hand to refer to.

There is no consensus on this one... Best to play it safe by not starting the motor between each spark plug service 👍

I run iridium, no issues; make sure they are resistor type. Rotax also have a 5K resistor in the screw on spark plug connectors themselves. Mag test right left and see if static noise changes. Diagnostic; disconnect the exciter wire for the alternator field at the voltage regulator and ground test the engine again to see if noise is gone. Failed alternator capacitor may also be a source of noise.

The 109 with a high lift wing option is 30:1 at 860kg; amazing and robust performer yet underpowered with standard 80hp Limbach. Unexciting powered climb performance is its weak point exacerbated further when two up.

No; just feels like its that time of year again when a "this will change everything" announcement happens, followed by six months of happy happy joy joy before "never heard of again" forum post emerges ☹️ Staying ahead of the bell end curve...

June 1st tomorrow... its now 18.21 EST... 🍩🧃🍫... ⏱📟⌛️📡🔭📪... 🤔.... should be an announcement any day now about a new engine that will change aviation for ever... 🤔🕰▶️

Rotax don't bounce back as direct drive setups may. They just stop; and clunk. Even rolling them over by hand they no way feel as free spinning as a 360 or such.

What movie is this guy living in?

Earlier springs were zinc plated and rusted out over time. Latest Rotax choke and throttle springs are stainless. Throttle arms should be upgraded to those with integrated nylon spring retention bush to prevent failure.

Clarity on above; the AV30C can be used as a primary HSI or DG for IFR but currently not as a Localiser VOR or DME.

For certified aircraft this is correct; for Experimental aircraft it is accepted. The Av30C will receive its AV-HSI approval later in the year and will still require a TSO nav/com/gps source to be approved. The AV30C is fully compliant and approved for IFR.

Its just a question of how much you want spend; you can always upgrade and on sell the lesser product

There is also a Terrain Graph feature that can be used as well

This is not true, a C180 will fly with any load as long as the doors can close shut and the pilot has a pulse; just push the throttle forward and go! If it crashes the news reporters will at least correctly report the aircraft as a Cessna 🤷🏽‍♂️

ASM challenges can be applied to any type aircraft 😊

2 pilots enter the aircraft, each weighs 0.63 ASM, if 8 passengers arrive 3 time ASM before departure how many ASM of 0.246 ASM luggage can be moved from the rear luggage stow to the front luggage stow to achieve minimum 0.0564 ASM MAC CG before 0.321 ASM of extra fuel is added to the left auxiliary tank?

What is Vs0? 🤔🤔... 2.375 ASM 😃

🤔🤔🤔🤔 1 ASM, 2 ASM, 3 ASM... 😀😀😀😀

Why not be like the French and just create a brand new and unique ASM! "Aviation Standard Measure"... Then there will be "zero" confusion! 😃👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍

France gave the world many things that did not work out well on this planet... Maybe on other planets a metric day will work just fine. On this planet 12x12x12 allows everybody to celebrate christmas together, a case of beer to be used as currency, and enough eggs to make an omelette.

Uavionix AV-20 is also worth looking at as a basic turn coordinator and attitude instrument; also has some expansion options.