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    Wow! 3,000 hours in 5 years is serious flying. Welcome Vlad. Hope to see you in Oz soon.
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    Nev: It is indeed a ridiculous claim to say that his routine was "practiced" rather than "skills". For a start, practice is what creates "skill" and for seconds, I'd like to ask that peanut if he ever asked any other aerobatic pilot whether they just went up and did aero routines without "practicing" first! A very tissue thin excuse for a*se covering by a bureaucrat if ever I saw one.
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    I'm guessing you're probably doing your training at Hervey Bay. Also worth calling Dave Cookman in Noosa (HGFA), and also speak to Crezzi (John Cresswell RA Aus) at Caboolture for second and third (not in any particular order) opinions. You can never have too much advice. Just follow what you think is right (generally where the majority agree). Dave was my instructor and I also did some flying with Crezzi. Both solid, honest guys.
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    Wow! RIP one of the world's greatest (if not THE greatest) aviators. He will be soaring effortlessly among the clouds now.
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    Bugsy: You asked for advice on the Redback. IMO, If you can stretch the budget a bit, go for the four stroke trike (I think it is the Outback). Two stroke engines require more care and attention to maintenance than four stroke engines and for a beginner, it's one (big) less thing to have to come to terms with. If you already have good knowledge of two stroke engine maintenance, disregard the above. Happy flying, blue skies and tailwinds to you.
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    A trike is a 2 axis machine and as such is a bit simpler in some ways to learn to fly than a 3 axis aircraft. Don't be fooled though, handled wrongly, a 2 axis machine can kill just as quickly. As Skeptic said, the wing's the thing. Generally, the strutted wings require a bit more care to fly than the kingpost wings, and in my experience, strutted wings are a bit heavier on the controls. Definitely take your instructor's advice on which wing would be good for your experience and ability. I learned to fly on an XT912 with a cruze wing. The trim speed of the Cruze wing was about 48-50kts when set the trim was set to the fast setting.
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    Agree with Crezzi. If you're careful, thorough and sensible, you can pick up a good second hand trike for a very affordable price.
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    For longer range weather predicts, I use the Meteye function from the BOM and als the Interactive wind and wave forecasts also from the BOM. I've found a fair bit of differences between Willyweather, weatherzone and a few others. Windyty is also useful, but causes problems on my iPad mini.
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    The weakened wire would have effectively caused the equivalent of ground faults. Ground faults are the most common cause of problems in any electrical system, but most particularly in cars where everything is grounded through the body. That's part of the reason that in aircraft wiring the standard practice is to run a seperate ground wire from every electrical device directly to a common bus bar and also have a good sized connection between the bus bar and the battery. I'm intrigued that you say the connections are soldered to the battery in your aircraft! Can you post a pic of the type of battery you are using pls? Also, you might or might not be aware that soldered connections are usually avoided where possible in aircraft wiring, in favor of crimped joints. Soldered connections make the end of the wire very stiff and vibration causes metal fatigue at the joint.
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    That would have taken some doing to get all those guys back together again from all corners of the globe. Great effort from whoever did this.
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    "The ground must be down there somewhere" ahh, I'm sprung. You saw me shut my eyes just before touchdown in my videos, obviously.
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    Whoa! This is getting out of hand... I can see I'm gonna have to post a pic of the fly!
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    Not on the same scale as being stung by a bee on late final, but I had a fly land on my sunglasses lens, right in the middle of my vision when about a foot off the ground landing at William creek. Nedless to say, my landing wasn't pretty.
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    Yenn: Very good point. There is no way to make flying, or driving completely fool proof, with the emphasis on Fool. They are among us, they breed and worse yet they drive, fly and vote!
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    TMI
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    OME: Roger that! Find and watch the movie "Maiden heist" if you want a giggle. One of my faves (howzat for an 'Mericanism?)
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    Scuze me? Aussies have to be the worst spellers in the English speaking countries!
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    That looks like an Antonov AN-2
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    From my experience, this is not what is taught by RAA instructors. I believe it is what pilots do who rarely use their radio and are unsure of their calls, so they over compensate. The answer? Practice, practice. practice and if in doubt, consult an instructor. Instructors are not bogey men waiting to catch you out and criticise you. They are a valuable reference source and if you treat them like that most will respond very positively.
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    AND THE SHOUTERS!!!!!!
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    KP: In fact the pollies actually create this situation because they are mostly in the pocket of Big Business and the already very rich.
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    what about the peopl who dont capitaliz punctuate or zpell chek
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    There is something seriously wrong with the world's priorities when bank execs value themselves at millions per annum, yet farmers who feed us are financially starved out of existence. And there is more, much more but you all know what I mean.
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    What will this mean for Jabiru?
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    FWIW: I was recently speaking with someone whose knowledge and opinions I regard highly, someone who used to be an RAA board member. This person had high praise for the people behind the ELAAA. That vote of confidence is good enough for me to investigate the merits of the venture.
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