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Assuming the trike and wing are the same and the 912 is Alfs' 500hr job then it's not a difficult decision, all the above mentioned benefits with 1500 hrs before the manufacturers recommended TBO, or a 300 hr TBO Regards Bill

Fully agree Regards Bill

I'd like to be flying rather than thinking about how I can save enough money to buy the 912. It frustrates me that people use the engine outage idea as a justification for owning a four stroke. If the fan stops you should be within glide of a reasonable landing option, if not you shouldn't be there. The justification should be 1) In the long term they are make economic sense. 2) Faster cruise (with the right wing) and extra range 3) Braggin' rites:blah blah: Regards Bill

Seems like the easiest way to get some air underneath you Regards Bill

And that my friends is the best value for money trike you will see for a while. It is immaculate. Regards Bill

Walking into the bar, Mike said to Charlie the bartender, 'Pour me a stiff one - just had another fight with the little woman.'? 'Oh yeah?' said Charlie, 'And how did this one end?' 'When it was over,' Mike replied, 'She came to me on her hands and knees.' 'Really,' said Charles, 'Now that's a switch!?? What did she say?'? She said, 'Come out from under the bed, you little chicken.'

Walking into the bar, Mike said to Charlie the bartender, 'Pour me a stiff one - just had another fight with the little woman.'? 'Oh yeah?' said Charlie, 'And how did this one end?' 'When it was over,' Mike replied, 'She came to me on her hands and knees.' 'Really,' said Charles, 'Now that's a switch!?? What did she say?'? She said, 'Come out from under the bed, you little chicken.'

This is a recent quote from an aircraft manufacturer: "they (Rotax) are not making things very easy at all. the difference in price is roughly $6800 and then the special monitoring system is $3800. not to mention the required 20 hour course you have to take to install it. Plus they want you to use their exhaust and motor cradle which is part of the additional $6800 and their EFIS has no flight information what so ever. Quite honestly the answers I got were vague and the rep seemed really worn out.Probably all of the negative reactions to everyone's questions" It reads like the full cost could be a little more than 6K Regards Bill

You blokes lay it on fairly thick about how good these aircraft are, and the flight characteristics certainly seem impressive. I am wondering how you defend the type against the ATSB prelim report on the ferris wheel aircraft http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/3525311/ao2011126_prelim.pdf No offence guys, just interested Regards Bill

Yeah but what about your bank managers world?

That is why I don't bother putting one on my strip, because if a pilot is too nervous to land just using the many trees around and the smoke coming out of Mums chimney as indicators then it may save me untangling them from the fence. I don't know about the throwing grass or dirt in the air thing because at the time I want to know most what the wind is doing:super hero: all the grass and dirt is about 500 feet below me, and I dont think I could remember to take some with me Regards Bill

I think I have it now, I was opening the thumbnail but not the full view, will try that next time. Thanks again Regards Bill

Good work Tex, thanks for that . The first one is for the "Brag " section, that's my trike at YHOT, the highest airport in Australia. The other two are of a bushfire we had at Waweira in 2011, they are for the "aerial photography" section:smile:

Hi Tex, Just checked that and it is public. The way I did it was to open the pic then just copy and paste after clicking on the tree to open the add url box. I see there is a share tab in photobucket which offers the option to to post to website and you can add text or it has another tab "get link code" I will try that, hopefully I can get it up in the preview before I post this time. I never know whether it will actually show the pic in the preview Thanks Regards Bill

Yeah well that didn't work, thought I would try hosting pics else where so I could get those nice big ones up. Guess I still have some learning to do

Hi Dennis, there are a couple of pics here : http://www.trikepilot.com/members/profile/10/pictures/8422/2#/members/profile/10/pictures/8422/2 They show a see saw type roof rack. Also there are a couple of different ways shown here: http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/trailers-for-trikes.9273/ Regards Bill

I don't see a problem with purchasing an aircraft off e-bay, it's only a method of notifying the world something is for sale. How you proceed once you have seen something of interest is the critical thing. As always let the buyer beware. Buying from an aviation oriented advertisement is no guarantee of anything this one: http://www.aircraftonline.com.au/product.php?id=1130 was sold on e-bay several weeks ago for 3 times the price advertised here. Regards Bill

Copper Wire After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, British scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago. Not to be outdone by the British, in the weeks that followed, an American archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a story published in the New York Times: "American archaeologists, finding traces of 250-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the British". One week later, Australia ’s Northern Territory Times reported the following: "After digging as deep as 30 feet in his backyard in Tennant Creek , Northern Territory , Knackers Johnson, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely bugger-all. Knackers has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Australia had already gone wireless." ...Makes ya feel bloody proud to be Australian!

'Bout another 7k apparently

A pat on the back for you Shags for realizing and accepting that you may not be up to the job and not putting anybodies life, or the reputation of recreational aviation at risk because of this. Regards Bill

Hi all, I was looking for pics of a 1934 continental flyer ( a car my grandfather used to own) and I found the following The Continental engine was used for a while in a number of models, including this Flyer, which could easily have been mistaken for a Ford product. The American Continental Motors Company dates back to 1905, when it produced a 4-cylinder, four-stroke cycle L-head engine operated by a single camshaft. Various independent automobile manufacturers used Continental engines in their vehicles, such as Durant, which used them in the Star, Durant, Flint and Rugby models. Continental engines were also used in tractors and stationary equipment. In 1929 an aircraft engine division of the company was formed, and it quickly became the core business for Continental. Following the 1932 collapse of the De Vaux-Hall Company - unable to pay a bill of $500,000 for the engines supplied to them by Continental - Continental acquired the failed company and began producing their own car, calling it the Flyer. Unfortunately, that enterprise was very short-lived, with a mere 3,310 cars built before the company was liquidated in 1934. Those cars were powered by a 65-horsepower, 6-cylinder Continental motor. The Flyer body style looks similar to most of the cars produced in that era, and could easily be mistaken for a Ford product. Continentals offerings included three different models: the largest and most expensive being the 6-cylinder Ace; next was the smaller 6-cylinder model called the Flyer; and the lowest-priced 4-cylinder model was the Beacon. Unfortunately, none of the three models met with great success during the Depression era economy. Dominion Motors Ltd. of Canada manufactured the Flyer and Beacon cars under licence for the Canadian market, and imported the larger Ace model. When Dominion decided to concentrate their efforts on building the Reo brand trucks, the Ace, Flyer and Beacon models were discontinued, ending both U.S. and Canadian production of this short lived automobile. Continental returned to supplying engines to companies that had survived the Depression.

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Top right hand corner, click on your user name and the rest is self explanatory. Regards Bill

Hi Dexter, Thanks for the reply. You can be sure I have been asking the question. I started at the HGFA 2 weeks ago have yet to get a response other than to say they haven't forgotten :( . I then asked the RAAus 3 questions they replied same day but only answered one of the three :(. I also asked an RAAus instructor but he wasn't sure if you could put a weightshift aircraft into experimental :confused:. Michael, Thanks for your info. What is the process for registering, does the tech manager have to view the mods or is it just paperwork? If you can design and build your own aircraft and register it experimental I don't think it should matter if it is 2 or 3 axis, what do you think? Regards Bill