kevinblack

If you have to ask that question, you’ve missed the point of my post (and many previous entries).

Well, I can only go by what Boeing is saying (and look, if Boeing has ForeFlight why would they want OZRunways other than to eat up the competition?): Looks to me like they are 'folding' OZRunways into Foreflight - it's only a matter of time.

Yes, ATM. That's the 'keep the existing customers happy' bit. It's an old ploy. The shares get diluted, they get sold, the efficiencies need to be made like outsourcing support, encouraging a move to Foreflight. In one fell swoop, Boeing have removed their major Foreflight competition. AVPlan is looking much better IMHO (well until they get bought out by an offer they cannot refuse).

Response is a bit dated, but I have been on the fence with OZRunways and AVPlan erring towards OZRunways. Now decision made. (and the one does not include 'OZ' in the name). This from AVPlan: AvPlan EFB is an Australian owned and operated company, established in August 2011, operating from headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. Works for me.

Just a general observation. Was at Parkes a couple of weeks ago and had a look over some of the current offerings. Some nice acft, but the pricing has gone bats$%^&*t crazy. The general pricing of those acft was between $300k to $600k+. I am unsure of the market these people are aiming at (some say flighty schools, who am I to argue), but I'm quite sure this is way outside the area of recreational flying. I could be wrong and maybe it's just a sign of the times what with inflation and all, but I'm pretty sure it's not 300%. I don't know if building is way cheaper (has never interested me), but I do note the likes of Vans n the experimental marketplace have spectacularly increased their prices. Anyway, rant mode off, just disappointed to see that sort of pricing which were for some OK aircraft, nothing that I'd call spectacular.

I'll have to remember that😳

Never had that happen to me, there was/is nothing landomatic about a 172's landing gear.\. I just like the stability of the Warrior II on approach and especially in an Xwind and on short-final. But that's just me.

Nice aircraft and great rate, but Young is just a step too far (although..........).

Yes, a friend of mine has built a couple of RV6s IIRC and lastly an RV12 (He paid $70k for the propeller). It's a beautiful machine, but I think all up it was somewhere south of $300k and several years (and he was a very experienced builder). I just happen to like the old PA28s. But it looks like the RV range might be the way to go. The LSA range is attractive because of the Driver's license medical. I have no disqualifying conditions (one gammy eye, but that hasn't been an issue in then past), and I believe you can get a CASA medical from your GP (one passenger only). I am unsure of the license/medical requirements for experimental acft, I assume PPL required.

I am unsure of the intent. I asked because I wanted to know if there was an LSA that handled like a Warrior. I thought I made that pretty clear. As I said, I'm NOT really interested in following the PPL route (did you miss that). I was looking for something in the LSA arena. I though I made that clear. And as I also made clear, LSA ownership looks much cheaper. Sorry for the confusion.

Hey, thanks. Yes a couple of hours a week (not that cheap), BUT the cost of ownership of a Warrior II is significantly more than an LSA. War story: Almost went into a three-way share on an older Cherokee 180. The buy-in was $15k, the first annual was $88k (pretty much twice the purchase price). Sure, that's an extreme example and luckily I was out before it got to that. Even before that, the hourly cost of owning was in excess of the hourly cost of renting (I see your point). LSA ownership looks far more attractive.

My RAAUS type flying is essentially a few hours in a Jabiru J160, a few more in a J170 and a couple of right-seat trips in the early (low wing) Brumby LSA (which I found incredibly squirrely). I have a couple of hundred hours in Cessna 150/172, Cherokee 180 and Warrior II. The one I liked the most was the Warrior II, I just gelled with the handling etc etc. With a possible opportunity to get back into flying (not really interested in the PPL side, but would keep the controlled airspace rating) is there anything in LSA type market that handles like a Warrior II? It doesn't have to be a clone, but something with similar flying and handling characteristics. Price would be an issue, so doesn't have to be new. As an observation, I see J240s in the $60k-$80k price range. I don't know what the upper limit would be, but certainly nothing more than $150k (the actual upper limit could be quite below that, but it will definitely not be above that figure). Thanks......

Jenny, Firstly I am converting from GA (PA28-151/C152/C172) and have about 5+ hours in the Jabiru so I'm not the best guy for pointers there. It might be worth posting a new thread, there are others that post on the various forums that would be far better at answering your Jabiru specific questions. As I noted in one of my other posts, my landings at the moment are like a rabid dog with epilepsy. They are getting better, I'm using the rudder much more and the ailerons much less when landing. Having said that, I have similar problems as you - left pointing, rounding out too high etc. I was with an instructor last week who said the left pointing is a Jabiru trait. Your feet, ie. precisely where you are sitting isn't exactly perfectly straight, it is off center in a Jabiru so the tendency is to set yourself up with the aircraft pointing slightly left. Sounded reasonable to me, but you may wish to confirm that rather than accepting it at face value. With these lower inertia you have got to be on the rudder pedals all the time. And my usual instructor (many many hours in Jabirus (120/160/170/230)) teaches basically on (short) final keep it straight with the rudder and use the elevator to slow it down (or speed it up). On final most of the work is with your feet. I've used FSX for quite a while. Unless you have a very sophisticated setup (including rudder pedals etc etc) it's not going to help much with landing. Where it will help is with procedures, so just starting the aircraft, doing the preflight in the cockpit, runup, downwind checks, shutdown etc etc. The iris simulations are quite good and the presentation of the panel is pretty good depending on what's in your aircraft. The basic instruments and switches are all correct. For about $30 for FSX and $28 for a J170 or J160 (if that's what you are flying) I'd say it's worth it. It's not going to teach you to fly though. You may also wish to look at XPlane, there is a free XPlane J160 aircraft and XPlane costs about $60 so, in the wash, it's about the same. You can get a demo version and try it out with the default aircraft. http://www.x-plane.com/desktop/for-pilots/ Cheers,

They have also just released a J170 for $28 which you can find here. Cheers,

Polo Flat (YPFT) with Mike Apps, lovely guy, owns the airport.