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  1. Nightmare
    I have a older aircraft without a plug for charging. What I do is have a recharge pack in the plane with me when I fly. I flew from Narromine to Coominya and still landed with plenty of charge with that setup.
  2. Nightmare
    A friend of mine, offered to take me for a fly yesterday in his RV6, and we did just that along the Gold Coast near Q1 We were at 1000ft in this photo, but going the other way we were at 500ft. As you say, it's about as good as it gets!
  3. Nightmare
    Yes! Don't rush to do the diversion, As Nathan says, turn at an obvious feature a little along the track. I had to re-do my diversion lesson because I rushed it, take your time and get it right.
  4. Nightmare
    Whichever one you get, make sure you get a data one, you know the type that can take a phone sim card?
  5. Nightmare
    I guess the term in VFR is "VFR Safety Height" as described in DH's Cross Country Endorsement Manual, where you find the highest points 10nm left and right along your track, and add 1000ft or 500ft, as appropriate, plus the obstacle clearance of 360ft. This figure is also the one you may(it is optional) input into the LSALT column on the Flight Notification Form. All through my XC training, my instructor and I were referring to this Safety height process as LSALT. After re-reading the manual, I see that you are correct, LSALT is IFR, Safety Height is VFR, both use the LSALT column. Thanks for pointing this out to me.
  6. Nightmare
    It's not necessarily a IFR related question from the OP, it was a question about OzRunways. In VFR, you can have LSALT's at 860ft AGL. Sometimes necessary when navigating around restricted and controlled airspace
  7. Nightmare
    It could be 860 feet, as the minimum 1000 feet applies to flight over built up areas, in rural areas the minimum is 500 feet
  8. Nightmare
    I say, Go for it! The most difficult step of the ladder of becoming a pilot, in my opinion, is the first one.... I suggest you find a local flying school, and book in for a trial introductory flight (TIF) in an aircraft type you can see yourself flying. I'd recommend going RAAus, as they are the most economical to both attain your permission to fly (Recreational Pilot Certificate RPC), purchasing/building and maintaining an aircraft. TIF's count towards your logbook hours in your progression to your pilot certificate. You can chip away at your training, 1 hour lessons at a time, at a rate that your budget can afford. You need at least 25 hours, but more commonly you pass your flight test at around the 30 to 35 hr mark. Training costs anywhere up to about $250 per hour, but I found a school that does it under $200 per hour... I went through all this in 2015, so if you have any questions, I may be able to help There's a wealth of knowledge and advice about the various kits and builds on this site
  9. Nightmare
    Just a little flight to Toowoomba and back today
  10. Nightmare
    Hi and welcome Paul:welcome: How far into aviation are you? Have you just started lessons, or further along? What are you flying? Where are you flying? RAA? GA? Other? What got into it? Pardon all my questions....
  11. Nightmare
    How did it feel?
  12. Nightmare
    I agree with the majority here, I think this training would be very beneficial, to save our life, our passenger if we have one on board, and anyone or thing below us in the path, if we inadvertently get ourselves into a spin. The benefit of this type of training would make our correcting actions automatic. The closest we get in our current training is the stall and wing drop recovery. But as our training and theory suggests, if these are not addressed quickly, they can turn into fully developed spins of which we are not trained to deal with, other than applying what we do for a stall and/or wing drop.
  13. Nightmare
    hi and welcome Moken
  14. Nightmare
    Hi Allen and welcome
  15. Nightmare
    The Ops Manual (RAAus) states the minimum hours you need is 20 hours, and 5 of them being solo, for the 3 axis group. I think, whether you can do it every day, whilst having the benefit of getting your qualification faster, could have a detrimental effect as far as retention of the training goes. Looking back, I got a lot out of doing one hour long lesson per week, and between lessons, studying, thinking and analyzing till the next. But it is a personal thing, some learn quicker than others. More commonly pilots tend to get their RPC around the 30 hour mark. The training is all competency based so how long it will take really depends how quickly you can learn, retain and apply it to your instructors satisfaction.
  16. Nightmare
    The lack of taxiways to the RWY14 end, with the hump in the middle of runway, so you can't see the other end, could be a contributing factor maybe? Put in a taxiway and the problem would be minimized, in my opinion
  17. Nightmare
    I have a iPad Air 2, and Oz Runways works good in split screen mode.
  18. Nightmare
    You are spot on, the elevation at YBCM is 300ft so the altimeter reads 1000ft AMSL at circuit height. I have my aircraft hangered there.
  19. Nightmare
    As far as I know, all height reports need to be reported in AMSL, so there is no confusion. Are you sure they didn't actually say "500 above the ground" or similar?
  20. Nightmare
    It's there, look at the charts....near Stanthorpe:contract:
  21. Nightmare
    ....and that includes the food too!
  22. Nightmare
    ... with "Bad Boy Bubby" as a cell mate with an evil twinkle in his eye.... jails are overcrowded these days, single cell accommodation is a rare thing these days.
  23. Nightmare
    Reminds me of a quote I once saw: You can become a millionaire being a pilot, but only if you're a billionaire.
  24. Nightmare
    It's different to see the wind favouring runway 30 at YCAB, the wind always seems to favour RWY12 when ever I'm going there. And yet it was favouring RWY07 just a few miles SE at YRED. Strange conditions in that area...
  25. Nightmare
    Well, talk to your flying school, it may be that you can't hire your aircraft out for flight training, but it may still be ok for you, the owner, to learn in.
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