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Ah, the old lead with rudder debate has arisen once again!

Man alive, what a close shave! http://www.australianflying.com.au/news/inside-the-forbes-drama

Poor fella has to work three times as hard to pay for his plane, no wonder he fell asleep!

Awesome!! Well done. Don't stress to much now about what you missed or didn't do... the fact is you "knew" you missed it or did it not quite right afterwards, which to me, tells me that you know your stuff. Love it!

Interesting, probably makes sense for those that have really only ever flown one type of aircraft. Someone that has only ever flown Tecnam's are going to be a bit interesting in a Jabiru and so I'd encourage this. As long as instructors treat it right and don't rip people off by it.

I'm no instructor: But... I would encourage people or instructors to get students well and truly comfortable with rudder/aileron control in the air (e.i. not in the landing phase) by doing many different exercises. You can only tell someone so much about how to control a machine, the rest they have to find out themselves by trial an error/instructor patter/and demonstration. Tail wheel aircraft are good as you have to start as soon as you start taxiing, and most of them are spring actuated which requires more finesse than direct rudder pedal to wheel connections.. Everyone learns differently as well - some want to be told how much/when should I?/tell me, tell me! Some rather figure it out themselves and hate being corrected all the time. Others learn by example. etc... et But regardless there comes a time when you need the person to 'figure' it themselves regardless. That's when the teachers job is to encourage independence.. but I think there has to be a fine line to how much, don't let the student get to 'snowed' under that they lose focus altogether. You are stretching them slowly into a new skill. Anyway I've gone off on a tangent again... moral of the story - how much rudder do you use on final? I think that question is very similar to someone asking how much should the steering wheel of a car be turned for a left turn... just put that nose where you want it! BUT, the key word is understanding, you can tell someone something till you're blue in the face, but if they don't understand what you're talking about they won't get it. I love doing this: pick a point, wave the wings left/right while keeping that nose on the point with rudders - try it at different speeds

My Dad has a cab chassis version of one of these cool things. Love the V grill Willy's Jeep.

Thankyou, same to you Nev. Yes, I've been very busy with life recently, moving, wedding prep, jobs etc… but it's all going well, have come up to Qld for the Christmas break which is great. My Solitaire is now based out of Jaspers Brush so it wouldn't have been me Mick! Will have to catch up with you guys somehow this week, I hope to get some flying in while I'm here.

It's better to be a bit left out, than right out altogether...

When I'm not flying....

Problem is, you have 14.7psi on the outside and 14.7psi on the inside. If only balloons pumped themselves up as soon as you open the packet...

I have moved south... and also for those that haven't heard yet, I'm an engaged man to a lovely lady! Who lives in Bowral, so I'm a bit closer now for wedding plans etc.. Got a job in Bomaderry, and got a place to stay in at Greenwell Point, on the water, so if you have a sail boat you can come and visit me. Will now be flying out of Jaspers Brush with Motz and Co. Hope to catch up a with a few of you southerners now...

If you don't start a fight you're least likely to get beat up....

Can't help but see how well Doug executed this forced landing - a big well done from me and I'll fly with you any day. His student was his utmost priority as you can see and it was nice just to see how calm and well he undertook what is a pretty scary situation. Doug and I were getting our GA licenses at the same time from what I recall. http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/young-pilots-praised-for-textbook-crash-landing-at-victoria-point-abc-local.65909/

One would get exhausted if you were starving...

Problem is... every person has a different opinion on what is wrong with the Jab engine? So, what can we/they do to fix that? Start again?

Is a Tecnam, done a bit of work on these guys station

This is probably more important to worry about than worrying about how much the glide increases with a stopped engine I reckon. The shock factor is pretty crippling to a situation.

Just noticed this Frank! Sorry about the delay. Basically if the cap can't breath the oil stops running out due to a created vacuum, which has obvious effects on the engine.

Flying around Charters Towers and north of Clermont this morning... nice weather here! Warm day too.

Thanks everyone, Motz has hit the nail on the head... I'm not looking at doing it for a living!! Just a hobby to share my love of flying with others. Will be down your way in a couple weeks again Motz, checking out a couple of things. I'll let you know when I'm there and we might be able to catch up. Thanks again for your support.

I'm pretty interested in learning to instruct, possibly later on this year but I just wonder if it's really worth the effort at the moment with RAA all up in the air. I've heard rumours that RAA may not exist next year... not sure how true that is but if so what will happen to those instructors? What's your thoughts?

Onya Pete!! I'll give you a pat on the back next time we catch up!

Ahrr... rules are rules, ma hearty. At the end of the day, the plane doesn't know if the pilot even has a license at all, or whether it's current. So yes, it is up to the pilot to be responsible for the privileges that s/he has. GA has been around a long time, AUF/RAA has been around a long time, the two now work in relation to each other in a reasonable fashion. Go GA if you want to fly GA, it's not that hard, especially if I can even do it!