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  1. Thruster88
    Get a tail wheel endorsement and enjoy. Well done.
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    Was probably built for the same reason Allen Millyard builds engines, that guy is amazing what he can do with simple tools.
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    Has anyone read the fine print on the RAAus members liability insurance? Is low level covered, would any non compliance eg not getting land owner approval mean no pay out.?
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    Parachuting, balloons, warbirds and gliding are all VH and would be in the VH sport and leisure section. You seem to lack some understanding of aircraft turbo.
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    Interesting, I just looked at the latest, 2 month old tech manual and the section about 95.10 refers to CAO 95.10
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    The Ercoupe was made stall and spin resistant by limiting up elevator travel, isn't the a novel idea.
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    The only legal wood prop would be the one that was initially fitted. A wood prop by another manufacturer would require a maarup. RAAus already have a maruup for a bolly on the Gazelle.
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    Just some corrections Onetrack, Regarding the crashes, the most recent one in the Lockheed he was a pilot rated passenger, the crash was caused by a defective brake due to a maintenance error. In the cessna 150 with flaps stuck at 40° a forced landing was inevitable, he carried this out successfully with zero injuries and the aircraft did fly again. In the 2009 DC3 incident I don't think he was ever charged with anything, he returned to commercial flying with Delta 6 months later. In the texas defamation case the initial ruling was thrown out and the case is yet to go to court.
  9. Thruster88
    https://thedtsb.org/ While this is USA data, aircraft in Australia crash for all the same reasons. Dan's videos are not really entertaining but they are getting watched alot, there must be a reason for that.
  10. Thruster88
    Aircraft is in the raaus accident database. A forced landing into those water lily's would result in inversion every time. Drag on the undercarriage, sharp nose goes in, momentum flips the aircraft. Rear seat has protection from structure and the wing, would make getting out more likely.
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    Flying over the grasslands was nice, the trees and river no.
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    Raaus strut braced 582 Drifter.
  13. Thruster88
    It is Australia 2025. If the photographer or anyone else had suggested anyone move to the back people would speak up.
  14. Thruster88
    I own and fly aircraft both RAAus and GA Vh registered. My work in aircraft maintenance shows that no GA aircraft will be signed out with any defects at the place i work. Regardless of class THE AIRCRAFT ARE NOT THE PROBLEM. THE AIRCRAFT ARE NOT THE PROBLEM. Read the accident reports. https://www.atsb.gov.au/aviation-investigation-reports or https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/types/V. Recently viewed flightsafety to see how the sting aircraft fared in accident data. While there had a look at the Van's RV6 that I fly, truly appalling, why? Stupid mind numbing easily avoidable accidents, they are not accidents, they are pilots doing the same dumb shit that has been done forever. I wish I was a better writer.
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    No they don't, they also don't get weaker if maintained correctly. As you know, one of the most desirable GA aircraft would be something like a 1956 C180, yes 69 years old. Love my 62 year old beech23, 37 year old Thrusters and the near new 27 year old RV.
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    There is some stats on the raaus website on the fleet. Fixed wing is static in numbers, weight shift and powered parachute are in decline. I don't see group G giving much of a bump in numbers. Some of the new group G will be existing raaus registered aircraft like the kitfox just so they can use their full MTOW and not be artificially restricted to 600kg.
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    The accident aircraft is described as a Bearhawk Patrol with a Lycoming o-320 engine. From the kit manufacturer empty weight 521kg, MTOW 907, how is this in RAAus?
  18. Thruster88
    Skippy they are just buttering you up before the next inevitable fee hike. Looking at the financial reports for "the company" last year had record revenue, and a operating deficit. Legal cost took a very big jump with probably more to come.
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    I would mount the cable directly and not be concerned if the knob is in or out when the cowl flap is closed as long as it is labelled. Can also anchor the inner and have the outer doing the movement if there is room for the cable to move without fowling on anything, if that makes sense, this would reverse the movement.
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    Not a float pilot but the hulls would track through water just like wheels track on a runway so aircraft goes were the rudder pedals direct. The reason for the cross wind take off in this case is to make use of the calm water in the lee of the island. Looks like a departure stall.
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    Sting s4 is a newish aircraft with Garmin avionics and a balistic parachute, the ATSB will get the job of recovering any flight data from those units. I feel this one meets their requirements for a full investigation.
  22. Thruster88
    Looks like a parachute with the wreckage?, could have been released with the impact.
  23. Thruster88
    Your local friendly lame will have some.
  24. Thruster88
    Young pilots were involved in zero fatal accidents in RAAus aircraft last year. The ABC story was mostly crap.
  25. Thruster88
    I will continue to do engine off in the thruster, in my opinion it is almost essential in this type of high drag low inertia aircraft. If the 2 stroke ever does fail suddenly I will be conditioned, we don't have 3 or 4 seconds for the startle factor. Scenario based training.
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