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I completed my PPL flight test last Friday, completing the transition from my non nav-endorsed RPC. Some stats from the very beginning in August 2017 when I embarked on the journey at 0 hours: 67.8 hours 24 go arounds 50 full stops 95 touch and gos 28.9 hours XC 14.2 hours PIC $16,854 including $276.50 landing fees To be honest, I really enjoyed my flight training, I got on really well with all of my instructors along the way which helps it to be a fun experience and not "more training". We did some cool things, took some neat photos, made some mistakes together and learnt a heck of a lot. I've flown the following types along the way J160, J170, C140, PA28, Victa 115, and C172 and I think flying differing types has broadened my experience and reduced complacency. The Jabs are definitely more difficult to fly than the GA planes; the Victa is the sweetest Overall I'd say the standards are similar between the two RA and GA schools that I flew with, obviously the GA school is pretty strict on CTA and CTR, radio calls etc. Now that I'm a PPL my plan is to use it as a license to learn, and to see some more of the countryside from the air. Also I plan to do my MPPC endorsement to fly the C182 soonish. I'd also like to convince my wife to come up with me, any tips there? https://s3.amazonaws.com/mfbimages/logbook/images/flights/6226622/2018090801550878-185206_.jpg[/img] https://s3.amazonaws.com/mfbimages/logbook/images/flights/4920707/2017112420294324-3726260_.jpg[/img] https://s3.amazonaws.com/mfbimages/logbook/images/flights/4918735/2017112401000482-6602851_.jpg[/img] https://s3.amazonaws.com/mfbimages/logbook/images/flights/6292514/2018092121550367-8609463_.jpg[/img] https://s3.amazonaws.com/mfbimages/logbook/images/flights/6194711/2018090203214950-1949232_.jpg[/img] https://s3.amazonaws.com/mfbimages/logbook/images/flights/6067308/2018080520290945-1713013_.jpg[/img]

Thanks very much!

Thanks for sharing!

Do you have a schedule for the seminars as yet? Some sound very interesting but won't be able to make the entire event.

Thanks for that info. I think they’re great planes for the money! I rent as required at the moment but will come back to that if I ever buy my own.

They really are lovely to fly Is that an early one with the straight wing? Is it an Archer? There’s no way on Earth any of the three 160hp Warriors I’ve flown would get to 120 ktas!

No on airport services.

My last flight was a few weeks ago. Took my first passenger up for a fly. My dad volunteered to be the guinea pig which was nice of him It was a beautiful morning, cool on the ground, with a stiff breeze blowing straight down the runway. I hadn't flown for a month so we did a few circuits first to make sure I still knew what I was doing. Looking back towards Orange: Then we headed over to the Cadia mine for a sticky beak. It's a bloody big place, Australia's most productive underground mine, mining 30 Mtpa! I then took us over Cudal and on to Manildra. It's very dry here at the moment, the poor old sheep have got a rough trot of it ☹️ And finally back to land on runway 11 at Orange. All in all, it was a fun flight, Dad had a great time checking out the scenery and taking the lovely photos; I was pretty busy making sure my first passenger carrying flight was a successful one!

Sounds like a great trip!

I suspect I was turning base in a Warrior when you departed YORG. It was a lovely morning :)

So you’re persisting then?

Did you find some clarity Ramjet?

Maybe my terminology is incorrect, but AH 9/10 of the way upside down and way nose up, airspeed very low.The point of the exercise was not about my “sick maneuvers”, but about just how quick you can get into a perilous situation on instruments without noticing that it is developing and furthermore how quick you must act to correct the situation. It’s worthwhile training for all pilots in my opinion and one step along the journey from RPC to PPL as per the title of this thread.

My experience: Though I should clarify that I'm only at RPL now, but working towards PPL as time allows. I carried out my ab initio training at an RAA school in SEQ, predominately in J170 but also J160 as well a little bit. I passed my RPC flight test at 24 hours and promptly did nothing for three months due to an interstate move and new job. I went to the local school which used to be do RAA and GA, but now only does GA, "RA planes are no cheaper to run anymore so there's no point." I was expected to get the run around a bit, but after a few hours of flying around doing manoeuvres and circuits my instructor was happy with my flying. And I must say after the Jabs the PA28 that I am now flying is super comfortable, stable and all round pleasant. We sat down and formulated a plan to work towards RPL, and he insisted on doing the two hours of instrument time, which I'm still not convinced is strictly necessary for a non-nav endorsed RPL, but anyway, I really enjoyed it actually :) We also did some fairly "severe" upset recovery, certainly way more upset than anything I'd done in RAA. Especially when under the hood... Recovering from an inverted stall half a dozen times when you can't see anything is a sure way to get air sick that's for sure! But again I'd say it is worthwhile and certainly not a waste of time or money. Hopefully I never get myself in such situation but if I do, somewhere in the old noggin is a method to get out of it... A few more circuits at a very congested, high stress Class G aerodrome with three RPTs and four water bombers operating into at the same time and voila flight review signed off and I'm good to go: 5.7 hours, 2 of which was instrument flying. This may seem excessive for some, considering that RPC and RPL are meant to be equivalent, but I feel it was all very worthwhile, pushed me further into stressful situations and made me a better pilot. Time and money well spent. Now onto Navs and PPL.

There is a program by Garmin that I have used to overlay Garmin GPS data onto GoPro video without too much trouble. May be of use? VIRB® Edit | Garmin

But surely to create your average wind you would have to calculate it for each of the grids? How do you go about "picking" an average on a 500 nm stage? Semantics I suppose.

I meant more for TAS/GS calculations. It will actually give a more accurate flight plan because the grid's are smaller than the old areas, but that means significantly more work when working it out manually. Also the forecast is only valid for the centre point of each square which could lead to some slight errors if your track went diagonally across the edges of the squares the whole way. Assuming you can reference your track without any markings on the GPWT!

It seems that it's been setup for EFBs, very difficult to use manually. Should be interesting for students completing nav training!

Exactly. Given the same winds and engine rpm, at 1000 ft and 5000 ft the carburetter will be metering in less fuel at 5000 ft than at 1000 ft therefore reducing the consumption. Obviously power is reduced by this, but it will be offset to some extent by a reduction in drag. All of that data is presented in the charts I'm after. It would be a fair bit of work to compile it all, so I suspect it hasn't been done by Jabiru.

It's more the fuel than the speed. Having a flat fuel consumption figure in the POH encourages flying at low altitude, as, according to the POH there is no benefit to fuel consumption to be had from flying high. On a longer XC flight I'd much rather fly high to give an increased glide range, depending on the wind obviously. It's just semantics I suppose, but IMO the more info available the better.

Hi all, Has anyone ever seen, or perhaps made for themselves some more detailed performance charts for the J170 (or similar)? The POH only has data at various engine speeds, but it's all at sea level. I'm after something like Cessna (and the other GA manufacturers do) with power (or rpm if fixed pitch) vs altitude vs speed vs fuel consumption. Cheers, Tom

Thanks :) I'm learning to fly with Caboolture Recreational Aviation. I'll certainly be watching with interest if any increase to privileges occurs. It would certainly be nice to stay RA, but who knows! So far I'm certainly enjoying myself and looking forward to getting airborne again.

Hi everyone, My name is Tom and I came across the excellent tutorials on the site and thought I would say thanks for that great resource :) I'm just starting learning to fly in a J170 and am very excited about it all. I'm looking forward to the navigation aspects that will come up in due course. My aviation goals are not too extravagant, would love to be able to do longer trips with the family, I'd love to try camping by plane! Unfortunately I need four seats really, so will have to move to GA at some point. I think my ideal plane is a Jab 430 but don't feel like building one haha. Anyhow I'll cross that bridge when i come to it!

A colleague of mine owns this Jabiru at YCCY. I have been up with him and flown it a little, it's a nice handling machine in the air, but after 150 odd hours in it he still doesn't like landing it: tail loop happy apparently.