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    BFR in a Gazelle. Where's my Cheetah?????

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted

    Bigglesworth

     

    I think you may be forgetting one very important thing about the Gazelle - how many hrs have you had in one and how many crashes have you had in one as you have crashed your Cheetah twice already.

     

    There are Gazelles and there are Gazelles - generally they are not a performer but I get 80 knots max out of mine and many instructors at training schools comment that mine performs much better then their own. BUT, it is a safe and easy to fly aircraft and really only designed for local flights/training. They are such a safe aircraft.

     

    The other important thing is that not all people like to fly the same way as others do. Personally I am a long distance cruiser type of guy so give me a performance machine any day but then there are times when I also just like to fly with no destination or time frame in mind - the Gazelle really makes me feel great in being able to do that.

     

    When I had my CT I would say to people, 'If I want to fly some where I will fly the CT, If I just want to do some flying, just to get up there into the sky and fly, I would fly the Gazelle".

     

    Every type of aircraft not only provides us the ability to leave terrafirma and just FLY but they all offer something great to someone

     

     

    Raise MTOW to 760kg - CASA Discussion Paper vote

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted

    To all RA-Aus Members,

     

    As you may already know, CASA has released for comment a Discussion Paper on the increase in Maximum Take Off Weight (MTOW) for RA-Aus aircraft to 760kg. This is our long-awaited opportunity to tell CASA that we want to increase our MTOW to allow us to carry more fuel, safety equipment, and in some cases a passenger in our aircraft.

     

    Recreational Aviation Australia Inc. has pursued this weight increase for over a decade to enable our members to carry greater safety equipment. It will also help improve aircraft safety and capability during cross country flights by being able to carry more fuel, water and emergency rations.

     

    There are other organisations who are actively campaigning against the increase in weight for RA-Aus: they believe that we may intrude on their patch. We may well lose valuable safety improvements to the emotional arguments put forward by our detractors unless our members rally behind this cause.

     

    This weight increase will mean extra safety and additions to the types of aircraft available for RA-Aus members to fly and purchase. In no way does this mean that our single seat and heritage aircraft will be forgotten! In fact, a stronger membership allows RA-Aus to support worthy causes such as the Holbrook Ultralight Museum, and to continue to offer the same service to members wishing to build our grass roots single seat aircraft.

     

    With this email is a copy of the CASA response form with the RA-Aus preferred selections already marked. Please take the time to read the Discussion Paper at www.raa.asn.au/notices.html or alternatively on the CASA website at:

     

    www.casa.gov.au/newrules/ops/dp0802os.htm.

     

    Responses close on the 11th of November 2008, so there is over one month to go. Do your bit now for the organisation that supports you and your freedoms everyday. The worst thing for all of us would be to fail by the one vote that could be yours, so take the time and vote now.

     

    There are various ways to vote: you can do it online at the CASA website at: Response to regulatory change proposal or in written form. To make it easy to vote on this important decision, there are two forms attached to this email.

     

    One is a word document that you can alter on your computer by typing your comments, ticking boxes and then emailing to Mike Cleaver at CASA on this email address: [email protected],

     

    Alternatively, you can print out the other version, make your comments and send by FAX to: 02 6217 1691.

     

    Please do not reply to this message. Any replies to this message will not be received.

     

    This is a numbers game, Ladies and Gentlemen: without our comments to CASA we may not have the chance to vote on a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) and make this weight increase happen for the RA-Aus membership.

     

    I sincerely encourage each and every RA-Aus member to support the weight increase as a personal duty to increase the safety, affordability and ultimately the strength of recreational aviation in Australia into the future.

     

    Lee Ungermann

     

    CEO RA-Aus.

     

    Discussion Paper response form - electronic completion.doc

     

    Discussion Paper response form.pdf

     

    Discussion Paper response form - electronic completion.doc

     

    Discussion Paper response form.pdf

     

    Discussion Paper response form - electronic completion.doc

    Discussion Paper response form.pdf

    Rudder pedals

    in Flight Sim

    Posted

    Brett

     

    That's a curly one as I have never heard of them. If you were in Melb I would have suggested you bring them over and let's try and get them working but you are a bit far away.

     

    If Windows picks them up then that is a start. Next is to see if FS acknowledges them as a controller however I notice that they are not listing FSX as being supported (shouldn't be a problem - note I said "shouldn't").

     

    If FS does pick them up as a controller then ensure that all the axis on them are working ok and check/set the assignments to the right axis movements in the controller settings of FS.

     

    That should be all (notice this time I am saying "should" 006_laugh.gif.0f7b82c13a0ec29502c5fb56c616f069.gif)

     

     

    Rudder pedals

    in Flight Sim

    Posted

    wonder if there is a trick to getting those cheap ebay pedals going in flight sim x ? Have just received some in the mail yesterday and have spent hours so far trying to get them to work with the joystick in a combo effort,,,anyway keep trying I will

    What kind are they?

     

     

    Sample syndicate rules or protocols

    in AUS/NZ General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi UFO - welcome!

     

    Whilst others can assist you with help in running a syndicate, Recreational Flying can assist by setting up a private Calendar here for your syndicate. This will enable your syndicate members to have an on-line calendar to book the aircraft when they want to and see who is using it where and when - plus you have a record where ever you may be as long as you can access the internet.

     

    Hope this helps and if so just PM me and I will set it up

     

     

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