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  1. BurnieM
    Yep. Almost all antennas are made on automated line to close tolerances in temp and moisture controlled environments. Save yourself a years troubleshooting why you have poor performance and just buy a new one.
  2. BurnieM
    I understand wanting to repair but repaired antennas never work as well as a new one and some perform very poorly indeed.
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    Sounds all wonderful but not what I am talking about. What I was suggesting is that you can show you made a reasonable effort. Not suggesting that you wait forever or even follow up.
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    Que ?
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    To check I would suggest you go direct to the website of the airport owner. Councils usually state this information and sometimes it is even easy to find. I would not rely on an a Google response or even a usually reliable third party like OzRunways. For each false claim I would respond in writing either mail or email and send this to Avdata and the airport owner. Print a hard copy and file it away. Simply state you are the owner of REGO and did not land at FIELD on DATE. Notes such as overflew at 4500 southbound document on the hard copy for your use only. Then do nothing. For legit fees pay them stating you are only paying for X, Y and Z. Keep a hard copy of legit payments and correspondence. I hear these rumblings on a few forums and it is possible in 5 years time they will pick somebody to make an example of. Cover yourself. After initial notification you are under no obligation to follow them up.
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    The argument is if it costs more than $10 to save the $10 they are demanding then it is cheaper to just pay. If the landing fee is published on say a council website that is accessible then it is probable that the law does require you to pay. However it seems unlikely that a council will take action if you refuse to pay one landing fee. If it is not published somewhere easy to access then sending an email to the manager of the airport you intend to land at say a week before you intend to land is a reasonable amount of time ahead to expect an transparent cost. If no response then refuse to pay any demand after. The other question is what does Avdata do if you refuse to pay one landing fee ? Nothing ? What does Avdata do if you refuse to pay 50 landing fees ? Is anybody aware of Avdata ever taking any legal action against any aircraft owner ? If this has never happened then this is probably your answer.
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    My old instructor has a PPL so already has CTR. His fellow instructor (over 3000 hrs) only has RPC so will need to do the course before he can teach it. While they knew it was coming they have not seen any drafts.
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    A lot of the CASA / RAAus diferences were deliberately put in place mainly to make it easier on the RAAus side (with limitations). All of this was known at the time. Now circumstances have changed and people want other options. A class 5 medical is straight forward. You could move your registration to CASA experimental and then should have no problems getting your flight review done in your own plane. I do not know how much work this would be or how much it would cost but perhaps you could find out for us. You would probably also need the SAAA course ($800-ish) to do maint. All of these things are work arounds to harder options at time and money costs. Lets not forget that there are still some people saying there should be no work arounds at all.
  9. BurnieM
    Interesting I find glass much quicker to read.
  10. BurnieM
    Unfortunately it looks like KTI is no longer made. Should still be good for its stated battery life.
  11. BurnieM
    I got it too. Seems to come after you signed the petition so definitely related to the company hosting the petition site. Another thing that RAAus forgot to check ? Oh, is that a Cirrus ?
  12. BurnieM
    Same as RPC. So you add a cross country endorsement and you can fly anywhere in Australia (outside controlled airspace). Then you convert to RPL and the cross country converts to a Casa navigation endorsement. Same, same. If you want to fly in controlled airspace you can add controlled airspace and controlled aerodrome endorsements to your RPL.
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    I do not think MOSAIC will make much difference in Australia in the next 10 years (except perhaps give us access to larger, cheaper planes). We already have RPL and class 5 medical which puts us a long way ahead of the US. Have a look at RPL it really is straight forward and relatively cheap.
  14. BurnieM
    This one ? https://www.acrartex.com/products/resqlink-400/
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    Sad but true. A few US youtube videos with cars over 50,000 mi without an oil change. Oil changes are easy to do yourself and cheap.
  16. BurnieM
    Zoleo, SPOT, Garmin Inreach etc are not ELT/PLBs. They are satellite messengers. While very useful they do not satisfy the legal requirement of carrying a ELT/PLB if you are travelling more than 50NM from your base.
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    GME have a pretty good reputation and I would go with a GME MT610G - https://www.gme.net.au/au/emergency-safety/mt610g/ Have a look at the marine places or ARB. About $350.
  18. BurnieM
    What I do with all other engines is check the oil level when it is cold and full to the mid point in the dipstick range. Warm the oil up (but not too hot) before draining.
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    Nope not me. You know there are several different questions here right ? Casa licenses are the only ones that currently have this endorsement. Does not surprise me that a Casa instructor will not do any training/endorsement work in a non Casa registered plane. Why does RAAus not yet have a controlled airspace endorsement ? Good question. RAAus seem to be saying its Casa problem for the delay but I do not see RAAus driving it as I would have expected. Maybe in a month (or 6). I am not either a Casa employee or an executive member of RAAus just trying to lay out the regs as simply as possible.
  20. BurnieM
    If, for example, a pilot had a current RPC but a non-current PPL then they could not legally fly into controlled airspace in any aircraft. This is not something new, it has been this way for a long time.
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    Skip perhaps you do not realise it but you keep changing the question. Yes, you can do a flight review in a Casa registered aircraft and then advise RAAus and they will reset your RPC BFR expiry to the same as the Casa flight review. If you do a RAAus flight review your RPC BFR expiry date resets. If you advise Casa of this RAAus FR they will take no action and advise that you still need a FR in a Casa registered plane. You can fly either a Casa registered or RAAus registered plane into CTA with the required radio and transponder. The pilot must have a current PPL or current RPL with controlled airspace endorsement. If the pilot does not have a current Casa flight review then the pilots RPL/PPL is not current.
  22. BurnieM
    A flight review for a Casa license must be done in a Casa registered plane. This is a Casa requirement and has been so for a long time. Just like a flight review for a RAAus certificate must be done in a RAAus registered plane. This is a RAAus requirement and has been so for a long time.
  23. BurnieM
    Currently there is no RAAus controlled airspace endorsement. To fly in a RAAus registered plane in controlled airspace you need; - a current RPC to fly a RAAus plane - A current PPL or current RPL with controlled airspace endorsement (as this is the only current controlled airspace endorsement) While it would be nice to think you could start a RAAus controlled airspace endorsement in a month I am not holding my breath. It may still be worthwhile to convert to RPL and get controlled airspace and controlled aerodrome endorsements on this license. Every Casa flight school in Australia can currently do this. I am expecting RAAus to recognize Casa controlled airspace endorsements and add them to your RPC with a fee (but no further training or review). RAAus already do this if you have a Casa constant speed prop on your RPL/PPL or want group G. You need to have a current Casa flight review. Once you have this added to your RPC you can chose not to do further Casa flight reviews,
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    A CASA flight review must be done in a CASA registered plane. A CASA PPL or RPL with controlled airspace endorsement is currently the only way to fly in controlled airspace. You need a current flight review to legally fly on this license (regardless of whether you are flying a CASA registered or RAAus plane).
  25. BurnieM
    Can I just point out that if you have a RPL/PPL then you need a current CASA flight review to enter controlled airspace in your RAA plane. Having a current RPC is not enough (at least until the RAAus controlled airspace endorsement comes into being).
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