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  1. 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).
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    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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    This answer was a response to why Rotax, Continental, Lycoming and pretty much every company in the world does not use the 'best available' components throughout their engines etc. Obviously they do not use the lowest quality and cheapest but do not kid yourself that any of these compaines use the 'best available' components.
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    Cost
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    Actually Rotax themselves said Aeroshell Sport Plus 4 is fine for 912UL, 912ULS, 912iS, 914 and 915. The XPS oil was designed for the higher than expected temperatures on the 916. However, as Rotax did not have XPS available when the 916 was released they also stated Aeroshell Sport Plus 4 is fine for the 916. It appears either is fine for most Rotax engines but you probably want to run XPS in a 916. ....but this is not what Rotax said so you should be covered for legal (warranty) issues with either. (dont want potential engineering problem to get in the way of marketing) As earlier models of the 912UL, 912ULS, 912iS, 914 and 915 came with NGK sparkplugs I see many owners using them even if their later model year engines came with Bosch plugs from the factory. I have not seen this challenged by Rotax or warranties refused on this basis. 916 only came with Bosch sparkplugs so possibly they could play warranty games if you used anything else in this engine. While we would expect Rotax to know more about their own engines than anyone lets not forget that the principal driver of their business is not premium engineering. In many companies accountants and lawyers have as much input to the final product as engineers.
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    Rotax do not specify the specs for their oil filters. We only know about higher bypass pressure thru back channels. Rotax do not formally specify the specs for their XPS oil. Perhaps this is because it appears to be non-oil industry standard. Rotax do not formally specify the specs for their sparkplugs. We only know they are made by Bosch thru back channels. There is no published Bosch part number. Notice any patterns here ?
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    Filters are very simple devices and not comparible in complexity to USB chargers. Do a pressure bypass test then cut them open. I would expect any LAME to be able to say cheapo brand X is/is not fuctionally comparible to Rotax brand. I do not expect anyone to recommend a non-Rotax filter, not because it would not work, but because they could be legally exposed. Sad.
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    Sent him an email. He has plenty of stock at the old price of $36.80. Express post for 3 filters is $20 and $28 for 4 or more. He is out of the office till Friday.
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    For at least another year 🙂
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    Except I cannot find anybody in Australia selling them for $36. Assuming; manufactured in China to reasonable quality shipped to Europe packaged in Europe shipped to Australia warehoused for up to 6 months a good markup added AU$25 would be a reasonable price. This is why people get annoyed by the 'aviation tax'. Dont get me started on sparkplugs.
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    https://aeropedia.com.au/content/tomair-cobra-arrow/ Interesting. First Cobra Arrow in NZ.
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    A few years ago I was on a Suzuki forum for DL1000 and DL650 motorcycles. There was of course lots of discussion on oil and oil filters. Some of it was even meaningful. An American who had a DL650 (650cc v twin) used premium synthetic oils but always the cheapest generic oil filter he could find. He did I think 170,000 km and pulled it down. Wear and tear was limited and no worse than owners who used Suzuki brand name filters and had done half the kilometres. He wrote a report and his main thrust was that all oil filters do only limited filtering and 'cheap and nasty' filters were only marginally worse that 'premium brand name' filters. But I agree that using Rotax brand filters if they are reasonably priced is probably the way to go and may stop some arguments on warranty issues. All oil filters are almost certainly made by a factory in China had changes every 2-3 years based on quoted price to Rotax.
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    Well it used to be and if you average it out it probably still is. More rain in the outback is a good thing. Only problem is fuel trucks may have problems getting to remote aerodromes so check , check and check again.
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    Story on Australian Flying
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    https://www.facebook.com/AOPAaustralia/ Still a bit weird that no updates on their website.
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    I cannot find this on the AOPA Australia website. I cannot find any news articles at all after 2024. Is AOPA still functioning (serious question) ?
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    Some ADS-B in/out transponders, such as the Garmin GTX345 will feed audio alerts into your intercom and well as bluetooth data to your iPad. "Traffic 2 oclock high less than 1 mile" is very useful. This transponder has everything built in and just needs an audio input. I do not know of any display (except ATCs) that will display mode S (non ES) or mode C or mode A. It appears future (soon) access to controlled airspace will require a mode C transponder or higher. A SE2 alone will not give you access.
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    Similar but not the same. As Thruster88 said it uses ground based receivers then sends data to your iPad via the internet. Data may be incomplete and is a little behind. I would disable internet based traffic when in the air if OzRunways lets you do this. I believe OzRunways includes locations of other OzRunways users based on their internet iPad sent position (even if they have no ADS-B). Delayed data can cause problems of its own and I believe the negatives outway the positives.
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    Parkes was 2022, 2024 and 2026. So another event in 2028 follows the same pattern. The discussion on whether it should be Parkes or somewhere else needs its own thread.
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    Not that I disagree with you about DD but this thread has drifted way off course.
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    And just for a laugh; CASA do not recognise the ASIC as valid ID either 🙂
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    The first prototypes of the Sling 2 were built in 2008. This was a proving/publicity trip the following year. They have done a few other international trips since then ie 3 x Sling High Wings from South Africa to Oshkosh in 2022. The Sling 2 had a MTOW of 600 kg but was flown around the world for 40 days each day loaded with extra fuel to 900 kg. I believe they strenghtened the landing gear but otherwise it was pretty much standard. A factory built Sling 2 has a MTOW of 600 kg but a a owner built has a MTOW of 700 kg.
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    This trip was actually in 2009.
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    Its coming (like Christmas). None of the 'explanations' for the delay make sense to me. If you really need it then you are probably better off converting to RPL and getting the controlled airspace endorsement at a GA school.
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