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Your response is laughable, especially the random capitals. Thousands of aircraft have been safely flying all over the world for decades on automotive fuel. Just because IOR release AVpulp at 4 airports in NSW and Vic you carry on like PULP is no longer suitable and should be avoided at all costs. If we all bought in to your negativity and wild theoretical situations were we might lose OUR house we would give up flying straight away. You always say don't shoot the messenger, I am not, it is the message I have an issue with. Comments like "Auto fuel is made of anything they want to Put in it.. " is laughable and complete misinformation. The petroleum industry is highly regulated and for good reason

I'm with you on this one Skip, apart from IOR's marketing material there seems to be very little technical data supporting their clams. I can't find a specific standard for AvPULP, it appears to be made to the usual fuel industry PULP standard but with claims of "superior aviation specification additives". The only advantage I see to AvPULP is the convenience if you happen to be at one of the 4 airports that have it available.

After 55 years in the business of repairing gauges I would expect Howard have a pretty good idea of how to calculate their lead times. It's not that hard. Given they have just relocated I would expect there may be some delays but it's not hard to indicate that to your customers. All that said I will still keep using them when required.

Spreading misinformation again Nev, maybe you should check the regs before you comment. If you have an RA-Aus pilot certificate An RA-Aus pilot certificate is equivalent to an RPL. To get a CASA-issued RPL: complete application form 61-1RTX Recreational Pilot Licence and send it with evidence (the form tells you what to provide and how to submit it) do the flight review for your aircraft rating. Your category rating, aircraft class rating and design feature endorsements will transfer across. You will also get a recreational navigation endorsement if: your certificate authorises you to do cross-country flights you've done at least 25 hours flying time, including 20 hours dual and 5 hours as pilot-in-command. Taken from the CASA website here; https://www.casa.gov.au/licences-and-certificates/pilots/pilot-licences/getting-recreational-pilot-licence-rpl#Addingendorsements

That's disappointing, It's understandable that they are busy but they could at least give you an accurate timeframe.

Hey Del, I drive 10 hours to train with Wings out West in Dubbo. I wanted to learn in taildraggers and they are one of the few remaining schools that offer the option with their Legend Cubs. They also give you the opportunity to land "off airport" as they have a range of local properties they are allowed to operate out of. I found this a huge advantage when doing practice forced landing training as I was actually landing, rather than aborting the exercise at 500ft like a lot of training schools do. My experience has been great, Dan, the CFI, and Coops are great instructors. I found their teaching style works well with the way I prefer to learn. I took a week off work and did all my theory training and 18 hours of flight training in that week. I used the Bob Tait books and Pilot Practice Exams for my theory and studied for a couple of months before heading up for the week of flying, theory and the theory exams. I was doing 2 x ~90 minute flights a day and found that to be my personal limit to keep improving whilst under instruction. How I did it wouldn't work for a lot of people so it is important you find the best methods that work for you. A lot of people find it hard to absorb and process more than one 60 - 90 minute flight a day. One thing I found very helpful was daily debriefings with a mate who started his RPC path a year before me. I am currently getting all my endorsements sorted out on my RAAus RPC before I transfer to a RPL under CASA. It is one of the most challenging and rewarding things I have done and I highly recommend it.

How did you go with this Brendan?

Phil Unicomb Aviation is north of Cessnock, have only heard good about him. I'm still in the early years of my entry in to recreational aviation. Can't give any advice on taking it on as a profession.

Could be a low oil pressure light sender, only way to be sure would be to trace the wire back to the other end, or unplug it and see what stops working

Interesting to see they give a JASO standard alongside the Rotax RON 424 standard "JASO MA is a Japanese standard for four-stroke motorcycle oils. It certifies that the oil has the correct frictional properties to prevent clutch slippage in bikes with shared engine, gearbox, and "wet" clutch systems, and contains minimal friction modifiers" Does that mean other JASO MA standard oils are compatible?

How does an oil become "not suitable anymore" when it was suitable from 1989 when the 912 series was released. Obviously different 912 models and derivatives may require different oil grades but if you have been using brand "x" oil for 20 years with no issues it begs the question how it becomes no longer suitable and why is a change required. A change in the SportPlus4 formula (if there was one, I don't know) doesn't make previously suitable oils no longer perform at the level required.

I'm with Skip on this one. I don't think it is appropriate behavior from RAAus. Regarding oil standards, they are well established and have been around for over 100 years. Rotax originally specified a high-quality 4-stroke motorcycle or aviation oil with an API classification of "SG" or higher because the engine features an integrated gearbox. They also stated gear additives are required, but no friction modifiers should be used. Plenty of Rotax's are around that have been running oil that meets that requirement without destroying themselves. While SG is now obsolete, any modern API SP, SN, SM, SL, or SJ motor oil is a direct equivalent to the obsolete API SG rating. Current API classifications are fully backwards compatible with earlier classifications.

I'm a big fan of the RV15 but I would be hesitant to order a wing and tail kit when the fuselage kit is yet to be released. Here's hoping they keep getting more robust as a company, I hate to see any kit manufacturer fail.

There's a pdf in this thread with engine /gearbox numbers

It's described as an approved method in the Rotax document if I read it correctly