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  1. T510
    The scary thing is the lack of quality in a lot of the generic Chinese brands. I have used DJI products and they tend to be a good thing, easy to operate and for the main part do what they say they will do reliably. XAG, are good but a couple of rungs below the DJI equivalent. Some of the cheaper brands I have been contracted to assess are unreliable with poor build quality and confusing pilot interfaces. Probably their only saving grace is they tend to fail pretty quickly so they are no longer an aerial hazard.
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    You haven't hit a nerve, this is/was a thread about drones, I missed your thread drift in to general aerial ag work You are way behind the times with this comment unmanned R22 Spray Helicopter https://www.fairlifts.com/helicopters/introducing-the-r22-uv-uavos-advanced-unmanned-helicopter-for-precision-agriculture/ R550 https://rotor.ai/r550-sprayhawk There are also a few unmanned spraying aircraft in the 600-1000kg mtow range available. The only reason we are not seeing these unmanned aircraft in Australia at this stage is the current regulations
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    Maybe historically contractors were used but now most have their own spray equipment. Both my neighbours on under 200 acres have their own spray rigs
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    Skip, Your "speculation" provided no evidence at all. You speculated that a ground unit can operate at a fraction of the expense of an aircraft but do you have any idea as to the operating costs of a large spraying drone? A 2 year old John Deere 616R sprayer will cost you over $1 million to purchase There a plenty of successful Ag drone operators in Australia already but like manned Ag operations they will never be the only solution. Anyone who thinks drones don't have a place in agriculture is incredible short sighted.
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    We have around 6 drone ag companies already operating in Gippsland, anyone who thinks drones are not going to be competitive in Ag industries is delusional They are even using drones for planting
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    You can fly up to 150kg MTOW with a Remote Pilot Licence (RePL) over your own property as long it is not for reward, anything over 150kg requires an experimental certificate and needs to be registered with CASA. You can fly up to 25kg MTOW over your own land with no training or licence required A 150kg mtow drone is huge, the T100 is 3.2m prop tip to tip and 1.8m with the props folded. That said there are lots of operators using drones without any regards for licencing, registration or the regulations. It's a huge problem in the industry
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    For $30k the new Agras T100 from DJI can carry 100L for spraying or 100kg for spreading and this is after they reduced the MTOW to fit in to CASA's weight categories. It will spray 30-40L/min at a 10m spray width and runs terrain following radar for consistent height above the crops. Once CASA changes the regulations I would expect to see sub 600kg ag drones start to become more common in Australia
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    All the way to the flare here as well, it's a great feeling when you get it spot on.
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    It's obviously a publicity stunt
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    At the recent Yarram club meeting we were told that number of movements at the aerodrome have dropped 40% since the introduction of landing fees. They are still trying to get the information about the fee split between the council and AVData
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    I currently have an All Shelter (Dome shelter), at 10 years old the canvas is starting to deteriorate and I am looking to replace it with a metal hangar. Our shire council requires permits if you want to put in a shipping container or an All Shelter.
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    I hope you are right, I keep hearing 4th Quarter 2028
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    They do everything they can to hide their cut of the pie. Yarram Aero Club have a FOI request in with the local council to find out what the AVData charges are
  14. T510
    I use Windy for most of my forecasting, it's got some great aviation specific features. It is quite information heavy though and took a little while to refine the data I needed to display
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    Yeah but then you have to fly a Jab.....
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    https://legacy.rotaxowner.com/si_tb_info/serviceinfo/si-2st-008.pdf Suitable oils listed in the above document
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    You can have an RPL without cross country, just has the same 25nm limit as an RPC with a couple of variations "Unless you hold a navigation endorsement you are limited to flying within 25 NM of: your departure aerodrome your flight training area the route between your departure aerodrome and the flight training area." You are better off finishing off your endorsements under RAAus typically as it tends to be cheaper, then they transfer to your RPL
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    I've currently got a RAAus registered aircraft and just bought a VH reg plane. I am aiming for VH experimental, seems to be the sweet spot for low cost aviation these days.
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    You definitely need to find a new flying school. From the CASA website:- 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. Add the cost of an ASIC to the above and there is no way it should run to $5-6000
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    RAAus stuffed up massively when they failed to get maintenance rights for owners in the Class G regulations. Their focus is not on simple affordable flying, they are more concerned about controlled airspace access and making money.
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    Is this the course under CASA Part 43? I had heard 4th quarter of 2028 for it to become active
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    I think we will first move to Loyal Wingman drones like the Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat but the days of manned fighters are numbered. It makes sense, if anything happens to the fighter you are unlikely to lose the pilot, and you remove the limitations of the human body on aircraft performance.
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    I've been flying drones for a living for 25 years now, all over the world, in all types of airspace and up to 13,000ft. We had ADS-B out capabilities on the large fixed wing drones I used to fly but would only use it when required by the regulator in complex airspace when it was needed for deconfliction. As per rodgerc's post It is unlikely that you will need ADS-B out unless you are over 400ft or BVLOS in the medium or large category. I can't see them requiring it for sub 25kg drones below 400ft but it will be interesting to see what comes with the Airservices UTM ecosystem they are currently developing. Now I rarely fly the drones and spend more time instructing and dealing with CASA for approvals
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    I have had to use ADS-B flight tracker apps as part of the conditions on some of my CASA RPAS approvals. I have never had an approval that has required me to run ADS-B out on any of my RPAS
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    Waiting for CASA is a real thing, I have an approval request currently submitted and their current target processing time in the RPAS department is 300 business days
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