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  1. Moneybox
    Mine is a good example. Bought new (demo model) but the buyer only did 8hrs training. He left it at the flight school and got paid 350hrs hire as a trainer. When I got to it it had been in the hanger for 12 years and had a total 711 hrs since new. What a waste of a beautiful little aircraft that cost $125,000 in 2004.
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    I knew I saw this somewhere.... RAAus Technical Manual 11.2.3 ISSUE AND RETENTION OF MAINTENANCE AUTHORITIES LEVEL ONE (L1) Maintenance Authority Pilot Certificate holders (non-student) may be issued with an L1 Maintenance Authority following successful completion of the RAAus training and assessment available through the L1 Maintainer Training and Assessment Site within the RAAus website. A membership lapse, of more than 2 years will require the re-validation of the maintenance authority by undertaking the course again.
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    Flying over your house isn't ideal, I'm sure I wouldn't like it but this is your neighbour. An amicable solution would pay dividends in the long run. I'd be doing my best to talk with this guy and his family. Who knows, when his wife listens to your concerns for your family's safety she might be the one to sway him to land elsewhere or in a different direction. If you go to the shire you could be opening a can of worms that doesn't end well for anybody.
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    Where I picked up my plane near Laidley in Queensland the airstrip was surrounded by trees. The property's owner lived almost in line with the airstrip just 100m away. They solved the problem by making all take-offs and landings over the opposite end of the airstrip with no flying over the house. Perhaps your neighbour could be encouraged to takeoff and land over the other end of the airstrip. The best chance of success is usually to do things in a very friendly manner. Whatever happens you'll most likely still be neighbours so hopefully friends.
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    This is not the week to upset her. My registration application is in 😁
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    I don't think it's an invitation for all to become aircraft maintenance technicians but it does give some of us to perform the tasks we're comfortable with. At the end of the day you do have fly that same plane you've been tinkering with.
  7. Moneybox
    A friendly chat with your neighbour is likely to get a better response then to go in all guns blazing.
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    Well, perhaps not. Brendan seems to have slipped through and I can't find anything now to say that you need your RPC. The L1 Maintenance Authority is a compulsory requirement if you wish to maintain your own aircraft. If you do not perform any maintenance on your aircraft above the definition for Line Maintenance as per section 12.7 of the RAAus Technical Manual, this course is not required to be completed. We've streamlined the enrolment and assessment process so that your progress can be linked to your records, however you will still need to register an account in the Learning Management System (LMS). Line maintenance.pdf
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    Nicola at RAAus told me "Get your RPC, some people get it the wrong way around". No problem now because I did all the work working on the theory that anybody could work on an unregistered aircraft 😉 The aviation workshop I went to did a full analysis of the work I carried out and signed it off so I'm very appreciative of that although I'm still smarting over the cost of beer 🙃
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    Yes I had a telephone discussion with Skippy on this. For now I'm not fiddling with the prop. If I do anything I'll adjust the rpm at stall by using the propeller controller and place a stop so that it can't be brought right back to fine pitch. After the plane is in the air I'll have a better idea of what adjustment I need.
  11. Moneybox
    Nev, I'm just making a point that well maintained hydraulics can be exceptionally reliable. Ask you son what holds the outrigger legs in place while he has 80T hanging off the jib. There's nothing mechanical just good old hydraulic pressure, enough to lift and level the crane and keep it in place for the duration of the job. At least that's how it used to be, I haven't operated a crane for more than forty years.
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    Yeah. perhaps that guy in Chicago could use an excuse like that. You must have nightmares Nev when you see those big hydraulic cranes hanging over the city during a long weekend 🤣
  13. Moneybox
    That's an interesting article. Who needs an L1?
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    By who?
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    I did have one very experienced aviator tell me you can do anything you like to unregistered aircraft however it could influence the possibility of registering it later on.
  16. Moneybox
    The Rotax book shows takeoff power at 5800 rpm for a maximum 5 minutes.
  17. Moneybox
    Yes we had to record the MAP under various loads.
  18. Moneybox
    I think the 5800 rpm was pretty close to the mark. This is from the Rotax manual. Wrong page, the ULS has the same max rpm but higher KW.
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    My LAME was testing as much as he could without flying the plane. Engine, Propeller, Brakes, Park Brake, Steering and instruments. A few seconds of high stress was not going to blow up anything that was not about to let go in flight. I thought that was FINE of COURSE.
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    The maximum revs are 5800 rpm when stationary, no different to a fixed prop. The course pitch allows lower engine revs to maintain the same cruise speed at lower engine revs. When tested with maximum pitch at taxi speed maximum revs was about 3800 rpm. Nobody is going to try to take-off at 3800 rpm. I don't see the problem as long as the throttle is backed off before reducing the pitch.
  21. Moneybox
    Yes I will need an endorsement for the prop.
  22. Moneybox
    Sorry about posting a dirty picture 😇 It's all cleaned up now. Somebody asked once what the yellow lever was for. It's the hydraulic park-brake. Apply foot pressure and raise the yellow lever.
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    It has a Kaspar KA-1 three blade with hydraulic adjustment.
  24. Moneybox
    I'm anxiously waiting to see what directives I get from RAAus on mine. My original trainer said "Go home and get your own plane in the air so that you can do your solo training in that for a lot less cost".
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    Unfortunately our political system encourages very short term planning. There's no political advantage in long term planning to assist research and development so manufacturing is no longer viable in Australia. There'd be a serious problem if we needed to gear up in a hurry converting our machine shops to munitions factories. We don't train the engineers and we no longer have the factories.
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