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  1. rgmwa
    The Sling 2 would be a good choice.
  2. rgmwa
    I built a Vans RV-12 over about a four year period and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Vans have been in the kit business for over forty years and it shows in the quality of fabrication and documentation. Their builder support is also excellent and the VAF website is a goldmine of information and assistance. As an LSA, the RV-12 is the lightest and slowest of their range (which will shortly include their first high-wing, the RV-15). \ Early on I started making a list of all the RV-12's that I could find that were being built in Australia. It's probably well out of date now, but I got to 44 under construction or flying. Of those, 15 were VH registered and the rest were/are RAAus as far as I know. Mine is one of three based at Serpentine, with possibly a fourth coming soon. It cruises at 112-115kts at 5200-5300 rpm and will do 126 at WOT. That's fast enough for me. If you really need to go fast, the RV-12 is not your aircraft. Mine is pretty well equipped for long trips and also has a bigger fuel tank than the standard 75 litres, which gives it a bit over over 5 hours endurance.
  3. rgmwa
    Here's another one. Not my idea of a fun job or if you don't like heights.
  4. rgmwa
    Nice flying!
  5. rgmwa
    You also need a second antenna for ADSB-IN. Received this from Horsham Aviation (Dynon distributor): The GPS 2020 will provide you with ADSB out functionality, however for the system to function correctly you require the following: ADSB in: 102985-000 SV-ADSB-472 102629-000 SV-HARNESS-ADSB 102608-000 SV-TRANSPONDER-ANTENNA ADSB out: 101409-000 SV-XPNDR-261 102558-000 SV-HARNESS-XPNDR 102608-000 SV-TRANSPONDER-ANTENNA
  6. rgmwa
    Starting point for the RV12 is 4,600 on the ground at WOT, although I wouldn't assume that's necessarily applicable to other aircraft. Vans want the blades ideally set to within 1/10 of a degree of each other. I use a laser level as an inclinometer with a simple bracket that clips onto the prop. It's not too difficult to get it that accurate.
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    I have the D1000, not HDX and it will work fine for ADSB. My understanding is the 2020 antenna will give you ADSB out assuming you have the Dynon 261 transponder (it's rated for SIL3 level), but you still need the SV-ADSB-472 unit (plus cable and antenna) to get ADSB in.
  8. rgmwa
    I currently have the SV-GPS-250 but plan to upgrade to the SV-GPS-2020 when the ADSB rebate becomes available in a couple of months. If you can wait you might get it for half price.
  9. rgmwa
    Would have been hard for his wife to watch.
  10. rgmwa
    Jerry_Attrick's lengthy and thoughtful last post just disappeared as I was giving it a `Like'. Is Putin lurking around here?
  11. rgmwa
    How many RA toys have you got?
  12. rgmwa
    The Ukrainians don’t seem to think so.
  13. rgmwa

    Hard mount points

    rgmwa replied to lee-wave's topic in Jabiru

    I'd put it under the rear fuselage pointing backwards to shoot up the enemy as I made off.
  14. rgmwa
    Did my AFR today and was asked to do an incipient stall recovery in the landing configuration assuming I was low over the runway. Easy, I thought, so slowed down, lowered the flaps (flaperons), raised the nose, sat on the edge of a stall for a bit, let the nose drop and recovered as I usually do. Then he said, "if you do that at 50 feet, you might be in the dirt", or words to that effect. He had wanted me to recognise the start of a stall and recover without losing any height. It was a good lesson in listening properly to an instruction and being aware that automatic responses developed through practice are not always appropriate or safe.
  15. rgmwa
    I practice stalls regularly so don't find them scary because I have a pretty good idea of what's likely to happen. On the other hand you seem to have had a good go at spins, which I haven't, so they would be disorienting for me until I'd had enough practice to feel confident I could recover safely. Really, the scary stalls or spins are the ones that may happen when you don't expect them, and when you may be in a situation where the outcome won't be good. Luckily, so far that hasn't happened to me.
  16. rgmwa
    I remember my instructor telling me to pick a field inside a 45 degree cone around you. Pick anything further away and there’s a good chance you won’t get there. It’s a rule of thumb of course, and there will always be other factors to consider (eg wind), but it’s probably a pretty good guide.
  17. rgmwa
    Getting the message across is fine, but if he's going to write a report at the end of this, then hopefully he'll get the spelling and grammar right... or at least rely on the computer to get it right.
  18. rgmwa
    Having learned to fly in one, I can vouch for their toughness too, although the door had a tendency to pop open, and you were literally rubbing shoulders with the instructor.
  19. rgmwa
    Probably didn't do much for their hearing either.
  20. rgmwa
    A stall is only scary if you’re too low to recover.
  21. rgmwa
    One more item for the checklist.
  22. rgmwa
    ... or take it up.
  23. rgmwa
    Not quite. a Cat 5 gust speed starts at 174 mph and has no upper limit. A 122 mph gust is about the middle of Cat 3, but still strong enough to ruin your day. Also worth keeping in mind that wind pressure varies as the square of the wind speed, so double the speed and the wind pressure, which is what causes the damage, goes up by a factor of four.
  24. rgmwa
    Apart from medicals, I've had very little interaction with CASA (fortunately). However, although the organisation's management is roundly maligned and probably deservedly so for its culture, legalistic attitude and heavy handedness, I will say that our local CASA guy who runs the regular safety lectures - my only other direct contact with CASA - is excellent. Very helpful and well informed, and I'm sure there are many others in the organisation like him who have a real interest in aviation and are doing a good job.
  25. rgmwa
    The ASI is an important instrument, so you might as well get the right one for the job. If you can't get yours converted professionally, I'd sell it or just ditch it and put it down to experience.
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